Mystilus Distant, 1904

Mystilus Distant,1904: 420 (as new genus). Mystilus: Lansbury 1963: 7 (diagnosis, key of species); Pathak 1969: 17 (key of Indian species); Schuh 1995: 684 (catalog); Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 202 (catalog); Schuh 2002 –2013 (online catalog). Type species by original designation: Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904, monobasic.

Diagnosis. Proportionally smaller bug, total length ranging from 3.75 to 5 mm. Appendices (antenna and legs) proportionally shorter. First antennal segment thicker, about as long as the head and pronotum together. Labium elongate, reaching the fifth or the sixth abdominal segment (Lansbury 1963). Apex of femora widened. Cuneus barely longer than wide at base. Ostiolar peritreme dark brown. Left paramere with short, thin setae subapically on its dorso-outer margin. Body of right paramere wide, frequently swollen.

Distribution. India (Assam, Kerala), Myanmar, Philippine Islands (Luzon, Mindanao), Sri Lanka.

Four species in India.