Tuponia arcufera Reuter, 1879

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2016, The genus Tuponia Reuter, 1875 of China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Exaeretini) with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4114 (2), pp. 101-122 : 106-109

Tuponia arcufera Reuter, 1879

( Figs. 3–4 , 28–32 )

Tuponia arcufera Reuter, 1879: 38 ; Wagner, 1955a: 263; Drapolyuk, 1980: 59; Kerzhner, 1997: 247; Qi and Nonnaizab, 1997: 9.

Tuponia ordosica Lü and Cui, 2011: 220 . n. syn.

Diagnosis. Recognized by the medium sized, total length 3.26–3.30 (male), 3.08–3.36 (female); general coloration light yellowish green, dorsal and ventral side of thorax sometimes green in males and yellow in females; dorsum with recumbent, dark, simple setae and sericeous setae; labium reaching posterior margin of meta-coxa; hemelytron nearly parallel-sided; legs yellow, pro-coxa with a row of erect yellow setae, all tibial spines dark without black bases; abdomen yellowish brown with golden pubescence. General appearance and structure of endosoma similar to T. ayasensis and T. subaltera , but differing from the former by meta-tibia with several rows of black spinules, and from the latter by two almost equilong apical spines of endosoma.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 28–32 ): Endosoma S-shaped, with two long and sclerotized apical spines, and one apical spine surrounded with membrane, secondary gonopore situated on the membrane; left paramere stout, boat-shaped; right paramere lanceolate; phallotheca slightly bending and attenuate apically with a tongue-like projection and a small keel.

Host plants. Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Drapolyuk, 1980).

Distribution. Western Palearctic, ranging from Southern France to Northwestern China ( Drapolyuk, 1980; Kerzhner and Josifov, 1999). China (Xinjiang, Ningxia, Nei Monggol (Qi and Nonnaizab, 1997)), Russia ( Reuter, 1879), Turkey ( Hoberlandt, 1956), France ( Wagner, 1955b), Iran ( Linnavuori, 2010).

Specimens examined. CHINA: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: 3 males, 5 females, Fuhai County (46°23'N, 87°30'E), 28.VII.1975. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: 4 males, 6 females, Yinchuan (38°29'N, 106°11'E), 4.VIII.1992; 5 males, 9 females, Jingyuan (35°31'N, 106°20'E), 27.VII.1992.

Remarks. Lü and Cui (2011) described their new species T. ordosica from Nei Mongol. According to the characteristics of the general coloration, shape, and the structures of male genitalia, we find T. arcufera and T. ordosica are conspecific, T. ordosica is a synonym of T. arcufera .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Adult habitus views of Tuponia spp. 1. T. albescens (male); 2. T. albescens (female); 3. T. arcufera (male); 4. T. arcufera (female); 5. T. chinensis (male); 6. T. chinensis (female); 7. T. elegans (male); 8. T. elegans (female); 9. T. gracilipedis sp. nov. (male, holotype); 10. T. gracilipedis sp. nov. (female, paratype); 11. T. hippophaes (male); 12. T. hippophaes (female). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 24 – 36. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 24 – 27. T. albescens: 24. Endosoma; 25. Left paramere; 26. Right paramere; 27. Phallotheca. 28 – 32. T. arcufera: 28 – 29. Endosoma; 30. Left paramere; 31. Right paramere; 32. Phallotheca. 33 – 36. T. brevicula: 33. Endosoma; 34. Left paramere; 35. Right paramere; 36. Phallotheca.