Wygomiris kaliyahae Yasunaga, 2012

Duwal, Ram Keshari, Yasunaga, Tomohide, Tomokuni, Masaaki, Nakatani, Yukinobu & Hirowatari, Toshiya, 2017, Further records on the plant bug tribe Hallodapini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) in Asia, with proposition of two new species and a new synonymy, Zootaxa 4258 (5), pp. 401-424 : 420

Wygomiris kaliyahae Yasunaga, 2012

( Figs. 2 G–H, 14D̄F, 16ḠI)

Wygomiris kaliyahae Yasunaga, 2012: 18 (n. sp); Yasunaga & Duwal, 2015: 195 (list).

Diagnosis. Female. Recognized by its relatively smaller sized body; chestnut brown coloration; and similar type of setae on dorsum and ostiolar peritreme as described by Yasunaga (2012). For detailed description and male genital structures see Yasunaga (2012: 18; figs. 3, 12ĀB, 13). GENITALIA ( Figure 16 ḠI): Sclerotized ring thin rimmed, elongated, with oval base and narrow apex.

Measurements. (♀) (n= 2). Body length 2.44̄2.52; length from apex of tylus to cuneal fracture 1.85̄1.88; width of head across eyes 0.51; width of vertex 0.28̄0.30; lengths of antennal segments ĪIV 0.12, 0.56̄0.58, 0.34̄0.36, 0.28̄0.30; length of labium 1.05̄1.06; mesal length of pronotum 0.52; basal width of pronotum 0.81̄0.84; width across hemelytron 1.00̄1.02; length of metafemora, tibiae and tarsus 0.79̄0.84, 0.96̄0.98, 0.19̄0.20.

Distribution. Thailand (Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima), Philippines * (Luzon, Palawan). ( Yasunaga & Duwal, 2015).

Biology. The immature form of this species is confirmed for the first time ( Fig. 2 G–H). A final instar nymph of W. kaliyahae , with the reddish general coloration, ovoid body shape and broad antennae, and was found on the inflorescence of an undetermined broadleaf in central montane Thailand. The nymph successfully developed into an adult (female, Fig. 2 G–H). Almost all of other Wygomiris specimens were collected in light traps at night (cf. Yasunaga, 2012). Members of Wygomiris are presumed to be canopy-inhabitants.

Specimens examined. PHILIPPINES: Luzon: 3♀, Los Banos , 200m, on light trap, 12.ix.1985, M. Tomokuni ( NSMT) . Palawan: 1♀, Matalangao , 150 m, 29.viii.1985, M. Tomokuni ( NSMT) . THAILAND: Chaiyaphum: 1♀, Chulabhom-dam , 16.5346, 101.6421, 750 m, 17.iv.2013, T. Yasunaga (final-instar nymph when collected and emerged on 18.iv.2013, TYCN) . Nakhon Ratchasima: SERS, 14.507500, 101.927500, 410 m, on light trap, 24.i.2009, T. Yasunaga ( AMNH _ PBI 00379521 ) (holotype, DOAT, Bangkok, Thailand) ; 1♂, same data except for date 25–27.ii.2009 (paratype) ( TYCN) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality, on light trap, 17–20.iii.2010, T. Yasunaga & K. Yamada ( AMNH, TYCN) ; 1♀, same locality, on light trap, 19–21.viii.2008, T. Yasunaga & B. Shishido (paratype) ( TYCN) .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus images of live adults and final-instar nymph (H) for Asian hallodapines. A. Hallodapus centrimaculatus, macropterous male. B. Ditto, macropterous female. C – D. Ditto, brachypterous female. E. H. ravenar, macropterous male. F. H. linnavuori, macropterous female. G – H. Wygomiris kaliyahae (G: female).

FIGURE 16. Female genital structures: Cleotomiris schneirlai (A); Cleotomiroides vietnamensis (B ̅ C); Wygomiris taipokau (D ̅ F); W. kaliyahae (G ̅ I). Anterior wall including gonopophysis (A ̅ D, G ̅ H); Posterior wall (E ̅ F, I). As = anterior sclerite of first gonapophysis; Vg = vestibular sclerite of first gonapophysis; SR = sclerotized rings; PS = Posterior sclerite. Scale bars: 0. 2 mm.