Cyrtocapsus marginatus (Distant)

Henry, Thomas J., 2022, Revision of the New World Plant Bug Genus Cyrtocapsus (Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini), with New and Revised Synonymies, Lectotype Designations, and Descriptions of 12 New Species, Zootaxa 5154 (1), pp. 1-48 : 26

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Cyrtocapsus marginatus (Distant) View in CoL

( Figs. 37, 38 View FIGURES 29–39 )

Eccritotarsus marginatus Distant 1893: 442 (original description; Tabasco, Mexico). Lectotype designated by Carvalho & Dolling 1976: 801.

Cyrtocapsus marginatus: Carvalho & China 1951: 676 View in CoL (combination); Carvalho 1954: 12 (key), 1957: 96 (catalog); Henry & Carvalho 1987: 292 (key); Schuh 1995: 542 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Diagnosis. Cyrtocapsus marginatus ( Figs. 37, 38 View FIGURES 29–39 ) is recognized by the black dorsum, the pale white antennae, the mostly black femora with only the bases pale, and the pale tibiae with only the bases black.

It is most similar to C. paraensis ( Figs. 46, 47 View FIGURES 40–48 ) in the overall black color and apically black femora, but the latter differs in having a black antenna, with only the base of segment I pale, and uniformly dark brown to black tibiae.

Description. Male ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 29–39 ): Length to apex of membrane 3.00 mm (Distant 1893).

Coloration: Distant (1893) described this species as “black, more or less greyish-pilose; antennae, bases of the femora, tibiae (excluding bases), tarsi, sublateral margins of the corium, and the membrane pale ochraceous [yellowish brown]; apical joint of the antennae and the apices of the tarsi fuscous; basal central spot to membrane black.”

Texture and vestiture: As for other species of the genus based on dorsal photographs.

Male genitalia: Not examined. Known only from the lectotype male.

Female ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 29–39 ): Similar to male in color and shape.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Described and known only from Tabasco, Mexico (Distant 1883).

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ (right specimen of two on one card; paralectotype ♀ on left side) of Eccritotarsus marginatus Distant (BMNH) : Label 1, “[ Mexico], Teapa , Tabasco, Feb. H. H. S.”; 2, B.C.A. Hem., Eccritotarsus marginatus ”; 3, “sp. figured”; 4, “ Eccritotarsus marginatus Dist. ”; 5 (circular, dark blue), “ Lectotype.”

References

Carvalho, J. C. M. & China, W. E. (1951) Neotropical Miridae, 42: On the eccritotarsoid complex (Hemiptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (12) 4, 672 - 697. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935108654194

Carvalho, J. C. M. (1954) Neotropical Miridae, LXXI: Genus Cyrtocapsus Reuter with descriptions of four new species (Hemiptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 49, 12 - 17.

Carvalho, J. C. M. & Dolling, W. R. (1976) Neotropical Miridae, CCV: Type designations of species described in the Biologia Centrali Americana (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 36, 789 - 810.

Henry, T. J. & Carvalho, J. C. M. (1987) A peculiar case history: Hemisphaerodella miriabilis Reuter is the nymphal stage of Cyrtocapsus caligineus (Stal) (Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 95, 290 - 293.

Schuh, R. T. (1995) Plant Bugs of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Systematic Catalog, Distributions, Host List, and Bibliography. New York Entomological Society, New York, 1329 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 29–39. Habitus images of Cyrtocapsus spp. 29, 30, C. grenadensis. 29, male, dorsal aspect. 30, female, dorsal aspect. 31, C. guianus, holotype female, dorsal aspect. 32, 33, C. haitianus. 32, male dorsal aspect. 33, female, dorsal aspect. 34, C. intermedius, female, dorsal aspect. 35, 36, C. lazelli. 35, male, dorsal aspect. 36, female, dorsal aspect. 37, 38, C. marginatus. 37, lectotype male, dorsal aspect. 38, paralectotype female, dorsal aspect. 39, C. mesoamericanus, holotype male, dorsal aspect.

FIGURES 40–48. Habitus images of Cyrtocapsus spp. 40, 41, C. metafemoratus. 40, male, dorsal aspect. 41, holotype female, dorsal aspect. 42, 43, C. nordestinus. 42, male, dorsal aspect. 43, male, lateral aspect. 44, 45, C. pallipes. 44, male, dorsal aspect. 45, female, dorsal aspect. 46, 47, C. paraensis, holotype female (of C. bolivianus). 46, dorsal aspect. 47, lateral aspect. 48, C. paraguaiensis, holotype female, dorsal aspect.