Eremotylus glaber, Randall T. Schuh & Michael D. Schwartz, 2016

Randall T. Schuh & Michael D. Schwartz, 2016, Nineteen new genera and 82 new species of Cremnorrhinina from Australia, including analyses of host relationships and distributions (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylininae: Cremnorrhinini), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 401, pp. 1-279 : 80-81

Eremotylus glaber , new species

Figure 27, map 7, table 1, plates 8, 9

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the moderately large size, elongate oval body, almost opaque hemelytron, and uniform green coloration in living specimens (pl. 8). Endosoma moderately elongate, slender, weakly sigmoid, with two short spines and one long spine, one of the short spines subtending the secondary gonopore, the other two just apicad of the gonopore (fig. 27, pl. 9); left paramere with a distinctly undulating posterior process (fig. 27). Body shape and structure of endosomal spines similar to E. stuarti , with two short and one long apical spines. Also similar to E. betoota , but that species somewhat less elongate and endosoma with one short spine and one long apical spine, rather than one long and two short spines; posterior process of left paramere undulating as in E. betoota and E. stuarti .

DESCRIPTION: MALE: Mean total length 3.40, mean pronotum width 0.84. COLORATION (pl. 8): Light green in life, changing to weakly yellow when preserved, hemelytron almost opaque; membrane pale. SURFACE AND VESTITURE (pl. 8): Dorsum smooth, weakly shining; vestiture of reclining, pale, common setae. STRUCTURE: Head (pl. 8): Short, moderately broad, eyes of moderate size, frons not or only weakly swollen and only slightly projecting anterior to eye, eye occupying two-thirds height of head; antennae inserted just above ventral margin of eye, eye weakly emarginate at and above insertion; antennal segment 2 relatively long and slender (0.94), 1.45 times width of head; labium reaching to about midpoint of meso ‐ sternum. Thorax (pl. 8): Mesoscutum moderately exposed. Hemelytron: Weakly elongate, costal margin very weakly convex, cuneus weakly elongate. GENITALIA (fig. 27, pl. 9): Pygophore: Elongate conical, dorsal surface anteriad of aperture with narrow tubercle on left side and bump on right side; single long bristle anteriad of each paramere insertion. Endosoma: Dorsal strap bifid distad of secondary gonopore, apically with one short and one long spine; ventral strap terminating with subapical spine subtending secondary gonopore. Phallotheca: Apical portion narrow, dorsal margin without crest, aperture narrow slitlike, situated on anterodorsal margin and continuous across apex. Parameres: Left paramere elongate with medial portion of dorsoposterior margin produced; posterior process bent with undulating lateral margin; anterior process minute, sharp; long seta situated mediad of anterior process. Right paramere apically with a conspicuous anterior projection and small posterior projection.

FEMALE (pl. 8): Mean total length 3.29, mean pronotum width 0.92. Coloration as in male; structure as in generic description.

ETYMOLOGY: Named for the host, Eremophila glabra (Scrophulariaceae) .

HOST: Recorded from Eremophila glabra (Scrophulariaceae) .

DISTRIBUTION (map 7): Known from the type locality near Charleville , south-central Queensland.

HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 10.8 km NW of Charleville , 26.44062°S 146.1584°E, 360 m, 0 1 Nov 1998, Schuh, Cassis, Silveira, Eremophila glabra (R. Br.) Ostenf. (Scrophulariaceae) , det. Royal Bot Gard. NSW NSW427509, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00130479) (QM).

PARATYPES: AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 10.8 km NW of Charleville , 26.44062°S 146.1584°E, 360 m, 0 1 Nov 1998, Schuh, Cassis, Silveira, Eremophila glabra (R. Br.) Ostenf. (Scrophulariaceae) , det. Royal Bot Gard. NSW NSW427509, 1♂ (00130478), 2♀ (00130481, 00130482) (AM), 1♂ (00130480) (AMNH).