Pseudomegacoelum Cherot & Malipatil
- Dataset
- A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Chérot, F., Malipatil, M. B. (2016): A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species. Zootaxa 4126 (2): 151-206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Miridae
- genus
- Pseudomegacoelum
description
(Figures 56 – 58) Type-species: Calocoris beckeri Fieber, 1870 (present designation). Megacoelum second palearctic species group sensu Linnavuori, 1974: 27. Description. Body length 6 - 8, sub-oblong, slightly convex, almost uniformly orange brown to black, sometimes with fine red or brown stripes or red brown areas (Figs 56 – 58). Head gradually sloping anteriorly, in profile tylus distinctly curved and joined to frons without a notch (Linnavuori 1974 a, b). Labium reaching mid or posterior coxae. Pronotum Megacoelum - like. Pilosity of metatibia erect, elongate, longer than width of tibia. Tibial spines dark. Scutellum almost flat, slightly tumid. Dorsal pilosity relatively long, erect, sparse, black or dark brown, particularly obvious on scutellum and hemelytra. Hemelytra slightly reflective, frequently translucent, almost smooth, with double punctation, one very reduced, dense, narrow and shallow, second shallow but wider. Veins raised. Spiculum of phallus developed, apical, Megacoelum - like (M. beckeri) or subapical, rounded, with several dorsal teeth (M. irbilanum). ACH, comb and gonoporal process absent. Secondary gonopore complete, devoid of associated sclerite, hairs or pilose plate. Female genitalia unknown. Included species. P. angustum (Wagner, 1965) n. comb., P. beckeri (Fieber, 1870) n. comb. *, P. irbilanum (Linnavuori, 1988) n. comb. *, P. quercicola Linnavuori (1965) n. comb *.
discussion
Discussion. The west Palearctic species of Megacoelum sensu lato with erect, elongate metatibial pilosity, longer than tibial width, were classified by Linnavuori (1974 b) in his group two. We suggest they constitute a separate genus.
distribution
Distribution. Europe (Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italia, Spain), Iraq, North Africa (Tunisia), Russia. Host plants. Fagaceae, Pinaceae.
Name
- Homonyms
- Pseudomegacoelum Cherot & Malipatil