New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
Revision of New Zealand Bryocorinae and Phylinae (Insecta: Hemiptera:
Miridae)
A. C. Eyles*
30 Mahana Road
Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand
*Research Associate, New Zealand Arthropod Collection,
Landcare Research, Auckland.
Randall T. Schuh
Department of Entomology
American Museum of Natural History
New York, USA
Abstract Two species of Bryocorinae and 19 species of
Phylinae are now known from New Zealand. Tytthus chinensis (Stål)
is newly recorded from the Kermadec Islands. Eight new genera (Basileobius,
Cyrtodiridius, Halormus, Mecenopa, Monospatha,
Pimeleocoris, Polyozus, and Xiphoides) and 14 new species
of endemic New Zealand Phylinae: Phylini are described and illustrated. A
single new species is described in each of six genera: Basileobius gilviceps,
Cyrtodiridius aurantiacus, Halormus velifer, Mecenopa albiapex,
Monospatha distincta, and Polyozus galbanus. Three new species
are described in Pimeleocoris: P. luteus, P. roseus,
and P. viridis, and five new species are described in Xiphoides:
X. badius, X. luteolus, X. multicolor, X. regis,
and X. vacans. Sthenarus myersi Woodward, 1950 is transferred
to Xiphoides. Keys to identify the following taxa in New Zealand are
provided: subfamilies of Miridae, genera and species of Bryocorinae, tribes
of Phylinae, genera and species of Leucophoropterini, genera of Phylini,
and species of Pimeleocoris and Xiphoides. Sthenarus rotermundi
(Scholtz, 1847) is compared with, and distinguished from, Xiphoides myersi
n. comb. The bugs are illustrated with colour habitus photos, SEMs, and drawings
including male and female genitalia. A female genitalic structure previously
unidentified in some genera of Phylinae is noted. Economic importance is
discussed.
Keywords Hemiptera; Miridae; Bryocorinae; Dicyphini;
Phylinae; Leucophoropterini; Phylini; new taxa; keys; colour photos; female
genitalic structure; eggs
Z02022 Received 14 August 2002; accepted 9 April 2003; Online publication
date 8 September 2003
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2003, Vol. 30: 263-325
0301-4223/03/3003-0263 $7.00/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2003
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