Bifaciomiris koreanus Kim & Park & Jung 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Kim, Junggon
name: Park, Haechul
name: Jung, Sunghoon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Bifaciomiris
Bifaciomiris koreanus

description: Bifaciomiris koreanus Kim & Jung sp. nov.
(Figs. 1 A–C, 2A–G)
Diagnosis: Distinguished by the following combination of characters: body bright yellowish brown; narrow dark markings in posterior part of corium (Figs. 1 A–C); rounded lateral margin and thick hypophysis of right paramere (Fig. 2B); endosoma with five sclerites and one spicule, without sclerite VI; elongated sclerite I, elongated-oval sclerite II, sclerite III with projected apex, elongated-oval sclerite V with tooth like structure, thin scythe-shaped spicule (Figs. 2 C–D); broadly developed lateral lobe, reaching to lateral margin of interramal lobe, sharp medial apex of interramal lobe (Figs. 2 F–G).
Description: Male: Body oval, length 3.05. COLORATION: mostly yellowish brown. Head: pale brown dorsally, two-colored with reddish brown frons and entirely dark brown clypeus, mandibular plate and maxillary plate; antennae generally dark brown; first segment yellowish brown with dark stripe laterally; second segment entirely dark brown; third segment almost dark brown except for pale brown base; fourth segment entirely dark brown; clypeus, mandibular and maxillary plates entirely dark brown; labium almost reddish brown, base of first segment and apical part of fourth segment dark brown, others reddish brown. Thorax: pronotum entirely yellowish brown with reflection of dark coloration under pronotum; callus and anterior part of pronotum brown; pronotal collar brown; scutellum entirely blackish dark brown; hemelytra generally brownish orange; inner part of clavus dark brown with dark commissure, dark coloration connecting to scutellum; postero-lateral and postero-medial parts with dark markings; inner part of cuneus dark brown, apex of cuneus dark brown; legs almost brownish orange; femur with brownish rings subapically, tinged with red slightly; apex of tibia dark brown; third tarsal segment dark brown. Abdomen: entirely blackish dark brown, genital segment somewhat paler ventrally. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in generic description. STRUCTURE: Head: vertex width shorter than length of first antennal segment and longer than eye width in dorsal view; antennae cylindrical; first and second antennal segment thicker than others; second antennal segment slightly thicker gradually toward apex; apex of labium slightly exceeding apex of hind coxae; proportion of first to fourth labial segments 0.3:0.4:0.3:0.4. Thorax: pronotum trapezoid, posterior margin of pronotum angled convexly; scutellum equilateral; lateral margin of hemelytra rounded; cuneal fracture well developed; membrane with two cells; legs generally slender; hind femur somewhat thick; tibia slender; third tarsal segment longer than others. Abdomen: rounded, reaching to apex of cuneus. GENITALIA: left paramere with upwardly developed sensory lobe, apex of hypophysis sharp and curved medially (Fig. 2A); right paramere rod-shaped, lateral margin slightly rounded, hypophysis somewhat thick, its apex sharp (Fig. 2B); endosoma with one spicule and five sclerites, membranous parts reduced; sc I elongated with spinules; sc II elongated oval, flat; sc III broadly developed subapically, with sharp projection apically; sc IV long, its apex circular; sc V long, its apex elongated oval, with tooth like structure, scs long and thin (Figs. 2 C–D).
Female: Ovoid, length 3.38. COLORATION: as in male except for somewhat darker posterior part of inner corium. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in male. STRUCTURE: somewhat more rounded oval in overall shape than male. GENITALIA: sr elongated oval, closed to each other, its outer apex tapered (Fig. 2E); llb positioned on irl, llb broadly developed, reaching to lateral margin of irl; irl largely developed, with projection medially, its apex somewhat narrow and sharp; ms elongated oval (Figs. 2 F–G).
Measurements (in mm): Male (n=1)/female (n=1) Body length, clypeus-apex of membrane: 3.05/3.38; head length, excluding collar: 0.22/0.32; head width, including compound eyes: 0.86/0.91; vertex width: 0.37/0.39; 1 st antennal segment length: 0.43/0.43; 2 nd antennal segment length: 1.37/1.32; 3 rd antennal segment length: 0.78/0.58; 4 th antennal segment length: missing/1.01; total antennal length: 2.58 (4th missing)/3.34; 1 st labial segment length: 0.29/0.44; 2 nd labial segment length: 0.41/0.38; 3 rd labial segment length: 0.30/0.32; 4 th labial segment length: 0.43/0.50; total labial length: 1.43/1.64; mesal pronotal length: 0.65/0.79; basal pronotal maximal width (straight): 1.41/1.48; anterior scutellum width: 0.63/0.73; mesal scutellum length: 0.93/1.00; outer embolial margin length: 1.66/1.78; outer cuneal margin length: 0.53/0.54; maximal width across hemelytron: 0.86/0.95; foreleg (femur: tibia: tarsus): 0.99:1.32:0.49/0.93:1.30:0.48; midleg (femur: tibia: tarsus): 0.98:1.36:0.50/1.11:1.45:0.49; hind leg (femur: tibia: tarsus): 1.54:1.92:0.59/1.52:2.13:0.58.
Materials examined: Holotype: [CNU] 1♂, Dongchon-ri, Hwacheon-eup, Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, Ko- rea, 17.vii.2015, by light trap, J. Kim leg.; Paratype: [CNU] 1♀, Wondang-ri, Jangnam-myeon, Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 03.vii.2014, by light trap, J. Kim. leg.
Etymology: Named after the type locality, the Korean Peninsula.
Distributions: Korea (Central).
Host: Unknown.
Biology: This species is attracted by light traps (mercury vapor) installed near a stream and river. Other biological information is unavailable.
description: Published as part of Kim, Junggon, Park, Haechul & Jung, Sunghoon, 2020, Bifaciomiris gen. nov., a new genus of the subfamily Mirinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), with description of two new species, pp. 557-565 in Zootaxa 4759 (4) on pages 560-561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3741086