Phytocoris amygdali Linnavuori 1999
Creators: name: Hosseini, Reza
name: Mohammadi, Saadi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Phytocoris
Phytocoris amygdali

description: Key to the amygdali -group species of the subgenus Compsocerocoris found in Iran (based on males)
1 Small species, length about 4.5–5.7 mm. Body almost robust, 3.0–3.6× posterior width of pronotum.................... 2
- Larger and more elongate species (> 5.7 mm), body 3.5–4× posterior width of pronotum............................. 6
2 2 nd antennal segment brownish, medially and proximally with a whitish to stramineous ring........................... 3
- 2 nd antennal segment pale yellow-brown, proximally with a whitish to stramineous ring............................... 4
3 Length 4.5–5mm. Ocular index 1.6–1.64. 2 nd antennal segment 1.7–1.8× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Left paramere gracile, only the very apex of apophysis triangularly expanded (Figs 4A, B). Spiculum (Fig. 4C) with 12 teeth.................................................................................. Ph. arakhne Linnavuori, 1999
- Length 5.75 mm. Ocular index 1.12–1.22. 2 nd antennal segment 2.1× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Apical margin of mesocorium and inner margin of cuneus reddish. Left paramere T-shaped with broad prominent sensory lobe (Figs 4D, E). Spiculum (Fig. 4F) with 5 strong teeth........................................ Ph. minabanus Linnavuori, 1999
4 Eyes small, ocular index 1.93–2.14. Frons strongly convex. Left paramere in lateral view longer, apophysis with a broader apex (Fig. 4H). Spiculum (Fig. 4G) with 9 teeth..................................... Ph. mirzanus Linnavuori, 2006
- Eyes large, ocular index 1.4 –1.54......................................................................... 5
5 Body 3× longer than posterior width of pronotum, 2 nd antennal segment 2.41–2.45× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Left paramere in lateral view shorter with apex of apophysis narrower (Fig. 4J). Spiculum (Fig. 4I) trough-shaped with 13 teeth.................................................................... Ph. amygdali Linnavuori, 1999
- Body 3.45× longer than posterior width of pronotum. 2 nd antennal segment 2.65× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Spiculum (Fig. 2) with 25 teeth........................................................ Ph. darakiensis sp. nov.
6 Pygophore tuberculate................................................................................. 7
- Pygophore not tuberculate............................................................................... 8
7 Length 6.25 mm. Apophysis of left paramere with a distinct dentate ridge (Fig. 4L). Right style narrow, edentate (Fig. 4K). Ocular index 1.5. Spiculum (Fig. 4M) with 19 teeth............................... .. Ph. dentistylus Linnavuori, 1999
- Length 6–6.5 mm. Apophysis of left paramere long and slender, with a small dentate sensory lobe (Fig. 4P). Right paramere dentate (Fig. 4N). Ocular index 1.25–1.35. Spiculum (Fig.4O) with 15 teeth.................... Ph. stysi Linnavuori, 2008
8 Length 6.5 mm, ocular index 0.94–1.3, body 3.5× longer than posterior width of pronotum. Spiculum (Fig. 4Q) strongly twisted, apical part with 12, basal part with 6 teeth................................... Ph. strigilifer Linnavuori, 1965
- Length 5.5–6.75 mm. Body 4× longer than posterior width of pronotum. Spiculum (Fig. 4R) with 16 teeth.......................................................................................... Ph. sahragardi Linnavuori, 2006
description: Published as part of Hosseini, Reza & Mohammadi, Saadi, 2019, A new species of the genus Phytocoris (Hemiptera: Miridae), with an identification key to amygdali - group species of the subgenus Compsocerocoris found in Iran, pp. 354-360 in Zootaxa 4563 (2) on page 360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/2601283