Prodromus clypeatus Distant 1904
Creators: name: Yeshwanth, H. M.
name: Konstantinov, Fedor V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Prodromus
Prodromus clypeatus

description: Prodromus clypeatus Distant, 1904
Figs 9A–B, 27C
Prodromus clypeatus Distant, 1904b: 437.
Prodromus cuneatus Distant, 1909: 453.
Prodromus clypeatus – Stonedahl 1988: 70–72 (redescr.). — Yasunaga & Ishikawa 2016: 30 (biology). — Anitha & Rajamony 1991: 439 (new record for S India).
Prodromus cuneatus – Stonedahl 1988: 70 (syn. with P. clypeatus).
Diagnosis
Recognized by the following combination of characters: body pale yellow, usually with brown to pale brown scutellum; eyes distinctly elevated, slightly less than anterior half of eye raised above vertex in frontal view; frons and clypeus weakly convex, with weak depression in between; antennal segment II 2.2–2.4× as long as first, narrowly reddish apically, rarely entire segment with reddish tinge; apex of cuneus well surpassing apex of cell (Fig. 9A), membranal vein weakly and gradually curved apically; sclerotized portion of aedeagus with long, curved subapical row of spicules, apical membranous lobe without any sclerotization.
Material examined
Lectotype
MYANMAR • ♀; Myitta, Tenasserim Valley; 14.1667° N, 98.5167° E; 183 m a.s.l.; Doherty leg.; NHM.
Paralectotype
MYANMAR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for lectotype; NHM.
Other material
SRI LANKA • 1 ♂, lectotype of Prodromus cuneatus; Peradeniya; 7.263° N, 80.603° E; 497 m a.s.l.; May 1909; E.E. Green leg.; AMNH _ PBI 00340350; NHM • 1 specimen, sex unknown, paralectotype of Prodromus cuneatus; same collection data as for lectotype; AMNH _ PBI 00340353; NHM.
INDIA • 14 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Karnataka, Yellapura, Idagundi; 14°55.064ˊ N, 64°37.801ˊ E; 446 m a.s.l.; 6 Dec. 2011; H.M. Yeshwanth leg; Ex: banana.; UASB • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; ZISP • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Uttara Kannada, Dandeli; 13°.13ˊ N, 77°.63ˊ E; 906 m a.s.l; 10 Nov. 2012; A.R.V. Kumar leg.; UASB • 3 ♂♂; Tirthahalli, Hulgar; 13.7° N, 75.23° E; A.R.V. Kumar. Leg.; UASB • 5 ♂♂, 1 ♂; Sirsi; 14°44.023ˊ N, 74°46.711ˊ E; 506 m a.s.l; 25 May 2010; H.M. Yeshwanth leg.; UASB • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Bangalore, Hessaraghatta; 13°8.294ˊ N, 77°28.53ˊ E; 890 m a.s.l.; 5 Jan. 2014; H.M. Yeshwanth leg; UASB • 1 ♂; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore; 11°01ˊ83˝ N, 76°97ˊ25˝ E; 463 m a.s.l; 9 Jun. 2015; H.M. Yeshwanth leg.; UASB • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Kerala, Peechi; 10.032° N, 76.021° E; 82m a.s.l., 21 Sep. 2008; S. Murthy leg. UASB • 3 ♂♂; Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi; 25°41ˊ N, 91°55ˊ E; 1031 m a.s.l; 6 Jun. 2019; H.M. Yeshwanth leg.; Ex: banana; UASB.
Distribution
Widely distributed in India and now documented from Kerala (Anitha & Rajamony 1991), Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Megahalaya states. Also known from Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Java, and Ambon (Stonedahl 1988).
Remarks
This widely distributed species is best distinguished from P. subflavus by the shape of the membranal cell and structure of the aedeagus mentioned in the key. Additional features of P. subflavus that vary from P. clypeatus include comparatively short antennal segment II which is about twice as long as segment I (2.2–2.4× in P. clypeatus), and broadly subtriangular concave posterior margin of pronotum (broadly concave, without weakly angulate midpoint in P. clypeatus). According to Stonedahl (1988), P. clypeatus further differs in having weakly elevated eyes and labium reaching only middle of mesosternum. However, the eyes in all studied specimens including the holotype are distinctly elevated, with slightly less than anterior half of eye raised above vertex in frontal view, while labium is reaching or almost reaching middle coxa.
description: Published as part of Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2021, Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species, pp. 1-69 in European Journal of Taxonomy 745 on page 29, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.745.1311, http://zenodo.org/record/4690362