Heterocapillus tigripes
Creators: name: Konstantinov, Fedor V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Heterocapillus
Heterocapillus tigripes

description: 5.6. Heterocapillus tigripes (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)  
Capsus magnicornis (non Fallén, 1807) Hahn, 1833: 130. Misidentification (see Fieber 1861: 295).   
Capsus tigripes Mulsant & Rey, 1852: 129.  
Atractotomus tigripes: Fieber 1861: 295; Reuter 1879: 302, 1883: 457, 1909: 73; Wagner 1952: 189, 1961: 68.  
Atractotomus (Heterocapillus) tigripes: Wagner 1960: 4; Wagner and Weber 1964: 450; Ribes 1965: 78.  
Heterocapillus tigripes: Kerzhner 1962: 379; Wagner 1975: 122; Tamanini 1981: 68; Ribes 1981: 83; Stonedahl 1990: 6.  
Diagnosis.  
Recognized by the characters given in the generic diagnosis.  
Redescription.  
 Male. Coloration, surface, vestiture and genitalia: As in generic description. Structure: Body 2.5-2.7 × as long as width of pronotum; total body length 3.1-3.4. Vertex 2.4-2.6 × as wide as eye; antennomere II 0.6-0.7 × as long as basal width of pronotum, subequal to width of head; pronotum 2.0-2.1 × as wide as long. - Female. Coloration, surface, vestiture and genitalia: As in generic description. Structure: Body 2.4-2.7 × as long as width of pronotum; total body length 3.3-3.5. Vertex 2.5-2.7 × as wide as eye; antennomere II 0.6-0.7 × as long as basal width of pronotum, subequal to width of head; pronotum 2.0-2.2 × as wide as long.   
Distribution.  
North Mediterranean species, spanning from Spain in the West to Turkey in the East, and extending to Carpathian Mountains of Czech Republic, Poland, and Ukraine in the North, mostly inhabiting open xerothermic grasslands on calcium-rich soils (Ribes 1981; Kment and Baňař 2012).   
Hosts.  
 Lotus dorycnium L. (Fabaceae) (Kerzhner 1962; Wagner 1975; Ribes 1981), Lotus hirsutus L. (Fabaceae) (Tamanini 1981).   
Material examined.  
 AUSTRIA: Leithagebirge, Winden, 1900, H. Franz, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00336949) (ZMUH). BOSNIA HERCEGOVINA: Vaganj, 43.78611°N 16.79555°E, 08 Jun 1946, Novak, 2♀ (AMNH_PBI 00336951, AMNH_PBI 00336952) (ZMUH). BULGARIA: Blagoevgrad: Slavyanka (Alibotush Mt), 41.48938°N 23.5756°E, 07 Jun 2014, Simov N., 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00341026, AMNH_PBI 00342998) (ZISP). CROATIA: Dalmatia: Svilaja Mts, 22 Jun 1947, Novak, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00336948) (ZMUH). CZECH REPUBLIC: Moravia: Mohelno (step), 30 Jun 1946, J. L. Stehlik, 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00336953) (ZMUH). FRANCE: Corsica: Corse-du-Sud Co.: 13 km E Puerta Veccio, Rt D71, Corsica, 41.6°N 9.3°E, 23 May 1990 - 30 May 1990, G.M. Stonedahl, Genista sp. (Fabaceae), 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00095773) (AMNH). Midi-Pyrenees: Tarn Co.: Albi (Tarn), Cote de Jussens, 43.93°N 2.15°E, 14 Jun 1954 - 16 Jun 1954, E. Wagner, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00336944-AMNH_PBI 00336947), 3♀ (AMNH_PBI 00336954-AMNH_PBI 00336956) (ZMUH). Gallia, V. Jakovlev coll., 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00240938), 3♀ (AMNH_PBI 00240939-AMNH_PBI 00240941) (ZISP). GREECE: Peloponnese: Kollines, 37.28389°N 22.35167°E, 17 Jun 1990, R. Linnavuori, 4♀ (AMNH_PBI 00340917, ZISP_ENT 00011722), 8♂ (AMNH_PBI 00340917, ZISP_ENT 00011724, ZISP_ENT 00011723) (NMWC). MONTENEGRO: Between Zabljak and Podgorica, 42°N 19.1°E, 02 Jul 1958, L. Hoberlandt, 1♂ (ZISP_ENT 00011717) (NMPC). SLOVAKIA: Kovacovske kopce, 47.83333°N 18.76667°E, 09 Jun 1960, Exc. M. N. Pragae, 10♂ (ZISP_ENT 00011730-ZISP_ENT 00011739), 5♀ (ZISP_ENT 00011727-ZISP_ENT 00011729, ZISP_ENT 00011715, ZISP_ENT 00011716) (NMPC). SPAIN: ES Almeria, Huercal-Overa, 37.3833°N 1.93°W, 16 Mar 2001, J. M. Bruers, 1♂ (ZISP_ENT 00011855), 1♀ (ZISP_ENT 00011856) (ISNB). Valldoreix (Valles Ocid.), 41.45°N 2.03°W, 13 May 1956, Dorycnium suffruticosum Vill. (Fabaceae), 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00095774) (AMNH). UKRAINE: Glubokoe, Zakarpatska prov., 48.55°N 22.415° E, 03 Jul 1957, Roshko, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00233309, AMNH_PBI 00240944, AMNH_PBI 00151728, AMNH_PBI 00252541), 3♀ (AMNH_PBI 00238411, AMNH_PBI 00240943, AMNH_PBI 00231370) (ZISP).
description: Published as part of Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2023, Plant bugs with swollen antennae: a morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of Heterocapillus Wagner, 1960 and related genera (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae), pp. 845-879 in Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81 on page 845, DOI: 10.3897/asp.81.e104396