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

description: 5.8. Lobicris basalis (Reuter, 1878)  
Neocoris basalis Reuter, 1878: 59.  
Monosynamma basalis: Oshanin 1910: 93; Carvalho 1958: 75.  
Microsynamma basalis: Wagner 1947: 480.  
Monosynamma basale: Popov 1965: 193.  
Plagiognathus basalis: Kerzhner 1970: 645.  
Salicarus (Lobicris) basalis Putshkov 1977: 368.  
Diagnosis.  
Recognized by the characters given in the generic diagnosis.  
Redescription.  
 Male. Coloration, surface, vestiture and genitalia: As in generic description. Structure: Body 2.7-2.9 × as long as width of pronotum; total body length 3.4-3.6. Vertex 1.8-2.0 × as wide as eye; antennomere II 0.7-0.8 × as long as basal width of pronotum and 1.1-1.2 × as long as width of head; pronotum 2.1-2.2 × as wide as long. - Female. Coloration, surface, vestiture and genitalia: As in generic description. Structure: Body 2.6-2.8 × as long as width of pronotum; total body length 3.5-3.9. Vertex 2.0-2.2 × as wide as eye; antennomere II 0.7-0.8 × as long as basal width of pronotum, 1.0-1.1 × as long as width of head; pronotum 2.1-2.3 × as wide as long.   
Distribution.  
Western Tian Shan Mountains of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan). Recorded from mountain steppes and mixed forests along rivers of Qurama, Chatqol, Alai, Turkestan, Zarafshon Mts ridges and Fergana Valley (Putshkov 1977).  
Hosts.  
 Salvia scrophulariifolia (Bunge) B.T. Drew (Lamiaceae), Spiraea hypericifolia L. (Rosaceae) (Popov 1965).   
Material examined.  
 KYRGYZSTAN: 15 km S Osh, Fergana Valley, 40.4°N 74.46666°E, 09 Jun 1958, Gorodkov, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332194-AMNH_PBI 00332197), 2♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332192, AMNH_PBI 00332193) (ZISP). Jordan, 39.63°N 70.95°E, 02 Jun 1908, A. N. Kiritshenko, 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332223) (ZISP). Katta-Taldyk, Osh Distr., 40.51222°N 72.96583°E, 14 May 1962, Putshkov, 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332202), 3♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332202, AMNH_PBI 00332203) (ZISP). Taka Pass, Alay Mts Range, 39.48333°N 72.41666°E, 7390 m, 1 larva (AMNH_PBI 00332172) (ZISP). Yangryk no Gul’cha River, 40.33°N 73.43°E, 23 Jun 1928, Reichardt, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332164-AMNH_PBI 00332167), 7♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332185-AMNH_PBI 00332191) (ZISP). TAJIKISTAN: Muynak Mt. nr Vorukh, 39.85°N 70.55°E, 14 Jun 1908, Zarudny, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332236, AMNH_PBI 00332237), 5♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332253-AMNH_PBI 00332257) (ZISP). Vorukh, 39.85°N 70.55°E, 08 Jun 1908, Zarudny, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332232-AMNH_PBI 00332235), 5♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332247-AMNH_PBI 00332251) (ZISP). UZBEKISTAN: Fergana Valley: Chatkalsky tract, Quqon [Kokand], 40.51666°N 70.93333°E, 28 Jun 1908, Zarudny, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332159-AMNH_PBI 00332162), 5♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332173-AMNH_PBI 00332177) (ZISP). Aman-Kutan river, Kyrk-Tau Mt. [Kyr-Tau], 39.33333°N 67.16667°E, 12 Jun 1932, Gussakovskiy, 3♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332238-AMNH_PBI 00332240), 2♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332258, AMNH_PBI 00332259) (ZISP); 13 Jun 1932, Gussakovskiy, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332241, AMNH_PBI 00332242), 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332260) (ZISP). Fergana [Skobelev], 40.38333°N 71.76666°E, 13 May 1908, A. N. Kiritshenko, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332198-AMNH_PBI 00332201), 12♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332211-AMNH_PBI 00332222) (ZISP). Kempir-tyube [Kempyrg-tepe], 37.78°N 66.68°E, 20 May 1910, Zarudny, 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332228) (ZISP). Kyshtut, 38.83333°N 67.9°E, 30 May 1908, A. Hohlbeck, 3♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332243-AMNH_PBI 00332245), 4♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332263-AMNH_PBI 00332266) (ZISP); 31 May 1908, A. Hohlbeck, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332246) (ZISP). Padshaata, 41°N 71.66666°E, 29 May 1908, B. Grigoriev, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332168, AMNH_PBI 00332171) (ZISP); 04 Jun 1908, B. Grigoriev, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332169, AMNH_PBI 00332170) (ZISP). Shakhimardan, Alayskiy Mts. Range, 39.96666°N 71.78333°E, 05 Jun 1900, Germs, 7♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332178-AMNH_PBI 00332184), 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332163) (ZISP). Skalyat-Zarkent-Nanay, 41.46666°N 71.66666°E, 02 Jun 1909, Zarudny, 4♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332207-AMNH_PBI 00332210), 3♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332229-AMNH_PBI 00332231) (ZISP). Takhtakaracha Pass, Zeravshan Mts. Range, 39.26°N 66.9°E, 27 May 1909, A. Hohlbeck, 2♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332261, AMNH_PBI 00332262) (ZISP). Urgut, foothills of Zeravshan ridge, 39.4022°N 67.2431°E, 01 Jun 1945 - 08 Jun 1945, Fursov, 3♂ (AMNH_PBI 00332204-AMNH_PBI 00332206), 4♀ (AMNH_PBI 00332224-AMNH_PBI 00332227) (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