Psallops linnavuorii Herczek, Popov & Gorczyca, 2016

Taszakowski, Artur, Kim, Junggon, Kaszyca-Taszakowska, Natalia, Gierlasiński, Grzegorz & Jung, Sunghoon, 2025, Taxonomic review of the genus Psallops Usinger, 1946 (Hemiptera: Miridae) from the Afrotropical Region, with descriptions of two new species and a discussion on the internal revision of Psallops, Zootaxa 5646 (4), pp. 545-561 : 547-548

Psallops linnavuorii Herczek, Popov & Gorczyca, 2016

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Psallops linnavuorii Herczek, Popov & Gorczyca 2016a: 165 , figs 1, 2 (new species), 2016b: 167 (map of distribution), 168 (diagnosis, key); Kim et al. 2025: 197 (list).

Psallops sp. No 2 ( Konstantinov 2003): 28, figs 65–67, 30, figs 68, 69 (male genitalia).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following combination of characters: dorsum generally reddish brown, surface weakly shagreened; interocular distance short, width subequal to 1/2 single compound eye width; frons and clypeus brown; hemelytra mostly fuscous; corium mostly fuscous, paler medially, anterior and posterior parts tinged with red; clavus mostly fuscous, apical part paler; embolium darker, being more reddish toward posterior part; cuneus mostly reddish brown, inner part brown; fore and mid tibiae pale brown; hind tibia pale brown, 1/3 of basal part reddish brown, with two rows of pale brown spines on external surface; tibial spines longer than diameter of tibia; tarsi pale brown, two-segmented; left paramere with broad sensory lobe; endosoma with two types of sclerotized appendages, two bunches of short and dense spicules and one bunch of four long and straight spicules (updated from Herczek et al. 2016a, b).

Description. See Herczek et al. (2016a) for the original description.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, ‘Tafo, Ghana, 2.XI.65, Leston, UV trap. Leston coll. B.M. 1976-509’ ( ZMUC).

Distribution. Ghana.

Note. The holotype of Psallops linnavuorii Herczek, Popov & Gorczyca, 2016 (as “ Psallops sp. No 2”) was previously studied by Konstantinov (2003), who described its male genitalia in detail. In the above-mentioned studies, a second individual of “ Psallops sp. No 2”, with different location data, was used. However, it is not mentioned as a paratype by Herczek et al. (2016).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Psallops linnavuorii Herczek, Popov & Gorczyca, 2016, holotype, male (A, B); Psallops niedzwiedzkii Herczek & Popov, 2016, holotype, male (C, D); Psallops webbi Herczek & Popov, 2014, holotype, male (E).