Abstract
A new species, Phytocoris (Compsocerocoris) darakiensis sp. nov. is described from Kurdistan province, Iran. A taxonomic key to the species of amygdali-group of the subgenus Compsocerocoris Reuter known in Iran, male and female habitus photographs and illustrations of male genitalia of the new taxon are provided. Diagnosis of the new species is based on a comparison with other congeneric found from Iran. The type specimens were deposited in the insect collection of the University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
References
Aukema, B., Rieger, C. & Rabitsch, W. (2013) Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 6. Supplement. Netherlands Entomological Society, Ponsen & Looijen, Wageningen, 628 pp.
Kerzhner, I.M. & Josifov, M. (1999) Miridae. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, C. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic region. Vol. 3. Cimicomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, pp. 1–577.
Konstantinov, F.V. (2003) Male genitalia in Miridae (Heteroptera) and their significance for supra-generic classification of the family. Part I: general review, Isometopinae and Psallopinae. Belgian Journal of Entomology, 5, 3–36
Linnavuori, R.E. (1999) On the genus Phytocoris Fallen (Heteroptera: Miridae, Mirinae) in Iran, with remarks on species in the adjacent countries. Part I. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica, 43 (3/4), 163–193.
Linnavuori, R. (2006) Studies on the Miridae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of Gilan and the adjacent provinces in northern Iran. I. Description of new species. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica, 49, 219–243.
Linnavuori, R. (2008) A new species of the genus Phytocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from southern Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 48, 385–388.
Scudder, G.G. & Schwartz, M.D. (2012) Two new species of Trigonotylus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Stenodemini) from western Canada and northwestern United States, Zootaxa, 3714 (1), 51.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3174.1.5