Macrotylus henryi, a new species of Pelargonium-feeding Cremnorrhinina from South Africa (Hemiptera, Miridae, Phylinae, Cremnorrhinini)

• Published in: ZooKeys Vol. 796; pp. 267 - 280
• Main Authors: Salas, Ruth, Schuh, Randall T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 15-11-2018
• Subjects: Coloration; Feeding; Genitalia; Host plants; Macrotylus; New species; Pelargonium; Physical characteristics; Zoology; South Africa
• ISSN: 1313-2989; 1313-2970
• DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.796.21429

Macrotylushenryi
is described as a new species from South Africa. This new taxon is recorded as feeding on species of
Pelargonium
(Geraniaceae) in the Western Cape. Documentation is provided in the form of diagnosis, description, habitus photographs, scanning electron micrographs, illustrations and images of genitalic structures, detailed distributional data, host plant information, and images of hosts and habitats. Morphological traits are similar to species of
Macrotylus
Fieber from the Northern Hemisphere, but coloration is substantially variable, and the structure of the male genitalia is distinctive.