Abstract
The mirine plant bug genus Paramiridius, previously known only from a single Taiwanese species, is reported from Indochinese Laos for the first time and redefined. Two additional species, Paramiridius indochinensis and Paramiridius laomontanus, are described as new to science. The female genitalic structures of the genus are documented for the first time. Habitus illustrations, figures of male genitalia, and key are provided for all three known Paramiridius species.
Highlights
The mirine plant bug genus Paramiridius was proposed by Miyamoto and Yasunaga (1992) to accommodate a single species known only from Taiwan, P. tigrinus Miyamoto & Yasunaga
Two females of P. laomontanus were found on Castanea sp. (Fagaceae)
The original authors (Miyamoto and Yasunaga 1992) mentioned Paramiridius is similar in some external characters to two western Palearctic genera, Miris Fabricus and Miridius Fieber
Summary
The mirine plant bug genus Paramiridius was proposed by Miyamoto and Yasunaga (1992) to accommodate a single species known only from Taiwan, P. tigrinus Miyamoto & Yasunaga. N.), type species: Paramiridius tigrinus Miyamoto & Yasunaga, 1992: 94, original designation; Schuh 1995: 861 (cat.); Kerzhner and Josifov 1999: 136 (cat.). Paramiridius can be distinguished from other known mirine genera by the following combination of characters: moderate to rather large size; sparsely distributed vestiture; weakly shining, matte dorsum with noticeable dark pattern (yellow with dark stripes and maculae as in Fig. 1); generally slender antenna; six or eight dark stripes on pronotum; always wholly darkened mesoscutum; endosoma with a spicule, two
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