Vol. 87, Nos. 3 & 4, March & April 1976 61 REVIEW OF REUTER/A PUTON 1875, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE)i Thomas J. Henry^ ABSTRACT: Redescriptions and figures of the male genitalia and tergal processes are given for six of the seven species of Reuteria: hifurcata Knight, fuscicornis Knight, irrorata (Say), marqueti Puton, platani Knight and querci Knight. The new species, dobsoni from Pennsylvania and wheeleri from Georgia and North Carolina, are described and illustrated, and a neotype is designated for irrorata. A key to the species and complete synonymies are provided for irrorata and marqueti. Information on host plants and distributions are given for each species. DESCRIPTORS: Hemiptera, Miridae, Reuteria, review, key, new species, dobsoni, wheeleri. The genus Reuteria belongs to the subfamily Orthotylinae and the tribe Orthotylini (Carvalho 1958). Puton (1875) erected the monobasic genus Reuteria using the Palearctic marqueti as the type-species. Reuter (1883) transferred Capsus irroratus Say, 1832 to Reuteria and placed marqueti as a junior synonym of irrorata. Most subsequent authors followed this interpretation until Knight (1922) noted that the genital claspers of irrorata and marqueti are not identical. In 1939 Kniglit described bifurcata, fuscicornis, querci, and poUicaris and again noted that marqueti is different from Nearctic Reuteria. Knight (1941) described platani and provided a key to the North American species and Froeschner (1949) gave a key to the 5 Nearctic species known from Missouri and neighboring states. Wagner (1957) still considered marqueti a synonym o{ irrorata, and Carvalho (1958) listed only 6 species in his "Catalog of the Miridae of the World." Later, Wagner (1961, 1967) gave marqueti specific rank, raising the number o^ Reuteria to seven. In this paper six of the seven previously known species of Reuteria are redescribed, a neotype is designated for irrorata, and two new species are described. A key to the species, modified from Knight (1941), is presented. The host plants and distribution are given for each species; the 1st and 2nd antennal segments of 4 species and the male genitalia and tergal processes for 8 of the 9 species are illustrated. The original citations have been listed for each species. Other citations are referred to the Carvalho catalog (1960), except those not included in the catalog or where there has been confusion in synonymy. The following abbreviations are for institutions cited in this paper: AMNH American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York Accepted for publication: January 31, 1976 2 Bureau ot Plant Industry, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 ENT. NEWS, 87: 3 & 4: 61 -74, March & April 1976
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