Myrtaceae-Feeding Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Australia: Description and Analysis of Phylogenetic and Host Relationships for a Monophyletic Assemblage of Three New Genera

Supplemental Material for 'Nineteen new genera and 82 new species of Cremnorrhinina from Australia, including analyses of host relationships and distributions (Insecta, Hemiptera, Miridae, Phylinae, Cremnorrhinini). (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 401)'

“…As has been shown in previous studies (Weirauch, 2007;Schuh and Pedraza, 2010;Schuh and Weirauch, 2010) the greatest diversity in some groups of Australian exocarpocorine Phylinae occurs in Western Australia, and as known from the western portions of those states. All records from Victoria are from the most desertic areas of the state and no taxa have been recorded from Tasmania.…”

“…Although most species of that bug genus do not appear to be host specific, they always occur on the Chenopodiaceae, a habit that is unknown for Cremnorrhinina outside of Australia, although chenopods are a well-documented host group for several assemblages of Phylinae, including for example, many members of the Nasocorini (Schuh, 2000). Myrtaceae also serves as host to a limited number of bug species belonging to a monophyletic group of cremnorrhinines, although our field data suggest that this relationship is not exclusive to the genus Myrtophylus, and the radiation on Myrtaceae by the Cremnorrhinina is small compared to what is seen in the Melaleucoides group (Exocarpocorina; Schuh and Weirauch, 2010). The Proteaceae, a large and diverse group in Australia, also serves as a host group for several species we place in the genus Proteophylus, with a single species of this lineage occurring on the Fabaceae.…”

“…2, 6, 10 for explanation). The female genitalia were also observed with temporary preparations; terminology of the bursa copulatrix and genital chamber are adapted from Schuh (2006), Schuh and Pedraza (2010), and Schuh and Weirauch (2010).…”

A Revised Classification of the Phylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae): Arguments for the Placement of Genera

“…Wallabicoris, has very different male genitalic morphology, but shares similarities of the female genitalic morphology (Weirauch and Schuh, 2011) and dnA sequence data (Menard et al, 2013). The fifth genus sequenced by Menard et al (2013) belongs to the Melaleucoides group (Schuh and Weirauch, 2010), an assemblage with endosomal morphology with many similarities to what is seen in Exocarpocoris and its relatives. The analysis of Weirauch and Schuh (2011) used morphology only for a taxon set differing from that of Menard et al (2013).…”

“…) On the basis of morphology Schuh and Weirauch (2010) treated this taxon as a member of the clade containing Melaleucoides and Polyozus. We therefore include Jiwarli in the exocarpocorina.…”