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Item High resolution images 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)'(American Museum of Natural History., 2016-04-22) Schuh, Randall T.; Schwartz, Michael D.High resolution images 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)' - http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6649Item New genera and species of Myrtaceae-feeding Phylinae from Australia, and the description of a new species of Restiophylus (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae). (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 424)(American Museum of Natural History., 2018-10-31) Schwartz, Michael D.; Weirauch, Christiane.; Schuh, Randall T.Six new genera of Australian Phylinae are described on the basis of existing collections. The tribe Exaeretini--represented by the two new genera Eucalyptophylus (two new species) and Melaleucaphylus (18 new species)--is recognized for the first time as occurring in Australia. Nine new taxa of Semiini, subtribe Exocarpocorina, are proposed: Four new genera, Calytriphylus, Melaleucacoris, Teddus (each monotypic), and Leptospermia (two new species), and four new species placed in Ancoraphylus Weirauch, 2007 (one species), Xiphoidellus Weirauch and Schuh, 2011 (one species), and Xiphoides Eyles and Schuh, 2003 (two species). Based on specimen data almost all the new taxa are associated with Myrtaceae plant hosts in the tribes Chamelaucieae, Eucalypteae, Leptospermeae, and Melaleuceae. A new species of Restiophylus Leon and Weirauch, 2016, taken in coastal New South Wales and perhaps associated with Leptocarpus tenax (Restionaceae), represents the first record for this genus beyond the southwest coast of Western Australia. Documentation is provided in the form of diagnoses and descriptions of all genera and species, color habitus images of males (and females when available) of all species, distributional maps, color images of male genitalic structures of all species, female genitalic structures in most species, and scanning electron micrographs of representative morphology of some taxa. Host-plant information is provided for most species, along with representative images of hosts and habitats. New distribution records for Xiphoidellus dumosus Weirauch and Schuh, 2011, and scanning micrographs of the pretarsus for Scholtzicoris linnavuorii Schuh, 2016 are provided.Item New genera, new species, new synonyms, and new combinations in North America and Caribbean Phylinae (Heteroptera, Miridae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3436(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2004) Schuh, Randall T.; Schwartz, Michael D.Adenostomocoris, new genus, is described to accommodate Maurodactylus semiustus Van Duzee and Adenostomocoris pintoi, new species, both occurring only on Adenostoma spp. (Rosaceae) in southern California and adjacent Mexico. Arctostaphylocoris, new genus, is described to accommodate Chlamydatus manzanitae Knight and Arctostaphylocoris arizonensis, new species, both of which breed on Arctostaphylos spp. (Ericaceae) in the far western United States. Aurantiocoris, new genus, is described to accommodate Sthenarus cuneotinctus Van Duzee and Aurantiocoris purshiae, new species, recorded from Arctostaphylos spp. (Ericaceae) and Purshia sp. (Rosaceae), respectively, from far western North America. Gonoporomiris hispaniolae, new species, is described from the Dominican Republic. Guentherocoris, new genus, is described to accommodate Psallus atribibialis Knight, which breeds on Acacia spp. (Fabaceae) in the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. Megalopsallus ellae, new species, is described as occurring on Ephedra sp. (Ephedrales: Ephedraceae) in the Imperial Valley of southern California. Oligotylus ribes Schuh, 2000, is treated as a junior synonym of Oligotylus pluto (Van Duzee, 1917), new combination. Pruneocoris stonedahli, new genus and new species, is described as occurring on Prunus spp. (Rosaceae) in California and Nevada. Vanduzeephylus, new genus, is described to accommodate Reuteroscopus falcatus Van Duzee, known to breed on a variety of deciduous trees in western North America.Item New genera, species, synonymies, and combinations in the "Lygus complex" from Japan : with discussion on Peltidolygus Poppius and Warrisia Carvalho (Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3378(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2002) Yasunaga, Tomohide, 1963-; Schwartz, Michael D.; Chérot, Frédéric.Three new genera, Pinalitopsis, Nepiolygus, and Apolygopsis, are proposed to accommodate the following new species of Japanese mirine plant bugs: P. rhodopotnia from the Kii Peninsula and Shikoku, and N. arare and A. furvocarinatus from the Ryukyu Islands. A new species of the genus Pachylygus Yasunaga, 1994, P. anthrax, is also described from Shikoku. Several new synonymies are proposed: Peltidolygus Poppius, 1915 = Zhengiella Yasunaga and Lu, 1994; Warrisia Carvalho, 1986 = Gotocapsus Yasunaga and Nakatani, 1998; and Warrisia huonensis (Poppius, 1914) = Lygus tonkinensis Poppius, 1914. The following new combinations are established: Peltidolygus scutellatus (Yasunaga and Lu, 1994), Warrisia deraeocoroides (Yasunaga and Nakatani, 1998), Apolygopsis elegans (Zheng and Wang, 1983), A. emeia (Zheng and Wang, 1983), A. mosaicus (Zheng and Wang, 1983), A. nigritulus (Linnavuori, 1961), A. picturatus (Zheng and Wang, 1983), and A. yunnananus (Zheng and Wang, 1983). Two subgenera of Lygocoris Reuter, 1875, Lygocorias Yasunaga, 1992 new status and Neolygus Knight, 1917 new status, are raised to genera. The relationships between Peltidolygus and Henrylygus Schwartz, 1998, and among Gianellia Poppius, 1914, Krausmiris Carvalho, 1986, Liistonotus Reuter, 1906, and Warrisia, are discussed. Keys are provided to distinguish Japanese genera of the "Lygus complex" and species of Peltidolygus and Warrisia.Item New species of Oaxacacoris Schwartz & Stonedahl and Pseudopsallus Van Duzee, and a new genus, Presidiomiris, from Texas (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylini). American Museum novitates ; ; no. 2928.(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1988) Stonedahl, Gary M.; Schwartz, Michael D.Item 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)(American Museum of Natural History., 2016-04-22) Schuh, Randall T.; Schwartz, Michael D.The tribe Cremnorrhinini, subtribe Cremnorrhinina, is recognized for the first time as occurring in Australia. Existing collections allow for the description of the following 19 new genera within which 82 new species of the group are placed: Adunatiphylus, Asterophylus, Austroplagiognathus, Bifidostylus, Dicyphylus, Eremotylus, Grandivesica, Gyrophallus, Halophylus, Lepidophylus, Maculiphylus, Monospiniphallus, Myoporophylus, Myrtophylus, Omnivoriphylus, Proteophylus, Pulvillophylus, Spinivesica, and Telophylus. Documentation is provided in the form of a subtribal diagnosis, key to genera, diagnoses and descriptions of all genera and species, color habitus images of males (and females where available) of all species, distributional maps, illustrations of male genitalic structures, images of the endosoma of all species and female genitalic structures in representative species, and scanning electron micrographs of representative morphology within the group based on a sample of nine genera. Host-plant information is provided for most species, along with representative images of hosts and habitats. Available data show that a preponderance of species are associated with the genus Eremophila (Scrophulariaceae), but with additional lineages associated with the plant groups Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae (Amaranthaceae), Myrtaceae, and Proteaceae, among others in much smaller numbers.Item Redescription of Strophopoda aprica Van Duzee and the description of two new genera and five new species from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Heteroptera, Miridae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3489(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2005) Schwartz, Michael D.The obscure species Strophopoda aprica Van Duzee, 1921 is redescribed. Calidroides, n.gen., is erected to accommodate the type species C. schaffneri, n.sp., from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico and C. negro, n.sp., from southern Mexico. Chlamyopsallus, n.gen., is described to accommodate the type species, C. lycii, n.sp., from the western portion of the Mojave Desert of southern California. Two new species of Pseudopsallus Van Duzee are described, P. tiquiliae, n.sp., from southern California and P. greggii, n.sp., from New Mexico and southwestern Texas. Systematic relationships in the Phylini and Pseudopsallus are discussed and digital habitus illustrations, illustrations of male genitalia, scanning micrographs of diagnostic features, and new distributional records are provided.Item Review of North American Chlamydatus Curtis species, with new synonymy and the description of two new species (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3471(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2005) Schuh, Randall T.; Schwartz, Michael D.The species of Chlamydatus Curtis occurring in North America are reviewed. Chlamydatus californicus and Chlamydatus keltoni are described as new. The following synonymies are proposed: Chlamydatus arcuatus Knight and Chlamydatus auratus Kelton = Chlamydatus pulicarius (Fallén); Chlamydatus knighti Kelton = Chlamydatus schuhi Knight; and, Chlamydatus fulvipes Knight = Chlamydatus pullus (Reuter). Revised diagnoses, digital habitus illustrations, illustrations of male genitalia and legs, scanning micrographs of diagnostic features, and new distributional records are provided. A new key to the North American species is offered to facilitate identification.Item A review of the late season Stenodemini of southwest North America, and a description of the new genus Caracoris from Brazil (Heteroptera, Miridae). American Museum novitates ; ; no. 2955.(New York : American Museum of Natural History, 1989) Schwartz, Michael D.Item Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the North American genus Slaterocoris Wagner with new synonymy, the description of five new species and a new genus from Mexico, and a review of the genus Scalponotatus Kelton (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae). (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 354)(American Museum of Natural History., 2011) Schwartz, Michael D.The North American genus Slaterocoris Wagner is revised and now contains 32 species. The new genus Josephinus is erected to accommodate three Mexican species, the type species, Slaterocoris reinhardi Carvalho and Schaffner, 1973, along with Scalponotatus albicornis Kelton, 1970, and Scalponotatus capitatus Kelton, 1970. Slaterocoris argenteoides, S. clavatus, S. elongatus, S. maculatus, and S. tanydexios from southern Mexico are described as new. The new combinations Slaterocoris punctatus (Distant, 1893) [Jornandes] and Slaterocoris subalbicans (Distant, 1893) [Jornandes] are proposed resulting in two subjective junior synonyms of Slaterocoris for the monotypic genera, Guerrerocoris Carvalho and China, 1959 and Amulacoris Carvalho and China, 1959, respectively. A review of the genus Scalponotatus Kelton, 1969, provides a new diagnosis and description of the genus and the type species, S. maturus Kelton, 1969, and a checklist of the nine species included in the newly conceived genus. Based on examination of the holotypes, the new combinations, Scalponotatus dissimulans (Distant, 1893) [Jornandes] and Jornandes sinaloensis (Carvalho and Costa, 1992) [Scalponotatus] are proposed. The following 23 new specific subjective synonymies are proposed (senior synonym first): Slaterocoris alpinus Kelton, 1968 = Slaterocoris schaffneri Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris ambrosiae (Knight, 1938) [Strongylocoris] = Slaterocoris arizonensis Knight, 1970, Slaterocoris bispinosus Knight, 1970, Slaterocoris ovatus Knight, 1970, and Slaterocoris severini Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris apache Kelton, 1968 = Slaterocoris bifidus Knight, 1970 and Slaterocoris burkei Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris breviatus (Knight, 1938) [Strongylocoris] = Slaterocoris minimus Knight, 1970 and Slaterocoris rarus Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris flavipes Kelton, 1968 = Slaterocoris sculleni Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris longipennis Knight, 1968 = Slaterocoris knowltoni Knight, 1970 and Slaterocoris utahensis Knight, 1968; Slaterocoris mohri (Knight, 1941) [Strongylocoris] = Slaterocoris fuscicornis Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris punctatus (Distant, 1893) = Slaterocoris grandis Kelton, 1970; Slaterocoris robustus (Uhler, 1895) [Stiphrosoma] = Slaterocoris nevadensis Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris rubrofemoratus Knight, 1968 = Slaterocoris nicholi Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris sheridani Knight, 1968 = Slaterocoris basicornis Knight, 1970, Slaterocoris custeri Knight, 1970, Slaterocoris dakotae Knight, 1970, Slaterocoris texanus Knight, 1970, and Slaterocoris woodgatei Knight, 1970; Slaterocoris stygicus (Say, 1832) [Capsus] = Slaterocoris getzendaneri Knight, 1970. The ambiguous lectotype designations (Kelton, 1968) for Stiphrosoma atrata Uhler, 1894, Stiphrosoma croceipes Uhler, 1893, and Stiphrosoma robusta Uhler, 1895, are stabilized. A neotype is designated for the lost primary type of Capsus stygicus Say, 1832. Revised diagnoses, redescriptions, color digital habitus photographs, line drawings of the legs for each species, and scanning micrographs of dorsal vestiture and sculpturation for most species are provided. Line drawings of the male genitalia of most species and the female genitalia of representative species-group taxa are included. Scanning micrographs are used to document diagnostic features of the genera. Maps and label records are provided to portray the distributions of all species. Where known, host-plant records are presented. Keys to Josephinus and Slaterocoris and their included species are offered to facilitate identification. A phylogenetic analysis is conducted for 32 ingroup and seven outgroup taxa resulting in the informal assignment of most of the species of Slaterocoris into six species groups.Item Revision of Phoenicocoris Reuter with descriptions of three new species from North America and a new genus from Japan (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3464(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2004) Schwartz, Michael D.; Stonedahl, Gary M.The genus Phoenicocoris Reuter is revised for North America. Three new species are described: P. nevadensis from California, Nevada, and Oregon, P. pallidicornis from the Prairie Provinces of Canada, Ontario and New Brunswick, and P. ponderosae from Arizona and Colorado. The following new synonyms are proposed (senior synonym first): Lepidopsallus minusculus Knight, 1923 = Atractotomus crataegi Knight, 1931; Lepidopsallus rostratus Knight, 1923 = Lepidopsallus olseni Knight, 1923 and Lepidopsallus hesperus Knight, 1968. The new genus Kasumiphylus is erected to accommodate the type species Psallus kyushuensis Linnavuori, 1961 and Phoenicocoris ryukyuensis Yasunaga, 1999. The new combination, Salicarus qiliananus (Zheng), 1996 (Phoenicocoris), is proposed. Illustrations of the male genitalic structures, photographs of the dorsal habitus, and new distributional records of all species are provided. Scanning electron micrographs are presented for the dorsal vestiture, hind femora, pretarsus, and lateral habitus of representative species.Item Revision of the Mexican genera Ficinus Distant and Jornandes Distant, with the description of 21 new species (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae, Orthotylini) ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 309(New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History, 2008) Schaffner, Joseph C. (Joseph Clarence), 1930-; Schwartz, Michael D.The predominately Mexican endemic genera Ficinus Distant, 1893 and Jornandes Distant,1884 are revised. Rhinocapsidea Reuter, 1908 is treated as a junior synonym of Jornandes. Two species of Ficinus are recognized, including one new species from Guerrero. Twenty-five species of Jornandes are recognized, including 20 new species, predominately from the southern edge of the Transmexican Volcanic Belt near the conjunction of the Balsas Basin and the Sierra Madredel Sur of Guerrero, Puebla, and Oaxaca. The new combinations, Jornandes albipes (Kelton,1969) (Scalponotatus), Jornandes genetivus (Distant, 1884) (Rhinocapsidea), Jornandes sinaloa(Carvalho, 1987) (Rhinocapsidea) are proposed. Jornandes dissimulans Distant, 1983 and J. nordestina (Carvalho and Wallerstein, 1978) (Rhinocapsidea) are considered species incertaesedis. Keys to all recognized species are included. Illustrations of the male genitalia, dorsalhabitus color photographs of both sexes (except for J. championi Distant, 1884), and new distributional records of all species are provided. Host records, where known, are listed. Scanning electron micrographs are presented to document the cuticular sculpturing of thecorium, lateral view of the head, thorax, mesothoracic spiracle, and metathoracic scent-efferentsystem of representative species. The female genitalia of F. sagittarius and three species of Jornandes are documented with photographs.Item Revision of the New World Pilophorini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 187, article 2([New York] : American Museum of Natural History, 1988) Schuh, Randall T.; Schwartz, Michael D."The Pilophorini of the New World, including the genera Alepidiella Poppius (1 species), Pilophorus Hahn (44 species, 7 described as new), and Sthenaridea Reuter (7 species, 4 described as new) are revised. Alepidea Reuter is synonymized with Pilophorus and Paramixia Reuter is synonymized with Sthenaridea Reuter. The following species synonymies are created (junior names first): Pilophorus depictus Knight = P. furvus Knight; P. pinicola Knight = P. amoenus Uhler; P. crassipes Poppius and P. banksianae Knight = P. crassipes Heidemann; P. desertinus Knight, P. hesperus Knight, P. jezzardi Knight, P. mexicanus Knight, and P. microsetosus Knight = P. tibialis Van Duzee; P. barberi Knight = P. americanus Poppius; P. merinoi Knight = P. clavicornis Poppius; P. bellula Hussey and P. gracilis squamosa Knight = P. gracilis Uhler; P. australis Knight = P. brunneus Poppius; P. nicholi Knight and P. utahensis Knight = P. discretus Van Duzee; P. hirtus Knight = longisetosus Knight; P. tanneri Knight = P. salicis Knight; P. opacus Knight = P. vicarius Poppius; Psallus politus Uhler and Sthenarus plebejus Reuter = Sthenaridea vulgaris (Distant). Line drawings are presented for the antennae, male genitalic structures, and pronotum and hemelytra of all species; habitus views are presented for 10 species; scanning electron micrographs are presented for setal types, surface structure, and vesical structure. Keys to the genera and species are included"--P. 104.Item Revision of the plant bug genus Pseudopsallus Van Duzee (Heteroptera, Miridae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2842(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1986) Stonedahl, Gary M.; Schwartz, Michael D."The genus Pseudopsallus Van Duzee is revised and proposed as the senior synonym of Bifidungulus Knight and Hesperocapsus Knight. Twenty species are recognized including six that are new: Pseudopsallus lajuntae, Pseudopsallus enceliae, Pseudopsallus lattini, Pseudopsallus mojaviensis, Pseudopsallus occidentalis, and Pseudopsallus presidio. The following taxa, listed by the most recently recognized combination, are transferred to Pseudopsallus: Bifidungulus puberus (Uhler), Bifidungulus viridicans Knight, Hesperocapsus abroniae (Knight), Hesperocapsus anograe (Knight), Hesperocapsus artemisicola (Knight), Hesperocapsus atriseta (Van Duzee), Hesperocapsus demensus (Van Duzee), Hesperocapsus hixsoni Knight, Hesperocapsus major Knight, Hesperocapsus plagiatus Knight, Hesperocapsus sericatus (Uhler), and Hesperocapsus stitti Knight. Oncotylus repertus Uhler is reinstated as a valid species, removed from synonymy with Hesperocapsus sericatus (Uhler), and transferred to Pseudopsallus. The following new synonymies are proposed: Pseudopsallus atriseta (Van Duzee) = Hesperocapsus tanneri (Knight) and Hesperocapsus nigricornis Knight; Pseudopsallus demensus (Van Duzee) = Pseudopsallus nicholi Knight and Hesperocapsus gaurae Knight; Pseudopsallus repertus (Uhler) = Hesperocapsus davisi (Knight) and Hesperocapsus utahensis Knight; Pseudopsallus stitti (Knight) = Hesperocapsus tinctus Knight. Lectotypes are designated for: Macrotylus angularis Uhler, Oncotylus puberus Uhler, and Oncotylus sericatus Uhler. Illustrations are provided for the male genitalic structures of all species, and scanning electron micrographs are presented for the pretarsus and scale-like setae of representative species. A revised diagnosis and description of Pseudopsallus are included. A key to all currently recognized species is given, as well as a detailed diagnosis and a description of the male genitalia for each species, and descriptions of all new species. A phylogenetic analysis of the species is presented, using a species in a new genus from Mexico for outgroup comparison. The resulting species classification recognized three species groups. The male genitalia, fine structure of the scale-like setae, and pretarsus of several genera of Orthotylini are surveyed to evaluate the utility of these structures as phylogenetic character systems. Distribution maps are provided for all species, indicating a range for Pseudopsallus from the Prairie Provinces of Canada south to the central plateau region of Mexico and west to California. Members of the genus occur primarily on herbaceous plants belonging to the families Nyctaginaceae (e.g., Abronia Juss.) and Onagraceae (e.g., Gaura L., Oenothera L.), and on Artemisia L. (Asteraceae)"--P. [1]-2.Item Revision of the plant bug genus Rhinacloa Reuter with a phylogenetic analysis (Hemiptera, Miridae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 179, article 4([New York] : American Museum of Natural History, 1985) Schuh, Randall T.; Schwartz, Michael D."The genus Rhinacloa Reuter is revised. Thirty-seven species are included, 17 of which are described as new. Campylomma cardini Barber and Bruner, Europiella mella Van Duzee, Psallus incaicus Carvalho and Gomes, Psallus insularis Carvalho, Psallus longirostris Carvalho, Psallus usingeri Carvalho and Sthenarus basalis Reuter are transferred to Rhinacloa. The following new synonymies are created: Rhinacloa antennalis (Reuter) = Rhinacloa melanotelus Reuter; Rhinacloa clavicornis (Reuter) = Rhinacloa subpallicornis Knight and Rhinacloa lepagei Carvalho; Rhinacloa forticornis Reuter = Psallus minutulus Reuter and Rhinacloa incerta Reuter; Rhinacloa basalis (Reuter), new combination = Rhinacloa pallida Reuter, Rhinacloa pusillus (Knight), and Rhinacloa castanea Carvalho; Rhinacloa pallidipes Maldonaldo = Lepidopsallus riodocensis Carvalho and Rhinacloa punctipes Maldonaldo. Demarata mirifica Distant is treated as a species incertae sedis. Rhinacloa araguaiana Carvalho is transferred to Paramixia Reuter (Pilophorini). Lygus ordinatus Distant is placed in Ellenia Reuter (Phylini). Illustrations are presented for the antennae and male genitalic structures of most known Rhinacloa species; scanning electron micrographs are presented for the pretarsus and scale-like setae of many species. A key to separate the included species is included. A phylogenetic analysis of the species is presented, using Campylomma verbasci Meyer-Dür, Microphylidea prosopidis Knight, and Nigrimiris pallipes Carvalho and Schaffner for outgroup comparison. Distributional maps are provided for all species, indicating a range for Rhinacloa from the southwestern United States, the Caribbean including the Florida Keys, (with three widely distributed species occurring in Florida), the Galapagos Islands, and south to northern Argentina and central Chile. Rhinacloa forticornis is introduced into Hawaii"--P. 382.Item Two new genera for pine-inhabiting species of Phylini in North America (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3166(New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History, 1996) Stonedahl, Gary M.; Schwartz, Michael D.Item Two new species of Pulvillophylus from Western Australia (Insecta, Hemiptera, Miridae, Phylinae, Cremnorrhinini). (American Museum novitates, no. 3860)(American Museum of Natural History., 2016-06-01) Schwartz, Michael D.; Schuh, Randall T.Two new species of phyline Miridae were collected from unique localities in Kadji Kadji and Lochada Reserves of Western Australia during the Avon Wheatbelt Bush Blitz survey of September 2009. Based on head shape and male genitalic structure, P. cuneomaculatus, n. sp., and P. ecdeiocoleae, n. sp., are members of Pulvillophylus Schuh and Schwartz, 2016. The latter species was taken on the flower spikes of Ecdeiocolea monostachya F. Muell. (Ecdeiocoleaceae) and provides the first confirmed host-plant record for the genus Pulvillophylus. Documentation for both species is provided by diagnoses, descriptions, color habitus images of males, a distributional map, illustrations of male genitalic structures, and images of the endosoma. Digital images of the dorsal habitus and female genitalic structures of P. ecdeiocoleae are provided as well as digital images and a distribution map for the plant host.