Further records of the tribe Gigantometopini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) with descriptions of three new genera and five new species

Gigantometopini Herczek, 1993 is a small tribe of jumping tree bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae). Of the 16 extant species classified in Gigantometopini, 13 have been described in this century. In this paper, we described three new genera, Malaymetopidea gen. nov., Utarametopus gen. nov., and Wallacemetopus gen. nov.

Five new species are described: Malaymetopidea maculata sp. nov. from Malaysia (Malay Peninsula), Planicapitus brunneus sp. nov. from South Thailand (Malay Peninsula), and Utarametopus linuspitti sp. nov., Utarametopus striatus sp. nov., and Wallacemetopus anteriotenebrosus sp. nov. from Indonesia (North Sulawesi). Habitus images and scanning electron micrographs of the selected structures of the new taxa are provided.

New localities for Planicapitus luteus Taszakowski, Kim & Herczek, 2020, and Sulawesimetopus henryi Herczek, Gorczyca & Taszakowski, 2018 are recorded. Male genitalia of Malaymetopidea maculata sp. nov., Planicapitus brunneus sp. nov., and Wallacemetopus anteriotenebrosus sp. nov., and a distributional map of all Gigantometopini species are presented.