<documentID-CLB-Dataset="284556"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.71.104130"ID-GBIF-Dataset="fc483266-375e-43ff-bfaf-42bf3445cc1a"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1860-1324-1-1"ID-Pensoft-UUID="30C213B2439754C0B1B9573B94B16210"ID-ZooBank="A0C8103CB56C40E99C381D2617F8A3C4"ModsDocID="1860-1324-71-1-1"checkinTime="1704767175956"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Minghetti, Eugenia, Montemayor, Sara Itzel & Dellape, Pablo Matias"docDate="2024"docId="DD54436F344157A289E447265396AFFB"docLanguage="en"docName="DeutEntomolZeit 71(1): 1-15"docOrigin="Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 71 (1)"docPubDate="2024-01-08"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.71.104130"docTitle="Egerocoris dimorphus Minghetti & Montemayor & Dellapé 2024, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="B4381DE7-5D26-4F18-A037-F2B845E097F5"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="4"id="30C213B2439754C0B1B9573B94B16210"lastPageNumber="1"masterDocId="30C213B2439754C0B1B9573B94B16210"masterDocTitle="Two new genera and four new species of Neotropical Eccritotarsini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Bryocorinae)"masterLastPageNumber="15"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1732689763868"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="1F6082D18B11BBA2B8C00A1DFA6DEBC8">Two new genera and four new species of Neotropical Eccritotarsini (Heteroptera, Miridae, Bryocorinae)</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="78CC67C29EDBCE8AA94753F4C5434D90">Division Entomologia, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET. Paseo del Bosque s / n B 1900 FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="E4ABB11A27F3F78187244DA8916687B1">Division Entomologia, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET. Paseo del Bosque s / n B 1900 FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="CF029544696C584E6BD0B0776D1F3D44">Division Entomologia, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET. Paseo del Bosque s / n B 1900 FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="FC345C5916111630727C871C9681D927"LSID="https://zoobank.org/B4381DE7-5D26-4F18-A037-F2B845E097F5"authority="Minghetti & Montemayor & Dellapé, 2024"authorityName="Minghetti & Montemayor & Dellapé"authorityYear="2024"class="Insecta"family="Miridae"genus="Egerocoris"higherTaxonomySource="CoL"kingdom="Animalia"lsidName="Egerocoris dimorphus"order="Hemiptera"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="dimorphus"status="sp. nov.">Egerocoris dimorphus</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitationid="70E9917E2E948EF84978288E9FBE73E4"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. Thomasomiris gen. nov. and Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, head frontal view. A. T. setosus sp. nov., female holotype; B. E. dimorphus sp. nov., male holotype; C. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov., male holotype; D. E. chaparensis sp. nov., male holotype."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963756"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 2B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="1A3B339A2B6D4AC97FC6B8087EE4B96A"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figure 3. Thomasomiris gen. nov. and Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, head and pronotum lateral view. A. T. setosus sp. nov., female holotype; B. E. dimorphus sp. nov., male holotype; C. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov., male holotype; D. E. chaparensis sp. nov., male holotype."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure3"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963757"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 3B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="A66A00CAB5E79869F36F24DC36257458"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Egerocoris dimorphus sp. nov., dorsal view of cuneus. A. Male holotype; B. Female paratype."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963758"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9EE9D55A2D4D3BA5C67AFAC6ED104D99"captionStart="Figure 5"captionStartId="F5"captionText="Figure 5. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, left lateral view of genital capsule. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Genital capsule not dissected; B, D, F. Genital capsule dissected; DT - dorsal tooth; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure5"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963759"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 5A, B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="6D17A9ACFDD8E77C9444EE0E7105B27A"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, subgenital plate. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A. Subgenital plate right posterolateral view; C, E. Subgenital plate right lateral view; B, D, F. Subgenital plate posterior view; DT - dorsal tooth; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963761"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 7A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="6D9B74A3F90BF2DA637B4348B16C5177"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, left paramere. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Interior view; B, D, F. Posterior view."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963762"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 8A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="23BB5258E0CA996AA0CE5943EC5CB379"captionStart="Figure 9"captionStartId="F9"captionText="Figure 9. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, right paramere. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Interior view; B, D, F. Dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure9"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963763"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 9A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="220A237CF445A873E691E22CAE41D817"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, aedeagus right lateral view. A. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; B. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; C. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; Ae - aedeagus; BE - basal expansion."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963764"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 10A</figureCitation>
Antennal segment I bicolored, darker distally (Figs
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,
<figureCitationid="FE022DA70091DF450D5929485FC99476"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figure 3. Thomasomiris gen. nov. and Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, head and pronotum lateral view. A. T. setosus sp. nov., female holotype; B. E. dimorphus sp. nov., male holotype; C. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov., male holotype; D. E. chaparensis sp. nov., male holotype."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure3"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963757"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">3B</figureCitation>
), segment III whitish; femora yellow and irregularly tinged with orange; level of vertex not attaining dorsal margin of eyes; labium extending to metacoxae and segment I slightly concave ventrally; calli large, not attaining pronotal lateral margins; embolium longer than abdomen; internal margin of cell straight; sexual dimorphism on internal margin and length of cuneus (Fig.
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), which is concave in males and reaches posterior margin of membrane without contacting each other with hemelytra in repose; cell 3 times as long as wide; genital capsule with a dorsal sclerotized tooth in right side (Figs
<figureCitationid="A6EEC5F18B1A7D49117864A86FEDB2D2"captionStart="Figure 5"captionStartId="F5"captionText="Figure 5. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, left lateral view of genital capsule. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Genital capsule not dissected; B, D, F. Genital capsule dissected; DT - dorsal tooth; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure5"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963759"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">5B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="ED59D3B9BC2A9381969CB7B0187A11A6"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, dorsal and ventral views of genital capsule. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Genital capsule dorsal view; B, D, F. Genital capsule ventral view; DT - dorsal tooth; RP - right paramere; LP - left paramere; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963760"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">6A</figureCitation>
); left process of subgenital plate smaller than the right, sclerotized and asymmetrically forked (Fig.
<figureCitationid="DEC6778EAD9C73981758692B4834F13E"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, subgenital plate. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A. Subgenital plate right posterolateral view; C, E. Subgenital plate right lateral view; B, D, F. Subgenital plate posterior view; DT - dorsal tooth; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963761"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">7A, B</figureCitation>
Coloration. Head yellow; labium yellow; eyes black. Antennal segment I yellow, darker distally; II dark brown; III pale yellow; IV pale yellow. Thorax: collar, pronotum, scutellum and pleural area yellow. Hemelytron yellow, irregularly tinged with orange; membrane yellowish; veins yellow. Legs yellow, femora and tibiae tinged with orange, tarsi darker distally, claws brown. Abdomen yellow.
Antennal segment I with recumbent setae and a few erect setae (Fig.
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); segment II with semierect setae. Pleura and abdomen with longer, more dispersed setae than dorsum. Coxae, trochanters, femora and tarsi with semierect setae; tibiae with abundant, short, recumbent setae.
Head: level of vertex not attaining dorsal margin of eyes (Fig.
<figureCitationid="7E300EA02EE356D6FB058B6062915EC5"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. Thomasomiris gen. nov. and Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, head frontal view. A. T. setosus sp. nov., female holotype; B. E. dimorphus sp. nov., male holotype; C. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov., male holotype; D. E. chaparensis sp. nov., male holotype."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963756"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">2B</figureCitation>
). Maxillary plates large. Labium extending to metacoxae and slightly concave ventrally. Antennal segment II more than 2.5 times as long as antennal segment I. Thorax: posterior pronotal margin 2 times as wide as pronotum length. Calli large not attaining lateral pronotal margins. Pronotal width across calli half as wide as posterior margin width. Hemelytron: embolium straight, bent upwards from its anterior end to less than a half its length. Claval commissure longer than scutellum length and half of pronotal length together. Cuneus extending to posterior membrane margin, apex not contacting each other with hemelytra in repose (Fig.
<figureCitationid="4C1B342167E8142176AF04FE76C530FA"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Egerocoris dimorphus sp. nov., dorsal view of cuneus. A. Male holotype; B. Female paratype."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963758"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">4</figureCitation>
), internal margin concave. Male genitalia: Genital capsule more than one third abdomen length. Dorsal wall on right apex with one sclerotized tooth, tapering towards apex; left apex blunt and sclerotized. Left process of subgenital plate directed dorsally as a sclerotized wall, dorsally expanded, and divided into two short branches, the internal blunt and the external pointed and extended outside the genital capsule (Figs
<figureCitationid="061EE2403B32D9DF690031F1D3BEB7D0"captionStart="Figure 5"captionStartId="F5"captionText="Figure 5. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, left lateral view of genital capsule. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Genital capsule not dissected; B, D, F. Genital capsule dissected; DT - dorsal tooth; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure5"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963759"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">5A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="CCD6E4797BCB212C3F5FC5384F6F1EE4"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, dorsal and ventral views of genital capsule. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Genital capsule dorsal view; B, D, F. Genital capsule ventral view; DT - dorsal tooth; RP - right paramere; LP - left paramere; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963760"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">6A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="6C15A4DE129D21E3CB5A088613CA4230"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, subgenital plate. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A. Subgenital plate right posterolateral view; C, E. Subgenital plate right lateral view; B, D, F. Subgenital plate posterior view; DT - dorsal tooth; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963761"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">7A, B</figureCitation>
). Right process of subgenital plate longer than left process, tapering towards apex, curved (Fig.
<figureCitationid="5DB03C5383226115127502FE0F2170DB"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, subgenital plate. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A. Subgenital plate right posterolateral view; C, E. Subgenital plate right lateral view; B, D, F. Subgenital plate posterior view; DT - dorsal tooth; LPSP - left process of subgenital plate; RPSP - right process of subgenital plate."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963761"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">7A, B</figureCitation>
), with a basal, internal expansion. Left paramere (Fig.
<figureCitationid="1D043F5C6E181A9DBF2256081E2594A1"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, left paramere. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Interior view; B, D, F. Posterior view."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963762"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">8A, B</figureCitation>
) larger than the right paramere, with a sclerotized and pointed dorsal projection; apical process with tiny teeth on dorsal margin, dorsally expanded at apex. Right paramere (Fig.
<figureCitationid="5AAB2DD0029784ACF87E822753148176"captionStart="Figure 9"captionStartId="F9"captionText="Figure 9. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, right paramere. A, B. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; C, D. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; E, F. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; A, C, E. Interior view; B, D, F. Dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure9"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963763"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">9A, B</figureCitation>
) with body wider than basal and apical processes, curved; apical process blunt, with a sclerotized, pointed tooth. Aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitationid="4E211D0E46111F85B8C9CB24F9A85811"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Egerocoris gen. nov. new species, aedeagus right lateral view. A. E. dimorphus sp. nov.; B. E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; C. E. chaparensis sp. nov.; Ae - aedeagus; BE - basal expansion."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963764"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">10A</figureCitation>
) phallotheca tapering towards apex; endosoma membranous.
(n: 2): Body length to apex of membrane 4.42, (4.66); body length to apex of cuneus 4.42, (4.66); body width 2.23, (2.43). Head: width 1.19, (1.31); interocular distance 0.53, (0.56), 1.20 (1.27) times as wide as head length. Labium: segment I length 0.43, (0.52); II, 0.52, (0.60); III, 0.20; IV, 0.20. Antenna: segment I length 0.48, (0.56); II, 1.36, (1.49); III, 0.78, (0.85); IV, 0.84, (absent). Pronotum: length 0.74, (0.82); anterior width (0.86), 0.88; posterior width 1.49, (1.58). Scutellum: length 0.53, (0.60); width 0.77. Cuneus: length 1.58, (1.70); anterior width 0.90, (0.95). Cell 3.00 times as long as wide.
Similar to male in size, coloration, surface, and structure. Lateral margins of hemelytra parallel; cuneus less developed, without extending to posterior membrane margin, 1.5 times as long as anterior margin width, and internal margin concave with apex truncate; posterior veins margin straight. Body length to apex of membrane 4.94; body length to apex of cuneus 4.51; body width 2.02. Head: width 1.23; interocular distance 0.58. Labium: segment I length 0.46; II, 0.62; III, 0.19; IV, 0.2. Antenna: segment I length 0.52; II, 1.36; III, 0.74; IV, 0.79. Pronotum: length 0.82; anterior width 0.89; posterior width 1.66. Scutellum: length not measured; width 0.76. Cuneus: length 1.28; anterior width 0.84.
<figureCitationid="B0DCE8E692B95BFAB965DADF18605BAD"captionStart="Figure 11"captionStartId="F11"captionText="Figure 11. Distributional map of the species included in the genera Thomasomiris gen. nov. and Egerocoris gen. nov. Blue dot represents occurrence of Thomasomiris setosus sp. nov.; yellow dots represent occurrences of Egerocoris dimorphus sp. nov.; orange dot represents ocurrence of E. ecuatorianus sp. nov.; in grey the province Chapare (Bolivia) where E. chaparensis sp. nov. occurs."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.104130.figure11"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/963765"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">11</figureCitation>
/ T. L. Erwin, et al. // Insecticidal fogging of mostly bare / green leaves, some with covering / of lichenous or bryophytic plants in / terre firme forest At 8 x-trans, / 94 m mark Project MAXUS Lot 708 (MLP); ♀, Ecuador: Napo [Orellana], Tiputini / Biodiversity Station, 216 m, /
, / 9 February 1999 / T.L Erwin et al., collectors // Insecticidal fogging of mostly / bare green leaves, some with / covering of lichenous or / bryophytic plants; / Lot #2002, Transect #T-1 (USNM).
This species is sexually dimorphic in the shape and length of cuneus (Fig.
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), and in this respect it is similar to species of
the eyes are sessile, the level of vertex attains the dorsal margin of the eyes, the antennal segment I is straight, the antennal segment II is widest in the central or distal area, the calli are small, and the posterior margin of the cell is straight.