Two new species of Torunotum Hosseini & Cassis 2019 (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Hyaliodini) from New Caledonia
Author
Gierlasiński, Grzegorz
Natural History Collections, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61 - 614 Poznań, Poland
Author
Dobosz, Roland
Upper Silesian Museum, Department of Natural History, Jana III Sobieskiego 2, 41 - 902 Bytom, Poland
Author
Taszakowski, Artur
Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-09-23
5512
4
567
578
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.4.6
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5512.4.6
1175-5326
13849206
1EF9C870-8B78-4BC9-8E5A-53610556AD40
Key to New Caledonian species of
Torunotum
(based on
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
)
1
. Pronotal calli with pair of greatly elongated horn-like projections, extending beyond antennifers (Figs. 60b, c in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
)...........................................................
Torunotum hystrix
Hosseini & Cassis
- Pronotal calli weakly to strongly expanded.................................................................
2
2
. Head black with a distinct, rectangular, yellow spot between the eyes, pronotum with curved, L-shaped stripes (
Fig. 3A, B
)................................................
Torunotum flavomaculatum
Gierlasiński & Taszakowski
sp. nov.
- Head not black, without distinct yellow spot, pronotum without curved stripes.....................................
3
3
. Scutellum uniformly yellow.............................................................................
4
- Scutellum either dark reddish brown or bicoloured, in shades of yellow and brown.................................
5
4
. Scutellum greatly swollen (Figs.
67g
, h in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
), pronotal calli conical and upright (Fig. 67e in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
)..........................................................
Torunotum psydrax
Hosseini & Cassis
- Scutellum moderately swollen (Figs. 56b, 62d in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
), pronotal calli moderately projected (Figs. 62c, e in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
)...............................................
Torunotum oviformis
Hosseini & Cassis
5.
Head uniformly yellow, pronotum dark brown, cuneus dark, body covered with long hairs (
Figs. 7A–C
).....................................................................
Torunotum hirsutum
Gierlasiński & Taszakowski
sp. nov.
- Head or pronotum differently coloured, cuneus light..........................................................
6
6. Scutellum dark chocolate brown (Fig. 56c in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
), pronotum uniformly punctate (Fig. 57c in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
)...........................................................
Torunotum badius
Hosseini & Cassis
- Scutellum bicoloured, broadly yellow, with anterior margin and midline brown (Fig. 56a in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
), smooth (Fig. 64d in
Hosseini & Cassis 2019
)........................................
Torunotum pindaii
Hosseini & Cassis