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 text 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 Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. Figs. 3–5 . Diagnosis: Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. is recognised by the following combination of characters: dorsum brown to yellowish with a blackish head with a clearly defined, rectangular, yellow spot situated between the eyes; pronotum evenly punctuated, yellowish with two dark L-shaped bands, calli well developed; scutellum yellowish, evenly punctuated, body length in male 3.28; scape short, in male 0.28x as long as head width, 0.58x as long as interocular distance; pedicel in male 1.53x as long as head width; vertex medially distinctly depressed. Description: Male: Body elongate-ovoid, length 3.3 ( Fig. 3 ). Colouration . Dorsum: brown to yellowish brown. Head: blackish with a clearly defined, rectangular, yellow spot between eyes. Eyes: blackish. Antennae: scape yellowish; pedicel yellowish with darkened apical part; flagellum brownish ( Fig. 3A, B ). Labium: all segments yellowish ( Fig. 3C ). Pronotum: collar medially stramineous; callosite region stramineous; disc mostly yellowish with two L-shaped dark stripes ( Fig. 3A, B ). Scutellum: yellowish ( Fig. 3A ). Hemelytra: brown to yellowish brown; clavus brownish; corium brown to yellowish brown; embolium stramineous; R + M dark red; cuneus stramineous, with a red triangular marking; membrane light brown, veins blackish ( Fig. 3A ). Thoracic pleura and metathoracic scent glands (MTG): propleuron, mesepimeron, mesepisternum and metepisternum in various shades of brown; metepisternal evaporative area in anterior part brown, in posterior part yellowish, peritreme ivory ( Fig. 3C ). Legs: all legs stramineous, the femora of the hind legs with a light brown band, apical part slightly coloured red ( Fig. 3C ). Abdomen: yellowish in the middle part, brown at the lateral edges ( Fig. 3C ). FIGURE 2. Distribution map of Torunotum badius Hosseini & Cassis, 2019 (red circle—known locality, yellow circle—new one), Torunotum hirsutum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. (blue square), and Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. (green triangle) in New Caledonia. FIGURE 3. Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. , holotype, male. Dorsal ( A ), antero-dorso-lateral ( B ) and lateral ( C ) views. FIGURE 4. Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. , holotype, male, SEM micrographs. Head and pronotum in latero-dorsal view ( A ), genital capsule ( B ), head in dorsal view ( C ), posterior part of head and pronotum in anterior view ( D ). Vestiture . Dorsum covered with yellowish setae. Eyes without setae ( Fig. 4A, C ). Antennae: scape with few short setae ( Fig. 4C ); pedicel with dense, straight setae ( Fig. 3A ). Pronotum: with short setae ( Fig. 4A, D ). Scutellum: with semi-erected setae ( Fig. 3B, C ). Legs: with sparse, straight setae, longer on femora, shorter on tibia. Texture . Head punctate ( Fig. 4C ); pronotum punctate, except callosite region ( Fig. 4A, D ); scutellum punctate ( Fig. 4A ); hemelytra impunctate; clavus irregular punctate, base of R + M with a row of punctures; propleuron punctate ( Fig. 4A ). Structure . Antennae: scape 0.27x as long as head width, 0.58x as long as interocular distance; scape and pedicel distinctly thicker than flagellum, pedicel 1.37x as long as head width, 0.79x as long as posterior width of pronotum. Pronotum: mesal length 0.45x as long as the maximal width of pronotum. Hemelytra: Fig. 3A . Thoracic pleura and MTG: Fig. 3C . Legs: Fig. 3B, C . Male genitalia . Pygophore weakly asymmetrical ( Fig. 5A ), aedeagus with endosoma mostly membranous, multilobed ( Fig. 5B ), left paramere strongly C-shaped, sensory lobe swollen, with few short setae, apophysis sinuate with apex reflexed and expended ( Fig. 5A, C–E ); right paramere with lateral edges non-parallel, left side convex, without projection ( Fig. 5F ). FIGURE 5. Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. , holotype, male genitalia. Pygophore ( A ), aedeagus ( B ), and left paramere are shown from different angles to highlight details in structure ( C–E ) and right paramere ( F ). Measurements (in millimetres). Male (n=1). Body. Length, clypeus–apex of membrane: 3.28; width: 1.38. Head. Length (perpendicular view): 0.54; width, including compound eyes: 0.70; vertex width: 0.33; eye dorsal width: 0.18. Antenna. Length of antennomere I: 0.19; II: 0.96; III: 0.18; IV: missing. Pronotum. Mesal length: 0.56; posterior pronotal maximal width (straight): 1.22. Scutellum. Anterior width: 0.59; mesal length: 0.45. Hemelytron. Claval commissure: 0.49; heme length: 2.40; corium length: 1.38. Material examined: Holotype : ♂ “ New Caledonia (S) \ Mt.Koghi , 480m , rainforest\ 22°10.648’S 166°30.430’E \ 06.03.2008 , at light \ leg. R. Dobosz & T. Blaik ” \\ 5915/17421 \\ MB0407423 The holotype is deposited in MNHN . Biology: Unknown. The specimen was attracted to a light trap (bulb “MIX”- type 250 W, E40) in the rainforest ( Fig. 6A, B ). Distribution: Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. is known only from the type locality in New Caledonia ( Fig. 1 ). Etymology: The species is named after the yellow spot on its head, which contrasts sharply with the black head. The name derives from the Latin words " flavus ”, meaning yellow, and “macula”, meaning spot.