New genera and species of apterous Carventinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae) Irom Lesser Antilles Author Heiss, Ernst text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2019 2019-07-26 51 1 69 82 journal article 22837 10.5281/zenodo.3763680 3aae814a-d9cd-4ccb-a548-75872c00e1b9 0253-116X 3763680 Antillaptera basseterrana nov.sp. ( Figs. 1, 2 ) T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype ♂ ,labelled: Antillen / Guadeloupe / Basse Terre / 7.X.82 Heiss // ; Paratypes : 2♀♀ collected with holotype ( CEHI ). They are designated and labelled accordingly . E t y m o l o g y: Refers to Basse Terre the mountainous larger and still forested part of Guadeloupe Island where this species was collected. D e s c r i p t i o n: Head slightly wider than long (0.75 / 0.725); genae thin produced over clypeus, diverging anteriorly; antenniferous lobes diverging anteriorly with acute apex; antennae more than twice as long as width of head ( 1.525 / 0.725 ), their structure as of A . wheeleri nov.sp. ; length of antennal segments I / II / III / IV = 0.525 / 0.275 / 0.425 / 0.325; eyes inserted in head with granular surface; postocular lobes with a setigerous tubercle, then sinuately converging posteriorly. Thorax: Pronotum more than 3 times as long as wide (1.15 / 0.375); lateral margins slightly concave and converging anteriorly; anterolateral angles subangular, produced over collar; structure of disk of pronotum with a median groove and lateral irregular smooth callosities, and fusion of meso- and metanotum with median carinate ridge extending from pronotum to mtg III corresponds to that of A . wheeleri nov.sp. Abdomen: Tergal plate wider than long (1.275 / 1.05), medially raised on mtg III-V; deltg II+III fused, lateral margins beset with small setigerous tubercles; posterolateral angles of deltgVI + VII with triangular expansions of dorsally reflexed vltg VI and VII; tergite VII raised medially for the reception of globular pygophore. Venter: Spiracles II+III lateral and visible from above, VI-V sublateral and not visible, VI+VII lateral and visible from above; posterolateral angles of vltg VII produced posteriorly with a glabrous glandular tubercle at apex, which is visible from above. F e m a l e: Basically as male but of larger size and wider abdomen. M e a s u r e m e n t s: Holotype ♂. Body length 3.8; ratio length of antennae / width of head 2.10; width of abdomen across tergite IV 1.95; width of mesonotum 1.425; width of metanotum 1.625; Paratype ♀♀ : Length 4.3, 4.5; ratio length of antennae / width of head 2.13. E c o l o g y: These samples of apterous Carventinae were collected from the under- side of a decaying log infested by fungi laying at the humid forest floor near Les Chutes du Carbet. D i s t r i b u t i o n: So far only recorded from the type locality in Basse Terre territory of Guadeloupe and is considered endemic to Guadeloupe . C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: Antillaptera basseterrana nov.sp. can easily be distinguished from A. wheeleri nov.sp. by its more elongate habitus and longer antennae, from A.furconotus nov.sp. by the ochraceous color and more slender habitus.