Taxonomic revision of the New World big-eyed minute litter bug genus Ommatides Uhler (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae)
Author
Hoey-Chamberlain, Rochelle
Author
Weirauch, Christiane
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-11
4585
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journal article
27338
10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.5
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Key to species of
Ommatides
(males only)
Because diagnostic features at the species level are heavily tied to the labial armature in males, the provided key to species can only be applied to male specimens.
1 Total body length less than
1.25 mm
(
Fig. 1
,
O. insignis
and
O. zanderij
sp. nov.
)...................................
2
- Total body length greater than or equal to
1.25 mm
(
Fig. 1
, remaining species)..................................... 3
2 Proximal half of forewing pale (
Fig. 1
,
O. insignis
), 1st labial segment extending from head at right angle in lateral view (
Fig. 2
); short, thickened forewing, almost elytrous (
Fig. 1
;
O. insignis
), total body length
1.05 mm
............
O. insignis
Uhler
- Proximal half of forewing mostly dark with pale border along claval suture (
Fig. 1
,
O. zanderij
sp. nov.
), 1st labial segment extending from head as rounded lobe in lateral view (
Fig. 2
,
O. zanderij
sp. nov.
); macropterous with short wing (
Fig. 1
,
O. zanderij
sp. nov.
), total length
1.24 mm
.....................................................
O. zanderij
sp. nov.
3 1st labial segment armed with stiff setae and dorsally with lobe on either side of labial groove (
Figs 2
,
4
,
5
, e.g.,
O. duodentis
sp. nov.
and
O. pristis
sp. nov.
).......................................................................... 4
- 1st labial segment not armed with stiff setae and dorsally without lobe on either side of labial groove (
Figs 2
,
5
,
O. nudus
sp. nov.
)...................................................................................
O. nudus
sp. nov.
4 4th labial segment with heavily sclerotized proximal, lateral and sometimes more distal, dorsal processes (
Figs 2
,
4
,
5
, e.g.,
O. duodentis
sp. nov.
,
O. tridentis
sp. nov.
)................................................................... 5
- 4th labial segment without heavily sclerotized processes (
Figs 2
,
5
, e.g.,
O. nudus
sp. nov.
,
O. pristis
sp. nov.
)............ 8
5 4th labial segment anteriorly with pair of short, lateral processes (
Fig. 5
, e.g.,
O. parvidentis
,
O. yoderi
)................. 9
- 4th labial segment anteriorly with pair of long, lateral processes (
Figs 4
,
5
, e.g.,
O. duodentis
sp. nov.
,
O. tridentis
sp. nov.
). 6
6 Proximal processes of 4th labial segment strongly curved, apices pointing proximad (
Fig. 5
)...........
O. tridentis
sp. nov.
- Proximal processes of 4th labial segment straight or slightly curved, apices pointing distad (
Fig. 5
)..................... 7
7 Proximal processes of 4th labial segment slightly curved, apices acute and unarmed (
Fig. 5
)...........
O. duodentis
sp. nov.
- Proximal processes of 4th labial segment straight, apices blunt and with serrated spines (
Fig. 5
).................................................................................................
O. ornatus
(Carpintero & Dellapé)
8 Macropterous (
Fig. 1
, e.g.,
O. duodentis
sp. nov.
,
O. nudus
), abdominal spiracle 8 placed on fully sclerotized tubercle of tergum 8 process (
Fig. 6
, white arrow).........................................................
O. pristis
sp. nov.
- Submacropterous (
Fig. 1
, e.g.,
O. parvidentis
sp. nov.
) abdominal spiracle 8 placed on fully membranous tubercle of tergum 8 process (
Fig. 6
, black arrow)............................................................
O. pillcopata
sp. nov.
9 Enlarged 1st labial segment consisting of large lobe with 10 short, stout setae along dorsal margin and smaller coiled lobes with 2 long, stout setae at tips (
Fig. 5
;
O. parvidentis
sp. nov.
)................................
O. parvidentis
sp. nov.
- 1st labial segment with single lobe, beset with many short, stout setae (
Fig. 5
;
O. yoderi
sp. nov.
)........
O. yoderi
sp. nov.