Plant bugs of the tribe Bothriomirini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) from the Oriental Region: descriptions of eight new species and keys to Oriental genera and species of Bothriomiris Kirkaldy, Dashymenia Poppius, and Dashymeniella Poppius Author Wolski, Andrzej Author Gorczyca, Jacek text Zootaxa 2012 3412 1 41 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.214715 4eb4d325-9c9f-423d-b231-99d88173627a 1175-5326 214715 Dashymeniella spatulatiformis Wolski & Gorczyca sp. nov. ( Figures 13–14 , 52 , 87 , 94–95 , 96–98 ) Diagnosis. Dashymeniella spatulatiformis can be recognized by the following set of features: dorsal surface varying from brown to dark brown, nearly black ( Figs. 13–14 ); head somewhat rugose; endosoma with DSS spoonlike; PES stout, longer than other endosomal sclerites, gradually becoming narrower towards apex ( Fig. 96 ). D . spatulatiformis is most similar to D . ulu and D . viklundi in sharing the following set of characters: dorsal surface glabrous ( Figs. 13–14, 16–17 ); pronotum with the anterior margin separated from the remainder of the pronotum by relatively deep, transverse incision; posterior lobe of the pronotum without any swelling medially ( Figs. 13–14, 16–17 ); pronotal calli flattened or weakly raised ( Figs. 13–14, 16–17 ); DSS stout and large, occupying most of the endosoma, distinctly broadened apically; AES distinctly smaller than the DSS and not embracing the latter. D . spatulatiformis differs, however, by having the rugose frons, the pronotal calli weakly raised, and by the differing shape of the endosomal sclerites ( Figs. 96, 102, 105 ); right paramere with the apical process narrower than remainder of the paramere ( Figs. 98, 104, 107 ). Description . Male . COLORATION ( Figs. 13–14 ). Dorsum varying from brown to dark brown. Head . Dark brown; vertex, maxillary and mandibular plates, and inner portion of gula somewhat paler than remainder of head; antennae dull yellowish; labium varying from dull yellowish with brown areas to reddish brown. Thorax . Thoracic pleura . Dark brown. Legs . Coxae brown; femora brown, dull yellowish apically; pro- and mesotibia brownish, with paler dull yellowish apex; metatibia brown, with pale yellow annulation apically; tarsi dull yellowish. STRUCTURE AND VESTITURE ( Figs. 13–14 , 52 , 94–95 ). Suboval, dorsal surface strongly shining, glabrous. Head . Strongly shining, glabrous; vertex and frons with sparse, deep punctation; frons strongly rugose; antennal segment I covered with very sparse, fine setae, narrowed basally, apical half nearly cylindrical; segment II gradually thickened towards apex, with strongly shining basal portion, covered with moderately dense, long, semirecumbent setae; apex of labium reaching metacoxae. Thorax . Pronotum . Punctation moderately dense; calli weakly raised, inpunctate; anterior margin separated from remainder of pronotum by relatively deep, transverse incision. Scutellum . With moderately dense punctation and longitudinal, weakly raised elevation. Hemelytron . Covered with moderately dense punctation. Legs . Short; coxae, femora, and bases of tibiae covered with sparse setae; tibiae basally shining, apically matte, covered with dense, semirecumbent setae. Male genitalia . Endosoma ( Fig. 96 ). DSS with broadened, rounded, spoon shaped apical portion; AES gradually becoming thinner towards apex; MES stout, large, hook-shaped; PES largest, stout, gradually becoming thinner toward apex. Left paramere ( Fig. 97 ). Rounded; apical process somewhat sharply pointed apically. Right paramere ( Fig. 98 ). Body nearly parallel-sided; apical process strongly narrower than remainder of paramere, sharpened apically. Female . Similar to male in coloration, structure, and vestiture but somewhat larger in size. Measurements. Ƥ / 3 (n=3, holotype measurements in parentheses): body length 3.9/3.6–3.7 (3.7), width 2.0/ 1.75–1.77 (1.77); length of head 0.41/0.34–0.37 (0.34), width 1.1/0.95–0.97 (0.95), diameter of eye in dorsal view 0.25/0.22–0.25 (0.22); length of antennal segment I 0.44/0.45–0.46 (0.45), II 1.1/0.95–0.97 (0.97), III (3) 0.55, IV (3) 0.9. Labium. Length segment (3, immeasurable in Ƥ) I 0.46–0.5 (0.5), II 0.45–0.5 (0.5), III 0.3–0.36 (0.3), IV 0.28–0.3 (0.3). Pronotum. Length 1.16/0.97 (0.97), width of anterior margin 0.78/0.78–0.8 (0.8), lateral margin 1.0/ 0.78–0.81 (0.78), width of posterior margin 1.84/1.62–1.65 (1.65). Etymology . The specific epithet is derived from the Latin “spatula,” (spoon) and “forma,” (shape) and is used to denote the spoon shaped endosomal sclerite DSS. Distribution ( Fig. 87 ). Brunei (Temburong: Ulu ), Malaysia ( Sarawak ). Type material. Holotype 3: BRUNEI : Ulu , Temburong ridge, M. C. Day, B. M., 1983-75; paratypes : 1 3: approx. 150 m alt. October 1992 , J H Martin coll. B M 1992 – 172; Malaise trap BRUNEI : Temburong, Steepslope forest above Kuala Belalong; 1 Ƥ: SARAWAK : Foot of Mt. Dulit. Junction of Rivers Tinjar & Lejok, 22.ix.1932 ; Native collected; Old secondary forest; Oxford Univ. Exp. B. M. Hobby& A. W. Moore. B.M. 1933- 254 ( BMNH ).