New species and new records of Tingidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of New Guinea
Author
Guilbert, Eric
text
Zootaxa
2006
1117
37
68
journal article
50786
10.5281/zenodo.171651
f7582322-2924-495a-801e-d85c7db1050b
11755326
171651
Hebetingis adeia
Drake 1960
Material examined: 1M, New
Guinea
, NE, Mt.
Kaindi,
2350m
,
14.IX.1967
, on
Evodia
(Rutaceae)
, J.L. Gressitt,
BPBM
. Length, 4.50; width, 2.17 (at opposite humeri, 1.33); I: 0.27; II: 0.17;
III
: 1.57; IV: 0.60.
Comments: This specimen is very similar to the
holotype
, the only specimen known until now; however, the bucculae are almost meeting in front, the labium extends to the middle of the metasternum (not almost reaching base of metasternum), the subcostal area is triseriate, not biseriate, and the third antennal segment is much shorter (1.57, while
2.94 in
the
type
). On the basis of these two specimens, it is difficult to known if the differences observed represent character states of two distinct species or polymorphic characters of the same species. On the basis of such arguments, this specimen cannot be considered as a new species.
Hebetingis adeia
is endemic to New
Guinea
.