A review of Cryphocricos Signoret, 1850 (Naucoridae: Cryphocricinae) with descriptions of three new species
Author
Sites, Robert W.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-14
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journal article
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Cryphocricos fittkaui
De Carlo
(
Figs. 9–10
)
Cryphocricos fittkaui
De Carlo 1967
: Amazoniana 1:195–196.
Type
repository:
Zoologische Staatssammlung München
(
Munich
,
Germany
)
.
Type
locality:
Peru
:
Tingo Maria
,
Rio Rondos
, and
Rio Azul
.
Discussion:
The
holotype
is an intact brachypterous male (
Fig. 9
) and the
allotype
is a brachypterous female missing the tarsus of the right hindleg (
Fig. 10
). Two additional
paratypes
are at housed at the type repository.
Diagnosis:
This species differs from
C. daguerrei
by its generally light-brown color and the female genital operculum (=subgenital plate) is very similar, although it has its differences; it differs from
C. peruvianus
De Carlo, 1940
especially by its larger size (
De Carlo 1967
). I have examined the
allotype
and topotypes from Tingo Maria; the female subgenital plate has three distinct elongate lobes, similar to those of
C. daguerrei
,
and elongate posterolateral spines of abdominal segments VI and VII (female) or V (male).