Aphelonotus schuhi sp. nov., the first species of the family Pachynomidae from Puerto Rico (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Author
Kment, Petr
Author
Rédei, Dávid
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-06
4748
2
382
388
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.10
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1175-5326
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Aphelonotus xenos
species-group (here proposed)
Diagnosis
(after
Schuh
et al.
2015
). Body of moderate size (body length from anterior margin of pronotal collar to apex of membrane
2.75–3.46 mm
); head moderately elongate; eyes globular (
Fig. 4
); endocorium shortened (rendering medial fracture very short); corium smooth (
Fig. 5
); membrane without cells (
Figs 1
,
3
); ventral surface of protibia flattened, provided with an anterior row of stout and moderately elongate spines (
Fig. 6
); paramere slender and sinuous (
Figs 7–9
), oriented subparallelly in rest (
Fig. 7
).
Species included.
Aphelonotus taino
Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015
(
Cuba
)
,
A. xenos
Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015
(
Costa Rica
), and
A. schuhi
sp. nov.
(
Puerto Rico
).