Revision of the Neotropical genus Carvalhoiella De Carlo (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae)
Author
Rodrigues, Higor D. D.
Author
Sites, Robert W.
Author
Giehl, Nubia F. S.
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.10
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Carvalhoiella beckeri
De Carlo
(
Figs. 7–12
,
32
)
Carvalhoiella beckeri
De Carlo, 1963
: 11
.
Discussion.
Carvalhoiella beckeri
is the
type
species of the genus and only the female has been described. The female subgenital plate varies intraspecifically and can be almost straight or broadly convex (
Fig. 9
).
Macropterous male.
(n = 2) Length 9.44–9.76 (mean = 9.60); maximum width 6.24–6.56 (mean = 6.40). Similar to macropterous female in general structure and coloration, except as follows: Tergum V asymmetrical, with concavity of posterior margin slightly displaced to left. Tergum VI asymmetrical with concavity larger on right lateral margin, without accessory genitalic process or posterior protuberance. Medial lobes of tergum VIII directed posterolaterally, with broadly acuminate apices (
Fig. 10
). Parameres symmetrical, with lightly concave anterior margin. Pygophore with anterior margin between parameres rounded (
Fig. 11
). Phallosoma elongate, ventrally with pair of sclerotized lobes, both with posterior margin rounded, unarmed with teeth and subequal in size (
Fig. 12
).
Diagnosis and comparative notes.
The yellow ventral color pattern and the darker marking on the metapleuron are diagnostic (
Fig. 8
). The female subgenital plate posterior margin is almost straight or convex (
Fig. 9
). The medial lobes of male tergum VIII are directed posterolaterally and the apices are broadly acuminate (
Fig. 10
). It is most similar to
C. helenae
sp. nov.
because both species have yellow ventral body coloration and the medial lobes of male tergum VIII are acuminate. However,
C. beckeri
can be differentiated by the posterior margin of the female subgenital plate straight or convex, the dark marking on the metapleuron, and the medial lobes of male tergum VIII are more broadly acuminate and directed posterolaterally; whereas in
C. helenae
sp. nov.
the posterior margin of the female subgenital plate is distinctly concave (
Fig. 15
), the metapleuron is yellow (
Fig. 14
), and the medial lobes of male tergum VIII are more narrowly acuminate and directed laterally (
Fig. 16
).
Distribution.
We report the first records of this species from the state of
Mato Grosso
, in central-western
Brazil
. The previous records, including the
type
locality, are from the state of
Minas Gerais
, southeastern
Brazil
(
Fig. 32
) (
De Carlo 1963
;
Vianna & Melo 2003
).
Type
material examined.
Holotype
, macropterous
♀
(
MNRJ
),
BRAZIL
,
Minas Gerais
, Carmo do Rio Claro,
I.1958
, Carvalho & Becker col., D.Z. 53/ 62.
Additional material examined.
All specimens macropterous.
BRAZIL
,
Mato Grosso
:
1♂
,
1♀
(
MZUSP
), Córrego Duílio, upstream,
14°48’19.3”S
/
52°30’10.9”W
,
24.IX.2010
, H. Cabette
et al
. col.;
1♂
(
CZNX
), same data, except
01.V.2011
;
1♀
(
CZNX
), Córrego Chupador, downstream,
14°50’9.5”S
/
52°30’2.9”W
,
28.IV.2011
, H. Cabette
et al
. col.
Minas Gerais
:
2♀
(UMC), Brumadinho County, Retiro dos Pedras,
20°04‘S
,
44°00‘W
,
15 km
S of Belo Horizonte, ~
1450 m
,
14 March 1999
, G.J.C. Vianna.