Pseudocetherinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) revisited: phylogeny and taxonomy of the lobe-headed bugs Author Castillo, Stephanie 802965D7-06BE-4C93-B2B4-1CF8F2C8C2DC University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. scast032@ucr.edu Author Rédei, Dávid 74DB4DB4-E632-4CA9-B820-2070E7EB18D4 National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Rd., 40227 Taichung, Taiwan. david.redei@gmail.com Author Weirauch, Christiane 59B6A54F-2044-4E5A-B7F7-AAC5E7D716F0 University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-01-11 788 1 1 95 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.788.1625 journal article 2598 10.5852/ejt.2022.788.1625 d6e6119f-4100-4cfc-9cc3-0d6951ee2c28 2118-9773 5846636 46C3CFCA-0CED-4432-AFD8-F4CFC1E0E1E7 Voconia mexicana sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2FAEA443-4F17-4ABE-9F77-C28792F7D5D0 Figs 1–2 , 3I , 4I , 8 , 10 , 12 , 14 , 19 Diagnosis One of two New World species of Voconia . Recognized by the coarsely granulose head and prothorax; wide anteocular region; morphologically ventral surface of labium with sparsely long macrosetae; buccula with lateral tubercles protruding past buccular margin; and yellow antero- and posteromedial spots on the abducted corium. Etymology The specific epithet is the Latin adjective ‘ mexicanus , - a , - um ’, meaning ‘from or pertaining to Mexico’, referring to the country of the type locality. Type material Holotype MEXICO • ♂ (dissected pygophore and aedeagus in vial); Veracruz , 4 mi N of “Cardale” [José Cardel] ; 30 Oct. 1982 ; G. Gordh leg.; DNA voucher R_CW 2768; USI: UCR_ENT 00004570 ; UCR . Paratypes HONDURAS • 1 ♀ ; El Paraíso , 13 km NW of El Zamorano ; [ 14.15 ° N , 86.47 ° W ]; 27 Jul. 1977 ; C.W. and L.B. O’Brien and Marshall leg.; USI: AMNH_PBI 00170701 ; AMNH . MEXICO • 1 ♂ ; Oaxaca , Tehuantepec ; [ 16.33 ° N , 95.23 ° W ]; 11 Jun. 1964 ; J.C. and D. Pallister leg.; USI: AMNH_PBI 00170702 ; AMNH . • 1 ♂ ; same collection data as for preceding; USI: AMNH_PBI 00170703 ; AMNH . Description Male ( Figs 8 , 10 ) BODY LENGTH. 10.3–10.9 mm ; macropterous. COLORATION. Head: uniformly dark brown; labium lighter than head, yellow brown. Thorax: as head; posterior pronotal lobe with posterior margin lighter; scutellum dark with brown apical spine. Hemelytron (abducted): clavus dark reddish-brown with distal yellow stripe; corium dark reddish- brown with anteromedial and posteromedial yellow spots; membrane dark with pale V-shaped marking along R and M veins; membranal veins R, M, and An 1 proximally pale. Legs: dark brown. Abdomen: dark brown, laterotergites light brown. INTEGUMENT AND VESTITURE. Head and pronotum: coarsely granulose with sparse pubescence on setigerous tubercles; interocular region unarmed with macrosetae; antennifer with 1–3 short lateral setigerous tubercles; morphologically ventral surface of labium with sparse, long macrosetae. Thorax: anterolateral angles of pronotal collar with setigerous tubercles. Hemelytron: corium with dense, short setation. Legs: posterior row of protuberances on mid and hind femora with three large spines on distal half and two to five small spines. Abdomen: ventral surface pubescent. STRUCTURE. Head: elongate, 1.2–1.3 times as long as wide; anteocular region about one third of head length, longer than postocular region (measured to anterior margin of neck); postocular region in dorsal view about as long as eye, lateral margins gently rounded; pedicel 1.4–1.9 times length of head width; maxillary plates ellipsoidal, adjacent to and longer than clypeus; apices of maxillary plates in dorsal view directed straight or diverging; clypeus in dorsal view narrower than maxillary plates; clypeal apex round, not narrowed; interocular glabrous markings anterolaterally curved, joined at interocular sulcus paramedially; interocular sulcus in dorsal view curved and smoothly rounded anteriorly; eye width in dorsal view narrower than synthlipsis; eye reaching ventral head margin in lateral view; ventrolateral swelling of buccula with lateral protrusion that surpasses buccular margin; labial segment I in lateral view straight, reaching or slightly shorter than posteroventral eye margin; morphologically dorsal surface of labial segment II nearly straight, about 0.4 times length of segment I. Thorax: pronotal collar in dorsal view narrow medially with anterolateral angles short, projected forward; anterior pronotal lobe about 0.5–0.6 times length of posterior pronotal lobe, lateral margins rounded; glabrous markings on pronotum thin and gently depressed; median apodeme depression of pronotum deep, circular; scutellar spine long, subhorizontal or raised; anteriad-directed process of prosternum with paramedial lobes ( Fig. 3I ); anterior margin of stridulitrum projected into small protuberance ( Fig. 3I ); proepimeron with acute protuberance on posteroventral margin. Legs: fossula spongiosa present on fore and mid legs. Abdomen: anterior margin of terga weakly carinulate; terga II and III with paired prominent longitudinal carinae, reaching about one-third of tergum III. Pygophore ( Fig. 12 ): transverse bridge with rounded posterior margin; posterior region of ventral surface of pygophore in lateral view with large swelling; short median apical process sharply bent posteriorly in lateral view; lateral pygophore margin with protuberance; posterior pygophore margin with clustered macrosetae on flat margin; parameres sinusoidal, apex tapered into squarely rounded tip. Aedeagus ( Fig. 14 ): endosoma almost entirely covered with spicules; apex of dorsal phallothecal sclerite rounded in dorsal view; basal plate extension about 4.3 times as long as wide. Female Distinguished from males by the following. Body length: about 12.2 mm . Head: elongate, about 1.2 times as long as wide; anteocular region shorter than postocular region (measured to anterior margin of neck); with sparse, short macrosetae on setigerous tubercles and sparse pubescence on setigerous tubercles; pedicel about 1.6 times length of head width; apices of maxillary plates in dorsal view directed straight; labium lighter than head, brown; labial segment I in lateral view surpassing posteroventral eye margin. Thorax: pronotal collar in dorsal view narrow, almost absent medially; anterolateral angles of pronotum long, projected forward. Hemelytron: corium dark with thick medial yellow stripe; with dense, long macrosetae. Legs: posterior row of protuberances on mid and hind femora with three large spines on distal half and many small spines ( Fig. 4I ); fossula spongiosa absent or vestigial on mid leg. Distribution ( Fig. 19 ) This species is distributed in Southern Mexico and Honduras . Remarks The female from Honduras is considerably different from the males from Mexico as the description states above. We keep them as a single species until this hypothesis can be further tested with additional material. Specimen voucher UCR_ENT 00004570 was mis-labelled as collected “ 4 mi N of Cardale”, though it should be “ 4 mi N of José Cardel” as recorded by other collectors on the same trip.