Five new species of Buenoa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from Colombia
Author
Padilla-Gil, Dora N.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2411
22
32
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.293945
95864169-2ce9-40d3-a750-2484afbf340a
1175-5326
293945
Buenoa prosthetus
n. sp.
Type
material.
HOLOTYPE
,
macr ♂
,
allotype
macr ♀:
COLOMBIA
,
Nariño
,
Tumaco
,
Finca Mar Agrícola
,
Universidad de
Nariño
,
0–3 m
,
20 November 2008
, leg.
D. Padilla
, (
ICN
)
.
PARATYPES
, same data as
holotype
, of these the following have been distributed:
1 ♂
,
3
(
ICN
)
,
2 ♂
,
4 ♀
(
PSO-CZ
)
,
1 ♂
,
3 ♀
(
CP
)
. All macropterous.
FIGURE 5.
Buenoa prosthetus
sp. n.
male. 5a Rostrum in lateral view; 5b Fore leg; 5c Tibial com (400X); 5d Left genital clasper; 5e Right genital clasper; 5f Laterodorsal view of left ovipositor valve
Description.
Macropterous form. Dimensions. Length M 8.0, F 8.53; greatest body width M 1.72, F 1.9. Width of head M and F, 1.62.
Color of overall body bright white, dark eyes. Abdominal dorsum white with irregular areas of black and with a yellow apex. Abdominal venter black except for keel and portions of connexivum, these white. Median longitudinal axis of head, pronotum, and hemelytra covered by thin, long, transparent setae, but membrane not covered by setae. Female differs from male because she has yellowish connexivum and abdominal dorsum, and with black laterotergites IV–VI.
Male structural characteristics: As viewed from above, outline of head rounded with anterior margin of vertex continuous with that of eyes; greatest width of head approximately six times anterior width of vertex (1.62/0.26) and less than humeral width of pronotum; synthlipsis approximately four times anterior width of vertex (0.26/0.06); along median longitudinal axis, head half of length of pronotum; tylus slightly inflated, with abundant setae; labrum’s width bigger than its length and with a tuft of hair. Rostral prong (
Fig. 5
a) almost equal or sometimes longer than third rostral segment, this originating near half of third rostral segment, and with pointed apex. Pronotum tricarinate, lateral margins light divergent; posterior margin convex, medially concave; humeral width approximately 1.4 times its median length (1.20/1.68), and slightly longer than scutellum (1.2/1.04). Fore femur thickened at apex, stridulatory area consisting of approximately five weak ridges (
Fig. 5
b). Fore tibia with stridulatory comb consisting of approximately 23 teeth (
Fig. 5
c), 10 of them short and straight, followed by 8 inclined, and then 5 irregular ones. Fore and middle legs with a preapical structure of tarsus (see
Fig. 3
e). Distinct male genital claspers (
Figs. 5
d–e). Spine from caudosinistral margin, slightly curved and very narrow in distal half.
Female structural characteristics: ovipositor with teeth arranged in two longitudinal rows (
Fig. 5
f), and hind femur with 27 spines along posterior margin. Other non sexual characteristics as in male.
Etymology:
Prosthetus
. A Greek adjective meaning “special,” referring to the distinctive characteristics of this species, apparently more specialized (see discussion).
Comparative notes:
Buenoa prosthetus
is characterized by the width of head 1.62, a very narrow synthlipsis (0.06), a stridulatory comb of the fore tibia with irregular disposition of the teeth, and a unique shape of male genital claspers (
Figs. 5
d–e).