A guest from the past: A new genus and a new species of Deraeocorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) in Miocene Dominican amber
Author
Kim, Junggon
0000-0003-0594-7618
Gyebaek-ro, Jung-gu, Daejeon, Korea. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0594 - 7618
Author
Taszakowski, Artur
0000-0002-0885-353X
Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland.
Author
Herczek, Aleksander
0000-0001-6047-5268
Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6047 - 5268
Author
Kim, Kwang-Ho
0000-0001-9780-3296
Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, RDA, Wanju, Korea. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9780 - 3296 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0885 - 353 X
Author
Jung, Sunghoon
0000-0001-6086-0326
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea & Department of Smart Agriculture Systems, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea jung @ cnu. ac. kr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6086 - 0326
jung@cnu.ac.kr
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-24
4819
3
589
594
journal article
9174
10.11646/zootaxa.4819.3.10
d2ec4943-75fe-4de4-8f48-76559d389d95
1175-5326
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09ED3200-63E1-4740-9475-836C26BD21A4
Amberderaeous gigophthalmus
Kim, Taszakowski & Jung
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1
,
2
)
Type material: [
CNU
] Holotype:
Holotype
male
in a
25x10
x
3 mm
cabochon shaped piece of Dominican amber (
Fig. 1
). Dorsal surface flat and ventral surface convex structures
.
Description:
Male
: Body elongate, length
5.61 mm
.
Coloration.
Ground color dark brown. Head: almost pale brown because of pale compound eyes; frons narrowly dark brown; clypeus pale brown; antennae near dark brown; first antennomere entirely dark brown, its apex pale; other antennomeres dark brown except for pale basal part; labium uniformly pale brown. Thorax: pronotum with anterior part and lateral margin dark brown, posterior part slightly paler with dark punctures; pronotal collar dark with mesial pale part; scutellum near dark brown; evaporative area of metathoracic glands pale brown; hemelytra mostly pale, subhyaline, with anterior and posterior parts of corium dark brown; apical part of cuneus dark brown; membrane veins dark brown; legs mostly brown with dark patterning; femur near dark brown, except for pale base; tibia mostly dark, with base and apex pale brown, tibial spine dark brown.Abdomen: pale brown, with pygophore dark brown.
Surface and Vestiture
. Body glossy, glabrous; antennae with short, dense and dark setae; pronotum with posterior part densely puncture; scutellum impunctate; hemelytra with dark punctures along with claval and R+M veins; tibia with distinct and medium length spines.
Structure.
Head: hypognathous; vertex narrow, with weak longitudinal sulcus; frons narrow, tapered posteriorly; compound eye extremely large, contiguous, reaching anterior margin of pronotum; antennae shorter than body; first antennomere cylindrical, as thick as second antennomere; second antennomere near cylindrical; third antennomere longer than fourth; third and fourth antennomeres fusiform; proportion of first to fourth antennal segments 0.6: 2.2: 1.0: 0.6; labrum longer than 1/2 of first labial segment; labium exceeding slightly mid coxae; proportion of first to fourth labial segments 0.4: 0.5: 0.6: 0.6. Thorax: pronotum trapezoid, length of pronotal midline slightly longer than 1/2 of basal width; calli swollen; scutellum almost flat in lateral view; anterior width of scutellum longer than 1/2 of basal pronotal width; lateral margin of hemelytra weakly rounded; cuneus broad; legs slender; combined length of hind femur and hind tibia shorter than body length; first and second tarsomeres subequal in length, shorter than third tarsomere, combined length of second and third tarsomeres as long as 2.5x longer than first tarsomere (
Fig. 2D
); claw with basal tooth and setiform parempodia (
Fig. 2E
). Abdomen: not elongate, not reaching apex of cuneus.
Genitalia
: not examined.
Measurements
(in mm): body length: 5.61; head length 0.58; head width including compound eyes: 1.33; vertex width: 0.08; first antennal segment: 0.64; second antennal segment: 2.28; third antennal segment: 1.02; fourth antennal segment: 0.66; anterior pronotal width: first labial segment: 0.38; second labial segment: 0.54; third labial segment: 0.61; fourth labial segment: 0.64; pronotal midline length: 0.95; basal pronotal maximal width (straight): 1.86; anterior scutellar width: 1.20; scutellar midline length: 0.83; commissure length: 1.12; outer embolial margin length (straight): 2.56; outer cuneal margin length (straight): 0.80; maximal width across hemelytron: 1.01; hindleg (femur: tibia: tarsus): 2.08: 3.22: 0.60.
Distributions:
Miocene Dominican amber,
Dominican Republic
.
Etymology:
Named after combination of ancient Greek,
gig
(gigantic) and
ophthalmus
(eyes), referring to the large compound eyes.