A phylogenetic revision of the true bug genus Heraeus (Hemiptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), with the description of two new genera and 30 new species
Author
Dellapé, Pablo M.
Author
Melo, María C.
Author
Henry, Thomas J.
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2016
2016-04-17
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12362
journal article
10.1111/zoj.12362
0024-4082
10109299
8A961A76-E33C-4171-B401-0B516B62FA6D
HERAEUS BREVIROSTRIS
SP. NOV.
(
FIGS 25F
,
26F
,
28
,
30C
,
32E–H
)
Diagnosis
Labium extending to mesocoxae. Distiflagellomere with a narrow sub-basal pale band. Membrane with an apical pale spot. Meso- and metafemur with a narrow subapical brown band. Apex of pygophore with a small protuberance pointed dorsally.
Heraeus brevirostris
sp. nov.
,
H. pallidinervis
sp. nov.
,
H. penai
sp. nov.
, and
H. loja
sp. nov.
have a narrow pale band on the distiflagellomere, occupying about onequarter of the segment length;
H. brevirostris
sp. nov.
, however, can be distinguished by the shorter labium extending only to mesocoxae, whereas the other species have a longer labium, extending to metacoxae.
Description (
Fig. 25F
)
Total length 5.61.
Head:
Dark brown, shiny, coriaceous; with short recumbent setae and erect setae dorsally. Head length 1.15, width 0.85. Postocular length 0.42. Eyes not surpassing the dorsal margin of head in lateral view. Ocelli placed at level of an imaginary line passing the posterior border of eyes. Interocular width 0.45, interocellar width 0.29. Labium pale brown with short erect setae, extending to mesocoxae. Labial segment lengths: I 0.78, II 0.88, III 0.72, and IV 0.35. Antennae pale brown, apex of basiflagellomere and distiflagellomere darker, distiflagellomere with a narrow sub-basal pale band; all segments with abundant short recumbent and sparse erect setae. Antennal lengths: scape 0.45, pedicel 1.04, basiflagellomere 0.93, and distiflagellomere 1.02. Length of pale band on distiflagellomere 0.19.
Thorax:
Pronotum dark brown, collar and posterior lobe paler, with irregular pale spots, humeral angles with a pale spot; pruinose, punctate, punctures larger on posterior lobe; anterior and posterior lobes with short recumbent and erect setae, longer on anterior lobe. Collar punctate, delimited by a punctate sulcus. Collar length 0.08, anterior lobe length 0.51, posterior lobe length 0.51; anterior lobe width 0.91, posterior lobe width 1.41. Pleurae dark reddish brown, punctate, with short recumbent setae. Evaporative area extended. Scutellum dark brown with a longitudinal darker median stripe, pruinose, punctate, with short recumbent and long erect setae, as on anterior pronotal lobe. Hemelytra: costal margin pale on proximal twothirds, with a subapical corial spot, membrane brown with veins paler and a pale apical spot, colouration pattern complex (
Fig. 25F
); with short recumbent setae. Legs: Coxae, protrochanter, and profemur dark brown, except apex of profemur and remainder of legs yellowish, with a subapical narrow brown band on meso- and metafemur (
Fig. 26F
); setae short and semierect, longer on profemur. Profemur with spines on apical two-thirds. Protibia slightly curved.
Abdomen:
Brown, with abundant short recumbent setae. Male genitalia: Pygophore (
Fig. 32E, F
) rounded, anterior margin of dorsal aperture rounded, apex with a small protuberance pointed dorsally; declivent posteriorly in lateral view; inner projections elongate, more produced posteriorly. Parameres:
Figure 32
(G, H). Aedeagus (
Fig. 30C
) with strong spines, conjunctiva with a few spines laterally; vesica with two spined sclerotized lobes and small unsclerotized lobes anteriorly with a patch of spines;
processus gonopori
long and slender.
Distribution
Argentina
and
Bolivia
(
Fig. 28
).
Etymology
The specific epithet ‘
brevirostris
’ is an adjective meaning short-beaked, and refers to the relatively short labium that extends only to the mesocoxae.
Type material
Holotype
:
♂
,
ARGENTINA
,
Salta
, Orán, Abra Grande, 10-I/1-X-[19]67,
R. Golbach
(
IFML
).
Paratypes
:
2♂
,
1♀
, same data as for holotype (
IFML
)
;
Salta
:
1♂
,
1♀
,
XII-2012
,
L. Alvarez
col. (
MLP
)
;
Tucumán
:
1♂
, (
MLP
)
.
BOLIVIA
:
La Paz
:
1♂
,
Yungas
,
Inquisivi
,
5-XII-1984
,
L.E. Peña
(
USNM
)
;
1♂
,
Guanay
,
Tres Esteros
, 19/25-VIII-[19]89,
L.E. Peña
(
USNM
)
.
Cochabamba
:
2♂
,
Chapare Prov.
,
Villa Tunari
,
Hotel de Selva El Puente
,
340 m
a.s.l.
,
16°59.04′S
65°24.53′W
,
10-12-XII-2013
,
T.J. Henry
(
USNM
)
;
1♀
,
Chapare Prov.
,
Highway
4 at
Rio Antahuacana
bridge,
38 km
SW of Villa Tunari
,
850 m
a.s.l.
,
17°05.35′S
,
65°40.62′W
,
12-XII-2013
,
T.J. Henry
(
USNM
)
.