A New Genus And Species Of Orsillinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Lygaeidae) From Argentina
Author
Dellapé, Pablo M.
Author
Henry, Thomas J.
Author
Pmd
text
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
2020
2020-02-29
122
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55
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journal article
10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.55
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Cuyonysius
Dellapé and Henry
,
new genus
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Type
species:
Cuyonysius flavidus
Dellapé and Henry
,
new species
.
Description.—Elongate oval, somewhat depressed; body covered with appressed pubescence, and longer semierect setae dorsally. Head produced before eyes for distance slightly greater than length of eye; vertex low, not extending above eye more than one-quarter height of eye in lateral view, width slightly more than three times width of eye, carinae absent; antenniferous tubercle neither carinate nor produced beyond insertion of antenna; buccula coarsely punctate, high for entire length, ending broadly rounded at base of head; labium extending to mesocoxae; eye substylate; width including eyes less than width of posterior margin of pronotum. Pronotum trapeziform, not depressed or constricted. Scutellum with a Y-shaped tumid elevation; rounded apically. Hemelytron partially translucent, surpassing apex of abdomen; obscurely punctate along base of vein R+M and along claval suture; costal margin coincident with vein R+M to level of apical quarter of scutellum, then strongly expanded and gently arching to apex of corium; branch M of vein R+M intersecting apical margin of corium at a point closer to intersection of vein Cu than of branch R with apical margin of corium, these veins obscure; corium without a stridulitrum; membrane with two inner veins connected by a cross vein; edge of corium uniformly colored; acetabula impunctate. Fore femur unarmed. Pygophore projected posteriorly. Aedeagus without lateral conjunctival lobes. Distal conjunctival pigmented area with several membranous lobes.
Etymology.—The generic name is composed of the word “Cuyo [pronounced “coo-yo” in English],” the region in west central
Argentina
where this bug was collected, and the ending “nysius,” referring to the general resemblance of this large, complex and widely distributed genus of
Orsillinae
.
Discussion.—According to
Ashlock (1967)
, a combination of characters is necessary to separate the
Nysiini
and
Metrargini
, with only the absence of a dorsal apical lobe on the conjunctiva of the aedeagus reliably distinguishing members of
Metrargini
from
Nysiini
. This leaves the
Metrargini
without a synapomorphy and highlights the need for a careful study of the generic characters in a phylogenetic framework to establish a robust tribal classification.
Cuyonysius
is placed in a new genus of the
Metrargini
based on the aedeagus having large, complex lobes on the vesica and a dorsal lobe on the conjunctiva absent; the corium with a row of punctures over the base of vein R+M and the claval suture; and the bucculae punctate.
Cuyonysius
runs to couplet 10 and the genera
Balionysius
and
Coleonysius
in
Ashlock’s (1967)
key to genera of the
Metrargini
of the world, and to couplet
8 in
the key to Neotropical genera (
Henry et al. 2015
). These two genera are separated in the key by the rounded apex of the scutellum in
Balionysius
and an acute apex in
Coleonysius
, and by the macropterous or brachypterous condition of the hemelytra of each genus, respectively. All known specimens of
Cuyonysius
are macropterous and the apex of scutellum has an intermediate condition, which is rounded, but not broadly rounded as in
Balionysius
.
Cuyonysius
is distinguished from
Balionysius
by the shape of pronotum, the basally constricted hemelytra, the general color pattern, and the male genitalia. In
Balionysius
the pronotum is depressed at the callosities and the posterior margin is slightly wider than the width of the head across the eyes, the general coloration is mottled brown, the hemelytra are subparallel and opaque, and the posterior margin of the pygophore is rounded. In
Cuyonysius
the pronotum is trapeziform, not depressed or constricted, with the posterior margin clearly wider than the head width across eyes, the general coloration is yellowish brown, the hemelytra are constricted at the base and partially translucent, and the shape of the pygophore is projected posteriorly, which is unique in the tribe.