Review of the Barcinus complex with description of new taxa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)
Author
Heiss, E.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2448
1
25
journal article
1175-5326
Papuabarcinus productus
(
Usinger & Matsuda 1959
)
(
Figs. 25, 26, 30
; photo 11)
Barcinus productus
Usinger & Matsuda 1959:281
, fig. 80D (descr.)
Barcinus productus
Kormilev 1971:130
(rec.
Bismarck Archipelago
)
Barcinus productus
Kormilev & Froeschner 1987:112
(cat.)
Usinger
&
Matsuda
described this taxon based on the male
holotype
from
New Ireland
(
Bismarck Archipelago
E of
New
Guinea
). The
holotype
is deposited in the Natural History Museum London
.
Material examined
:
1♂
pinned:”
New
Britain/
Gazelle Pen.
,
Gaulin
/
140m
,
19–20 XI 1962
”// ”
J.Sedlacek
/ collector/ Bishop”
;
1♂
pinned:”
New
Britain/
Gazelle
pen.,
Upper
/
Warangoi
,
Riat
,
250m
/
1 XI 1962
”//”
J.Sedlacek
/ collector/ Bishop”
;
1♂
card mounted:”
New
Britain
/
Gazelle Pen.
,
Upper
/
Warangoi
,
350– 600m
/
28–29 XI 1962
”//”
J.Sedlacek
/ collector/ Bishop”. This specimen was dissected for the study of genitalic structures. All these specimens were erroneously labelled by Kormilev 1968 as “
truncatus
” (
CEHI
exchange specimens from Bishop Museum)
;
1♂
pinned:”
New
Guinea
/
Papua
/
Madang
/
VII 1969
/ leg.
B.Heinrich
” (
CEHI
)
.
As the
holotype
and the abovementioned examined specimens originated from
Bismarck Archipelago
it was doubtful that
P.productus
occurs also in NE
Papua
New Guinea
as indicated by
Kormilev (1971)
. However the specimen from
Madang
shows no differences from those from
New Britain
and is therefore regarded as conspecific.
The pygophore of the male is dorsally conically produced posteriorly, projecting over the shorter rounded lower portion (fig.30).
Usinger & Matsuda 1959:282
state: “This new species (
productus
) closely resembles
Barcinus truncatus
Kormilev
, but the lateral lobes of the seventh abdominal segment are much more developed and extend beyond the apices of the following segments and the preceding segments.”
P. productus
differs further from
truncatus
by the feebly produced rounded pe-angles of deltg IV and V of males which are acute in
truncatus
.
Measurements
: Males from Gaulin and Warangoi: Length 12.6,
11.8 mm
; head length/width 27/15, 25/ 14.5; pronotum w/l 40/18, 41/18; scutellum w/l 22/15, 22/16; length of antennal segments I/II/III/IV = 17/9/ 15/8, 17/9/14.5/8; ratio length of antennae / width of head 3.27 (46.5/17.5), 3.34 (48.5/14.5); width of abdomen across tergite III 54,VI 57, VII 29.5, III 55,VI 61, VII 30. Another male from Gazelle Peninsula is
13.7 mm
long.
Distribution
: Few records from
Bismarck Archipelago
(
New Britain
,
New Ireland
) and from a single locality in NE
Papua
New Guinea
are so far known. Map 2.