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<taxonomicName id="AFB4D603B59F664CD6E1AF0096CE0AAE" authorityName="Bolshakova &amp; Konstantinov" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Kunungua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atramentomaculata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5A5CE419643A9EF7C61BC4EA47401E08" italics="true">Kunungua atramentomaculata</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="81BC9290AEEB2FB18892527FBFB6E2CE" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kunungua species, dorsal view. A. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008425; B. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. pallida; F. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008589; G. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008413; H. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008433." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105402">Figs 6 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="C62AF3CFFAF191FA3510C04B28E06D47" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Kunungua species, lateral view. A. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008437; B. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008430; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008415; F. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; G. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008426; H. K. pallida." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105403">7 C</figureCitation>
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<heading id="016739BAF11522074AD58487D4708C74" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
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<materialsCitation id="0D533B757ED86457FA9E3CD8C6A5C99D" collectionCode="MRAC" collectorName="L. Burgeon" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" latitude="3.32" location="Mabaya" longLatPrecision="784" longitude="28.74" municipality="Mabaya" specimenCode="ZISP_ENT00008427" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Haut Uele" typeStatus="holotype">
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<typeStatus id="0522EDAC08775958BE4A19A1C4990819" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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,
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:
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:
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<geoCoordinate id="0D9EFD42D14DC46EEE31D61654A53CB1" degrees="3.32" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="3.32">3.32 ° N</geoCoordinate>
,
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1 (
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.
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.
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:
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,
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:
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(
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)
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.
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<paragraph id="F7E0F1CA9A2E2BC7C75F87620BFF67F1">
<heading id="EB6A7C8765F171E652B7C77CB5D72E4F" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E72430B2B0B31A14E1FD53554CA0FD0B">Recognised by the following combination of characters: collar dark brown; corium pale yellow, with brown transverse band starting slightly above claval apex and not quite reaching costal margin, blurring distally; cuneus brown, with brown spot blurring towards base.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A398A53166F9CD9140CBCB7AE727563">This species can be unambiguously distinguished from all other congeners by the presence of a brown band crossing the corium transversely, starting slightly above the claval apex, but not reaching the outer margin of the corium.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CD2CDCF97BAB5B5552E0AA91F0E629AE">
<heading id="662CE4F7C87491C01D1DC576D65B9569" reason="title">Description.</heading>
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<emphasis id="CC0F8BA269288A642157AC5EA96385C4" bold="true">
Female.
<emphasis id="67111EF2693B001843BF4F3471D28FAC" bold="true" italics="true">Colouration</emphasis>
</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation id="03EB3605B3B0E8F1DB2B492C5136D2DB" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kunungua species, dorsal view. A. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008425; B. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. pallida; F. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008589; G. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008413; H. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008433." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105402">6 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="F4627A280DD85E082A5C3170E623E4BC" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Kunungua species, lateral view. A. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008437; B. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008430; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008415; F. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; G. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008426; H. K. pallida." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105403">7 C</figureCitation>
). Head, except for pale yellow antennal fossa, dark brown; antennal segment I pale yellow basally, gradually darkening to brown apically, segment II dark brown, segments III and IV yellowish brown; eyes commonly dark brown; pronotum, scutellum, and clavus dark brown; corium pale yellow, with transverse brown band crossing corium, starting slightly above claval apex and nearly reaching costal margin, blurring distally; corium narrowly dark brown along costal margin in apical half; cuneus brown, basally with blurring brown spot and dark brown outer margin; membrane transparent, basal two-thirds of membrane fuscous, apical one-third whitish; coxae brown anteriorly, pale yellow posteriorly; femora pale yellow basally, dark brown at middle, brownish yellow distally; fore tibia pale yellow, darkened basally; middle tibia pale yellow, except for brown basal one-third; basal one-half of hind tibia brown, apical half pale yellow; tarsal segments I and II pale yellow, the latter slightly darkened apically; segment III greyish brown; abdomen dark brown basally and apically, middle part, comprising about one-half of abdomen, whitish yellow.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="577DA977D992D3FCE6147AFC1C35E8B4">
<emphasis id="5B8D03CD4F767A07C89A739D9ABE152F" bold="true">
<emphasis id="6F485B941A7227E4E83EC62012A90ADC" bold="true" italics="true">Vestiture</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Clothed with long whitish simple setae, adpressed on hemelytron, semierect elsewhere, subequal to width of antennal segment I at middle, somewhat shorter on pronotum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B471DE56F9E2991985B0CAC0C41B3E14">
<emphasis id="2F2B6BFEC1E6E826F0A8F5F8D4AA79E9" bold="true">
<emphasis id="427D5B871FD1C6C7EB41D06A4AC44DC3" bold="true" italics="true">Structure</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Total length
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; body 3.7 times as long as width of pronotum and 4.4 times as long as pronotal length.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4375E6B9CC02709F6564596F62E1C5A5">
Head 0.3 times as long as wide, 2 times as wide as collar; antennal fossa large, removed from inner eye margin by distance subequal to its own width, located at the level of inferior eye margin; frons only slightly convex; vertex about 1.3 times as wide as length of antennal segment I; segment I 1.7 times as long as head, 0.5 times as long as pronotum, 0.4 times as long as pronotal width; labium long, almost reaching hind coxa (Fig.
<figureCitation id="AD89333ECE01CD6D6833E559A2E23C0E" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Kunungua species, lateral view. A. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008437; B. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008430; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008415; F. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; G. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008426; H. K. pallida." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105403">7 C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="56A80AF1B140A2860371E6D8534A273E">
Thorax. Posterior margin of pronotum slightly concave medially (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4C85997C7B27CB000344FDF023AEE25F" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kunungua species, dorsal view. A. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008425; B. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. pallida; F. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008589; G. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008413; H. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008433." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105402">6 C</figureCitation>
); pronotum 1.2 times as wide as long, 1.2 times as wide as head; calli 0.5 times as wide as basal width of pronotum; pronotal disk, calli and collar 0.7 times, 0.2 times, and 0.2 times as long as pronotum, respectively; calli and collar together about 0.3 times as long as pronotum.
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<paragraph id="21C2F01A5468F2B0BAC8528BC3C674A8">
Hemelytron. Semitransparent, long, corium reaching apex of abdomen; cuneus about 1.5 times as long as wide at base (Figs
<figureCitation id="76C53931F016B34AEBEA0071258633FF" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kunungua species, dorsal view. A. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008425; B. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. pallida; F. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008589; G. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008413; H. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008433." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105402">6 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="EB1315CB1EAFE0B72E62229FE902F3AA" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Kunungua species, lateral view. A. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008437; B. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008430; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008415; F. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; G. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008426; H. K. pallida." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105403">7 C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D82D16F00A163957F8BEE04F01796B6">
Legs. Slender, femora gradually thickening apically (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C4227C05CE9DA67615848F1BEF53D9D4" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Kunungua species, dorsal view. A. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008425; B. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. pallida; F. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008589; G. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008413; H. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008433." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105402">6 C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="D115B80D80B933484CDEC71E4FAC778C" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Kunungua species, lateral view. A. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008437; B. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008430; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008415; F. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; G. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008426; H. K. pallida." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.71.122735.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1105403">7 C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8621D3F8B499C6CB1BFE0AEA292C4FDF">
<emphasis id="E75E346BE6107BF0F66C478F2051A295" bold="true">
<emphasis id="AD2328EA1B1F114D4540DE9EFAA843B3" bold="true" italics="true">Genitalia</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Bursa copulatrix as in
<taxonomicName id="AF9E4FF087567756CB6A75ECB37DA39E" authorityName="Odhiambo" authorityYear="1962" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Kunungua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ukerewensis">
<emphasis id="B624B5EB586F28C5C851FF58A4865CDB" italics="true">K. ukerewensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, weakly sclerotised, with indistinct sclerotised rings of dorsal labiate plate, posterior wall entirely membranous.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A6221C019FAFEF0A7DC906BAE962149">
<emphasis id="563446F6F2A4EA053645AD3FBC5C3316" bold="true">Male.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ENVDI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B60A8668CF1E9F136B0B1516B3FD8AE">
<heading id="27DD1111AFA55A0031778B21186B197C" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8E032359F0320A1FFA0C44D8FDE71CA6">
Known from two localities in
<collectingCountry id="DE5FF5378CA5F289921789C1217FF7B5" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
, Haut Uelé.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ESVDI" type="host">
<paragraph id="CEB36E8B74D744845A9F697A0568A904">
<heading id="5491F54499FC7EAD1C549A016DFC275F" reason="title">Host.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E8925396B438CF54F3B074F4C9BEF00">Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EXVDI" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="FAD33F5D0B1752F9AE50DDDA09689515">
<heading id="9C30185D329456AC1815F7CEE43CB475" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B55B86DB700D9281BD25BC3F843E83D">
The specific epithet is a Latin adjective composed of the noun
<emphasis id="564873F70BDFCC5EF2A7F2292C8ACC90" italics="true">atramentum</emphasis>
, meaning “ ink ” and the adjective
<emphasis id="BEEF6848A012CC48489C74FF4F4BD443" italics="true">maculatus</emphasis>
, -
<emphasis id="11B103B1EC872BF6A89E1FC12ED928F9" italics="true">a</emphasis>
, -
<emphasis id="14DA49A0244A46D568FE23DAC512076D" italics="true">um</emphasis>
, meaning “ spotted ”, referring to the shape of the band on the corium, blurring distally and thus resembling an ink spot.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EFWDI" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="15D8B89AA2E8C9CB21DC19411912CBB7">
<heading id="17EAA45580F1159A8B8708719D429D50" reason="title">Discussion.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FDA2B2351C0CA09F00432874B342B244">
While this species is known solely from
<specimenCount id="199511FE1AD54FE1908EAEBBA3E88D08" count="2" type="female">two females</specimenCount>
, its distinct colouration prompted us to describe it despite the lack of known males. Given the observed variation in colour patterns within
<taxonomicName id="19EE4E56FDA8660874F6B9D37FD67BB2" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="1951" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Kunungua" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3EB094192E6A3B7C6108B6A4F1E8F385" italics="true">Kunungua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we are confident that with further collecting efforts, males could be readily associated with females.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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