Stirellus laetus (Melichar, 1903) n. rec.

(Figs 15–16)

Deltocephalus laetus Melichar, 1903: 202 .

Stirellus laetus, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 30 .

Description. Length. Male: 2.8mm.

Coloration. General color usually stramineous with orange-red and dark brown markings (Fig. 15A, B). Crown with transverse preapical orange band, pronotum with anterior margin orange, mesonotum with basal triangle orange (Fig. 15A). Face with two black round markings on each side just below antennal sockets; frontoclypeus ochraceous with fuscous arcs (Fig. 15C). Forewing translucent without fuscous tint (Fig. 15A, B). Femora and tibiae with dark brown marks. Abdominal segments variably infused with dark brown (Fig. 15B).

Morphology. Head nearly as long as pronotum, subconical, anterior margin rounded to face, angled in dorsal and lateral view (Fig. 15A, B). Crown nearly as long as width between eyes (Fig. 15A). Anteclypeus parallel-sided, extending beyond normal curve of genae (Fig. 15C). Pronotum median length nearly as long as median length of crown. Mesonotum and scutellum together longer than pronotum (Fig. 15A). Forewing submacropterous, usually exposing apex of abdomen (Fig. 15A, B).

Male genitalia. Pygofer side with few macrosetae dorsally, steeply declivous posteriorly, apex narrow, posterior margin bluntly rounded (Fig. 16A). Subgenital plate slightly convex laterally, macrosetae uniseriate, well separated from lateral margin, not extended to apex (Fig. 16C). Style apophysis relatively long, digitate, nearlynearly straight, preapical lobe forming right angle (Fig. 16D). ConnectiveConnective H-shaped, stemstem broadbroad andand nearlynearly asas longlong asas armsarms (Fig. 16E). Aedeagal shaft strongly bent dorsad near base, long, sinuate, parallel to aedeagal base in lateral view, apex hooked and blunt; in posterior view abruptly constricted near apex, apex pointed (Fig. 16F, G).

Female. Hind margin of seventh sternum slightly concave.

Material examined. 1Ƌ, Thailand Loei Phu Ruea NP Pah Lo Noy, 17° 33′ 502" N 101° 20′ 868" E, 1343m, Pan trap, 5–6 ix 2006, Nukoonchai Jaroenchai, leg T817 (INHS) .

Distribution. India; Sri Lanka; Thailand.

Remarks. This species is here recorded from Thailand for the first time.