Diniella sevosa ( Distant, 1901 )

Li, Junlan, Gao, Cuiqing & Bu, Wenjun, 2011, Review of the tribe Lethaeini Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae) from China, with a key to Chinese genera and species, Zootaxa 3126, pp. 28-38 : 31

Diniella sevosa ( Distant, 1901)

Figs. 9, 10 , 19

Dinia sevosus Distant, 1901: 497 –498.

Diniella sevosa Distant, 1904: 73 –74; Slater, 1964: 819; Slater & O’Donnell, 1995: 97; Hua, 2000: 188–190 (misspell as Diniella servosa ); Péricart, 2001: 157.

Material examined. CHINA, Guizhou: 1 female, 1 male, Chishui County, alt. 500–600m, 23.IX.2000, leg. Li Chuanren; 1 male, Sishui County, alt. 1000m, 26.IX.2000, leg. Li Chuanren; 1 female, as the former, 28.IX.2000, leg. Ren Guodong; 1female, Huishui County, alt. 1200m, 11.IX.2000, leg. Li Chuanren. Hubei: 1 female, Maoba Town, Lichuan City, alt. 750m, 29.VII.1999, leg. Zheng Leyi; 2 males, 1 female, Mt. Xingdou, alt. 840–900, 30.VII.1999, leg. Li Chuanren. Jiangxi: 4 females, 4 males, Mt. Guan, Yifeng county, 1.VIII.2002, leg. Xue Huaijun.

Distribution, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Sri Lanka.

Notes. Sperm reservoir ( Figs. 9, 10 ): Vesica seminal duct without sleeve, arcuate extension oval in dorsal view, curved at apex in lateral view, wings dumbbell-shaped, corrugations and holding sclerites absent.

Province Hubei (Maoba town, Lichuan city) (N. 30º) is the northmost distribution record for this species.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Figs. 1 – 3. Parameres: Fig. 1, Lethaeus taprobanes; Fig. 2, Atkinsonianus reticulatus; Fig. 3, Lamproceps antennatus; Figs. 4 – 6, Pygophore: Fig. 4, Adauctus cupreus; Fig. 5, Atkinsonianus reticulatus; Fig. 6, Lamproceps antennatus; Figs. 7 – 12, Sperm Reservoir: Fig 7, 8, Lamproceps antennatus; Figs. 9, 10, Diniella sevosa; Figs. 11,12, Lethaeus taprobanes (Figs. 7, 9, 11, Dorsal view; Figs. 8, 10, 12, Lateral view) (scale bar = 0.10 mm).

FIGURES 13 – 21. Adult dorsal habitus: Fig. 13, Adauctus cupreus; Fig. 14, Atkinsonianus reticulatus; Fig. 15, Lethaeus taprobanes; Fig. 16, Diniella intaminata; Fig. 17, Diniella glabrata; Fig. 18, Diniella pallipes; Fig. 19, Diniella sevosa; Fig. 20, Lamproceps antennatus; Fig. 21, Lamproceps bipunctatus. (scale bar = 1.0 mm).