Lethaeus taprobanes Kirkaldy, 1908

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 : 36

Lethaeus taprobanes Kirkaldy, 1908 New Record for China

( Figs. 1, 11, 12 , 15 )

Lethaeus taprobanes Kirkaldy, 1908: 11 –12; Slater, 1964: 834; Slater & O’Donnell, 1995: 98.

This species was originally described from Sri Lanka and reported from China (Hainan and Yunnan) for the first time in this paper.

Complementary description. Measurements. Length head 0.89(0.88–1.0), width 1.35(1.28–1.45), interocular space 0.75(0.68–0.85); Length antennal segments I 0.66(0.63–0.70), II 1.36(1.25–1.43), III 0.95(0.90–1.10), IV 0.95(0.90–1.10); Length pronotum 1.38(1.25–1.45), width anterior pronotal margin 1.09(1.03–1.13), width posterior pronotal margin 2.56(2.45–2.77); Length scutellum 1.70(1.68–1.73), width 1.56(1.38–1.60); Midline distance apex clavus–apex corium 2.85(2.70–3.0), midline distance apex corium–apex membrane 1.90(1.80–2.0); Total body length male 7.0–7.7, female 7.0–8.2. Five specimens were measured of this species

Male genitalia (paramere and sperm reservoir) as shown in Figs. 1, 11, 12

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: 1 female, Mt. Jianfeng, 24.IV.1985, light trap. Yunnan: 4 males 8 females, Simao, alt. 700 m, 17.V.2001, leg. Jun Li, light trap; 1 male 2 females, as the former, leg. Wenjun Bu; 1 male 1 female, as the former, 18.V.2001, leg. Jun Li.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Yunnan); Sri Lanka.

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).