Hebrus (Hebrus)

Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio, 2022, Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2), pp. 475-519 : 493

Hebrus (Hebrus) sp.

( Figs 16 , 25 )

Material examined. SOCOTRA: Dixam plateau, Tudhen (12°32′42ʺN 53°59′54ʺE), helocrene with Juncus , suction sampler, 1135 m a.s.l., 2♀♀ (ma) 1 L, Socotra expedition 2012: J. Bezděk, J. Hájek,V.Hula, P.Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt. ( NMPC).

Measurements. Females (n = 2). Body length: 1.85 / 2.05; pronotum: anterior width (across anterolateral angles) 0.41 / 0.43, humeral width (across humeral angles) 0.82 / 0.90; length of antennal segments: I – 0.21 / 0.23, II – 0.16 / 0.18), III – 0.19 / –, IVa – 0.14 / –, IVb – 0.19 / –.

Habitat. It was collected by suction sampler in a helocrene overgrown with grasses and Juncus socotranus at Tudhen (1135 m a.s.l.) in the montane zone.

Note. The examined specimens differ in their blackish colouration with only base of clavus whitish ( Fig. 16 ) and metanotal elevation posteriorly with wide and shallow incision ( Fig. 25 ) from H. (H.) kanyukovae sp. nov. and certainly represent a different species. In sharing the above mentioned characters the two females resemble several species of Hebrus s. str. known from Ethiopia as illustrated by COBBEN (1982a): H. (H.) bimaculatus Cobben, 1982 , H. (H.) katompei Poisson, 1950, H. (H.) pseudopusillus Cobben, 1982 or H. (H.) spinitibialis Cobben, 1982 . However, in absence of male specimens the precise identification of the species is impossible.

Figures

Figs 13–16. 13–14 – Hebrus kanyukovae sp. nov.: 13 – ♂, holotype (body length 1.77 mm); 14 – ♀, paratype, Arher (1.95 mm). 15 – Hebrus cf. kanyukovae, ♀, wadi Zerig (2.07 mm); 16 – Hebrus (Hebrus) sp., ♀, Tudhen (1.95 mm). (Orig. P. Kment).

Figs 17–25. 17–19 – Hebrus kanyukovae sp. nov., ♂, holotype: 17 – fore body, dorsal view (magnification 100×); 18–19 – head (18 – dorsal view, 230×; 19 – lateral view, 190×). 20–25 – metanotal elevation, dorsal view (250×): 20–23 – H. kanyukovae sp. nov.: 20 – ♂, holotype; 21 – ♂, paratype; 22–23 – ♀♀, paratypes, Arher; 24 – H. cf. kanyukovae, ♀, wadi Zerig; 25 – Hebrus (Hebrus) sp., ♀, Tudhen. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (Figs 18–25), 0.2 mm (Fig. 17). (Orig. P. Kment).