Dextritubus nubis, Hill, Lionel, 2015

Hill, Lionel, 2015, Three new genera of Schizopteridae from Australia with description of six new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Schizopteridae), Zootaxa 3990 (1), pp. 73-96 : 88

Dextritubus nubis sp. n.

( Fig 10 , dimensions in Table 1 )

Type material. Holotype: elytrous female, Australian Capital Territory, Wombat Creek, 35º 19’S 148º 52’ E, 6 km NE of Picadilly Circus, 750 m above sea level, Jan 1984, Weir, Lawrence and Johnson, flight intercept window / trough trap, HILL 00048, 20-007843 in ANIC whole in 1 vial.

Description. Female brown; frons with three pairs of transverse carinae ( Fig. 10C ), without pore or hood; ratio lengths pronotal collar to entire pronotum 0.19; with V-shaped impression posteriorly on S7 ( Fig. 10F ); broad, oblong spermatheca on left side above S7 with thick duct reflexed and adpressed to bulb. Male unknown.

Etymology. The specific epithet is the genitive form of the Latin noun nubes (cloud), alluding to the clouded expression or frown of the frons. Ending not to be changed.

Figures

FIGURE 10. A – F, Dextritubus nubis female; A, habitus, dorsal (head exserted by ethanol preservation); B, habitus, right lateral; C, head, left lateral; D, head, pronotum and mesoscutellum, dorsal; E, abdominal terminalia, left lateral; F, sternum 7, ventral. A, antennomere; ac, anteclypeus; L, labial segment; o, postocular part of vertex (internal to pronotal collar when not exserted by ethanol preservation); S, sternum; T, tergum. All scale lines 0.1 mm.