Hypseloecus sakaerat, Yasunaga, Tomohide, Yamada, Kazutaka & Artchawakom, Taksin, 2015

Yasunaga, Tomohide, Yamada, Kazutaka & Artchawakom, Taksin, 2015, First Indochinese records of the plant bug genus Hypseloecus Reuter (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini), with descriptions of eight new species from Thailand, Zootaxa 3925 (1), pp. 75-93 : 88

Hypseloecus sakaerat sp. nov.

( Figs. 5–7 , 8 B)

Diagnosis. Recognized by its rounded body shape; rather shiny, dark reddish brown dorsum with yellowish brown scutellum ( Fig. 8 B); wholly yellowish brown antenna; and almost entirely darkened femora ( Fig. 7 ).

Description. Male. COLORATION AND VESTITURE: Body generally dark reddish brown, rounded; dorsal surface comparatively shining. Head brown; clypeus tinged with red. Antenna entirely yellowish brown, slender; segment IV slightly grayish. Labium blood red, partly with pale rings. Posterior part of pronotum somewhat paler; scutellum yellowish brown; pleura as in Fig. 6 ; ostiolar peritreme yellowish white, with a pale red median knob. Inner portion of clavus yellowish; membrane dark smoky brown, with pale veins. All coxae and femora almost entirely darkened; tibiae without dark annulations. Abdomen shiny dark brown; segments VIII and IX reddish brown. STRUCTURE: As in generic description (see Schuh & Menard, 2011). Genitalia ( Fig. 10 ): Left paramere rather narrow; right paramere bulbous. Endosoma C-shaped, long, sharply pointed and folded toward apex, without any process. Female. Unknown.

Measurements. ♂: Total body length 2.28; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 1.71; width of head across eyes 0.94; head height 0.60; width of vertex 0.48; lengths of antennal segments I −IV 0.17, 0.78, 0.36, 0.36; basal width of pronotum 1.13; maximum width across hemelytron 1.32; and length of metatibia 1.22.

Etymology. Named for the type locality; a noun in apposition.

Biology. Unknown; only a single male was collected by a light trap.

Holotype: ♂, THAILAND: Nakhon Ratchasima: SERS, 14˚30'27”N, 101˚55'39”E, 410 m alt., light trap, 25 Mar 2014, T. Yasunaga, K. Yamada ( AMNH _PBI 00380248) ( DOA).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Holotypes of Hypseloecus species, head in frontal view.

FIGURE 6. Holotypes of Hypseloecus species, pleura in left-lateral view, each including all coxae and scent efferent system.

FIGURE 7. Ventral habitus images of Hypseloecus species.

FIGURE 8. Habitus images of living adult individuals of Hypseloecus species. A. H. phuvasae holotype female (SERS). B. H. sakaerat holotype male (SERS). C. H. schuhianus male (SERS). D. H. schuhianus female (missing scalelike setae, SERS) (Nakhon Nayok).

FIGURE 10. Male genitalia of Hypseloecus sakaerat and H. sericosagus.