Dashymenia kerzhneri Gorczyca & Wolski

Wolski, Andrzej & Gorczyca, Jacek, 2012, Plant bugs of the tribe Bothriomirini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) from the Oriental Region: descriptions of eight new species and keys to Oriental genera and species of Bothriomiris Kirkaldy, Dashymenia Poppius, and Dashymeniella Poppius, Zootaxa 3412, pp. 1-41 : 24

Dashymenia kerzhneri Gorczyca & Wolski

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Dashymenia kerzhneri Gorczyca & Wolski 2006: 49 , Figs. 1–5 [sp. nov.] Dashymenia kerzhneri: Gorczyca 2006: 11 [catalog]

Diagnosis. Dashymenia kerzhneri is distinct among other species of Dashymenia by the relatively small body (<3.50); the antennal segment I distinctly shortened, almost as long as half of width of vertex, strongly thickened towards apex and almost triangular in outline; the left paramere with a curved process on a sensory lobe; and the weakly sclerotized endosoma ( Figs. 3–4 , Gorczyca & Wolski 2006).

Distribution ( Fig. 65 ). Indonesia (Sulawesi: Utara: Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park).

Type material. Holotype 3: malaise trap, Toraut. B–C, 1n forest, Indonesia: Sulawesi: Utara, Dumoga Bone N. P., 10–17.VII.1985. Paratypes: 1 3: Indonesia: Sulawesi: malaise trap, Toraut. B–C, 1n forest, 31 Trap Days, Utara, Dumoga Bone N. P., 9–16.V.1985; 2 3 3: malaise trap, Toraut. B–C, 1n forest, Utara, Dumoga Bone N. P., 7–14.VIII.1985; 2 3 3: malaise trap, Toraut. B–C, 1n forest, Utara, Dumoga Bone N. P., 14–21.VIII.1985; 2 3 3: malaise trap, Toraut. B–C, 1n forest, Utara, Dumoga Bone N. P., 21–28.VIII.1985; 1 3: malaise trap, Toraut. B–C, 1n forest, Utara, Dumoga Bone N.P., 27.XI–4.XII.1985; 1 3: malaise trap, Toraut. B–C, 1n forest, Utara, Dumoga Bone N. P., 30.X–6.XI.1985; 3 3 3: malaise trap, Danau Mooat, 1300 m, 52 M. T. Days. Utara, Dumoga Bone N.P., V.1985; 1 3: malaise trap, up tree, “Edwards” 680 m, Taraut. J.H. Martin, 26.IV–7.VI.1985; 1 Ƥ: malaise trap, up tree, ‘?440’, Utara, Dumoga Bona N.P., 15.V–29.VI.1985; 1 Ƥ: flight interception, trap 3, plot A, Utara, Dumoga Bona N.P., 2–9.X.1985 (10 3 3 and 1 Ƥ coll. BMNH, 3 3 3 coll. US).

Figures

FIGURE 65. Distribution map of Dashymenia.

FIGURES 1 – 18. Dorsal habitus color photographs of the Oriental species of the tribe Bothriomirini: 1, 2 — Bothriomiris dissimulans, Ƥ and 3: Malacca, Perak; 3 — Bothriomiris lugubris (lectotype); 4 — Bothriomiris sulawesicus, 3: Indonesia: Sulawesi Utara, Dumoga-Bone N. P; 5 — D. cognata (holotype); 6 — D. colubrina (holotype); 7 — D. conspersa; 8 — D. kerzhneri (paratype, 3); 9 — D. kotejai (paratype); 10 – 11 — D. tenmalai: 10 — paratype, Ƥ, 11 — holotype, 3; 12 — D. webbi (holotype); 13 – 14 — D. spatulatiformis: 13 — paratype, 14 — holotype; 15 — D. tibialis (3: Malacca, Perak); 16 — D. ulu (holotype); 17 — D. viklundi (holotype); 18 — L. scutellaris, Ƥ: Sarawak: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park; Long Pala base camp, ii – vii 1978.