Aphelonotus xenos, Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015

Kment, Petr & Rédei, Dávid, 2020, Aphelonotus schuhi sp. nov., the first species of the family Pachynomidae from Puerto Rico (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 4748 (2), pp. 382-388 : 383

Aphelonotus xenos species-group (here proposed)

Diagnosis (after Schuh et al. 2015). Body of moderate size (body length from anterior margin of pronotal collar to apex of membrane 2.75–3.46 mm); head moderately elongate; eyes globular ( Fig. 4 ); endocorium shortened (rendering medial fracture very short); corium smooth ( Fig. 5 ); membrane without cells ( Figs 1 , 3 ); ventral surface of protibia flattened, provided with an anterior row of stout and moderately elongate spines ( Fig. 6 ); paramere slender and sinuous ( Figs 7–9 ), oriented subparallelly in rest ( Fig. 7 ).

Species included. Aphelonotus taino Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015 ( Cuba), A. xenos Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015 ( Costa Rica), and A. schuhi sp. nov. ( Puerto Rico).

Figures

FIGURES 3–9. Morphology of Aphelonotus schuhi sp. nov., male holotype. 3—body in dorsal view (magnification 37×); 4—head and thorax, dorsal view (70×); 5—clavus and base of corium (150×); 6—protibia, inner view (180×); 7—genital capsule with parameres in rest position, dorsal view (200×); 8—detached left paramere, anterior view (500×); 9—right paramere articulated to genital capsule in rest position, dorsal view (500×). Abbreviations: ia—inner angle, p—protuberance between shaft and blade, s—paramere shaft, sas—subapical spine. Scale bars: 3–4—0.5 mm, 5–7—0.2 mm, 8–9—0.05 mm. (ESEM micrographs: P. Kment).

FIGURES 1–2. Habitus of Aphelonotus schuhi sp. nov., male holotype. 1—dorsal view, 2—ventral view. (Photographs: P. Kment).