Braunus ateuchus ( Thomas, 1997 ) Thomas, 1997

Barão, Kim Ribeiro, Garbelotto, Thereza De Almeida, Campos, Luiz Alexandre & Grazia, Jocelia, 2016, Unusual looking pentatomids: reassessing the taxonomy of Braunus Distant and Lojus McDonald (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 4078 (1), pp. 168-186 : 178-180

Braunus ateuchus ( Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.

( Figures 8 , 78 )

Lojus ateuchus Thomas, 1997: 572 , figs 6–7.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, ECUADOR, Pichincha, Palmeras , 1.V.1987, L.D. Sanchez leg. ( CMNH) .

Diagnosis. Body color dark brown with yellowish spots on corium and connexival segments. Anterior angles of pronotum each with small, rounded projection; each anterolateral margin unarmed; humeral angles projecting laterad, each with single, digitoid process at apex; posterior margin straight ( Fig. 8 ). Apex of scutellum reaching abdominal segment V. Apex of hemelytral radial vein calloused; corium reaching abdominal segment V; membrane reaching abdominal segment VII. Hind wings reduced. Female genitalia: sutural margin of each gonocoxite 8 divergent basally and distally, parallel medially; posterior margin of each gonocoxite 8 straight; lateral margins of each laterotergite 8 sinuous; laterotergites 9 quadrate.

Distribution. Ecuador (Pichincha) ( Fig. 78 ). Remarks. Male unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Schematic drawings of pronotum of Braunus Distant, 1899 in dorsal view. 1 – 3. B. sciocorinus (Walker, 1867); 4. B. machadoi Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov.; 5. B. gibbus Garbelotto & Barão sp. nov.; 6. B. prionotus Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov.; 7. B. asperus (McDonald, 1982) comb. nov.; 8. B. ateuchus (Brailovski & Rolston, 1986) comb. nov.; 9. B. bordoni (Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.; 10. B. brettlizorum (Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.; 11. B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 78 – 82. Distribution of species of Braunus Distant, 1899 and localities of some collection events. 78. map of localities; 79. a collection locality of B. sciocorinus (Walker, 1867) and B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. (ECUADOR, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station; photo by D. Forero); 80. type locality of B. machadoi Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov. (PERU, Cuzco, Wayqecha Research Center; photo by C. Weirauch); 81 – 82. a collection locality of B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. (ECUADOR, Napo, 1.3 km SW of Baeza; photos by J. Skuhrovec).