Trichocephalocapsus albofasciatus Schuh, 1984

Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361), pp. 1-159 : 146

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/361.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478553
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scientific name	Trichocephalocapsus albofasciatus Schuh
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Trichocephalocapsus albofasciatus Schuh View in CoL Figure 41 View Figure 41

Trichocephalocapsus albofasciatus Schuh, 1984: 243 View in CoL , figs. 785, 786, 788–799 (n. sp., diag., descr., DV, figs. head-pronotum, MG, SEM).

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by brown to castaneous coloration, basally pale cuneus, male genitalic structure, transverse fascia formed mostly by reflective patches and setae, and pale coloration of distal tarsomeres.

DESCRIPTION: See Schuh (1984).

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Western New Guinea [ Indonesia].

DISCUSSION: We reexamined the holotype and several paratypes of this species. It is unique based on the characters in the diagnosis and the distinctive hemelytral coloration, as provided in the description and illustrations of Schuh (1984).

HOLOTYPE: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya: Swart Val, Karubaka , 1400 m, November 17–21, 1958, J.L. Gressitt. 18 ( BPBM) [not examined].

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya: Cyclops Mountains, Ifar, 2.6 ° S 140.61 ° E, 300 m, 21 Jun 1959, T.C. Maa, paratype, 18 (00318866) ( BPBM). Swart Val.:Karubaka, 3.6 ° S 138.4667 ° E, 1450 m, 17 Nov 1958, J.L. Gressitt, paratype, 18 (000- 95348) ( AMNH), paratype, 18 (00318865) ( BPBM). Swart Valley, 3.6 ° S 138.46667 ° E, 1400 m, 21 Nov 1958, J.L. Gressitt, paratype, 18 (00318863) ( BPBM). Swart Valley.: W. Side, 1800 m, 19 Nov 1958, J.L. Gressitt, paratype, 18 (00318864) ( BPBM). Papua: Swart Valley: Karubaka, 3.74417 ° S 138.32166 ° E, 1400 m, 21 Nov 1958, J.L. Gressitt, 18 (00196086), paratype, 18 (00196085) ( AMNH).