Paraedessa verhoeffi (Breddin, 1904) Breddin, 1904

Nunes, Valéria Juliete Da Silva Benedito Mendes & Fernandes, José Antônio Marin, 2013, Paraedessa, a new genus of Edessinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 3716 (3), pp. 395-416 : 412-415

Paraedessa verhoeffi (Breddin, 1904) n. comb.

(Figures: 45–49, 58, 59)

Edessa verhoeffi Breddin, 1904: 149 ; Bergroth, 1908: 179; Kirkaldy, 1909: 166. Holotype female. Colômbia, Cauca. (SDEI). Examined.

Material examined. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: ♂ Maturaca, 6-IV-64, Col. J. Bechyne (MIZA). COLÔMBIA. Amazonas: ♀ W. O Tarapacá Vereda San José km 6 Escuela Sabio Caldas Leticia, 29-May-1992, A. Saenz, leg. (UFRG); ♂ 5-Jun-1992. (UFRG). PERU. Loreto: 4 ♀ 7 ♂ Explorama Lodge 50 mi NE Iquitos on Amazon R. 12– 19-III-1988, J. E. Eger. Col (JEE); ♀ 80 km NE Iquitos, Explorama Lodge, 1 km from Amazon R. on R. Yanamono; 1– 5 -IX, J. Castner, P. Skelley et al., human dung pitfall. (JEE); ♀ (UFRG). BRAZIL. Amazonas: 2 ♂ ♀ Manaus, Reserva Ducke, Em 5–68 col. E.V. Silva & A. Faustino (INPA); ♂ ♀ Manacapuru, Mar-1928, S. M. Klages (KSBS); ♀ Benjamim Constant, Rio Javari, 2-1942, B. Pohl (MZUSP); ♂ Estirão do Equador 04°33’S, 71° 38’ W (Rio Javari) X-1979, Alvarenga, M. Col. (UFRG).

Measurements. Total length: 10.1–12.1; head length: 1.0–1.4; head width: 2.4–2.6; pronotal length: 2.3–2.5; pronotal width: 6.3–7.2; abdominal width: 5.4–6.7; length of antennal segments (I: 0.4–0.5; II: 1.0–1.1; III: 1.2– 1.6; IV: 2.3–2.7; V: 2.3–2.8).

Male: Pygophore with dorsal rim concave and furrowed ( Fig. 45 ); posterolateral angles not developed ( Figs. 45, 47 ). Genital cup processes elongated, narrowed gradually towards the apex, barely concave, emerging near proctiger; rounded to acuminated apex, slightly surpassing the dorsal rim in lateral view ( Fig. 46 ). Parameres flat, triangular, long and curved; anterior expansion digitiform and small ( Figs. 45–46, 48 ); apex acute and surpassing dorsal rim in lateral view, surpassing the posterior limits of the pygophore in ventral view ( Fig. 47 ). Dorsal face of proctiger very short; with distal shallow concavity ( Figs. 45–46 ). Lateral face of the proctiger with a slight constriction ( Fig. 45 ). Lateral expansion of proctiger trapezoidal, curved, large, three times wider than the anal opening and with acute lateral angles; projected dorsally, almost reaching the dorsal face ( Figs. 45–46 ). Ventral rim with lobes slightly developed, not reaching level of posterolateral angle ( Fig. 47 ).

Female: Gonocoxites 8 half-moon shaped, greatly reduced, laterally placed, widely separated medially; proximal angle closer to middle line than distal angle; distal angle dentiform, short, curved and contiguous with gonapophyses 8 ( Fig. 49 ). Gonocoxites 8 overlapping gonapophyses 8 in all of its extension.

Comments. This is the first description of the male. Paraedessa verhoeffi is identified by the elongated genital cup process, with rounded to acuminated apex; parameres triangular; dorsal face of the proctiger very short compared with other species, around four times as wide as long; ventral rim slightly excavated and gonocoxites 8 half-moon shaped with proximal angle closer to middle line than distal angle. This species and P. ecuadoriensis sp. nov., P. silvicola sp. nov. and P. stolida share a quite similar shape of the lateral expansion of proctiger. This species share some similarities in the genitalia of both sexes with P. heymonsi .

Distribution ( Fig. 59 ): VENEZUELA: Amazonas; COLÔMBIA: Cauca, Amazonas; PERU: Loreto; BRAZIL: Amazonas.

Figures

FIGURE 59. Distribution of the species of Paraedessa.

FIGURES 45 – 49, Paraedessa verhoeffi (Breddin, 1904). 45 – 47 Male, pygophore; 45 — dorsal view; 46 — posterior view; 47 — ventral view. (Scale = 1 mm). 48 — Paremere, lateral view. (Scale = 0,5 mm). 49 — Female, genital plates. (Scale = 1 mm).