Ceratocapsidea rileyi Henry

Henry, Thomas J., 2015, Revision of the Ceratocapsine Renodaeus group: Marinonicoris, Pilophoropsis, Renodaeus, and Zanchisme, with descriptions of four new genera (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae), ZooKeys 490, pp. 1-156 : 29-30

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Ceratocapsidea rileyi Henry sp. n. Figs 41, 189-191

Diagnosis.

This species (Fig. 41) can be distinguished by the overall dark brown to fuscous body, antennae, and legs; the weakly constricted hemelytra; the relatively long, nearly erect setae on the hemelytra; and the male genitalia, especially the left paramere (Fig. 189) with two, long middle processes and the right paramere (Fig. 191) with the relatively slender body and a single, slender, upturned process near base.

Description.

Holotype male: Length 3.39 mm, width 1.31 mm. Head: Width 0.80 mm, length 0.35 mm, interocular width 0.24 mm. Labium: Length 1.25 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.29 mm; II, 0.90 mm; III, 0.48 mm; IV 0.50 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.69 mm, posterior width 1.15 mm.

Coloration: Overall coloration dark brown or fuscous to almost black. Head: black, eyes tinged with red. Labium: Dark brown, segments sometimes red tinged. Antenna uniformly fuscous. Pronotum and scutellum: Fuscous, nearly black. Hemelytron: Dark brown, clavus and cuneus slightly darker brown; membrane translucent smoky brown, becoming paler on basal third. Ventral surface: Thorax and propleura dark brown to fuscous; abdomen dark brown. Ostiolar evaporative area: Dirty white, tinged with some red; central knob red. Legs: Coxae, femora, and tibiae fuscous; tarsi and claws pale brown.

Structure, texture, and vestiture: Head: Semishiny, strongly rugose, intermixed with recumbent, simple setae; eyes strongly faceted, glabrous. Labium: Extending to bases of hind coxae. Pronotum: Shiny, shagreened, and finely punctate; calli finely granulate; with evenly spaced recumbent setae, with a few whitish sericeous setae anterior to and between calli. Scutellum: Transversely rugose, evenly set with relatively slender, white, scale-like setae, intermixed with long, erect, simple setae. Hemelytron: Shiny; clavus finely punctate, corium shagreened on inner half, finely punctate on outer half; evenly set with recumbent simple setae, intermixed with long, erect simple setae and slender, white, scale-like setae on clavus and inner half of corium. Ventral surface and legs shiny; abdominal stridulatory patch distinct.

Male genitalia: Left paramere (Fig. 189) relatively stout, distal beak-like process more bulbous with the apex narrowed and truncate and two, long processes at middle, one slender, apically acute, and lying flat against main body and one stouter and slightly extended outward. Right paramere (Fig. 191) relatively slender, with only a small, slender, upturned process near base. Phallotheca (Fig. 190) relatively stout, tapering to a point distally, lower or right apical third finely serrate or crenulate.

Female: Unknown.

Host.

Unknown. Holotype taken at UV light.

Distribution.

Known only from Kenedy County in southeastern Texas.

Etymology.

This new species is named after Edward Riley (TAMU), who has collected many new and interesting taxa over the years, including this one.

Type material.

Holotype: ♂: USA:Texas:Kenedy Co.: Kenedy Ranch, Jaboncillos Pasture, sand dune area, 26.98944EN, 97.66972EW, 21 Apr 2001, Raber, Riley and Yoder, 1♂ (00286262) (TAMU).