Ramivena mosaica (Hsiao & Cheng), 2010

Fan, Zhong-Hua & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2010, A new genus Ramivena (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), with descriptions of two new Species, Oriental Insects 44 (1), pp. 211-223 : 215-216

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2010.10417615
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/465DBD1F-FFB0-FFC8-FF33-FB0FFBCDB8B8
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scientific name	Ramivena mosaica (Hsiao & Cheng)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

4. Ramivena mosaica (Hsiao & Cheng) , comb. nov. ( Figs. 5-6, 23-29)

Pentatoma mosaica Hsiao & Cheng, 1977: 128 , 299.

Diagnosis: Dorsum mottled being punctate very irregularly; pronotal anterolateral margins pale yellow in the middle; one white spot behind each callus; one round pale yellow spot at each basal angle of scutellum. Antennal segment III only slightly longer than segment II. The length of ostiolar peritreme slightly shorter than or equal to the 1/2 width of evaporate area, apex of which is blunt and bent forwards. Abdominal basal spine reaching between middle coxae and hindcoxae.

Male genitalia: Excavation of ventral margin of pygophore relatively shallow, one process in the middle which is produced caudad, then bent dorsad, one subapical flat triangular process that is folded dorsad on each lateral side. Lateral apices of pygophore bifurcate in lateral view and the dorsal process pointed cephalad. Paramere trifurcate, the middle branch of which is slim while the other two robust. Aedeagus without dorsal sclerotized processes. Conjunctiva without lobes, the ventral apex of which forming a swollen sclerotized process with some granules on the surface. Median penial plates suddenly shrunk subapically and narrowing to apex. Vesica visible in lateral view, slim and a little shorter than the apex of median penial plate.

Female genitalia: Inner margins of I gonocoxites round, apart from each other at base then closer, nearly contact behind the midpoint. VIII and IX paratergites subequal at the end.

Distribution: China: Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Zhejiang.

Specimens examined: CHINA: Guizhou Prov.: Xishui County (28°19'N, 106°12'E), 600m., 3♂♂, 26.ix.2000, Coll. Chang-Fa Zhou GoogleMaps ; Hunan Prov.: Yanling County (26°30'N, 113°46'E), 890m., ♀, 17.vii.2004, Coll. Jing-Yang Xu GoogleMaps ; Hunan Prov.: Lin-an County (30°14'N, 119°43'E), 1000-1500m, ♂, 10.viii.2007, Coll. Wei-Bing Zhu GoogleMaps ; Hunan Prov.: Zhangjiajie (29°49'N, 110°26'E), ♂, 12.x.1985, Coll. Huan-Guang Zou GoogleMaps ; Hunan Prov.: Shimen County (29°35'N, 111°22'E), 600m, ♂, 3.viii.2004, Coll. Wei-Bing Zhu GoogleMaps ; Hunan Prov.: Dong-an County (26°24'N, 111°17'E), 500-1200m, ♂, 27.vii.2004, Coll. Wei-Bing Zhu GoogleMaps ; Zhejiang Prov.: Tianmu Mt . (30°26'N, 119°34'E), ♂, holotype, 14.viii.1965, Coll. Sheng-Li Liu GoogleMaps ; Zhejiang Prov.: Qingyuan County: Baishanzu Mt . (27°45'N, 119°12'E), 1600m., ♀, 17.viii.1993, Coll. Hong Wu GoogleMaps .