Ozophora woodruffi Slater, 2012

Woodruff, Robert E. & Slater, James A., 2012, Corrigenda to and validation of Ozophora woodruffi Slater 2005 (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), Insecta Mundi 2012 (253), pp. 1-2 : 1-2

Ozophora woodruffi Slater , new species

Description. Head, distal end of third antennal segment, apical two-thirds of fourth antennal segment, meson of anterior pronotal collar, area on posterior pronotal lobe immediately anterior to scalloped yellow posterior margin, head and thoracic pleura and sternum black. Pronotum dark red-brown over entire anterior pronotal lobe including lateral margins, becoming lighter on anterior half of posterior lobe, but this area interrupted by several narrow dark transverse stripes and shading to black posteriorly; humeral pronotal angles pale yellow, as is complete posterior pronotal margin. Anterior pronotal collar on each side of dark meson pale yellow. Scutellum pale gray and pruinose on anterior half, contrastingly reddish brown with a pair of posteriorly tapering yellow dashes on this area, apex white. Hemelytra yellowish with dark punctures and irrorate with a series of transverse dashes, spots, and lines. Corium with a with a dark marginal quadrate macula at level of apex at claval commissure. Apex of corium also with a dark macula. Apical corial margin pale red distally, variegated with dark and light areas on anterior two-thirds. Membrane dark, not irrorate, slightly paler at apex and with two curving outer veins white. Abdominal sternum reddish brown. Legs, first and second antennal segments and labium light yellow. Middle and hind femora with a somewhat suffused dark subdiscal annulus, especially diffused on mesofemur.

Dorsal surface lacking upstanding hairs.

Head only slightly declivent, tylus extending anteriorly only over proximal one-third of first antennal segment.Length head 1.10, width 1.00, interocular space 0.70. Pronotum with humeral angles rounded, length pronotum 1.16, width 1.72. Scutellum lacking a distinct median carina, but slightly swollen distad of pruinose anterior area. Length scutellum 1.12, width 0.90. Length claval commissure 1.14. Corium laterally nearly parallel sided. Midline distance apex clavus-apex corium 1.44. Midline distance apex corium-apex membrane 1.58. Metathoracic scent gland auricle moderately curving, somewhat scimitar shaped. Forefemur slightly incrassate, armed below with four sharp black tuberculate spines on distal half. Labium extending posteriorly between metacoxae. Length labial segments I: 0.90, II: 0.90, III: 0.84, IV: 0.44. Antennae elongate, slender, terete, fourth segment moderately fusiform. Length antennal segments I: 0.80, II: 1.90, III: 1.48, IV: 1.84 (approx.). Total body length 7.63.