Zygometapodus castaneus (Blöte, 1938) Brailovsky, 2018

Brailovsky, Harry, 2018, Descriptions of Zygometapodus gen. nov. and a new species of Stenometapodus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 143-149 : 148

Zygometapodus castaneus (Blöte, 1938) comb. nov.

( Figs 7–8 )

Stenometapodus castaneus Blöte, 1938: 277 (original description).

Stenometapodus castaneus : BRAILOVSKY (1984): 66 (key to species); PACKAUSKAS (2010): 29 (catalogue).

Material examined. BOLIVIA: 1, La Paz, Guanay, x.–xi.1953, L. E. Peña ( USNM); 2, Chapare (Yungas), i.1949, Williner ( MABR). PERU: 3 1 ♀, Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata Reserve, 30 air km SW of Puerto Maldonado, 290 m, 6.–10.xi.1979, 1.–26.xi.1982, E. S. Ross ( CASC, FSCA, UNAM); 1 ♀, Prov. Paucartambo, Department Cuzco, shores of Rio Cosnipata, Haciendo Maria, 3.iii.1952, F. Woytkowski ( AMNH).

Redescription. Male. Dorsal coloration. Head pale castaneous orange with ocellar tubercle, posterolateral tubercle and two narrow longitudinal stripes running between ocelli to the apex of tylus pale brown; antennal segment I yellow, II pale castaneous orange, III pale castaneous orange with apical third dark castaneous orange, and IV yellow with basal joint dark castaneous orange; pronotum pale castaneous orange with punctures dark brown; scutellum pale castaneous orange with lateral margins, anterior margin and median longitudinal stripe dark yellow; apex yellowish white; clavus and corium dark castaneous; claval and corial veins pale castaneous orange; hemelytral membrane pale brown, veins darker; basal angle black and near with or without pale orange irregular spot; connexival segments III to VII black with anterior third yellow; all terga black.

Ventral coloration. Head pale brown, with buccula and longitudinal stripe close to each eye yellow; rostral segments I to IV pale castaneous orange; pro-, meso-, and metasternum pale brown with diffuse pale castaneous orange spot lateral to midline; pro-, meso-, and metapleura pale castaneous orange with punctures dark brown; metathoracic scent gland peritreme pale castaneous orange with anterior and posterior lobes dark brown; fore and middle legs pale castaneous orange, with spines dark brown; hind leg with coxae and trochanters dark castaneous brown; femora ventrally dark reddish brown and dorsally dark castaneous orange; femoral spines dark reddish brown; tibiae dark reddish brown to dark brown, with two yellow to pale orange rings, one near basal third, the second close to middle third; tarsi pale castaneous orange; abdominal sterna pale castaneous orange; rim of each spiracle black; pleural margins III to VII pale yellowish orange with upper pleural margin black except the anterior third yellow; genital capsule pale castaneous orange.

Measurements (in mm; n = 1). Total body length 20.12. Head length 1.98; width across eyes 2.10; interocular distance 0.86; interocellar distance 0.32; preocular distance 0.94; antennal segments: I – 4.03, II – 3.72, III – 3.03, IV – 6.82. Pronotal length 3.47, maximum width across humeral angles 5.95. Scutellar length 2.35, basal width 1.98.

Female. Color and habitus similar to male. Connexival segments VIII and IX pale brown to dark orange; dorsal abdominal segments VIII and IX dark orange with posterior margin pale brown; genital plates castaneous orange.

Measurements (mm). Total body length 20.48. Head length 1.87; width across eyes 2.11; interocular distance 0.82; interocellar distance 0.38; preocular distance 0.99; antennal segments: I – 4.03, II – 3.53, III – 3.10, IV – 6.63. Pronotal length 3.65, maximum width across humeral angles 6.22. Scutellar length 2.41, basal width 2.10. Distribution. Bolivia (new record), Peru (BLÖTE 1938).

Figures

Figs 5–8. 5–6 – Stenometapodus impictus Breddin, 1903, dorsal view (5 – female, 6 – male). 7–8 – Zygometapodus castaneus (Blöte, 1938), dorsal view (7 – male, 8 – female).