Amnestus henryi Mayorga and Cervantes

Martinez, Cristina Mayorga & Peredo, Luis Cervantes, 2014, The genus Amnestus Dallas (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae: Amnestinae) in Mexico, with the description of eleven new species from Chiapas, Zootaxa 3779 (4), pp. 401-432 : 412

Amnestus henryi Mayorga and Cervantes

Amnestus henryi Mayorga and Cervantes, 2009 , p. 22–25.

Diagnosis. Juga with five pegs; pronotum with anterior margin concave, followed by a series of deep punctures, ventral margin of prosternal carina with anterior part elevated.

Description. Head, antennal segments III and IV, pronotum, prosternal carina, abdominal venter and scutellum pale brown; antennal segments I, II, and V, rostrum, clavus, corium, and legs pale yellow, posterior margin of pronotum dark brown. Body length 3.3 to 3.6 mm.

Head. Posterior part with disperse punctures; tylus with four robust pegs and with transverse rugae; antennal segment II very short; rostrum surpassing anterior margin of metasternum. Thorax. Pronotum with anterior margin concave and anterior half elevated and with disperse punctures, transverse impression strongly marked; anterolateral margins entire, not carinate; posterior margin wider and convex. Propleura shiny and smooth; prosternal carina with anterior part elevated; mesopleura smooth; evaporatorium extended, reaching posterior and lateral margins of pleura; metapleura with evaporatorium extended to posterior and lateral margins of pleura, with peritreme elongated and slightly curved apically; posterior margin of metapleura toothed with a series of setigerous punctures. Legs. Fore tibiae with four robust spines on dorsal margin and one on its apex, ventrally with a small spine on middle area. Fore femora with a bifid spine ventrally; hind femora with a simple spine close to apex, on ventral margin. Scutellum. Triangular, with evenly distributed punctures on disc. Hemelytra. Slightly punctured surface, with lateral margin entire basally; clavus with two rows of punctures on anterior half; membrane hyaline, surpassing apex of abdomen. Abdomen. Shiny, ventrally convex, covered with fine hairs.

New records. Mexico, Chiapas, Cueva Cerro Hueco, 3 km SE Tuxtla Gutierrez, 18-VIII-1967, J. Reddell, 2 ♂; Tuxtla Gutierrez, 28-VI-1952, 1 ♂ (CNIN).

Distribution. Mexico: Chiapas. Guatemala ( Mayorga & Cervantes, 2009)