Comorocoris, Baňař & Heiss, 2018

Baňař, Petr & Heiss, Ernst, 2018, A new species of Comorocoris from Northern Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae), Zootaxa 4375 (3), pp. 433-440 : 439-440

Key to Comorocoris species

1 Body colour brown to dark brown, whole surface of thorax and abdomen reticulate and strongly granulose, leaving only few larger smooth callosities on lateral sclerites of thoracic segments and mtg III–IV; abdomen very high (strongly convex) in lateral view ( Figs. 8–10 )................................................................................. 2

- Body colour black, only pro- and mesonotum with more extended flat round granulation, surface of metanotum and abdomen smooth with isolated patches of granules; abdomen lower from lateral view ( Figs. 11–12 )........................... 3

2 Smaller species, body length 2.50 mm in male, 3.10 mm in female, maximum abdomen width 1.80 mm in male, 2.1–2.25 in females, antennae about twice as long as width of head, colouration reddish-brown ( Figs. 5 , 10 ); Moheli Island, Comoro Archipelago................................................................... C. testudiformis Heiss, 1985

- Larger species, body length 2.96 mm in male, 3.54 mm in female, maximum abdomen width 2.00 mm in male, 2.45 in females, antennae short, slightly less than 1.5 times long as width of head, colouration dark brown to blackish ( Figs. 1–2 , 8–9 ); Northern Madagascar.................................................................... C. estherineae sp. nov.

3 Smaller species, body length 3.00– 3.20 mm, surface submat, sutures separating meso-, metanotum, mtgI and mtg II respectively not interrupted and obliterating on median smooth plate ( Figs. 3, 6 , 11 ); Central Madagascar............................................................................................ C. inexpectatus Heiss & Baňař, 2012

- Larger species, body length 3.25–3.85 mm, surface glabrous, sutures separating meso-, metanotum, mtgI and mtg II respectively interrupted and obliterated on median smooth plate ( Figs. 4, 7 , 12 ); Central Madagascar............................................................................................... C. glabridorsum Heiss & Baňař, 2012

Figures

FIGURES 8–12. Comorocoris species, lateral habitus. 8–9, C. estherineae sp. nov., 8, male holotype, 9, female paratype; 10, C. testudiformis Heiss, 1985, female paratype; 11, C. inexpectatus Heiss & Baňař, 2012, male holotype, 12, C. glabridorsum Heiss & Baňař, 2012, male holotype.Scale bar 1 mm.

FIGURES 1–7. Comorocoris species, dorsal habitus. 1–2, C. estherineae sp. nov., 1, male holotype, 2, female paratype; 3, 6, C.inexpectatusHeiss & Baňař,2012, 3, male holotype, 6, female paratype; 4, 7, C.glabridorsumHeiss & Baňař,2012, 4, male holotype, 7, female paratype; 5, C. testudiformis Heiss, 1985, female paratype.Scale bar 1 mm.