Enitharoides duidaensis ( Brooks, 1953 ) Nessimian, 2017

Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2017, Resurrecting the genus Enitharoides Brooks, 1953 (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Notonectidae): description of three new species and redescription of Enitharoides brasiliensis (Spinola, 1837), comb. nov., Zootaxa 4323 (4), pp. 469-486 : 482

Enitharoides duidaensis ( Brooks, 1953) comb. nov.

( Figs. 62–63 , 66 )

Enithares Enitharoides duidaensis Brooks, 1953

Brooks (1953): 74 [Description: Venezuela; Holotype deposited in Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]. Enithares duidaensis Brooks, 1953

Heckman (2011): 503 [Key for species from South America]; Herrera-Millán (2005): 118 [List of species from Venezuela].

This species has not been found after its description and has been recorded only from Venezuela. Specimens of E. duidaensis are shorter (13.0 to 14.0 mm) than those of its congeners. Males of E. duidaensis bear a process at the posterior end of the male genital capsule ( Figs. 62–63 ) ( Brooks 1953), which are absent in species occurring in Brazil. There is no information about scutellar punctation and size and shape of the anteapical pointed protuberance of the middle femora. The female is unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 66. Distribution of Enitharoides duidaensis (Brooks) and undetermined specimens of Enitharoides.

FIGURES 62 – 63. Enitharoides duidaensis (Brooks). 62. Right view of genital capsule; 63. Left view of genital capsule. (Illustration based on Brooks, 1953).