Yemmatropis dispar ( Hsiao, 1974 )

Cai, Bo & Bu, Wenjun, 2011, A review of Yemmatropis (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Berytidae), with descriptions of two new species from China, Zootaxa 2808, pp. 41-48 : 42

Yemmatropis dispar ( Hsiao, 1974)

( Figs. 1 A; 2A; 3A, E)

Metatropis dispar Hsiao, 1974: 60 (sp. nov.).

Metatropis (Yemmatropis) dispar: Hsiao (1977) : 285 (diagnosis, subgen. nov.); Ren (1988): 114 (distribution). Yemmatropis dispar: Štusák (1989) : 119 (distribution, note); Henry (1997a): 43 (list); Henry & Froeschner (1998): 12 (catalog); Péricart (2001): 232 (catalog); Henry (2002): 166 (review).

We examined the holotype, allotype and paratypes, and found more specimens of the species from Yunnan province of China in recent years. Additionally, we provide figures of opening of male genital capsule and paramere ( Fig. 3A , E).

Type material examined. Holotype: male, China: Yunnan: Nannuo Mountain, Menghai, Yunnan, 3.iii.1957, 1400 m, Dahua Liu leg. Allotype: female, China: Yunnan: Nannuo Mountain, Menghai, Yunnan, 1.iii.1957, 1400 m, Fuji Pu leg. Paratypes: 1 female, China: Yunnan: Gannanba, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 21.iii. 1957, 540 m, Fuji Pu leg.

Additional material examined. China: Yunnan: 1 male, Xinmanwo, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 21.v.1958. collector unknown; 1 male, Jinshan Lookout Tower (N24.63° –25.64°, E97.63° –97.62°), Tongbiguan, Yingjiang, Dehong, Yunnan, 19.v.2009. 1530– 1790 m, Bo Cai leg.; 1 female, ibid., Min Li leg.; 1 female, Ruili Rare Arboretum, Ruili, Dehong, Yunnan, 29.vii.2006, 1160 m, Hua Guo leg.

Distribution. China (Yunnan and Xizang), Myanmar (previously Burma), Nepal, Thailand ( Ren 1988, Štusák 1989, Henry & Froeschner 1998), Malaysia and Viet Nam ( Henry 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photographs of head and thorax in dorsal view. (A) Yemmatropis dispar (Hsiao, 1974), female; (B) Y. erectus Henry, 2002, male; (C) Y. erectus Henry, 2002, male, showing the long erect scutellar spine. (D) Y. hsiaoi sp. nov., male; (E) Y. nigrovittatus sp. nov., male. (F) Y. nigrovittatus sp. nov., male, showing the short, reclining scutellar spine, which is similar to Y. dispar and Y. hsiaoi sp. nov. Each scale bar equals 1 mm.

FIGURE 3. A – D: Opening of male genital capsule. (A) Yemmatropis dispar (Hsiao, 1974); (B) Y. erectus Henry, 2002; (C) Y. hsiaoi sp. nov.; (D) Y. nigrovittatus sp. nov.; pilosity omitted. E – H: Paramere. (E) Y. dispar (Hsiao, 1974); (F) Y. erectus Henry, 2002; (G). Y. hsiaoi sp. nov.; (H) Y. nigrovittatus sp. nov. Each scale bar equals 0.1 mm.