Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1935

Zhao, Qing, Liu, Guoqing & Bu, Wenjun, 2013, A review of the Chinese species of the genus Picromerus Amyot and Serville, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae), Zootaxa 3613 (2), pp. 146-164 : 152

Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1935

Figs. 7, 8 , 24 , 30, 35, 40 , 45, 50, 55 , 60, 65

Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1934: 104 .

Male terminalia. Pygophore ( Figs. 30, 35 , 45, 50 ) dorsoposterior rim concave, with two oblong parandria and sparse setae; ventroposterior rim sinuate, with a narrow deep notch and dense long setae, lateroposterior angle round, located the level of notch bottom. Paramere ( Figs. 40 , 55 ) short and thick, inner surface with a transverse ridge; outer margin a little arched; apex obtuse and hooked; inner branch short and obtuse, outer margin slightly convex, directed lateroposteriorly. Aedeagus (Figs. 60, 65) with one pair of basolateral conjunctival lobes, not divide into two branches, the apex sclerotized. Apical conjunctival lobe short and unbifurcate, not stretched from apical part of theca. Vesica distinctly stretched from the venter of median penial plates, but not passing the apex of median penial plates.

Measurements (in mm). Body length 12.0–16.5; length of head 2.4–2.8, width across eyes 2.5–2.8, interocular distance 1.3–1.5; length of antennomeres (I) 0.3–0.5: (II) 1.3–1.8: (III) 1.6–1.9: (IV) 1.8–2.1: (V) 1.7–1.9; median length of pronotum 3.0–3.7, humeral width 7.2–9.3; length of scutellum 3.9–5.1, width of scutellum 3.3–4.6.

Specimen examined. CHINA: Fujian: 1 female, Huangkeng Town (27.57N, 117.65E), alt. 350m, Jianyang City , 5. VII. 1960, Gentao Jin and Yangming Lin leg. ( SEM) ; Guizhou: 1 female, Suoluo National Nature Reserves (28.46N, 106.03E), Chishui City, alt. 1500–1600m, 23. IX. 2000, Chuanren Li leg. ; 1 female, Yongkang Village (25.35N, 107.95E), Libo County, 28. X. 1998, Qiongzhang Song leg. ; 1 female, Libo County, 26. X. 1998, Zizhong Li leg. ; 1 female, Maolan National Nature Reserves (25.42N, 107.90E), alt. 500m, 31. VII. 1995, Chengjun Ma leg. Guangdong: 1 female, Chebaling (24.74N, 114.26E), Shixing County, 9. VIII. 1992, Leyi Zheng leg. Guangxi: 1 female, Sanmen Village (25.73N, 109.87E), Longsheng County, 20. VII. 1964, Liangchen Wang leg. ; 1 female, the same data as above except collector, Shengli Liu leg. ; 1 female, Lizhi Forestry (23.12N, 107.74E), alt. 1500m, Long’an County, 11. IX. 1980, Youdong Ma leg. ; 1 female, Jinxiu County (24.15N, 110.19E), alt. 750m, 2. VI. 1990, Xinzheng Li leg. ; 1 female, Shili Daxiagu (26.01N, 110.46E), Xing’an County, 9. VIII. 2009, Xi Sun leg. ; 1 female, Mao’er Mt. (26.01N, 110.46E), alt. 900–1320m, 10. VII. 2009, Qing Zhao leg. ; 1 female, Gaozhai Village (25.85N, 110.48E), Xing’an county , alt. 900–1320m, 2 VII. 2002, collector unknown ; 1 male, Longsheng way to Baiya (25.0N, 110.0E), 20. VIII. 1964, Shengli Liu leg. ; 1 male, Shiwandashan (22.89N, 108.32E), Shangsi County, 30. VII. 2009, Zhonghua Fan leg. Hubei: 1 female, Beixihe, Houhe National Nature Reserves (30.08N, 110.63E), alt. 450m, 24. VII. 2006, Jing Nie and Hu Chen leg. ( HBUM) . Jiangxi: 1 female, Xiaoxidong Forest Farm (26.50N, 114.23E), Jinggangshan National Nature Reserves , 23. VII. 2002, Huaijun Xue leg. ; 1 female, Jiulian Mt. (24.57N, 114.46E), Ganzhou City , 25. VII. 1989, collector unknown ( JXAU) ; Shanxi: 1 female, Xingtangsi Forest Farm (36.42N, 111.77E), Hongtong County, alt. 1500m, 11. VII. 2006, Dan Ding leg. Sichuan: 1 female, Pingshan County (28.67N, 104.17E), VII. 1957, collector unknown ; 1 male, same place as above, 1956, collector unknown. Zhejiang : 1 male, Lin’an Huoshandashigu (30.38, 119.48), 9. VIII. 2007, Zhonghua Fan leg. ; 1 female, Xitianmu Mt. (30.36, 119.41), VII. 1957, collector unknown ; 1 female, Baishanzu National Nature Reserves (27.76N, 119.19E), alt. 700m, 21. IV. 1994, Min Li leg.

Distribution. Rider and Zheng (2002) provided distributional information in China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang). This paper updated to Fujian, Hubei, Shanxi provinces of China.

Remarks. This species larger than others, body yellow-brown; head above and beneath, anterolateral pronotal submargins, incisures of connexivum and ventral surface of pronotal angles, lateral area of sternum more or less marked with metallic-green shades ( Fig. 7 ); anterolateral margins of pronotum broadly paler, pronotal lateral angles bifurcate unequally, the anterior branch very long and the apex slightly curved ( Fig. 24 ), and a longitudinal yellowish midline from mid of anterior margin to apex of scutellum. Membrane slightly surpassing abdomen.

Figures

FIGURES 5–8. Habitus photographs of Picromerus species.5–6 P. griseus (5 dorsal view; 6 ventral view). 7–8 P. viridipunctatus (7 dorsal view; 8 ventral view). Bar = 5 mm.

FIGURES 19–26. Pronotal humeral angle of Picromerus. (19 P. bidens; 20–22 P.lewisi; 23 P.griseus; 24 P. viridipunctatus; 25 P. fasciaticeps; 26 P. elevatus sp. nov.)

FIGURES 27–41. 27–31 Photos of pygophoral dorsal view (27 P. bidens; 28 P.lewisi; 29 P.griseus; 30 P. viridipunctatus; 31 P. elevatus sp. nov.); 32–36 Photos of pygophoral ventral view (32 P. bidens; 33 P.lewisi; 34 P.griseus; 35 P. viridipunctatus; 36 P. elevatus sp. nov.); 37–41 Photos of paramere (37 P. bidens; 38 P. lewisi; 39 P. griseus; 40 P. viridipunctatus; 41 P. elevatus sp. nov.). Bars = 0.2mm.

FIGURES 42–56. 42–46 Outline of pygophoral dorsal view (42 P. bidens; 43 P.lewisi; 44 P.griseus; 45 P. viridipunctatus; 46 P. elevatus sp. nov.); 47–51 Outline of pygophoral ventral view (47 P. bidens; 48 P.lewisi; 49 P.griseus; 50 P. viridipunctatus; 51 P. elevatus sp. nov.); 52–56 Outline of paramere (52 P. bidens; 53 P. lewisi; 54 P. griseus; 55 P. viridipunctatus; 56 P. elevatus sp. nov.). (dp. r. = dorsoposterior rim; lp. a. = lateroposterior angle; m. n. = medial notch; o. m. = outer margin; p. = parandria; i. b. = inner branch; vp. r. = ventroposterior rim). Bars = 0.2mm.