Manocoreus hsiaoi sp. nov.

Figs 3, 4, 5, 6, 12D, 14D, 15D, 16

Type material.

Holotype (♂) China: Guangxi Province, Xing’an County, Maoershan: 900-1320 m a.s.l., 2009-VII-10, leg. Zhong-Hua FAN, mounted on card (NKUM). Paratypes (1♂, 1♀) same data as holotype, mounted on cards (NKUM); (5♂♂, 3♀♀) China: Guangxi Province, Xing’an County, Maoershan: 900-1320 m a.s.l., 2009-VII-10, leg. Qing ZHAO, mounted on cards (NKUM); (1♂) China: Guangxi Province, Xing’an County, Maoershan: 900-1320 m a.s.l., 2009-VII-10, leg. Xi SUN, mounted on cards (NKUM).

Diagnosis.

Manocoreus hsiaoi sp. nov. can be recognized from all other species of Manocoreus by the following characters: lateral margin of pronotum black (Figs 4A, 12D); punctures on the discal region of pronotum not black (Fig. 12D); connexivum with black spots (Fig. 3A, C); the middle portion of corium with large black spots (Fig. 3A, C); male median ventroposterior process of genital capsule long and tuberculate (Figs 4E, 5D, 14D).

Description.

Body elongate, ~ 3.76-3.94 × as long as humeral width (Fig. 3A-D). Color, integument, and vestiture. Body brownish yellow, dorsum of head with dense black punctures, underside of head with dense punctures concolorous with body surface (Fig. 4B), compound eyes dark red, ocelli reddish; labium yellow, distal one fourth of segment IV black; antennomeres I-III brownish yellow, antennomere IV paler, apical portion of antennomeres II and III blackish, antennomere I with moderately dense small black tubercles, small tubercles on antennomeres II and III more scattered and paler, each segments with short semi-erect setae; lateral margin of pronotum black (Fig. 4A); collar, callus area, area near lateral margin and posterior margin with black punctures, central discal region of pronotum with yellow punctures; propleura and prosternum yellow, propleura with black punctures (Fig. 4C); scutellum and corium brownish yellow, with brown to black punctures, meso- and metapleura, and meso- and metasternal yellow, meso- and metapleura with black punctures; legs yellow, only apical area of tarsal segment III blackish brown, femora and tibiae of each leg with moderately dense small brownish tubercles, femora, tibiae and tarsi of each leg with short semi-erect setae, setae on apical half of tibiae and tarsi denser; corium with a large and more or less central black spot, membrane grey, basal area darker; middle and apical portion of connexivum of each segment black, venter of abdomen yellowish brown, abdominal terga with a median black spot on each side of segments II-VII; a pair of smaller black spots located near anterior margin of segments III to VII (Fig. 3).

Structures.

Head. Width of head ~ 1.07-1.26 × as wide as median length of head, ~ 1.71-1.80 time as wide as interocular distance; antennomere I slightly shorter than antennomere II, ratio of antennomeres I:II:III:IV = 1:1.03:0.84:0.62; apex of labium surpassing posterior margin of mesocoxae, not reaching to anterior margin of metacoxae. Pronotum ~ 1.43-1.60 × as width across humeral angles as its median length; scutellum ~ 0.96-1.16 × as long as its width. Anterior peritreme of metathoracic scent gland slightly larger than protruding posterior peritreme, gyrification of evaporatorium deep (Fig. 4C, D). Pregenital abdomen. Abdomen oblong, spiracles situated near lateral margin of abdominal sterna III-VII (segments III to VIII in female), before middle line of each segment; sternum VII of male strongly concave medially, length of concave part ~ 1/2 length of sternum VIII in ventral view; in female plica triangular, and partly exposed out of sternum VI, posterior margin of sternum VII sinuated. External male genitalia. Genital capsule opening dorsally (Fig. 4E, F), dorsoposterior rim wide, median projection conspicuous, triangular (Fig. 5D: mdp), posterior margin of genital capsule broadly sinuate and ventroposterior process median (Fig. 5D: mvp), lateral portion of posterior margin roundly produced on each side (Fig. 5D); dorsal margin of base of paramere near straight, ventral region of base of paramere with triangular lobe (Fig. 5E-G), distal portion sickle-shaped (Fig. 5E-G); phallus with a sclerotized articulatory apparatus (Fig. 5A-C), phallotheca barrel-shaped, unarmed (Fig. 5A-C: phth), conjunctiva rigid and complex, with one pair of membranous processes and a pair of slender, triangular adjacent ventral conjunctival sclerites (Fig. 5B, C: vcs), aedeagus coiled, strongly sclerotized, distal portion tubular, obliquely truncate apically (Fig. 5A-C: aed). External female genitalia. Laterotergite VIII subtriangular, with sinuate inner margin, spiracles nearer to basal margin than to lateral margin; laterotergites IX subtriangular, posterior portion of inner margin concave (Figs 6C, 14D). Valvifers VIII nearly triangular, posterior portion of outer margin slightly convex (Fig. 6C: vf8); posterior distal portions of valvulae VIII with dense hair-like setae (Fig. 6C: va8); valvifers IX slightly sclerotized (Fig. 6A: vf9); distal portions of valvulae IX strongly sclerotized, sheath-like, downcurved (Fig. 6A: va9); ring sclerite of gynatrium large, slender and curved (Fig. 6A: rs); spermatheca with a conspicuous ampulla subapically, distal area of ampulla expanded, body of ampulla elongate (Fig. 6B, D: am); distal region with relatively long flexible zone (Fig. 6B, D: fz), with sclerotized, tightly tangled coiled duct (Fig. 6B, D: cd), and not distinctly sclerotized seminal receptacle globose (Fig. 6B, D: sr).

Measurements

(in mm). Male holotype / male paratypes (n = 5) / female paratypes (n = 4): total body length 13.57 / 12.02-13.64 / 13.65-14.95; head length 1.50 / 1.53-1.66 / 1.55-1.74, maximum width of head across eyes 1.89 / 1.79-1.96 / 1.83-1.99, interocular distance 1.10 / 1.03-1.11 / 1.07-1.11, preocular distance 0.82 / 0.82-0.92 / 0.83-1.00, postocular distance 0.14 / 0.13-0.21 / 0.12-0.22, interocellar distance 0.51 / 0.42-0.53 / 0.51-0.52; length of antennomere I 3.18 / 2.82-3.26 / 2.96-3.16, II 3.28 / 3.00-3.33 / 3.08-3.21, III 2.68 / 2.43-2.70 / 2.44-2.58, IV 1.89 / 1.90-2.02 / 1.74-1.83; pronotum middle length 2.25 / 2.05-2.51 / 2.34-2.53, maximum width across frontal angles 1.57 / 1.43-1.59 / 1.52-1.66, maximum width across humeral angles 3.59 / 3.16-3.58 / 3.58-3.92; scutellum length 1.76 / 1.50-1.58 / 1.60-1.81, scutellum width 1.52 / 1.30-1.58 / 1.52-1.59

Etymology.

This specific epithet is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Hsiao Tsai-Yu (1903-1978), founder of the modern Heteroptera research in China (Zheng et al. 1979).

Distribution.

China. Guangxi: Xing’an (Fig. 16).