Ischnopelta cylindrata Rosso & Campos, sp. n. (Figs. 5E, 26)

Etymology. The epithet refers to the uniform cylindrical shape of the female inner duct of the vesicular area. Latin: cylindratus = cylinder shape, cylindrical.

Type locality. BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto, [-20.3874, -43.5067] .

Holotype. Female. BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto (Topázios), 22.XI.1962, J. Bechyné col. Deposited at Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Other material examined. One female abdomen whose determination as I. cylindrata was made by comparison of the valvifers VIII, enabling the examination of the internal genitalia.

Description. The overall somatic morphology is as described for I. scutellata, except for the following features. Body densely punctured, brownish. Head. Ventral surface of mandibular plates with minute dark brown to black punctures, and long and thick setae on mid-apical band. Maxillary plates and ocular peduncles densely punctured. Bucculae slightly higher than the first labial segment. Labrum inserted posteriorly to half the distance between the anterior margin of the eyes and the apex of mandibular plates. Antennae segment I dark yellowish with brown blotches, segments II and III brown ventrally and dark yellowish dorsally, segment III dorsally punctured, segments IV and V dark brown; antennal segment ratio: I>II<III<IV<V.

Thorax. Hemelytra: corium as long as scutellum; minute spot at apex of radial. Pro- and mesosternum punctured, metasternum unpunctured. Pro-, meso- and metapleura densely punctured.

Abdomen. Dark spots at the lateral of urosternites subtriangular.

Male. Unknown.

Female. Membrane of hemelytra with apical margin convex, dark brown, not reaching the posterior margin of mediotergite VIII; median portion of posterior margin of mediotergite VIII concave; median portion of posterior margin of urosternite VII subrectilinear; projections on the lateral 1/3 of the posterior margin of urosternite VII long and narrow, and perpendicular to the surface of urosternite VII (Fig. 26C, mpr). Genitalia. Valvifers VIII wider than long; posterior margin subrectilinear and transversal to the median line, cut obliquely on the lateral; sutural margins subrectilinear and folded dorsally; surface dark yellowish with dense brown punctures, dorsoposteriorlly curved on distal portion; setae long on median half of posterior margin and on posterior half of the sutural margin; basal portion with narrow and shallow longitudinal grooves (Figs. 5E; 26C, vf8). Valvifers IX exposed; lateral margin convex; sparse setae on mid-basal portion of ventral surface (Fig. 26C–D, vf9). Laterotergites IX not reaching the posterior margin of mediotergite VIII; lateral margin sinuous; setae on median portion of lateral margin and on mid-basal portion of ventral surface (Fig. 26C–D, la9). Thickening of vaginal intima wider than long; cordiform and distally emarginated; lateral margins strongly convex; median area with small membranous cone (Fig. 26D, vi). Vesicular area: anterior portion to the collar 1/8 of the posterior portion; median duct anterior to the collar cylindrical (Fig. 26D, mdp); median duct posterior to the collar with proximal and distal widening (Fig. 26D, md); inner duct coiled in the proximal widening (Fig. 26D, id). Distal ductus receptaculi 0.4 the length of the vesicular area posterior to the collar (Fig. 26D, drd, drp). Pars intermedialis barrel-shaped (Fig. 26D, pi). Annular crests slightly convergent, the proximal one slightly larger than half the diameter of the distal one (Fig. 26D, dac, pac). Capsula seminalis globose, with one laterobasal filiform projection surpassing the proximal annular crest (Fig. 26D, cs, pr).

Legend: tl. total length; mw. maximum width (at the sternite III level); hl. head length; cl. clypeus length; hw. head width; iod. interocellar distance; ied. interocular distance; pl. pronotum length; haw. pronotum width at the level of humeral angles; aaw. pronotum width at the level of anterolateral angles; sl. scutellum length; fll. frenal lobe length; pfl. post-frenal lobe length; bsw. basal scutellum width; fcw; scutellum width at the level of frenal constriction; I. II. III. IV and V. antennal and labium segments length.

Measurements: Table 10.

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais) (Fig. 6).

Comments. Ischnopelta cylindrata sp. n. differs from other species bye the mandibular plates wider anterolaterally, with ventral minute punctures (Fig. 26A–B) and thicker mid-apical setae about 3 times longer than observed in other species. This is the only species in the genus whose median duct of the vesicular area is cylindrical anterior to the collar (Fig. 26D, mdp).