Rhytidoporus indentatus Uhler, 1877

Lis, Jerzy A. & Zack, Richard S., 2010, A review of burrower bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae sensu lato) of Guam, Zootaxa 2523, pp. 57-64 : 61-62

Rhytidoporus indentatus Uhler, 1877 , first territory record

( Figs. 7–8 , 12 )

Diagnostic characters: Body from brown to almost black, 3.80–5.80 mm in length. Head impunctate or almost impunctate; clypeus subapically with a pair of setigerous punctures bearing peglike setae ( Figs. 7–8 ); each paraclypeus with a row of about 10 submarginal setigerous punctures bearing hairlike and peglike setae ( Figs. 7–8 ); 2nd antennal segment as long as or shorter than 3rd segment. Pronotum weakly punctured, very often almost impunctate, each lateral margin with 5–6 submarginal setigerous punctures. Each costal margin with 1–3 setigerous punctures. Evaporative areas on meso- and metapleuron large, bearing a transverse polished band toward apex of peritreme ( Fig. 12 ). Paramere described in Froeschner (1960).

Material examined: Guam: Mangilao Village, University of Guam campus, Marine Biol. Lab. Area, at lights, N13o25.714’ E144o47.913’, 16 males 22 females 17 May 2004, 16 males 13 females 18 May 2004, 18 males 12 females 19 May 2004, R.S. Zack collr.

Distribution: USA (including Hawaii), Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, St Croix Island.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Head in two dorsal views. 1, 3, 5, 7 — showing head shape and puncturation, 2, 4, 6, 8 — showing head vestiture.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Evaporative areas on meso- and metapleuron. 9 — Byrsinus varians, 10 — Fromundus biimpressus, 11 — F. pygmaeus, 12 — Rhytidoporus indentatus.