Catadipson imernensis ( Cachan, 1952 )

Kment, Petr, 2005, Revision of Mahea Distant, 1909, with a review of the Acanthosomatidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of Madagascar and Seychelles, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 45, pp. 21-50 : 39

Catadipson imernensis ( Cachan, 1952)

( Figs. 32 , 46 )

Irsmia imernensis Cachan, 1952: 310-312 , Figs. 188 -192 (p. 311), 5 (Pl. XIV, p. 439) (description, figures, bionomy). Catadipson imernensis: LESTON (1953) : 123 (new combination).

Type locality. Central Madagascar, Tananarive [= Antananarivo].

Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♀, ‘Tananarive / Tsimbazaza [p] // I. S. Madagascar [p] / Sur Ficus (figuàr) [hw] / Mai 1947 A. R. [hw] // Ficusia imernensis Cachan [hw] // TYPIS [p, pink label] // Irsmia / imernensis / n. sp. / Cachan det. [hw] // face side: HOLOTYPUS / Irsmia / imernensis / Cachan 1952, reverse: P. Kment 2005’ [hw, red label] ( MNHN).

Bionomy. Collected from Ficus sp. ( Moraceae ) ( CACHAN 1952).

Distribution. Central Madagascar (Antananarivo env.) ( CACHAN 1952).

Figures

Figs. 31-34. Pleura and metathoracic scent gland opening, most exposed view. 31 – Mahea sexualis Distant, 1909; 32 – Catadipson imernensis (Cachan, 1952); 33 – Noualhieridia rufa Cachan, 1952; 30 – Ibocoris ficivora Roche, 1947.

Figs. 46-51. 46 – Catadipson imernensis (Cachan, 1952), female, holotype. 47 – Noualhieridia marginata Cachan, 1952, female, holotype. 48 – N. ornatula Breddin, 1898, female. 49 – N. rufa Cachan, 1952, female, lectotype. 50- 51 – Ibocoris ficivora Roche, 1947. 50 – male; 51 – female. (Photo: P. Kment – Figs. 46-49; J. Macek – Figs. 50- 51). Scale bars = 2 mm.

Figs. 1-5. Mahea sexualis Distant, 1909. 1 – head, dorsal view; 2 – pronotum, dorsal view; 3 – pronotum, posterior view; 4 – abdomen of male (lectotype), ventral view; 5 – abdomen of female (paralectotype), ventral view.