Grammedessa brunneotarsata Correia & Fernandes, 2016

Silva, Paulo Augusto Lima Da & Fernandes, José Antônio Marin, 2022, Description of six new species to Grammedessa Correia & Fernandes, 2016 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae), Zootaxa 5129 (2), pp. 211-226 : 225

Grammedessa brunneotarsata Correia & Fernandes, 2016

( Fig. 4B )

Diagnosis. see the original description.

Description. We add to the original description hypocostal ridge with a few small green punctures on green spots contrasting with the yellowish-green background.

Female ( Fig. 4B ). Valvifers 8 wider than long (1.5 times), distal margin shallowly concave; lateral angles rounded and slightly projected over the base of laterotergites 9. Valvulae 8 not visible. Valvifer 9 almost flat, trapezoidal, wider than long (3.5 times), completely exposed. Laterotergites 8 longer than wide (2 times); distal spine exceeding laterotergites 9; not spotted. Laterotergites 9 long, narrow, straight, distally with a black spine; exceeding the band uniting the laterotergites 8 and far exceeding segment VII.

Examined material ( n=2). Holotype. VENEZUELA: Amazonas. [ T. F. Amaz., Cerro de la Neblina, Basecamp, 0°50’N / 66°9’44’’W, 140m., 4–12.II.1984, D. Davis & T. McCabe] (1Male-USNM). BRAZIL: Amazonas. [Uaupés, Rio Negro , 18.I–03.II.1964, C. Lindermann leg.] (1Female-ZSM).

Distribution. VENEZUELA: Amazonas. BRAZIL: Amazonas.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Female genital plates in Ventral view. A: G. longispina sp.n. B: G. brunneotarsata. Scale = 1 mm.