Punctifulvius aleksanderi, Yasunaga & Wolski & Taszakowski, 2023

Yasunaga, Tomohide, Wolski, Andrzej & Taszakowski, Artur, 2023, First record of the plant bug genus Punctifulvius Schmitz from the Oriental Region, with descriptions of three new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), Zootaxa 5382 (1), pp. 152-169 : 157-158

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5382.1.17
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10280670
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C808CAE0-B633-4656-A1FD-B45D30571102
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Punctifulvius aleksanderi
status	sp. nov.

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Punctifulvius aleksanderi n. sp.

( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3 View FIGURE 3 , 4 View FIGURE 4 )

Material examined. Holotype (♀). MALAYSIA: W-Malaysia, Selangor, N of Kuala 10.ii., Templer Park 1998, lgt. S. Bečvář ( MMBC); paratype (♀): the same data as for holotype ( MMBC).

Diagnosis. Recognized by its dorsum covered with moderately dense, fine, semirecumbent setae ( Figs 3A, B, D View FIGURE 3 ); head rugopunctate ( Figs 3A, B View FIGURE 3 ); antennomere I yellow, tinged with red ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); thoracic pleura rugopunctate ( Figs 3D, F View FIGURE 3 ); exocorium broadly tinged with yellow and pale brown ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); cuneus yellow with dark brown apex ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); female genitalia with paired, relatively small, ovoid, thin-rimmed sclerotized rings ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ).

Description. Female. Macropterous, body oval ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Dorsum mostly fuscous with yellow and red areas, weakly shining, mostly punctate, uniformly covered with moderately dense, fine, short, reclining setae ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B, D View FIGURE 3 ). Head contrastingly yellow, broadly tinged with red, rugose, covered with moderately dense, fine, short, semirecumbent setae ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3A, B View FIGURE 3 ); antennomere I yellow, with reddish tinge along entire length of inner area and red apex, covered with uniform, short, moderately dense, adpressed setae; antennomere II mostly dark brown, yellowish red on basal quarter and with broad, reddish annulation subapically, antennomere II mostly covered with sparse, semirecumbent setae, vestiture on apex denser; antennomere III and IV fuscous, covered with long, erect and suberect setae ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3D View FIGURE 3 ); labium yellow, weakly tinged with fuscous, reaching hind coxae. Pronotum entirely fuscous, punctate covered with short reclining setae; calli convex ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Mesoscutum and scutellum fuscous, with punctures shallower and sparser than on pronotum and hemelytron ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Thoracic pleura fuscous; ventral part of metepisternum weakly tinged with yellow, nearly glabrous, propleuron punctorugose, remaining pleura rugose, metepisternum much longer than wide; scent gland evaporative area contrastingly yellow, small, not reaching base of hind coxa ( Figs 3D, F View FIGURE 3 ). Hemelytron weakly shining, punctate, uniformly covered with moderately dense, fine, short reclining setae; clavus fuscous; corium fuscous with small yellow pale brown patch subanteriorly; exocorium (embolium) mostly yellowish, narrowly fuscous anteriorly, posterior quarter reddish; cuneus mostly yellow, apex fuscous; lateral margin tinged with red; membrane fuscous ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Legs yellow, covered with moderately dense, adpressed setae; femora broadly tinged with red ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); tarsomere I shorter than II and III ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 ); pretarsal claw with weakly developed subapical tooth and with relatively long basal spine ( Figs 3H–J View FIGURE 3 ). Abdomen mostly fuscous, dirty yellowish posteriorly. Female genitalia. Genital chamber membranous ( Figs 4A, B View FIGURE 4 ); sclerotized rings small, thin rimmed, ovoid, localized centrally on the bursa copulatrix ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); lateral oviducts situated posteriorly on genital chamber, thin ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); posterior wall with interramal sclerite well developed, strongly sclerotized, subrectangular, medial plate weakly developed ( Figs 4C, D View FIGURE 4 ).

Male. Unknown.

Measurements: See Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Etymology. This species is dedicated to Aleksander Herczek on the occasion of his 70th birthday and for his many contributions to the study of Miridae .

Distribution. Malaysia (Selangor) ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 ).

Biology. Unknown.

Remarks. P. aleksanderi is most similar to P. sakaerat in sharing the hemelytron with cuneus widely pale brown or orange-red ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 2B, C View FIGURE 2 ) and head rugose, at most with sparse, shallow punctures on vertex and frons ( Figs 2A, B View FIGURE 2 , 9A View FIGURE 9 ). However, it is easily distinguished by the yellow pale brown tinged on the anterior half of the corium and exocorium ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ).