Niesthrea brevicauda Chopra, 1973

Melo, María Cecilia & Henry, Thomas J., 2019, Revision of the New World Scentless Plant Bug Genus Niesthrea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhopalidae), with Descriptions of Six New Species and a Key to the Species, Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 (5), No. 9, pp. 1-36 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixz014
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B5885B-227A-FFBA-5D2B-FD033C8BA682
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Niesthrea brevicauda Chopra, 1973
status

Treatment

Niesthrea brevicauda Chopra, 1973 View in CoL

(urn:lsid: Coreoidea .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:452501) ( Figs. 3B View Fig , 5B View Fig , and 6C–D View Fig )

Niesthrea brevicauda Chopra, 1973: 455 View in CoL (original description); Göllner-Scheiding, 1983: 53 (catalog); Froeschner, 1989: 611 (list, distribution); Fowles et al., 2015: 621 (list, distribution); CoreoideaSF Team, 2018 (online catalog).

Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by large, broadly rounded parameres ( Fig. 6C View Fig ), without stout denticles; the small, heart-shaped median lobe, and the relatively small and moderately pubescent lateral lobes ( Fig. 6C and D View Fig ). Externally, this species is drab pale brown, with small, brown dorsal spots, the abdominal sterna have dark spots ( Fig. 5B View Fig ), and the labium extends to the base of abdominal segment III.

The male genitalia of N. brevicauda are most similar to those of N. lateroloba sp. nov. based on the large round parameres ( Fig. 9C View Fig ), reduced median lobe, and short, rounded lateral lobes. However, N. brevicauda lacks two distinct denticles on the parameres, the median lobe is distinctly heart-shaped, and the lateral lobes are narrowly rounded apically, with shorter, more sparsed pubescence, whereas N. lateroloba sp. nov. has two stout denticles on the inner margin of the parameres, the median lobe is more quadrate or angulate, and the lateral lobes are broadly rounded apically and densely pubescent.