Parataiwanaptera laevigata, Heiss, 2010

Heiss, E., 2010, Two new genera of Aradidae from Malaysia and Vietnam (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae), Zootaxa 2619 (1), pp. 56-62 : 58

Parataiwanaptera laevigata n. sp.

(Photos 1, 4)

Material examined: Holotype ♀ labelled: Vietnam, Quang Ninh, Tien Yen , 10km S Mui chua, 8–13 IV 2004 H.Mühle lg. ( CEHI).

Description: As the generic description is already detailed and based on the type specimen, only few additional characters are added.

Head: Only slightly wider than long (21/20); apex of produced and anteriorly diverging genae rounded; antennal segment I constricted and smooth at base, granulate and thickened apically, II shortest, III thinnest, IV clavate; length of antennal segments I/II/III/IV = 10/6.5/7.5/7; vertex raised with two rows of granules and lateral oval callosities.

Pronotum: 2.96x as wide as long at middle (35.5/12); ringlike collar triangularly enlarged posteriorly, posterior margin granulate; lateral margins sinuate, humeral lobes wider than anterolateral ones.

Mesonotum: Triangular scutellar sclerite elevated toward rounded posterior margin, laterally fused to oval structures (hemelytral pads?) with rugose and granulate surface.

Metanotum: Oval sclerites depressed along lateral margins of scutellar structure, raised toward its apex.

Tergites I+II: Highest anteromedially then sloping posteriorly, disk with shallow markings of apodemal impressions.

Abdomen: Lateral margins of deltg III–VII carinate and nearly straight, on posterolateral margin of deltg V–VII the reflexed ventral laterotergites are visible, bearing the spiracles V–VII.

Measurements: Holotype ♀: Length 5.2 mm; width of abdomen across tergite IV 2.1 mm, length of antennae 1.55 mm. The male sex is not yet known.

Etymology: From>laevis<(Latin) smooth, referring to its surface.