Termitaradus trinidadensis (Morrison)

Carvalho-Filho, Fernando Da Silva & Fernandes, José Antônio Marin, 2020, Termitaphididae, a family of true bugs (Heteroptera) new to Brazil, with the redescription of Termitaradus trinidadensis, Zootaxa 4822 (3), pp. 425-433 : 426-430

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scientific name	Termitaradus trinidadensis (Morrison)
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Termitaphis trinidadensis Morrison, 1923: 406 , Figs 10–14. Type-locality: Port of Spain, Trinidad (USNM).

Termitaradus trinidadensis; Myers, 1924: 273 (Key) ; Usinger, 1942: 159 (key); Engel, 2009: 67 (key), García et al. 2016: 356 (Key).

Termitaphis insularis Morrison, 1923: 406 , Fig. 9. Type-locality: Port of Spain, Trinidad (USNM).

Termitaradus insularis; Myers, 1924: 273 (Key) . Usinger, 1942: 156, 159 (proposal of synonym).

Redescription. Body color in life. Overall body color light-brown, with hyaline lamina ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Body ornamentation. Dorsal surface covered with dense, tiny, granular sculpturing (gs) usually organized in polygonal pattern ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 A–C, 3E). Granular sculpturing is of different lengths and shapes, but mostly rounded ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Modified nodule-like setae (nls) scattered among granular sculpturing ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 A–B, 3E); setae higher than granular sculpturing and composed of two layers of dentate crowns with a central, pointed projection ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); nodule-like setae distributed on all dorsal body surfaces, except on lobules (lb) ( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 A–B, 3D). Lobules dorsally covered with many minute, pointed projections ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ), ventrally bare. Ventral surface of laminae bearing many scattered pointed setae ( Figs 4A, 4C View FIGURE 4 ). Marginal setae (ms) are slightly clubbed, with dorsal surface bearing many pointed projections, similar to those covering lobules ( Figs 3D, 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Lobules bearing a small seta, similar to marginal setae in shape, but with about half of their length, located close to base of marginal seta ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Ventral surface of the body covered with scattered, pointed setae and with minute granulations on intersegmental region, between legs and in a narrow strip around legs. Imbricated between granulation are small, rounded glands ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Abdominal spiracle rounded ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ).

Head. Antenna four-segmented, geniculate ( Figs 2A View FIGURE 2 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ); first article thin, evenly widened apically, long, length approximately equal to that of three remaining articles combined; second article rounded; third article cylindrical with proximal portion narrowed; second and third article short, with about one fourth of first article length; fourth article elongated, subequal in length to the second article, tapering apically ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Articles covered with scattered, pointed setae ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Labium three-segmented. Coiled stylets visible in diaphanized specimens.

Legs. Short, robust, with stout femora, greatest widths of femora 3.5–4.0 times width of tibiae; tibiae laterally compressed, narrowed basally; tarsi dimerous, first tarsomere about one-half size of second; claw large and without teeth; pulvilli slender and capitated, spatula-like, lengths nearly as long as that of claw. Foretibia with longitudinal row of erect setae. Apices of mid and hind tibiae with stout setae.

Number of laminae: 11 in males, 12 in females and 14 in last instar nymph. Laminae (lm) with lobules arranged as follows in adults: 8♂, 7♀ (head I), 3♂, 4♀ (head II), 10♂, 11♀ (prothorax), 12 (mesothorax plus metathorax), 7 (abdominal I), 8 (abdominal II), 8 (abdominal III), 8 (abdominal IV), 7 (abdominal V), 8♂, 7♀ (abdominal VI), 4 (abdominal VII), 3♀ (abdominal VIII, absent in male) ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Last instar nymphs: 6 (head I), 3 (head II), 7 (prothorax), 4 (mesothorax I), 4 (mesothorax II), 4 (metathorax), 4 (abdominal I), 4 (abdominal II), 4 (abdominal III), 4 (abdominal IV), 4 (abdominal V), 4 (abdominal VI), 4 (abdominal VII) and 3 (abdominal VIII) ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ) .

Measurements. Body length: 2.6–2.7 mm; maximum width: 1.7–1.8 mm.

Male terminalia ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A–B). Pygophore (pyg) rounded; paramere (par) elongated and thin, slightly arched, with pointed tip; phallobase (phb) longer than wide; ejaculatory reservoir (ejr) hammer-shaped; aedeagus (aed) tubular, elongated and twisted; capitate processes rounded.

Female terminalia ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ). Spermathecal bulb (sb) elliptical, slightly dorsoventrally flattened and sclerotized; pumping region (pr) tubular, proximal and distal flanges not differentiated; spermathecal duct (sd) very long, tubular and twisted, with distal third narrowed; outgrowth of spermathecal duct (osd) well-developed, elongate and sackshaped.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Amapá: Floresta Nacional do Amapá [= National Forest of Amapá], mata primária [= primary forest], sob casca de árvore podre caída [= under bark of a fallen rotting tree], 11.IX.2016, F.S. Carvalho-Filho leg. (1 ♂) . Pará: Abaetetuba , quintal de residência na área urbana [backyard in urban area], tronco podre [= rotting log], 4.VIII.2008, F.S. Carvalho-Filho leg. (2 ♂, 2 ♀) . Belém, Campus de pesquisa do MPEG [= research campus of the MPEG], mata secundária [= secondary forest], tronco podre [= rotting log], 8.XI.2010, F.S. Carvalho-Filho leg. (1 ♀) ; same data but 10.II.2015 (4 ♂, 2 nymphs) . Melgaço, FLONA de Caxiuanã [= National Forest of Caxiuanã], Estação Científica Ferreira Penna [= Ferreira Penna Scientific Station], tronco podre em área aberta [= rotting log in non-forested place], 17.III.2017, F.S. Carvalho-Filho leg. (1 ♀) . Paragominas, Área de mineração da Norsk Hydro , floresta primária [= primary forest], tronco podre [= rotting log], 18.III.2014, F. S. Carvalho-Filho leg. (1 ♀) .