Hypoxys unguiculatus, Nunes & Mendonça & Fernandes, 2022

Nunes, Benedito Mendes, Mendonça, Maria Thayane Da Silva & Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marin, 2022, Seventeen new Species of Hypoxys Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae), Zootaxa 5159 (2), pp. 187-220 : 213-214

Hypoxys unguiculatus sp. n.

( Figures 16A–D , 20G–H , 21A )

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Material examined (n=2). Holotype ♂: BRAZIL. Pará. Peixe Boi , 22.IV.1978, H. Estevam leg. ( MPEG) . Paratype: BRAZIL. Pará: ♂ Canindé, R. Gurupi, IV.1963, B. Malkin leg. ( MZUSP) .

Measurements. Total length: 15.1–15.9; head length: 2.0–2.1; head width: 3.1–3.2; pronotal length: 2.8–3.2; pronotal width: 9.2–9.3; scutellum length: 7.0–7.1; scutellum width: 5.2; abdominal width: 8.1; length of antennal segments. I: 1.0; II: 1.9–2.0; III: 1.2–1.3; IV: 4.5–4.6; V: 5.

Diagnosis. Anterolateral margin of pronotum with solid black stripe reaching all or part of its extension with remaining part smoky black and narrower than solid part. Anterolateral margin punctured dorsally. Cicatrices of pronotum with dark brown punctures delimiting anterior sulci ( Fig. 20G ). Male ( Fig. 16A–D ). Pygophore with dorsal rim concave ( Fig. 16A ). Superior process of genital cup subtriagular with distal part acuminated and anterior part bifid; adjacent to dorsal rim; visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 16A–C ). Paramere with anterior lobe short and rounded to truncate, distal lobe large and rounded; margin black; inner carina ending at the posterior lobe. Proctiger with dorsolateral tuft of long setae, dorsal ridge setose ( Fig. 16A–D ); posterior face pentagonal, base of tufts of setae swollen ( Fig. 16B–C ). Ventral rim with medial excavation widely open; expansions long and rounded, clearly surpassing level of posterolateral angles in ventral view ( Fig. 16D ). Ventral surface with several large dark spots and punctured spots adjacent to midline. Female unknown.

Comments. See comments of H. runcinatus .

Etymology. Superior process of genital cup claw-shaped (unguiculus = diminutive of Claw).

Distribution ( Fig. 21A ). BRAZIL: Pará.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Hypoxys unguiculatus sp. n. A–D Male, pygophore; A—dorsal view; B—posterior view; C—lateroposterior view; D—ventral view (Scale = 1mm).

FIGURE 20. Dorsal and ventral view. H. runcinatus sp. n. A–B; H. similis sp. n. C–D; H. trilobulatus sp. n. E–F; H. unguiculatus sp. n. G–H; H. ventrotuberculatus sp. n. I–J (Scale = 5mm).

FIGURE 21. Distributional map of the new species of the H. quadridens group.