Limonocoris schatzorum, Heiss, 2020

Heiss, Ernst, 2020, Review of the neotropical Mezirinae genus Limonocoris KORMILEV, 1971 with description of two new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (1), pp. 151-159 : 153

Limonocoris schatzorum nov.sp. ( Figs 2, 4 )

H o l o t y p e ♂ labelled: PA-Panama / Prov. Chiriqui, Cordillera / Talamanca, Volc. Baru / 2000m send. Quetzales / 21 II 2004 I+H Schatz //.

D i a g n o s i s: This species is recognized and differing from congeners primarily by its glabrous dorsal surface and the outline of lateral expansions of deltg V-VII.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Head about as long as wide (1.00 / 0.95), antennae 2.25 times as long as width of head; length of antennal segments I / II /III / IV = 0.60 / 0.35 /0.85 /0.40, I thickest.

Thorax: Pronotum three times as wide as long (14.5 / 0.5), lateral margins sinuate and reflexed, anterolateral angles widely rounded and produced over thin collar.

Scutellum more than three times as wide as long (18.5 / 0.55), distinctly raised above level of metanotal sclerites, with a median carina and laterally rounded and reflexed wingpads. Metanotum consisting of two oval callosities with smooth surface.

Abdomen: Mtg I and mtg II medially raised and separated by transverse sutures; tergal plate wider than long, deltg II+III not fused, deltg V-VII triangularly produced and reflexed, ptg VIII finger like. Legs unarmed, claws with pulvilli and a median seta.

M e a s u r e m e n t s: Length 4.8mm; length of antennae 2.2; width of abdomen across tergites IV-VII = 2.60 / 2.85 / 2.45 / 1.8.

E t y m o l o g y: Dedicated to my dear friends Irene and Heinz Schatz (Innsbruck) who collected this and several other interesting apterous neotropical Aradidae , recognizing also their kind assistance and guide when visiting them in Galapagos years ago.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: NW Panama at 2000m.

Figures

Figs 1-4: Limonocoris (1) jolyi, paratype ♂, habitus; (2) schatzorum nov.sp. holotype ♂, habitus; (3) jolyi, ♂ terminal segments, dorsal; (4) schatzorum nov.sp., ♂ terminal segments, dorsal. Scale 1mm.