Dindymus (Pseudodindymus) albicornis siberutensis, Stehlík & Jindra, 2008

Stehlík, Jaroslav L. & Jindra, Zdeněk, 2008, New taxa of the Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Oriental Region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2), pp. 611-648 : 638-639

Dindymus (Pseudodindymus) albicornis siberutensis subsp. nov.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, INDONESIA: MENTAWAI ISLANDS: SIBERUT: Boiacan env., ix.2004, S. Jakl lgt. ( PPUA) . PARATYPES: the same locality, 9 JJ 4 ♀♀ ( ZJPC) ; SIBERUT: Salappa env., 50-100 m a.s.l., iv.-v.2005, 3 JJ 5 ♀♀, S. Jakl lgt. ( ZJPC). NIAS: no further data, 30.iv.1910, 1 ♀, no collector ( MMBC) .

Description. Posterior pronotal margin with yellow stripe, not reaching posterior pronotal angles.

Differential diagnosis. The nominotypical subspecies, D. (P.) a. albicornis (Fabricius, 1805) , differs from D. (P.) a. siberutensis subsp. nov. only in the presence of two large median yellow spots on the posterior pronotal margin. Only two additional species of Dindymus , D. daiacus Breddin, 1901 ( Philippines: Palawan) and D. sandakan Stehlík , in press ( Malaysia: Sabah), have the posterior pronotal margin yellow. However, D. daiacus does not have the posterior part of corium red but pale yellow, and has black bases of femora and epicoxal lobes I and II. In D. sandakan the yellow stripe on the posterior pronotal margin is disproportionally smaller and the pronotum narrower at base (STEHLÍK, in press).

Etymology. Patronymic, named after the Siberut Island.

Distribution. Indonesia, Mentawai Islands, Siberut. The nominotypical subspecies D. (P.) a. albicornis occurs in Myanmar, southern Thailand, Malaysia (Melaka, Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Timor) ( STEHLÍK & JINDRA 2003; STEHLÍK, in press).