Capitostylus kurandae Malipatil

Malipatil, M. B. & Blacket, M. J., 2013, Review and revision of Australian Germalus Stål, with new genera and further new species of Australian Geocorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae), Zootaxa 3746 (2), pp. 257-300 : 290

Capitostylus kurandae Malipatil , sp. nov.

( Figs. 116–123 )

Type specimen: Holotype female, “N. Queensland Kuranda 1100 ft [335 m], June 21–July 24 1913 R. E. Turner 1913-438, in NHM.

Description. Colouration: Body above generally shiny dark brown ( Fig. 116 ); anterior margin of frons, midlongitudinal line on pronotum and scutellum, and legs, yellow; basal 1/3– of corium yellowish-brown; membrane slightly lighter than corium; antennae dark brown, with 1st segment, distal of 3rd, and most of 4th segment, light brown; eyes-reddish brown.; abdominal venter pale except for broad dark submarginal bands on either side of midline.

Measurements: are of holotype female in millimetres.

Body: Length 3.91; maximum width 1.70.

Head: Length 0.66; width across eyes 1.67; interocular space 0.96; interocellar space 0.57; eye-ocellar space 0.14; eye length 0.34; eye width 0.57. Labium, length of segments: I 0.40; II 0.34; III 0.39; IV 0.37. Antennae, length antennal segments: I 0.23; II 0.41; III 0.34; IV 0.46.

Thorax: Pronotum median length 0.92; width at anterior margin 0.92; width at posterior margin 1.61. Scutellum length 0.71; width 0.89. Hemelytral corium with fine punctures as follows ( Fig. 116 ): an inner row in apical third, an almost complete row just outside of this row, and a row along costal margin deviating slightly away from margin in apical half, and with adjoining groups of irregular fine punctures there; clavus with a few sparse punctures in inner row towards apex, and one almost complete row on outer margin; membrane hyaline, with 5 distinct veins; length of hemelytra 2.99; length of corium 2.53; claval commissure 0.20.

Abdomen: All terga uniformly lightly coloured light brown ( Fig. 119 ).

Female genitalia: Spermatheca as in Fig. 121 . Ovipositor as in Figs. 122, 123 .

Distribution. Queensland.

Figures

FIGURES 116 – 118. Capitostylus kurandae, female, dorsal view: 116, habitus; 117, head, pronotum and scutellum enlarged; 118, head enlarged.

FIGURES 119 − 123. Capitostylus kurandae, female: 119, abdominal venter; 120, abdominal dorsum; 121, spermatheca; 121, 122, ovipositor.