Elanela fernandesi, Grazia, Jocelia, Barros, Lurdiana Dayse De & Barão, Kim Ribeiro, 2016

Grazia, Jocelia, Barros, Lurdiana Dayse De & Barão, Kim Ribeiro, 2016, Elanela Rolston revisited (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): new distributional records and description of new species, Zootaxa 4092 (4), pp. 561-571 : 569-570

Elanela fernandesi sp. nov.

( Figures 7 , 19–20 , 22 )

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, ♂, BRAZIL, Amazonas, Coari, PETROBRAS , RUC 25 , Rio Urucu , 4 º 53 ' 33 "S 65 º 20 ' 11.14 "W, 02.xi. 2008, J.A.M. Fernandes & Equipe coll. ( MPEG) .

Etymology. fernandesi , genitive singular; honoring José Antônio Marin Fernandes from Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil ( UFPA) for his contribution to the knowledge of Pentatomidae .

Diagnosis. Ventral rim with 1 + 1 triangular projections, with narrow V-shaped notch medially. Parameres scythe-like; paramere head in right angle; parameres embracing segment X basally.

Description. Disc of scutellum black ( Fig. 7 ). Urosternites mostly black, tubercle on urosternite III castaneous; lateral portion of each urosternite yellow. Each connexival sclerite mostly black, outer margin yellow. Proportion of antennal segments: I <II = III <IV = V.

Male genitalia. Pygophore quadrate, distal half depressed; posterolateral angles rounded ( Fig. 19 ). Ventral wall of pygophore impressed ventrally; ventral rim with 1 + 1 rouded projections, with narrow V-shaped notch medially ( Fig. 20 ). Parameres scythe-like; paramere head in right angle, rounded apically; parameres embracing segment X basally. Surface of segment X concave; each posterolateral angle produced, acute apically, slightly surpassing posterior margin of pygophore; distal margin with deep U-shaped notch.

Measurements (mm). Total length, 5.07; length of head, 0.67; head length ahead of eyes, 0.33; interocular distance, 0.77; length of antennal segments: I, 0.20; II, 0.57; III, 0.60; IV, 0.97; V, 1.20; width of head, 0.67; width of pronotum, 3.10; length of pronotum, 1.10; width of scutellum, 2.00; length of scutellum, 1.97; width of abdomen at third segment, 2.90.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas) ( Fig. 22 ).

Figures

FIGURE 22. Distribution of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980.

FIGURES 1–8. Dorsal view of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980. 1, Elanela hevera Rolston, 1980, male; 2, holotype male of Elanela kerzhneri Grazia & Silva, 2006; 3, paratype male of Elanela jordi Grazia & Greve, 2011; 4, holotype male of Elanela nigrofemorata sp. nov.; 5, holotype male of Elanela diamphidiosa sp. nov.; 6, holotype male of Elanela rafaeli sp. nov.; 7, holotype male of Elanela fernandesi sp. nov.; 8, holotype female of Elanela scutomaculata sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 17–21. Genitalia of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980. 17–18, pygophore in dorsal and ventral views, respectively, of E. rafaeli sp. nov.; 19–20, pygophore in dorsal and ventral views, respectively, of E. fernandesi sp. nov.; 21, female genital plates of E. scutomaculata sp. nov. in posteroventral view. Abbreviations: gc8, gonocoxites 8, gc9, gonocoxites 9; la8, laterotergite 8; la9, laterotergite 9; mdr, marginal process of dorsal rim; pa, paramere; X, abdominal segment X; vr, ventral rim. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.