Elanela hevera Rolston, 1980

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 : 563-564

Elanela hevera Rolston, 1980

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Elanela hevera Rolston, 1980 in Rolston et al., 1980: 125–126, figs. 8, 12–13; Grazia, 1989: 58–61, figs. 1–8; Grazia & Greve, 2011: 262, fig. 1.

Material examined. SURINAME: 2 ♂ 1 ♀, Paramaribo, 23.vi.1975, P.H. van Doesburg leg. ( RMNH) ; 1 ♀, Paramaribo, 14.vii.1975, P.H. van Doesburg leg. ( RMNH) ; FRENCH GUIANA: 1 ♂, Amazone Nature Lodge , 30 km SE Roura on Kaw Rd., 4°38.570'N 52°12.433'W, 300 m, 5–19.ii.2010, J.E. Eger coll. ( JEEC) [NEW RECORD]; BRAZIL: 1 ♀, Amapá, Porto Platon , 21.vii.1961, J. & B. Bechyné leg. ( MPEG) ; 1 ♀, Amapá, Serra do Navio , 18.vii.1961, J. & B. Bechyné leg. ( MPEG) ; 1 ♂, Pará, km 90, Rod. Transamazônica, 15.iii.1980, A.C. Mendes leg. ( UFRG) ; 1 ♀, Pará, km 97, Rod. Transamazônica, 28.i.1980, A.C. Mendes ( UFRG) ; 1 ♂, Pará, Altamira , km 90, Rod. Transamazônica, 90. iii.1979, A.C. Mendes leg. ( UFRG) ; 1 ♂ 2 ♀, Pará, 1977–78, J.A. Garcia leg. ( UFRG) ; 1 ♂, Brazil, Amazonas, Itacoatiara, 15.vi.1952, O.M. Rego leg. ( MNRJ) ; 1 ♀, Amazonas, Tapurucuara, Rio Negro , 9.ii.1963, J. & B. Bechyné leg. ( MPEG) ; PERU: 1 ♀, Loreto, Iquitos, 100 mi. n.e., on Napo Rd., 20.iii.1969, B.K. Dozier leg. ( FSCA) .

Diagnosis. Disc of scutellum black or ivory. Urosternites of females entirely yellow, and of males, with a median black stripe. Male genitalia: median portion of dorsal rim of pygophore straight, projected over segment X; ventral rim projected posteriorly, rounded, with ample quadrate notch medially; parameres spatulate, each with minute digitoid process apically; segment X slightly surpassing posterior margin of pygophore; each posterolateral angle of segment X produced posteriorly, obtuse apically; distal margin of segment X with deep, V-shaped notch. Female genitalia: gonocoxites 8 wider than long; sutural angles of gonocoxites 8 slightly reflexed; gonocoxite 9 flat, posterior margin slightly sinuate.

Distribution. Suriname, Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Amazonas), French Guiana, Peru (Loreto) ( Fig. 22 ).

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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.