Elanela rafaeli, 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 : 567-569

Elanela rafaeli sp. nov.

( Figures 6 , 17–18 , 22 )

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, ♂, BRAZIL, Pará, Belterra, FLONA Tapajós , 2 º 36 ' 15 "S 54 º 56 ' 35 "W, 100 m, 15–16.iv. 2008, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier Filho coll., arm. lum. ( MPEG) .

Etymology. rafaeli , genitive singular; honoring José Albertino Rafael from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil ( INPA) for his contribution to the knowledge of insects.

Diagnosis. Marginal processes on dorsal rim of pygophore projected posteriorly; marginal processes clavate apically. Ventral rim of pygophore projected posteriorly, quadrate, V-notched medially. Parameres reduced. Description. Disc of scutellum black ( Fig. 6 ). 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. Marginal processes on each side of dorsal rim medially, each projected posteriorly; marginal processes clavate apically ( Fig. 17 ). Ventral rim projected posteriorly, quadrate, notched medially ( Fig. 18 ). Parameres reduced. Surface of segment X convex; each posterolateral angle of segment X produced posteriorly, acute apically; distal margin with deep Ushaped notch.

Measurements (mm). Total length, 5.40; length of head, 0.73; head length ahead of eyes, 0.37; interocular distance, 0.87; length of antennal segments: I, 0.27; II, 0.63; III, 0.60; IV, 1.07; V, 1.07; width of head, 0.70; width of pronotum, 3.37; length of pronotum, 1.20; width of scutellum, 2.13; length of scutellum, 2.17; width of abdomen at third segment, 3.27.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Pará) ( 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.