Jornandes brailovskyi, Schaffner & Schwartz, 2008

Schaffner, JC & Schwartz, MD, 2008, Revision Of The Mexican Genera Ficinus Distant And Jornandes Distant With The Description Of 21 New Species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2008 (309), pp. 1-87 : 29-31

Jornandes brailovskyi , new species Figures 2, 10A, 13

HOLOTYPE: 3, MEXICO: Guerrero: 18.2 mi S of Iguala [17.5739 ° N 100.36666 ° W], elev.

3,000 ft [914 m], July 5, 1987, Kovarik, Schaffner ( AMNH _PBI 00184918). Deposit- ed in the collection of the Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, D.F.

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by body, except for brown spot near eye, dark fuscous to black, antenna pale yellowish brown to pale fuscous, segment II darker apically (fig. 2), basal segment of labium reddish fuscous; pro- and mesocoxa pale, all femora dark fuscous to black with pale apices; body with scattered decumbent setae; vertex clearly wider than antennal segment I; labium almost extending to mesocoxa; width of pronotum greater than length of antennal segment II; metepisternum with microtrichia extending dorsal to evaporatorium of scent gland.

Sometimes superficially similar to J. genetivus in coloration, but the total body length is shorter (2.90–3.20 as compared with 3.84– 4.70 for genetivus ), the body conformation is convex as opposed to elongate in genetivus , and the vesical spiculum and parameres of the two spp. are clearly of a different form (compare fig. 13 with fig. 21).

DESCRIPTION: Male: COLORATION: Dorsum dark fuscous to black with paler coloration on areas of head and appendages. Head dark fuscous to black with pale brown spot of variable size on frons touching each eye; antennal segment I pale brown with fuscous subapical ring, segment II pale brown, dark fuscous apically, segments III and IV pale brown to fuscous; labium with basal segment and apex of labium dark reddish fuscous. Except for legs, remainder of insect dark fuscous to black; coxa and trochanter of prothoracic leg pale yellowish brown, mesocoxa fuscous basally, pale brown distally, mesotrochanter pale brown, femora on all legs dark fuscous to black except apices which are pale yellowish brown; tibiae and tarsi, except for dark apex, pale yellowish brown. VESTITURE: Head and thorax, except for appendages, with short mostly decumbent setae more or less evenly distributed, sparse; setae not longer than diameter of antennal segment II; setae on antennal segments II–IV not longer than diameter of respective segment; semierect setae of tibiae as long or slightly longer than diameter of respective tibia; decumbent setae of abdomen long and more dense. GENI- TALIA (fig. 13): Genital segment with short, smooth-margined, relatively blunt tergal process located far right of midline on dorsal margin of aperture; ventroposterior margin of capsule with small notch, subgenital plate narrow distally, slightly projecting beyond aperture of capsule. Left paramere C-shaped in dorsal view; sensory lobe not produced beyond diameter of paramere; diameter expanded to subapical constriction, then expanded to mittenlike apex, apical notch deep. Right paramere relatively elongate, slightly longer than left paramere; dorsal margin sinuate, distal region with small lobe ventrally and sharp point dorsally. Phallotheca small, cone shaped, almost as long as vesical spiculum; aperture sinuate, open widely from dorsal surface to narrowed apex. Vesica moderately large, sinuate, thickened medially; base wide, situated on dorsal surface of ductus seminis, with process broad, flattened, truncate; distal region long, recurved with one serrate, branch, length 2/3 of spiculum body.

Females: Color and vestiture as on male.

MEASUREMENTS: Male (n 5 4; holotype given first followed in parentheses by average and range): Length, 2.90 (2.96, 2.90– 3.04); width, 1.52 (1.55, 1.52–1.62). Head length, 0.22 (0.20, 0.18–0.22); width, 0.84 (0.86, 0.84–0.88); vertex width, 0.34 (0.35, 0.34–0.36). Length of antennal segment I, 0.20 (0.21, 0.20–0.22); II, 0.90 (0.87, 0.84–0.90); III, 0.68 (0.64, 0.60–0.68); IV, 0.30 (all). Pronotal length, 0.62 (0.65, 0.62–0.68); width across base, 1.22 (1.24, 1.22–1.28). Cuneal length, 0.48 (0.50, 0.48–0.52); width across base, 0.50 (0.52, 0.50–0.54).

Female (n 5 11; average followed in parentheses by range): Length, 3.06 (2.94– 3.20); width, 1.71 (1.60–1.84). Head length, 0.19 (0.18–0.22); width, 0.86 (0.84–0.88); vertex width, 0.40 (0.40–0.42). Length of antennal segment I, 0.20 (0.18–0.20); II, 0.81 (0.76–0.84); III, 0.58 (0.54–0.62); IV, 0.30 (0.28–0.32). Pronotal length, 0.68 (0.66– 0.72); width across base, 1.32 (1.30–1.36). Cuneal length, 0.51 (0.46–0.52); width across base, 0.50 (0.48–0.52).

DISCUSSION: The cuticular sculpturing is somewhat faint but visible in J. brailovskyi . The general appearance is much like that of several species belonging to the genus Scalponotatus , especially S. albicornis Kelton , but the L-shaped left paramere with a simple non-mittenlike apex is unlike any species of Jornandes . Although this species exits the key with J. genetivus , the two species are not closely related which a cursory examination of body size and male genitalia will clarify.

HOST PLANT: Unknown.

ETYMOLOGY: Name in honor of H. Brailovsky A., well known heteropterist from Mexico.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality in Guerrero (fig. 10A).

PARATYPES: MEXICO: Guerrero: 18.2 mi S of Iguala, 17.5739 ° N 100.36666 ° W, 914 m, 05 Jul 1987, Kovarik and Schaffner, 13 (AMNH_PBI 00119107) (AMNH). 13 (AMNH_PBI 00118202), 1♀ (AMNH_PBI

00118196); scale 5 0.20 mm; apices of spiculum reconstructed.

00119108) (CNC). 11♀ (AMNH_PBI 00106434– AMNH_PBI 00106443, AMNH_PBI 00245157) (TAMU).