Vertomannus (Vertomannus) validus Zheng, 1981

Li, Junlan & Bu, Wenjun, 2015, Review of the genus Vertomannus Distant (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Ozophorini), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 3972 (4), pp. 581-588 : 586

Vertomannus (Vertomannus) validus Zheng, 1981

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VertomannuS validuS Zheng, 1981: 158 ; Slater & O’Donnell, 1995: 140; Péricart, 2001: 183.

Measurements (n=4). Length of head 2.10 (2.0–2.20), width 1.10 (1.0–1.20), interocular space 0.75 (0.70–0.80). Length of antennal segments I 1.45 (1.40–1.50), II 4.20(4.0–4.50), III 3.65 (3.50–3.85), IV 1.78 (1.75–1.80). Length of pronotum 1.43(1.40–1.50), width of anterior pronotal margin 0.68 (0.65–0.70), width of posterior pronotal margin 1.15 (1.10–1.20). Length of scutellum 0.70 (0.65–0.80), width 0.69 (0.68–0.70). Midline distance apex clavus–apex corium 1.90(1.80–2.0), midline distance apex corium–apex membrane 0.95(0.90–1.0). Total body length of male 7.7 (7.5–7.9, n=2), female 8.15 (8.0–8.3,n=2).

Type material. Holotype, male, China, Sichuan, Baoxing; Paratype. 2 female, as the holotype; 1 male, China, Sichuan, Mt. Emei (deposited in NKU).

Material examined: 1 male, holotype; 1 male 2 females, paratype; 7 males 2 females, Hubei, Wufeng, Houhe Natural Reserve, alt. 1100m, 11-VII-1999, leg. Wenjun Bu.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Sichuan).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Adult dorsal habitus: 1, V. V brevicollum; 2, V. V. c r aS S uS; 3, V. V. emeia; 4, V. V. ophiocephaluS; 5, V. V. pa r v uS; 6, V. V. tibetanuS; 7, V. V. validuS (scale bars = 1.0 mm).