Petalops jactatus, Brailovsky, 2021

Brailovsky, Harry, 2021, Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes, Zootaxa 4985 (4), pp. 564-573 : 566-567

Petalops jactatus sp. nov.

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Description. Female. Dorsal coloration. Head and antennal segments I–II pale orange; III–IV missing; pronotum pale orange with posterior margin dark orange with bluish green reflections; scutellum dark brown, with bluish green reflections and lateral margins and apex pale yellow; clavus brown, vein pale orange and surface with bluish green reflections; corium pale brown, costal and apical borders and veins pale orange and surface scattered with bluish green reflections; hemelytral membrane pale brown with basal angle darker; connexival segments III–VII pale orange with posterior border of VI–VII black; segments VIII–IX dark orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, VII black with middle third of anterior margin pale orange and VIII–IX black. Ventral coloration. Head, rostrum, thorax, anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme, fore and middle legs, and coxae, trochanters, tibiae and tarsi of hind leg shiny pale orange; hind femora pale reddish orange with most of the spines black; abdominal sterna III–VI pale shiny orange, VII black with lateral margins pale shiny orange, gonocoxa I and paratergite IX black, and paratergite VIII with anterior half pale orange and posterior half black; pleural abdominal margins III–VII pale yellowish orange with posterior angle of VI and VII black. Structure. Rostrum reaching anterior border of abdominal sternite III; humeral angles with stout spine directed outward and slightly backward; posterolateral borders of pronotum with four, short, stout spines; hind femora slightly incrassate.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements (mm). Female. Body length 18.06; head length 1.98; head width across eyes 2.17; interocular distance 0.93; preocular distance 0.97; interocellar distance 0.30; antennal segments: I 2.72, II 3.10, III–IV missing; rostral segments: I 1.40, II 1.45, III 1.73, IV 1.10; pronotum: total length 3.47; maximum width across humeral angles including the spine 5.70; scutellum: length 2.35, width 2.08.

Type material. HOLOTYPE female: ECUADOR: Oriente , San Pablo de Kantesiya, 17-IV-1985, G. Couturier ( UNAM).

Discussion. This new species belong to “ distinguendus “ group and is related to P. proletarius and P. virago by having antennal segments I–II pale orange to castaneous orange, hind femora unicolored, and pronotal disk without wide yellow to orange transverse band running below calli. Petalops jactatus sp. nov. differs from other species by having the head dorsally and meta-acetabulae pale orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, VII black with middle third of anterior margin pale orange, and VIII–IX black. In P. proletarius and P. virago the head dorsally is black with the space between eye and ocelli and short longitudinal stripe between ocelli pale yellow; meta-acetabulae black to dark castaneous with bluish-green reflections; and dorsal abdominal segments III–IX black with pale yellow median longitudinal stripe running from III to middle third of VII segment.

Distribution. Only known from Ecuador.

Etymology. From the Latin “ jacto-tatus ” meaning boasting, bragging; make gestures, display ostentatiously.

Figures

FIGURES 11–18. Dorsal view of Petalops spp. 11, P. distinctus Montandon (male). 12, P. fortunatus Dallas (male). 13, P. graziaea sp. nov. (female). 14, P. jactatus sp. nov. (female). 15, P. luteomaculosus Brailovsky (male). 16, P. napoensis Brailovsky (male). 17, P. proletarius Breddin (male). 18, P. virago Breddin (male).