Zanchismeopsidea Henry

Henry, Thomas J., 2015, Revision of the Ceratocapsine Renodaeus group: Marinonicoris, Pilophoropsis, Renodaeus, and Zanchisme, with descriptions of four new genera (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae), ZooKeys 490, pp. 1-156 : 98

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Zanchismeopsidea Henry gen. n.

Type species:

Zanchismeopsidea diegoi Henry, sp. n.

Diagnosis.

Zanchismeopsidea is distinguished by the distinctly narrow anterior lobe of the pronotum, armed with two large, apically blunt tubercles; a distinct collar; strongly convex posterior pronotal lobe; conical scutellum; the polished hemelytron with a loose band of narrow, white, scale-like setae across the base of the corium and onto the middle of the clavus; and the male genitalia.

Description.

Length 3.62 mm. Overall elongate, slender, subparallel, macropterous. Head triangular, 1.5 times broader than long; basal margin truncate; eyes prominent, coarsely faceted; frons flattened, transversely rugose. Pronotum bilobed, shiny; anterior lobe narrowed, width about half width of posterior lobe, armed with two, stout, bluntly pointed tubercles, collar wide, flattened; posterior lobe strongly convex, about two times wider than long, impunctate (or only very finely and indistinctly so). Mesoscutum broadly exposed, flat, shiny. Scutellum equilateral, shiny, bluntly conical. Hemelytron shiny, impunctate, with a broad loose band of silvery, scale-like setae across base of corium and clavus, intermixed with a few long, erect, bristle-like setae on clavus and apical margin of corium; membrane with two closed cells. Genitalia relatively simple; left paramere bilobed with left lobe apically truncate and right lobe more slender; right paramere with simple trunk and one slender, recurved arm and a small spine on backside; and phallotheca with a distinct beak-like apical process.

Etymology.

The name of this new genus is formed from the combination of the generic name Zanchisme and the suffix from the generic name Pilophoropsidea , and is used to denote the close relationship of the three genera. The gender is feminine.

Discussion.

This interesting new genus shares characteristics with both Zanchisme and Pilophoropsidea . The distinctly constricted anterior lobe of the pronotum is shared with Zanchisme , whereas the shiny hemelytron with a loose patch of white, scale-like setae across the base of the pronotum and through the middle of the clavus is most similar to the setal plan of species of Pilophoropsidea . It can be distinguished from both genera by the combination of characters listed above and the structure of the male genitalia.