Daleapidea decorata (Uhler)

Forero, D., 2008, Revision And Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Hadronema Group (Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini), With Descriptions Of New Genera And New Species, And Comments On The Neotropical Genus Tupimiris, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2008 (312), pp. 1-172 : 75-76

Daleapidea decorata (Uhler) Figures 19, 21–23

Hadronema decorata Uhler, 1894: 251 [n. sp.]; Carvalho, 1958: 68 [catalog].

Hadronema decoratum: Steyskal, 1973: 207 [emendation].

Hadronema (Aoplonema) decoratum: Henry and Wheeler, 1988: 410 [catalog].

Daleapidea decorata: Schuh, 1989: 165 [new combination, redescription, distribution, hosts]; Schuh, 1995: 102 [catalog].

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the bright orange scutellum and the overall black dorsum with a white fascia on claval suture and a white cuneus (fig. 2); the setose legs and abdomen; and the narrow apex of the right paramere on male (fig. 21).

Daleapidea decorata is easily distinguished from D. albescens and D. daleae by the darker hemelytra with white cuneus (fig. 2), and by the structure of the right paramere (fig. 21).

REDESCRIPTION: Male: Medium size, total length 3.78–4.31. COLORATION: Black with white and orange markings (fig. 2). HEAD: Black; clypeus with three longitudinal irregular shiny spotted areas, apically shiny black; frons with two longitudinal areas of oblique irregular shiny lines; vertex next to eyes weakly pale brown; mandibular plates yellow brown; maxillary plates reddish black, apically shiny black; suture at base of plates connecting antennal socket with eye black; gena anteriorly and below eyes pale brown; eyes black; labrum and labium dark brown, shiny, labial segment I weakly dull; antennae black. THORAX: Collar and pronotum black, calli black with shiny areas, posterior lobe of pronotum with wrinkles suffused with dark gray; mesoscutum medially pale orange, laterally black; scutellum bright orange; proepisternum black; proepimeron black anteriorly, suffused with black posteriorly; meso- and metapleuron black, sometimes reddish black at center; apex of prosternum gray; venter black. Hemelytra: Black; clavus black with anal vein and area adjacent to claval suture whitish; corium black, embolium whitish; cuneus white, posteriorly black; membrane fuscous, veins black. Legs: Black. ABDOMEN: Black, sternites medially weakly pale. GENITALIA: Genital capsule and parameres black, proctiger dark brown. STRUC- TURE: HEAD: Dull; buccula not expanded laterally, with not so long sparse setae; labrum about half as long as buccula; labium reaching mesocoxa; apex of antennal segment II not expanded, cylindrical, uniformly setose. THORAX: Scutellum anteriorly concave, disc weakly rounded; proepisternum with long setae, weakly produced laterally; metepisternum with peritreme and evaporatory area absent. Legs: Coxae with medium-sized setae on anterior and posterior surfaces; trochanters with sparse medium-sized setae; pro- and mesofemur densely setose, ventral surface with setae at least half as long as femoral width; metafemur with short sparse setae, curved posteriorly in dorsal view; protibia with apical expanded area covered laterally with dense enlarged setae; mesotarsus without long lateral setae. ABDOMEN: Sternites with medium-sized dense setae; segments II–VI flat, not keeled. GENITALIA (fig. 21): Ventrolateral projection of genital capsule broad and rounded; left paramere with apicoventral process blunt, apex of paramere dorsally not produced, medial dorsal surface rounded, not produced; right paramere apically narrow, subparallel, and rounded, medial dorsal process small and blunt; left spicule with rami subparallel, weakly denticulate, reaching apex of right spicule; right spicule gently curved upward weakly widening toward apex, finely denticulate apically.

Female: Similar to male but larger and wider, total length 4.48–4.81. COLORA- TION: Mostly similar to male (fig. 2). HEAD: Vertex with area next to eyes pale orange, medial marking orange; mandibular and maxillary plates orange or pale orange, maxillary plates apically black, sutures black; gena and gula orange. THORAX: Collar pale gray or orange; anterior area between calli pale orange; posterior lobe of pronotum gray; proepisternum orange, base of procoxal suture with a black spot; proepimeron anteriorly orange, posteriorly gray; meso- and metapleuron reddish black; prosternum whitish. Legs: Procoxa pale orange; meso- and metacoxa pale orange on medial surface; basal portion of trochanters weakly pale; femora apically with paired lateral pale orange spots. ABDOMEN: Sternites white, area below spiracles black; subgenital plate dark brown, adjacent areas on sternite VII pale; sternites VIII and IX black; ovipositor black. STRUCTURE: Similar to male. GENITALIA: Interramal sclerites ovate (fig. 22); dorsal lobes of interramal sclerites oblong, weakly elongate, densely covered with microtrichia (fig. 22); sclerotized rings with lateral margin subparallel, posterior margin weakly produced, accessory sclerite enlarged, blunt apically (fig. 22); ventral protuberance of ventral labiate plate not sclerotized, weakly produced (fig. 23).

DISTRIBUTION: Only known from central Baja California, Mexico (fig. 19).

HOSTS: The only collection event with recorded plant data is with P. emoryi (Fabaceae) . It is not known if this species may occur on other species of Psorothamnus , as is the case with the other species of Daleapidea .

DISCUSSION: D. decorata is known from a few localities in Baja California. Further collecting is needed not only to expand the known range for this species, but also to

address the issue of multiple hosts on species of Psorothamnus .

LECTOTYPE FEMALE: MEXICO: Baja California: San Luis, [28.43333 ° N 113.75 ° W], 01 Apr 1889, Charles D. Haines, ‘‘ Hadronema decorata Uhler’’, P.R. Uhler collection, ‘‘ Hadronema decorata Uhler’’ P. R. Uhler det., ‘‘ Hadronema decorata Uhler’’ Lectotype det. R.T. Schuh, 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00070389) (USNM).

PARALECTOTYPES: MEXICO: Baja California: San Luis, 28.43333 ° N 113.75 ° W, 01 Apr 1889, Charles D. Haines, 13 (AMNH_ PBI 00070463), 2♀ (AMNH_PBI 00070457, AMNH_PBI 00070458) (USNM).

OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED: MEX- ICO: Baja California: 53 km W of Punta Prieta toward Bahia de los Angeles, 28.97187 ° N 113.73793 ° W, 340 m, 22 Apr 1985, R.T. Schuh and B.M. Massie, Psorothamnus emoryi (A. Gray) Rydb. (Fabaceae) , 533 (AMNH_PBI 00100342–AMNH_PBI 00100380, AMNH_ PBI 00100413–AMNH_PBI 00100425, AMNH_ PBI 00102773), 47♀ (AMNH_PBI 00100381– AMNH_PBI 00100412, AMNH_PBI 00100426– AMNH_PBI 00100439; AMNH_PBI 00102757) (AMNH), Psorothamnus emoryi (A. Gray) Rydb. (Fabaceae) , 23 (AMNH_PBI 00070461, AMNH_PBI 00070462), 2♀ (AMNH_PBI 00070464, AMNH_PBI 00070465) (USNM).