Chimairacoris flavipes Taszakowski & Cassis, 2023

Taszakowski, Artur, Masłowski, Adrian & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2023, Chimairacoris flavipes sp. nov., (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 5315 (6), pp. 567-574 : 568-572

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8144410

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scientific name

Chimairacoris flavipes Taszakowski & Cassis
status

sp. nov.

Chimairacoris flavipes Taszakowski & Cassis sp. nov.

( Figs 1–3 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 )

Diagnosis. Readily distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: body shape ellipsoidal, pronotum more than twice as wide as long, pro- and metafemur without robust spines and all legs yellow. Sclerotized rings thick-rimmed, with distinct lateral infoldings; gonapophysis 9 ramus toughened, without an inner, triangular process anterodorsally.

Description. Female. Body ellipsoidal, dorsoventrally flattened, length 3.2 mm ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2A, C View FIGURE 2 ). Coloration. Body generally fuscous ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ). Eyes silver-reddish. Apical part of fourth antennomere brownish. Labrum brown; labium yellowish-brown, fourth segment darker in distal part. Hemelytral membrane smoky brown. Legs yellow except coxa black ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). Abdomen black. Surface and Vestiture. Body shining, impunctate, slightly rugose, with uniformly distributed, dense, short, pale pubescence ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2A, B View FIGURE 2 ); head with delicate erect pubescence, vertex and buccula with long, reclining setae ( Fig. 2A–D View FIGURE 2 ); antennae with adherent and erect setae; thoracic pleura partially glabrous ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); coxae with dense patches of hairlike microtrichia; profemur with long yellow setae; tibia with yellow setae and rows of short dark spines; abdominal segment IX with long, brown setae ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Structure. Head: short and oblique, somewhat porrect, eyes removed from anterior margin of pronotum, lacking sensory setae, and with ommatidia flat ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ); vertex weakly carinate posteriorly; neck-like occipital region present; buccula narrow, parallel-sided ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ). Antenna: inserted at ventral margin of eye, antennomere I short, weakly thickened, subconical, II thick, fusiform, antennomeres III and IV thinner than II, fusiform, combined length, shorter than II. Labium: thick and very short, not exceeding middle of procoxa; segment I very short, almost completely retractable under clypeus, subequal in length to buccula ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2B, C View FIGURE 2 ). Thorax: pronotum trapeziform, short, lateral margins without carina, posterior margin deeply concave; calli barely visible; propleuron covering almost entire procoxa ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 2C View FIGURE 2 ); mesoscutum largely exposed; scutellum flat. Metathoracic spiracle visible. Metathoracic scent efferent system: evaporatory area triangular; ostiolar peritreme large, tongue-like. Mesosternum greatly enlarged, shieldlike. Metasternum narrow, subrectangulate. Hemelytron generally flat; lateral margin rounded; cuneus distinct, weakly reflexed at costal fracture; single membrane cell ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Legs: short; procoxae cylindrical, contiguous medially; pterothoracic coxae in close proximity; femora robust, femoral trichobothria very short, without trichome; spiculae present ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ); tibia short, slightly longer than femora; tarsi expanded distally; hindtarsal tarsomeres I and II subequal in length, together equal to tarsomere III ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); claws broad, angulate, strongly toothed at base; parempodia broad, lamellate, strongly convergent distally; pulvillus triangulate, well-developed ( Fig. 2G, H View FIGURE 2 ). Abdomen: as wide as hemelytron. Genitalia: as in Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ; bursa copulatrix membranous with weakly distinct elements; seminal depository large; sclerotized rings thick-rimmed, with distinct lateral infoldings; gonapophysis 9 ramus toughened, without an inner, triangular process anterodorsally; gonapophyses 8 and 9 serrate, gonapophyses 8 with apex sharpened, gonapophyses 9 with apex blunt.

Measurements (in mm) (n=3).

Body. Length, clypeus-apex of membrane: 3.20; width: 1.26.

Head. Length in dorsal view, excluding collar: 0.42; width, including compound eyes: 0.88; interocular space: 0.50; eye dorsal width: 0.20; length in dorsal view: 0.29.

Antenna. Length of antennomeres: I: 0.21; II: 0.40; III: 0.25; IV: 0.26.

Labium. Total length: 0.68; length of segment I: 0.16; II: 0.19; III: 0.15; IV: 0.21.

Pronotum. Mesal length: 0.49; posterior maximal width (straight): 1.11.

Mesoscutum. Mesal length: 0.21.

Scutellum. Anterior width: 0.62; mesal length: 0.52.

Hind leg. Femur length: 0.75; femur width 0.27; tibia length: 0.86; tarsus length: 0.24; length of tarsal segment I: 0.07; II: 0,06; III: 0.14.

Hemelytron. Claval commissure: 0.44; heme length: 2.22; corium length: 1.31; outer cuneal margin length (straight): 0.41; cuneus width: 0.54.

Etymology. This species is named for its yellow legs.

Material examined. Holotype (♀): ’ NEW CALEDONIA (S) \ 21°35.179’S 165°46.444’E \ Col d’Amieu 450 m \ at light \ 14.03.2008 \ leg. R. Dobosz & T. Blaik’; USMB: 5915/ 12739 GoogleMaps . Paratypes (♀): ’ NEW CALEDONIA (S) \ 21°37.632’S 165°45.830’E \ Farino env. rainforest, at light \ Les Grandes Fougeres \ 12.03.2008 467 m \ leg. R. Dobosz & T. Blaik’; USMB: 5915/ 11146; (♀) GoogleMaps : ’ NEW CALEDONIA (S) \ 21°37.632’S 165°45.830’E \ Farino env. rainforest, at light \ Les Grandes Fougeres \ 11.03.2008 467 m \ leg. R. Dobosz & T. Blaik’; USMB: 5915/ 12519 GoogleMaps .

Holotype deposited in MNHN; paratypes deposited in USMB.

Distribution. New Caledonia ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ).

Biology. Unknown. All the specimens were collected at night attracted to a light trap (bulb “MIX”- type 250 W,

E40) in the ecotone zone of the rainforest (see Malipatil et al. 2022, Fig. 8).

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Chimairacoris

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