Montagneria nataliae, Gierlasiński & Taszakowski, 2024

Gierlasiński, Grzegorz & Taszakowski, Artur, 2024, Contribution to the hyaliodine fauna (Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Hyaliodini) of New Caledonia with a description of two new species and a checklist of New Caledonian plant bugs, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 229-246 : 235

Montagneria nataliae sp. nov.

Figs. 5–8

Diagnosis: Montagneria nataliae sp. nov. is recognized by the following combination of characters: dorsum light brown to yellowish brown, mottled with reddish markings ( Figs 5A, B ); body length in male 5.12 mm; in female 4.61 mm; scape short, in male 1.07x, in female 1.02x as long as head width, scape in male 3.14x, in female 2.5x as long as interocular distance; pedicel in male 1.67x, in female 1.27x as long as head width; scape with two brownish rings ( Figs 5A, B ); ocular index in male 1.04, in female 1.42; vertex with short, shallow sulcus ( Figs 6A, B ); scutellum and clavus with long setae ( Figs 5C, D ); clavus and corium very poorly and indistinctly punctulate; legs with short setae ( Figs 5C, D ); pronotum punctulate excluding callosite region ( Fig. 6A ). Left paramere with strongly swollen sensory lobe; apophysis elongate, lobately expanded in the distal part, tapered apically ( Fig. 6 C ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Montagneria nataliae sp. nov., holotype, male, dorsal (A) and lateral (C) views, paratype, female, dorsal (B) and lateral (D) views.

FIGURE 6. Montagneria nataliae sp. nov., SEM micrographs; holotype, male (A, B, D, F) and paratype female (C, E). Head and pronotum, dorsal view (A), head, anterior view (B), head, lateral view (C), metathoracic scent gland (D), scutellum (E), pretarsal structure of the hind leg (F).

FIGURE 7. Montagneria nataliae sp. nov., male genitalia: pygophore (A), aedeagus (B), left paramere (C), and right paramere (D).

FIGURE 8. Distribution map of Montagneria nataliae sp. nov. in New Caledonia.