Pilophoropsidea fuscata 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 : 54-55

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Pilophoropsidea fuscata Henry sp. n. Figs 58, 230-233

Diagnosis.

This species (Fig. 58) is recognized by the dark brown coloration; the smooth, highly polished pronotum; the male genitalia, particularly the left paramere (Figs 230, 231) with a wing-shaped median process and the C-shaped right paramere (Fig. 233) with a median spine; and the short, stout spine on the male genital aperture just above the left paramere.

Description.

Male (n = 2; holotype measurements in parentheses): Length 4.20 mm (3.84 mm), width 1.28 mm (1.24 mm). Head: Width 0.84 mm (0.82 mm), interocular width 0.44 mm (0.42 mm). Labium: Length ca. 1.50 mm [bent] (imbedded in glue). Antenna: Segment I, length 0.26 mm (0.28 mm); II, 0.92 mm (0.91 mm); III, 0.58 mm (0.54 mm); IV, 0.54 mm (0.56 mm). Pronotum: Length 0.84 mm (0.80 mm), basal width 1.10 mm (1.16 mm).

Coloration: Head: Shiny brown to reddish brown. Antenna: Segment I pale brown, with a red mark on basal third; segment II brown to fuscous; segments III and IV brown to fuscous. Pronotum: Brown to fuscous. Scutellum: Brown to fuscous. Hemelytron: Uniformly dark orange brown on basal half, dark brown to fuscous on apical half; membrane smoky brown to black, with a pale spot near apex of cuneus and pale at base between areoles. Ventral surface: Shiny brown, becoming more fuscous on abdomen. Ostiolar evaporative area: White, with enlarged anterior knob at end of scent channel dull red. Legs: Uniformly brown to reddish brown, tarsi slightly paler brown.

Structure, texture, and vestiture: Head: Frons finely transversely rugose, pubescence short, recumbent, with a few long, erect, pale setae along base of vertex and near basal area of clypeus. Labium: Extending to hind coxae. Antenna: Segment II slender, gradually enlarging to apex. Pronotum: Shiny, polished, disc smooth, calli granulate, weakly defined, collar transversely striate; pubescence short, recumbent, and very sparse. Scutellum: With silvery scale-like setae across apical half except apex, intermixed with long, erect, pale, simple setae. Hemelytron: Uniformly polished; with a narrow band of silvery scale-like setae across base of clavus and a wider one through middle of corium and across apical third of clavus, intermixed with a row of four long, erect, pale, simple setae on clavus and three or four on inner corial margin bordering membrane.

Male genitalia: Aperture with a distinct stout spine along margin just above left paramere. Left paramere (Figs 230, 231): Apex long and slender with a short, decurved, truncate apex; basal process stout, rounded apically; middle process wing-like, dorsally serrate arising from within base of V formed by basal and apical processes. Right paramere (Fig. 233): Somewhat stout, bulbous at middle, apical half forming a recurved C with a short spine arising from middle. Phallotheca (Fig. 232): Thickest basally, narrowing apically, with a stout, slightly curving, truncate apex.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology.

The specific epithet “fuscata”, is given to denote the overall dark brown to fuscous coloration.

Distribution.

Known from Arizona and New Mexico in the United States and Durango in Mexico.

Host.

Unknown.

Type material.

Holotype: ♂: USA:Arizona: Cochise Co.: Pinery Canyon, Chiricahua Mts., 4500 to 5000 ft., VIII–21– 1932, D. K. Duncan, J. C. Lutz collection 1961 (00162219 (USNM). Paratypes: MEXICO:Durango: Durango, June 16, 1964, L. A. Kelton, 1♂ (CNC). USA:Arizona [Cochise County]: Chiricahua Mts., (Rustlers Pk.), VII–5– 40, D. E. Hardy, 1♂ (KU). New Mexico:McKinley Co., Gallup, VII–14– 1977, R. P. Allen, 1♂ (CDFA). Santa Fe Co., 6 mi. E. Tusuque, VII–4– 84, J. T. Polhemus & D. A. Polhemus, 1♂ (JTP).