Hebetingis iongai, Guilbert, Eric, 2006

Guilbert, Eric, 2006, New species and new records of Tingidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of New Guinea, Zootaxa 1117, pp. 37-68 : 44-46

Hebetingis iongai sp. n. ( Fig. 7 )

Material examined: 1M, New Guinea, NE, Iongai , 10km E Mt Albert Edward, 1800–1850m, 8–10.XI.1965, J. Sedlacek, BPBM.

Description: Body ovate, clear brown to yellowish, two brown spots on each hemelytron at the apex of discoidal area and the anterior third of costal and subcostal areas; head, calli, hind tarsi, body beneath, and some transversal costal veins brown. Body length: 4.13; width: 2.17 (opposite humeri: 1.40).

Head pilose on top, armed with five long, slender spines; apex of occipital spines reaching base of frontal spines; bucculae long, and narrow, triseriate, open in front; rostral sulcus wide, open posteriorly; rostrum reaching second abdominal segment; third and fourth antennal segments missing; first and second stout, antennal segments measurements: I, 0.17; II, 0.12.

Pronotum wide, strongly gibbose, tricarinate, carinae raised but very narrow, uniseriate, the areolae tiny, collar long and wide, five areolae long, not raised; paranota mostly triseriate, raised but not appressed to the pronotum.

Hemelytra wider than the pronotum, sharply widened at base; costal area five areolae wide at widest part, otherwise mostly four areolae wide, the areolae larger than on other areas, subcostal area nearly vertical, quadriseriate, the areolae small, discoidal area half the length of hemelytra, ten areolae wide at widest part, sutural area large, ten areolae wide at widest part.

Etymology: The name refers to the location of the specimen.

Comments: Hebetingis includes two species, one from New Guinea and one from Borneo ( Drake 1960). It is similar to H. adeia Drake , but the labium extends beyond metasternum; the paranota are triseriate, reflexed but not resting onto it as in H. adeia ; the costal area is pentaseriate; and the subcostal area is quadriseriate. Hebetingis adeia is slightly longer (length, 4.50) but as wide (width, 2.17, at opposite humeri, 1.33). It differs from H. crux Péricart (1992) by the much wider costal area and paranota.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Hebetingis iongai sp. n., habitus. Scale 1 mm.