Ceratocapsidea holguinensis ( Hernandez & Henry) Henry, Thomas J., 2015

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 : 26-27

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Ceratocapsidea holguinensis ( Hernandez & Henry) comb. n. Figs 38, 182-185

Ceratocapsus holguinensis Hernández & Henry, 1999: 209 (orig. descrip.); Hernández and Henry 2010: 107 (diag., color habitus, genitalia).

Diagnosis.

This species (Fig. 38) is distinguished by the overall shiny, reddishbrown coloration; translucent hemelyral membrane becoming smoky brown on the apical half; the yellowish antenna, with segments III and IV and the apex of II red; and the unique male genitalia, with the bifurcate left paramere (Fig. 182) and the complex right paramere (Figs 184, 185) with two slender arms, each with a crenulate basal process.

Description

(in part after Hernández and Henry 1999; holotype measurement not given separately): Male (n = 6): Length 2.85-3.45 mm, width 140- ca.1.43 mm [n =2 for width; hemelytra curled in one specimen]. Head: Length 0.48 mm, width across eyes 0.60-0.75 mm, interocular width 0.30 mm. Labium: Length 1.00 mm. Antenna: Segment I length 0.30 mm; II 0.90-1.05 mm; III 0.45-0.54 mm; IV 0.45 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.30-0.31 mm, basal width 1.05-1.08 mm.

Coloration: General coloration brown. Head: Dark brown; eyes reddish black. Labial segments I and II brown; segments III and IV brown to dark brown. Antenna: Uniformly yellowish brown. Pronotum: Dark shiny brown, sometimes paler brown on anterior margin; scutellum dark brown basally, pale yellow on apex. Hemelytron: Brown, with basal half of clavus and corium more yellowish brown, intermixed with fine brown-stained punctures; cuneus dark brown; membrane translucent brown, with cells clear or transparent. Ventral surface: Propleura and abdominal segments dark brown. Ostiolar evaporataive area: Auricle pale. Legs: Uniformly brown to yellowish brown.

Structure, texture, and vestiture: Head: Slightly rugose, with long, erect, brown setae. Labium: Extending between abdominal segments III–IV. Antenna: Pubescence short, semierect, yellow. Pronotum: Shiny, finely punctate; calli weakly defined, dull, finely granulate. Scutellum: Weakly punctate, with scattered pale scale-like setae intermixed with long, erect setae. Hemelytron: Subparallel, only slightly constricted on basal half, with distinct, brown, setigerous punctures, especially on clavus and corium. Dorsal vestiture long and erect, intermixed with recumbent scale-like setae, especially on pronotum, scutellum, and hemelytron.

Male genitalia: Left paramere (Fig. 182) slender, S-shaped, apical beak-like process slender, weakly pointed distally, middle process broad and distally truncate (rectangular), with a slender basal spine on dorsal side. Right paramere (Figs 184, 185) with two long, recurving arms visible from caudal aspect, the dorsal most arm having a stout, apically rounded, crenulate process at base; and with two processes anteriorly, one short and apically rounded and one long and slender. Phallotheca (Fig. 183): Evenly slender, becoming narrowed and infolded distally.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology.

This species was named for its occurrence in Holgüin Province, Cuba ( Hernández and Henry 1999).

Host.

Unknown. Most or all type material was taken at lights (L. Hernández, pers. comm.).

Distribution.

Described and previously known only from Holgüin Province, Cuba. Cienfuegos is a new province record.

Type material examined.

Holotype ♂: CUBA: Holgüin [Prov.]: Mayari, Loma de l Bandera,, 2.vii.1990, L. F. Armas-V. Beck, charrascal, a la luz, 350 m (IES). Paratypes: 1♂, same data as for holotype (USNM); 1♂, same locality and collectors as for holotype, except with 13.vi.1990, 400 m (USNM).

Additional specimen examined.

CUBA [Cienfuegos Prov.]: Soledad nr.Cienfuegos, 6 –20– VIII, N. Banks,1♂ (AMNH).