Arhaphe breviata Barber, 1924

Stehlík, Jaroslav L. & Kment, Petr, 2011, Redescription of Pararhaphe and review of Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) of America north of Mexico, Zootaxa 3058, pp. 35-54 : 43

Arhaphe breviata Barber, 1924

( Figs. 4 , 10–11 )

Arhaphe breviata Barber, 1924: 227 –228 (description, key, faunistics). Holotype: 3, USA: Kansas, Geary Co. (USNM). Arhaphe breviata: Hussey (1929): 27 (catalog, distribution).

Arhaphe breviata: Torre-Bueno (1941): 114 (key to species, distribution). Arhaphe breviata: Torre-Bueno (1942): 68 (list).

Arhaphe breviata: Froeschner (1944): 645 , 666 (key).

Arhaphe breviata: Lattin (1958): 219 (morphology, stridulatory apparatus). Arhaphe breviata: Halstead (1972): 2 –3 (key, distribution).

Arhaphe breviata: Brailovsky & Marquez (1974): 102 (distribution). Arhaphe breviata: Brailovsky (1981): 85 , 105 (key).

Arhaphe breviata: Henry (1988): 160 (catalog, distribution).

Type material examined. Paratypes: USA: Kansas: 3, Trego Co., November 14, Barber det. ( MMBC); Ƥ, Kiowa Co., May 17, Barber det. ( MMBC).

Differential diagnosis. Arhaphe breviata differs from A. arguta by its smaller size (body length: A. breviata — 3: 7.24 mm, Ƥ: 8.69 mm; A. arguta —3: 8.69–9.34 mm, ƤƤ: 9.61–10.04 mm), and narrower head (width of head including eyes: A. breviata —3: 1.84 mm, Ƥ: 2.00 mm; A. arguta —3: 2.05–2.29 mm, ƤƤ: 2.32–2.51 mm). In A. breviata the inner margin of corium is white with a row of black punctures ( Fig. 11 ), while in A. arguta it is narrowly bordered with black ( Figs. 8–9). In A. brevita the silvery pubescence of the abdominal ventrites IV–VI is missing anterolaterally in the form of a large oval patch ( Fig. 12 ), whereas in A. arguta the ventrites are covered with continuous silvery pubescence except only small triangular patches in the anterolateral angles ( Fig. 10 ). (See also Key above).

Distribution. USA: Kansas ( Barber 1924, Torre-Bueno 1941, Halstead 1972, Henry 1988).

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 7. Head and pronotum in lateral view: 3 — Arhaphe arguta (Bliven, 1956); 4 — A. breviata Barber, 1924; 5 — A. cicindeloides Walker, 1873; 6 — A. mimetica Barber, 1911; 7 — Pararhaphe sphaeroides (Distant, 1883).

FIGURES 9 – 14. Habitus of body (9, 11, 13 — dorsal view; 10, 12, 14 — lateral view): 9 – 10 — Arhaphe arguta (Bliven, 1956) (USA: Arizona: Madera Canyon; 9 — 3, 10 — Ƥ); 11 – 12 — A. breviata Barber, 1924 (USA: Kansas: Kiowa Co.; Ƥ paratype); 13 – 14 — A. carolina Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850 (13 — 3, USA: Florida: Putnam Co.; 14 — Ƥ, USA: Florida: Alachua Co.). (Photos: P. Kment).