Ceratocapsidea bahamaensis 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 : 10-12

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Ceratocapsidea bahamaensis Henry sp. n. Figs 25, 152-155

Diagnosis.

This species (Fig. 25) is best distinguished by the overall brown coloration, impunctate head and pronotum, evenly punctate hemelytron with erect, scattered, simple setae, intermixed with silvery scale-like setae on the clavus and corium, and the distinctive male genitalia, including the bilobed left paramere (Fig. 152), the complex right paramere (Figs 154, 155) with two arms visible from caudal view, one long and slender, and one bifid apically, and a large flared or fan-like inner process, and the relatively simple, apically acute phallotheca (Fig. 153) with a subapical notch.

Description.

Male (n = 4; holotype measurements in parentheses): Length to apex of membrane 3.30-3.58 mm (3.50 mm), width 1.12-1.28 mm (1.15 mm). Head: Width 0.74-0.77 mm (0.74 mm), interocular width 0.26-0.27 mm (0.27 mm). Labium: Length 1.31-1.41 mm (1.38 mm). Antenna: Segment I, 0.32-0.35 (0.30 mm); II, 0.91-0.96 (0.94 mm); III, 0.48-0.54 (0.54 mm); IV, 0.48-0.50 (0.50 mm). Pronotum: Length 0.66-0.69 mm (0.69 mm); basal width 1.06-1.12 mm (1.12 mm).

Coloration: Head: Yellowish brown to dark brown. Antenna: Segment I yellowish brown, with a red dash near base; segment II yellowish brown, apex red; segment IV yellowish brown on basal half, reddish brown on distal half; segment IV reddish brown. Pronotum: Anterior lobe dull yellowish brown to dark brown; posterior lobe shiny dark brown. Scutellum: Yellowish brown to dark brown. Hemelytron: Clavus and basal half of corium yellowish brown, apical half of corium dark brown; cuneus dark brown to reddish brown, except for paler inner angle (paracuneus); membrane pale or whitish on basal half, dark smoky brown on apical half. Ventral surface: Overall yellowish brown; abdomen dark shiny brown, paler basally. Ostiolar evaporative area: White. Legs: Uniformly yellowish brown to dark brown.

Structure, texture, and vestiture: Dorsal surface shiny overall. Head: Impunctate, vertex transversely finely granulate. Labium: Extending to middle of hind coxae or base of abdomen. Pronotum: Impunctate, anterior lobe and calli finely granulate, posterior lobe more polished and smooth; scutellum transversely rugose with fine, brown-stained punctures. Hemelytron: Evenly scattered with brown-stained punctures. Head and pronotum with recumbent and semierect simple setae; hemelytron with scattered, long, erect, simple setae, intermixed with white, flattened, scale-like setae on clavus and basal half of corium.

Male genitalia: Left paramere (Fig. 152) bilobed, right lobe weakly curved and apically acute (tip broken and blunt in holotype); left lobe strongly curved downward and apically pointed. Right paramere (Figs 154, 155) with elongate main stem and two lateral arms, the shorter one bifid apically, inner surface with a wide fan-like process extending downward into a curved spine. Phallotheca and endosoma (Fig. 153) tapering to a point apicially, with a subapical notch.

Female: Unknown.

Etymology.

Named after the Bahama Islands where the only four known specimens were collected.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahama Islands.

Type material.

Holotype ♂: BAHAMAS:Nassau:New Providence Co.: 24 Jun 1972, F. D. Bennett, blacklight trap (00286325) (USNM). Paratypes: BAHAMAS:Nassau:New Providence Co.: 24 Jun 1972, F. D. Bennett, blacklight trap, 1♂ (00286324) (USNM). 16 Apr 1953, E.B. Hayden, at light, 2♂♂ (00286049, 00286050) (AMNH).