Wallabicoris, New Genus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini) From Australia, With The Description Of 37 New Species And An Analysis Of Host Associations
Schuh, R. T.
P. Pedraza
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2010
2010-06-03
2010
338
1
118
7G6LY
Schuh & P. Pedraza, 2010
Schuh & P. Pedraza
2010
[752,957,619,642]
Insecta
Miridae
Wallabicoris
Animalia
Hemiptera
33
34
Arthropoda
species
ellae
sp. nov.
DIAGNOSIS: Recognized uniquely by the large size, mean total length 5.47, and the cream-colored dorsum covered with irregular discrete carmine blotches on the posterior pronotal lobe, scutellum, clavus, corium, and cuneus (pl. 2). Male genitalia as in figure 10. Breeds on Keraudrenia(Sterculiaceae).
DESCRIPTION: Male: Body moderately elongate, parallel sided, total length 5.22– 5.76, ratio l/w 5 3.27. COLORATION (pl. 2): Pronotum pale with carmine botches; hemelytron with carmine botches; red fascia on corium/clavus absent; markings on cune- Fig. 10. Wallabicoris ellae, male genitalia (AMNH_PBI 00133270). us present as individual carmine blotches; membrane unicolorous pale with a few small carmine markings, veins white, extreme base unicolorous with remainder; venter unicolorous pale or mostly so; antennal segment 1 yellow to dirty yellow, with one or two black medial setae; antennal segment 2 unicolorous pale; labium pale with segment 4 heavily infuscate; hind femora with many brown or black spots; hind tibial spines dark with very small dark bases. SURFACE AND VESTI- TURE: Dorsum with black setae intermixed with pale setae on hemleytron, and with some sericeous or woolly setae. STRUC- TURE: Head:Moderately projecting, ratio wh/lh 5 3.28; antennal fossa with ventral margin 1 diameter above ventral margin of eye; interocular space moderately large, ratio iod/wh 5 0.38; eyes occupying entire height of head in lateral view (hg0–1/he20); labium reaching from abdominal midpoint to margin of pygophore. GENITALIA (fig. 10): Endosoma:Base moderately long, with an open U-shaped bend; distal half of shaft more or less straight and erect; primary endosomal strap elongate apically, ratio lae/ lsg 2.50; apex of primary endosomal strap nearly straight; secondary endosomal strap very slender, of uniform width from endosomal bend to gonopore, reaching to level of secondary gonopore, smoothly curving over entire length; secondary gonopore seen laterally in lateral view of endosoma. Phallotheca:More or less right angulate, dorsal surface with a hump; dorsal surface with a conspicuous keel. Left Paramere:Body relatively short, just exceeding margin of pygophore; in dorsal perspective open over nearly entire length; body tapered toward apex in lateral perspective; anterior process arising slightly forward of posterior margin of shaft; anterior process angled posterodorsally; posterior process flattened, broadest at angulate apex; posterior process with strongly projecting shoulder at base; base of posterior process at least somewhat elevated above level of paramere body. Right Paramere:Body elongate and slender, ratio lrp/ wrp 4.25; body more or less parallel sided; posterior margin without distinct protuberance subapically; body elevated at juncture with base; apex with a weakly elongate fingerlike process.
ETYMOLOGY: Named for Ella Massie- Schuh, in recognition of her contributions to this project.
HOSTS: Recorded only from Keraudrenia integrifoliaSteud. (Sterculiaceae)(pl. 11E).
DISTRIBUTION (map 2): Known from the Goldfields region of Western Australia.
DISCUSSION: The distribution of Keraudrenia integrifoliais much wider than the known distribution of W. ellae, which appears to be restricted to the Goldfields region of Western Australia.
HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 28 kmS of Menzies, 29.92835 °S 121.1231 °E, 600 m, 24 Oct 1996, Schuh and Cassis, Keraudrenia integrifoliaSteud. (Sterculiaceae), det. PERTH staff PERTH 05120756, 13 (AMNH_PBI 00133268) ( WAMP). PARATYPES: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 28 kmS of Menzies, 29.92835 °S 121.1231 °E, 600 m, 24 Oct 1996, Schuh and Cassis, Keraudrenia integrifoliaSteud. (Sterculiaceae), det. PERTH staff PERTH 05120756, 73 (00089077–00089083), 23♀(00087925, 00089052–00089073) ( AM), 183 (00133267, 00133269–00133270–00133272–00133275, 001- 33280, 00136232–00136240), 25♀(00133302, 00133281–00133290–00133292, 00133297, 00136241–00136246–00136248–00136251) ( AMNH), 53 (00087176, 00087454, 00087- 918, 00089084–00089085), 5♀(00087177, 00087923–00087924, 00087926–00087927) ( UNSW), 53 (00087919, 00133276–00133279), 17♀(00087920–00087922, 00089074–00089076, 00133293–00133296, 00133298–00133301, 00133303–00133305) ( WAMP). 82.2 kmW of Agnew toward Sandstone, 28.01057 °S 119.9455 °E, 650 m, 26 Oct 1996, Schuh and Cassis, Keraudrenia integrifoliaSteud. (Sterculiaceae), det. PERTH staff PERTH 05095166, 1♀(00090860) ( AM). Boorabin Rock, 31.12 °S 120.17 °E, 04 Oct 1981– 09 Oct 1981, T.F. Houston, Light Trap, 1♀(00202567) ( WAMP).