Armatillus orthocephaloides ( Breddin, 1912 )

Stehlík, Jaroslav L. & Jindra, Zdeněk, 2008, New taxa of the Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Oriental Region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2), pp. 611-648 : 631

Armatillus orthocephaloides ( Breddin, 1912)

( Figs. 26-27 , 36 )

Material examined. MALAYSIA: KALIMANTAN: SARAWAK: Kapit distr. , Rumah Ugap env., Sut riv., 3.-9.iii.1994, 1 J 2 ♀♀, P. Bílek lgt. ( ZJPC) ; Kapit distr. , Kapit env., 1.iii.1994, 1 ♀, J. Horák lgt. ( ZJPC) ; Kapit distr. , Sebong, Baleh riv., 9.-21.iii.1994, 1 J 4 ♀♀, S. Bílý lgt. ( NMPC) .

Variation. For comparison with A. sulawesiensis sp. nov., we provide measurements (all in mm) of one male and one female from Sarawak.

Male (brachypterous). Body length 3.83; head: length 0.54; width (including eyes) 1.24, interocular width 0.84; lengths of antennomeres: 1 – 0.65, 2 – 0.49, 3 – 0.27, 4 – 0.57; pronotum: total length 0.97, width 1.89; scutellum: length 0.81, width 1.13; corium: length 2.21, width 1.08.

Female (brachypterous). Body length 4.51; head: length 0.54; width (including eyes) 1.46, interocular width 1.03; lengths of antennomeres: 1 – 0.73, 2 – 0.54, 3 – 0.30, 4 – 0.62; pronotum: total length 1.13, width 2.21; scutellum: length 0.92, width 1.30; corium: length 2.75, width 1.51.

Distribution. Described from Malaysia, Sabah ( BREDDIN 1912). BLÖTE (1931) mentioned this species from the Indonesian part of Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur province, Upper Mahakan river), close to the border with Sarawak. New for Sarawak.

Figures

Figs. 24-27. Habitus. 24-25. Armatillus sulawesiensis sp. nov.: 24 – holotype, J (3.83 mm); 25 – paratype, ♀ (5.13 mm). 26-27 – A. orthocephaloides (Breddin, 1912): 26 – J (3.83 mm); 27 – ♀ (4.51 mm). Photo: L. Dembický.

Figs. 35-39. Pygophore (posterior view). 35 – Armatillus sulawesiensis sp. nov.; 36 – A. orthocephaloides (Breddin, 1912); 37 – Brancucciana (Rubriascopus) orientalis sp. nov.; 38 – B. (R.) pygmaea (Distant, 1903); 39 – Euscopus tristis sp. nov.