Edessa (E.) phoenicopus Dallas, 1851

Mendonça, Maria Thayane Da Silva, Silva, Valéria Juliete Da & Fernandes, José Antônio Marin, 2023, Diagnose of the nominal subgenus of Edessa and description of the E. sexdens group (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Edessinae), Zootaxa 5240 (1), pp. 1-63 : 41-44

Edessa (E.) phoenicopus Dallas, 1851

( Figs. 18 , 29 A,B , 30 A,B )

Edessa phoenicopus Dallas, 1851: 323 ; Distant, 1881: PI. 9. f. 2.; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 192; Kirkaldy, 1909: 162.

Edessa olivacea Stål, 1862: 111 ; Stål, 1872: n0. 4, p. 53; Distant, 1880: PI. 8. f. 11; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 192; Kirkaldy, 1909: 161. syn. nov.

Edessa euchroma Walker, 1868: 422 ; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 192; Kirkaldy, 1909: 161.

Edessa ventralis Walker, 1868: 443 ; Distant, 1880: PI. 8. f. 12; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 195; Kirkaldy, 1909: 166 syn. nov.

Edessa phoenicopus . Holotype male. Honduras / 45 123 ( BMNH) Examined.

Edessa olivacea . Lectotype male. Mexico / Sallé ( NHRM). Examined.

Edessa olivacea . Paralectotypes. 1 female. Same data ( NHRM) . 2 males. Same data ( NHMW Signoret coll.) Edessa euchroma . Holotype male. Vera Cruz ( BMNH). Examined .

Edessa ventralis . Lectotype female. Guatemala ( BMNH). Examined.

Material examined. SOUTH AMERICA: 1♀, Don Hye de Crom ( Edessa ventralis Walker, 1868 comp. W. type Fernandes, JAM 1999) ( IRSB). NICARAGUA, Léon: 1♀, Leon, Carro Negro, 12-II-1990, François ( UNAM). COSTA RICA, Guanacaste: 1♁, Abaugares, Cerros de Naraujo, Caminho del Ice, 11-XI-2004, B. Gamboa (L N 243750 406040) ( INBIO); 1♁,Playa naranjo, Sta.Rosa P.N., II-1991, E.Alcazar (L N 309300 353300) ( INBIO); Puntarenas: 1♀, Quepos, P. N. Manuel Antonio, IV-1992, C. Cano (L S 370900 448800) ( INBIO); Alajuela: 1♀, Caño Negro, R. N. V. S., 13-VIII–2-IX-1993, K. Flores (L N 450100 319100) ( INBIO); San Jose: 1♁, Piedras Negras, Collection Sehild–Burgdorf, Ventralis ( USNM). PANAMA, Bocas Del Toro: 1♁, Guabíto, 28-IX-1936, John Deal ( Edessa olivacea Stål, 1862 Fernandes JAM, 1999 comp. W. type; Edessa euchroma Walker 1868 , comp. W. type, Fernandes JAM 1999; Edessa phoenicopus Dallas, 1851 comp.W. type Fernandes JAM,1999)( FEM); 1♀, No date,E.Munziliz,CAM, Baguna, Escondida, Venecav, 27-IV-1976 ( UNAM); 1♀, No date, Edessa ventralis Walker , det. J. C. Lutz ( USNM).

Measurements (n= 10). Total length: 16.3–19.9; head length: 1.5–1.8; head width: 3.2–3.4; pronotum length: 3.2–3.9; pronotum width: 11.5–14.4; scutellum length: 7.5–9.7; scutellum width: 6.0–7.7; abdominal width: 9.0– 11.1; length antennomers: I: 1.0–1.0; II: 1.4–1.5; III: 1.5–2.0; IV: 4.0–0.0; V: 0.0–0.0.

Diagnosis. Specimens large (16.3–19.9 mm). Dorsal surface olive green ( Fig. 29 A ). Ventral surface dark yellow to brown with transversal brown lines on thorax and abdomen ( Fig. 29 B ). Antennae yellow ( Fig. 29 A ). Pronotum with punctures concolorous with surface ( Fig. 29 A ). Humeral angles short (1,33 times wider than long) ( Fig. 29 A ), apices brown ( Fig. 29 A ); humeral angle brown spot expanding into the pronotum in dorsal view and restricted to the angle in ventral view ( Fig. 29 A,B ). Scutellum with punctures concolorous with surface ( Fig. 29 A ); apex not reach end of corium ( Fig. 29 A ). Corium with all veins yellow with surface ( Fig. 29 A ). Posterolateral angles of connexivum with apices concolorous with surface ( Fig. 29 A ); connexival segments light brown without spot and with a pair of concavities ( Fig. 29 A ). Ventral surface. Thorax with brown stripes ( Fig. 29 B ); dark stripe of the propleuron connected to the dark spot of the humeral angle ( Fig. 29 B ). Evaporatorium brown ( Fig. 29 B ). Metasternal process ( Fig. 18 G ) with anterior apex straight and laterally well expanded, margin acuminated; anterior face little excavated; anterior bifurcation receiving fourth and a small part of the third rostral segment. Legs dark brown ( Fig. 29 B ). Abdomen with spine of third segment rounded ( Fig. 18 G ). Intersegmental areas black, wide, connected to each other by a spots that include pseudosutures and spiracles ( Fig. 29 B ); intersegmental black bands nor spots reaching lateral margin ( Fig. 29 B ). Pseudosutures smoky brown, margin irregular ( Fig. 29 B ). Median longitudinal brown band complete and suffused ( Fig. 29 B ). Trichobotria one in line with spiracle and the other laterad. Posterolateral angles of segment VII not reaching the level of apices of laterotergites IX in females ( Fig. 18 F ). Male genitalia, dorsal side of the pygophore with a suffused brown area occupying 2/3 of the surface ( Fig. 18 A,B ). Posterolateral angle of pygophore slightly developed ( Fig. 18 A ). Superior process of genital cup laminar, rectangular, narrow, slightly curved; continuing ventrally in a small, smooth and high carina, in a small dentiform projection ( Fig. 18 A,B,D,E ). Ventral rim with lateral subdistal tuft of setae ( Fig. 18 C ). Female genitalia, tumescence in the central region of the valvifers VIII with brown spot ( Fig. 18 F ). Laterotergites VIII with two brown spots on outer lateral margins ( Fig. 18 F ). Laterotergites IX with brown spot ( Fig. 18 F ).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 18 A–E ): Parameres with black margin; anterior lobe round; dorsal lobe rounded and subrectangular, curved apex; posterior lobe subrectangular and rounded ( Fig. 18 B,D,E ). Proctiger with subelliptical posterior face ( Fig. 18 D,E ). Ventral rim with expansions undeveloped and concolorous with surface ( Fig. 18 C ).

Female genitalia: Valvifers VIII with dark punctures and setulose; inner margins contiguous, with brown band and not divergent; distal margin forming V-shaped excavation, with brown band and arched. Laterotergites IX with apices acuminate passing the sclerite uniting laterotergites VIII ( Fig. 18 F ).

Comments. The Edessa (E.) phoenicopus is similar to E. (E.) gentilitia and E. (E.) nigriclava , but the characteristics of the humeral angles separate them ( Figs. 26 A , 28 A , 29 A ), see comments of E. (E.) gentilitia .

Distribution ( Fig. 30 A,B ): SOUTH AMERICA; MEXICO: Veracruz, Mexico City; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; NICARAGUA: Léon; COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Alajuela, Puntarenas, San Jose; PANAMA: Bocas Del Toro.

Figures

FIGURE 18. A–G. Edessa (E.) phoenicopus Dallas, 1851: A–E, pygophore in dorsal, dorsolateral, ventral, posterior and posterolateral views, respectively; F, genital plates; G, metasternal process. Scale 1 mm.

FIGURE 26. A–F. Dorsal and ventral surface: A–B, Edessa (E.) gentilitia Distant, 1890; C–D, Edessa (E.) helicoceras Breddin, 1905; E–F, Edessa (E.) helix Erichson, 1848. Scale 5 mm.

FIGURE 28. A–F. Dorsal and ventral surface: A–B, Edessa (E.) nigriclava Walker, 1868; C–D, Edessa (E.) nigricornis Stål, 1862; E–F, Edessa (E.) nigroangulata Fernandes & Silva, 2015. Scale 5 mm.

FIGURE 29. A–F. Dorsal and ventral surface: A–B, Edessa (E.) phoenicopus Dallas, 1851; C–D, Edessa (E.) sexdens Fabricius, 1803; E–F, Edessa (E.) urus Erichson, 1848. Scale 5 mm.

FIGURE 30. A–B. Distribution map of the species.