Vertomannus (Vertomannus) ophiocephalus Zheng, 1981

Li, Junlan & Bu, Wenjun, 2015, Review of the genus Vertomannus Distant (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Ozophorini), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 3972 (4), pp. 581-588 : 585-586

Vertomannus (Vertomannus) ophiocephalus Zheng, 1981

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VertomannuS ophiocephaluS Zheng, 1981: 159 ; Slater & O’Donnell, 1995: 140; Péricart, 2001: 183; Qiang Xie & Wenjun Bu, 2006: 228.

Measurements (n=6): Length of head 1.70(1.65–1.75),width 1.12 (1.0–1.15), interocular space 0.75 (0.70– 0.80).Length of antennal segments I 0.75 (0.70–0.80),II 1.90 (1.80–2.0), III 1.58 (1.50–1.65), IV 1.60 (1.50– 1.65).Length of pronotum 0.95 (0.90–1.0), width of anterior pronotal margin 0.48(0.45–0.50), width of posterior pronotal margin 1.20(1.15–1.25).Length of scutellum 0.70 (0.65–0.70),width 0.53 (0.50–0.55).Midline distance apex corium–apex membrane 1.40 (1.30–1.50),midline distance apex clavus–apex corium 1.40(1.30–1.50).Total body length of male 5.9(5.8–6.0, n=3), female 6.6 (6.5–6.8).

Type material. Holotype, male, China, Guangxi, Longsheng, 29-VIII-1964 (deposited in TMNH); Paratype, 7 males 5 females, same data as the holotype (deposited in NKU).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Guizhou).

Remarks. Male paramere and sperm reservoir are shown in Figs. 8, 9, 15. Distribution of Guizhou (Mt. Fanjing) is referred from Xie & Bu (2006).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Adult dorsal habitus: 1, V. V brevicollum; 2, V. V. c r aS S uS; 3, V. V. emeia; 4, V. V. ophiocephaluS; 5, V. V. pa r v uS; 6, V. V. tibetanuS; 7, V. V. validuS (scale bars = 1.0 mm).