Vertomannus (Vertomannus) brevicollum 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 : 583-584

Vertomannus (Vertomannus) brevicollum Zheng, 1981

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VertomannuS brevicollum Zheng, 1981: 159 ; Slater & O’Donnell, 1995: 140; Péricart, 2001: 183; Ou et al., 2004: 285.

Measurements (n=5). Length of head 1.65 (1.60–1.70), width 1.03 (0.94–1.12), interocular space 0.65 (0.60– 0.70). Length of antennal segments I 0.66 (0.65–0.68), II 1.88 (1.80–2.0), III 1.68 (1.66–1.70), IV 1.67 (1.66– 1.70). Length of pronotum 1.09 (0.88–1.20), width of anterior pronotal margin 0.54 (0.48–0.60), width of posterior pronotal margin1.30 (1.10–1.50). Length of scutellum 0.74 (0.60–0.86), width 0.56 (0.48–0.66). Midline distance apex clavus–apex corium1.50 (1.30–1.80), midline distance apex corium–apex membrane1.55 (1.30–1.80). Total body length of male 6.2 (6.0–6.4, n=2), female 7.3 (6.6–7.8, n=3).

Type material. Holotype, female, China, Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Chudian, 27-VI-1957; Paratype, 7 males 6 females, same data as the holotype (deposited in NKU).

Material examined. 1 female, holotype; 7 males 6 females, paratype; 1 male 7 females, China, Xizang, Yigong, alt. 2300m, 29-VII-1978, leg. Fasheng Li; 3females, China, Yunnan, Zhongdian, Hutiao Gorge, alt. 2450m, 9-VI-1996, leg. Wenjun Bu; 3 females, China, Yunnan, Yunlong, alt. 2400m, 5-VI-1996, leg. Wenjun Bu.

Distribution. China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang).

Remarks. Male paramere and sperm reservoir are shown in Figures 10, 16.

FIGURES 8–17. 8–13, Sperm reservoir: 8, V. V. ophiocephaluS ; 9, V. V. ophiocephaluS ; 10, V. V. brevicollum ; 11, V. V. pa r v uS; 12,13, V. V.tibetanuS; 14–17, Left Paramere: 14, V. V. tibetanuS ; 15, V. V. ophiocephaluS ; 16, V. V. brevicollum ; 17, V. V. pa r v uS (Scale bars = 0.1 mm).

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).