Vertomannus (Vertomannus) emeia 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

Vertomannus (Vertomannus) emeia Zheng, 1981

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VertomannuS emeia Zheng, 1981: 160 ; Slater & O’Donnell, 1995: 140; Péricart, 2001: 183.

Measurements (n=6). Length of head 1.75 (1.65–1.80), width 1.10 (1.0–1.20), interocular space 0.78 (0.75–0.80). Length of antennal segments I 0.75 (0.70–0.80), II 1.88 (1.85–2.0), III 1.70 (1.65–1.80), IV 1.60 (1.50–1.65). Length of pronotum 1.10 (0.90–1.20), width of anterior pronotal margin 0.48 (0.44–0.50), width of posterior pronotal margin1.30 (1.20–1.40). Length of scutellum 0.65 (0.60–0.70), width 0.60 (0.54–0.65). Midline distance apex clavus–apex corium 1.45 (1.30–1.65), midline distance apex corium–apex membrane1.30 (1.20–1.50). Total body length of male 5.8 (5.7–6.0, n=3)?female 6.9 (6.5–7.4,n=3).

Type material. Holotype, male, China, Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Baoguo Temple, 17-IV-1957; Paratype, 3 males 4 females, same data as the holotype (deposited in NKU).

Material examined. 1 male, holotype; 3 males 4 females, paratype; 13 males 10 females, China, Jiangxi, Mt. Jiulian, Xiagongtang, 14-VII-2002, leg. Huaijun Xue; 1 male, China, Hubei, Xingdoushan Nature Reserve, alt. 840–900m, 30-VII-1999, leg. Chuanren Li; 2 males, China, Hunan, Shimen, Mt.Huping, alt. 600m, 2-VIII-2004, leg. Yunling Ke; 1 male 2 females, China, Hunan, Dong’an, Mt. Shunhuang, alt. 500m – 1200m, 27-VII-2004, leg. Jimeng Hua; 3 males 1 female, China, Hunan, Yanling, alt. 650m – 890m, leg. Jingyang Xu; 2 males, China, Hunan, Chenzhou, Yizhang, alt. 1100m – 1270m, 22-VII-2004; 1 male, China, Guangxi, Shangsi, Nanping, alt. 350m, 19- VI-2000, leg. Wenzhu Li( IZAS); 1 female, Guangxi Fangcheng, Banba, alt. 550m, 4-VI-2000, leg. Jian Yao ( IZAS); 1 male 1 female, China, Guizhou, Maolan, 2-VIII-1995, leg. Wenjun Bu; 1 male, China, Guizhou, Chishui, Suoluo Natural Reserve, alt. 200m – 500m, 20-IX-2000, Chuanren Li; 1 male, China, Yunnan, Longling, alt. 1380m, 12-X-2002, leg. Huaijun Xue; 6 males, China, Yunnan, pingbian, Mt. Dawei, alt. 1900m, 22-V-1996; 1 female, China, Yunnan, Lvchun, alt. 1900m, 30-V-1996, leg. Wenjun Bu; 1 female, China, Yunnan, Simao, Laiyang River, alt, 1400m, 21-V-2000, leg. Leyi Zheng; 1 female, China, Jingdong, Wenlong, Yichang, alt. 1800m – 2000m, 11-XI- 2001, leg. Weibing Zhu.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan).

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).