Nepiomistus eximius, Brailovsky, 2019

Brailovsky, Harry, 2019, Illustrated identification key to the genera of New World Micrelytrini (Hemiptera: Alydidae: Micrelytrinae), with description of two new genera, one new species and new distributional records, Zootaxa 4668 (3), pp. 393-409 : 398

Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov.

( Figs. 10 , 23 , 36 , 56 )

Description. Holotype male. Dorsal coloration. Head, pronotum, scutellum, clavus and corium dark yellow with reddish brown punctures and granules; antennal segments I–IV dark yellow, densely granulate with reddish brown granules; segments II–III with large reddish brown to black discoidal spots; ocellar tubercle black; midline of pronotal disk with wide pale yellow longitudinal stripe; apex of scutellum yellowish white; hemelytral membrane translucid, ambarine, with veins darker, and an irregular dark brown spot near basal angle; connexival segments III–VII dark reddish brown with upper border yellow; dorsal abdominal segments pale yellowish orange. Ventral coloration. Head yellowish white with lateral punctures and granules dark reddish brown; rostral segments I–IV yellowish white (apex of IV black); pro-, meso-, and metapleura dark yellow with punctures and granules reddish brown; pro-, meso-, and metasterna and metathoracic scent gland yellowish white; middle third of meso-, and metasterna dark brown; coxae yellowish white with one small dark brown discoidal spot; trochanters, femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish white, with several small pale red discoidal spots; abdominal sterna yellowish white with few small brown spots lateral to middle third; midline of abdominal sterna III–VII with thin dark to pale brown longitudinal stripe; genital capsule yellowsih white.

Variation. 1—Anterolateral borders of pronotum dark reddish. 2—Middle third of prosternum yellowish white or dark brown. 3—Mesocoxae yellowish white with two dark brown discoidal spots. 4—Dorsal abdominal segments yellowish orange and laterally dark brown.

Female. Unknown.

Measurements. Male. Body length 9.58; head length 1.84; head width across eyes 1.22; interocular distance 0.76; preocular distance 1.08; postocular distance 0.16; interocellar distance 0.13; antennal segments: I 0.96, II 1.64, III 1.13, IV 1.58; pronotum: total length 1.56; maximum width across humeral angles 1.48; scutellum: length 0.96, width 0.53.

Type material. HOLOTYPE male: ECUADOR: Azuay Prov., 68 km N of Cuenca , 2850 m, 0.3°0.8’84’’S– 79°01’51’’W, 14-II-2002, collecting sweeping grasses, T. J. Henry & P. S. F. Ferreira ( USNM) . PARATYPES: ECUADOR: Azuay Prov., 20 km S of Cuenca , along Pan-Am Hwy., 3°8.84’S– 79°1.51’W, 14- II- 2002, collecting sweeping grasses, T. J. Henry & P. S. F. Ferreira ( UNAM) 1 male ; Oro / Loja, 6 km ESE Guanazan Pass , 3040 m, 7-XI-1987, in grassland, C. Young, R. Davidson & J. Rawlins ( CMNH) 1 male .

Biology. It has been collected sweeping grasses.

Etymology. From the latin, “exceptional”.

Figures

FIGURES 9–13. Dorsal view. 9, Eudarmistus bicolor Breddin (male). 10, Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov. (male). 11, Protenor belfragei Haglund (female). 12, Protenoroides tropicalis (Distant) (male), comb. nov. 13, Trachelium bicolor Herrich-Schäffer (female).

FIGURES 22–26. Lateral view. 22, Eudarmistus bicolor Breddin (male). 23, Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov. (male). 24, Protenor belfragei Haglund (female). 25, Protenoroides tropicalis (Distant) (male), comb. nov. 26, Trachelium bicolor Herrich-Schäffer (female).

FIGURES 35–39. Lateral view of head and thorax. 35, Eudarmistus bicolor Breddin (male). 36, Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov. (male). 37, Protenor belfragei Haglund (female). 38, Protenoroides tropicalis (Distant) (male), comb. nov. 39, Trachelium bicolor Herrich-Schäffer (female).

FIGURES 56–62. Parameres. 40–41, Bactrocoris plaumanni Kormilev. 42–43, Bactrodosoma parallelum Stål. 44–45, Bactrophya peruviana Breddin. 46–47, Bactrophyamixia slateri Brailovsky. 48–49, Calamocoris erubescens Breddin. 50–51, Cydamus borealis Distant. 52–53, Darmistus subvittatus Stål. 54–55, Esperanza texana Barber. 56, Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov. 57–58, Protenor belfragei Haglund. 50–60, Protenoroides tropicalis (Distant), comb. nov. 61–62, Trachelium alboapicatum Distant.