Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1935

Zhao, Qing, Liu, Guoqing & Bu, Wenjun, 2013, A review of the Chinese species of the genus Picromerus Amyot and Serville, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae), Zootaxa 3613 (2), pp. 146-164 : 152

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5280137

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scientific name

Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1935
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Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1935

Figs. 7, 8 View FIGURES 5–8 , 24 View FIGURES 19–26 , 30, 35, 40 View FIGURES 27–41 , 45, 50, 55 View FIGURES 42–56 , 60, 65

Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1934: 104 .

Male terminalia. Pygophore ( Figs. 30, 35 View FIGURES 27–41 , 45, 50 View FIGURES 42–56 ) dorsoposterior rim concave, with two oblong parandria and sparse setae; ventroposterior rim sinuate, with a narrow deep notch and dense long setae, lateroposterior angle round, located the level of notch bottom. Paramere ( Figs. 40 View FIGURES 27–41 , 55 View FIGURES 42–56 ) short and thick, inner surface with a transverse ridge; outer margin a little arched; apex obtuse and hooked; inner branch short and obtuse, outer margin slightly convex, directed lateroposteriorly. Aedeagus (Figs. 60, 65) with one pair of basolateral conjunctival lobes, not divide into two branches, the apex sclerotized. Apical conjunctival lobe short and unbifurcate, not stretched from apical part of theca. Vesica distinctly stretched from the venter of median penial plates, but not passing the apex of median penial plates.

Measurements (in mm). Body length 12.0–16.5; length of head 2.4–2.8, width across eyes 2.5–2.8, interocular distance 1.3–1.5; length of antennomeres (I) 0.3–0.5: (II) 1.3–1.8: (III) 1.6–1.9: (IV) 1.8–2.1: (V) 1.7–1.9; median length of pronotum 3.0–3.7, humeral width 7.2–9.3; length of scutellum 3.9–5.1, width of scutellum 3.3–4.6.

Specimen examined. CHINA: Fujian: 1 female, Huangkeng Town (27.57N, 117.65E), alt. 350m, Jianyang City , 5. VII. 1960, Gentao Jin and Yangming Lin leg. ( SEM) GoogleMaps ; Guizhou: 1 female, Suoluo National Nature Reserves (28.46N, 106.03E), Chishui City, alt. 1500–1600m, 23. IX. 2000, Chuanren Li leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Yongkang Village (25.35N, 107.95E), Libo County, 28. X. 1998, Qiongzhang Song leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Libo County, 26. X. 1998, Zizhong Li leg. ; 1 female, Maolan National Nature Reserves (25.42N, 107.90E), alt. 500m, 31. VII. 1995, Chengjun Ma leg. GoogleMaps Guangdong: 1 female, Chebaling (24.74N, 114.26E), Shixing County, 9. VIII. 1992, Leyi Zheng leg. GoogleMaps Guangxi: 1 female, Sanmen Village (25.73N, 109.87E), Longsheng County, 20. VII. 1964, Liangchen Wang leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, the same data as above except collector, Shengli Liu leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Lizhi Forestry (23.12N, 107.74E), alt. 1500m, Long’an County, 11. IX. 1980, Youdong Ma leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Jinxiu County (24.15N, 110.19E), alt. 750m, 2. VI. 1990, Xinzheng Li leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Shili Daxiagu (26.01N, 110.46E), Xing’an County, 9. VIII. 2009, Xi Sun leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Mao’er Mt. (26.01N, 110.46E), alt. 900–1320m, 10. VII. 2009, Qing Zhao leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Gaozhai Village (25.85N, 110.48E), Xing’an county , alt. 900–1320m, 2 VII. 2002, collector unknown GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Longsheng way to Baiya (25.0N, 110.0E), 20. VIII. 1964, Shengli Liu leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Shiwandashan (22.89N, 108.32E), Shangsi County, 30. VII. 2009, Zhonghua Fan leg. GoogleMaps Hubei: 1 female, Beixihe, Houhe National Nature Reserves (30.08N, 110.63E), alt. 450m, 24. VII. 2006, Jing Nie and Hu Chen leg. ( HBUM) GoogleMaps . Jiangxi: 1 female, Xiaoxidong Forest Farm (26.50N, 114.23E), Jinggangshan National Nature Reserves , 23. VII. 2002, Huaijun Xue leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 female, Jiulian Mt. (24.57N, 114.46E), Ganzhou City , 25. VII. 1989, collector unknown ( JXAU) GoogleMaps ; Shanxi: 1 female, Xingtangsi Forest Farm (36.42N, 111.77E), Hongtong County, alt. 1500m, 11. VII. 2006, Dan Ding leg. GoogleMaps Sichuan: 1 female, Pingshan County (28.67N, 104.17E), VII. 1957, collector unknown GoogleMaps ; 1 male, same place as above, 1956, collector unknown. Zhejiang : 1 male, Lin’an Huoshandashigu (30.38, 119.48), 9. VIII. 2007, Zhonghua Fan leg. ; 1 female, Xitianmu Mt. (30.36, 119.41), VII. 1957, collector unknown ; 1 female, Baishanzu National Nature Reserves (27.76N, 119.19E), alt. 700m, 21. IV. 1994, Min Li leg. GoogleMaps

Distribution. Rider and Zheng (2002) provided distributional information in China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang). This paper updated to Fujian, Hubei, Shanxi provinces of China.

Remarks. This species larger than others, body yellow-brown; head above and beneath, anterolateral pronotal submargins, incisures of connexivum and ventral surface of pronotal angles, lateral area of sternum more or less marked with metallic-green shades ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 5–8 ); anterolateral margins of pronotum broadly paler, pronotal lateral angles bifurcate unequally, the anterior branch very long and the apex slightly curved ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 19–26 ), and a longitudinal yellowish midline from mid of anterior margin to apex of scutellum. Membrane slightly surpassing abdomen.

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

HBUM

College of Life Sciences Hebei Univesity, Baoding

JXAU

Jiangxi Agricultural University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pentatomidae

Genus

Picromerus

Loc

Picromerus viridipunctatus Yang, 1935

Zhao, Qing, Liu, Guoqing & Bu, Wenjun 2013
2013
Loc

Picromerus viridipunctatus

Yang W. I. 1934: 104
1934
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