Wumea cylpealis Carvalho

WALL, MICHAEL A., 2007, A New Genus and New Species of Austro-Papuan Orthotylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae), American Museum Novitates 3558 (1), pp. 1-20 : 11-13

Wumea cylpealis Carvalho figures 1f, 7

Wumea clypealis Carvalho 1987: 187 .

DIAGNOSIS: Differentiated from similar taxa by characters listed in generic diagnosis and genital capsule with broadly rounded ventral projection ( fig. 7a); broadly crescentshaped right paramere ( fig. 7b); aedeagus with elongate basal sclerite and two broad lobal sclerites ( fig. 7d).

REDESCRIPTION: Coloration ( fig. 1f): Head yellowish brown with vague red maculations on clypeus and mandibular plates. Antennae yellowish brown becoming darker distally. Prothorax yellowish brown; posterior portion of disc darker; collar undifferentiated; dorsal margin of propleuron undifferentiated, undifferentiated ventrally. Scutellum pale tan, in contrast to darker pronotum and surrounding clavus. Pleura of meso- and metathorax dark brown. Hemelytra predominately reddishbrown, anterior third more deeply suffused with red; margin of clavus undifferentiated; cuneus margined with red, anterior and posterior portions with larger red maculations. Abdomen dark brown throughout. Legs predominately yellowish brown becoming brown distally, ventrally undifferentiated. Structure: As in generic description. Genitalia ( fig. 7): Genital capsule subconical with large aperture; ventral projection weakly asymmetrical, slightly skewed to right, broadly round- ed. Left paramere branched basally; basal lobe with papillate apex; main body of paramere hooked apically with weak teeth in hook; right paramere broadly crescent-shaped with papillate apex. Theca sclerotized basally, simple. Aedeagus with elongate basal sclerite and two broad lobal sclerites, both lobal sclerites with single medial tooth; secondary gonopore as in generic description.

FEMALE ( fig. 1b): Similar to males. Genitalia: Ovipositor as in generic description. Vestibulum simple, saclike; sclerotized rings large, weakly sclerotized, laterally folded for entire length, over twice as long as broad, aperture irregular; dorsal labiate plate simple; posterior wall with paired interramal sclerites; interramal lobes (K-structures of Slater 1950) one-fifth the length of the ovipoister, semicircular, slightly divergent, distinctly spinulose.

MEASUREMENTS: Males (N 5 5): L-Tot 4.66–5.1, Cly-Cun 3.40–3.66, L-Hd 0.37– 0.53, L-Prn 0.71–0.83, L-Sct 0.50–0.56, L- Cun 0.81–0.86, W-Hd 0.69–0.74, W-Prn 1.01– 1.13, W-Sct 0.52–0.55, IOD 0.25–0.33, L-AI 0.65–0.73, L-AII 2.07–2.17, L-AIII 1.33–1.44, L-AIV 1.69, L-mtf 2.26–2.33, L-mtt 3.40–3.46. Females (N 5 3): L-Tot 5.03–5.07, Cly-Cun 3.38–3.84, L-Hd 0.32–0.49, L-Prn 0.74–0.81, L-Sct 0.50–0.63, L-Cun 0.81–1.01, W-Hd 0.67–0.71, W-Prn 1.04–1.08, W-Sct 0.42– 0.51, IOD 0.30–0.33, L-AI 0.69–0.79, L-AII 2.06–2.12, L-AIII 1.36–1.39, L-AIV 1.70, Lmtf 2.34, L-mtt 3.46.

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Central New Guinea .

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya: Swart Vale , 3.6 ° S 138.46667 ° E, 1400 m, 7 Nov 1958 – 18 Nov 1958, J. L. Gressitt, Paratype, 63 ( AMNH _ PBI 00053239 - AMNH _ PBI 00053240 , AMNH _ PBI 00053242 - AMNH _ PBI 00053245 ), 3♀ ( AMNH _ PBI 00053237 - AMNH _ PBI 00053238 , AMNH _ PBI 00053241 ) ( BPBM) .

REMARKS: The male genitalia of Wumea cassisi differs substantially from that of the type species of the genus. Wumea cassisi possesses a large barrel-shaped genital capsule, a branched right paramere, and an aedeagus with spiculi. In contrast, W. clypealis has a simple right paramere, a weakly flattened conical genital capsule, and an aedeagus with lobal sclerites and basal process. Despite these differences, the two taxa are remarkably similar on a superficial level and are provisionally placed in the same genus.