Niesthrea sidae ( Fabricius, 1794 )

Melo, María Cecilia & Henry, Thomas J., 2019, Revision of the New World Scentless Plant Bug Genus Niesthrea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhopalidae), with Descriptions of Six New Species and a Key to the Species, Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 (5), No. 9, pp. 1-36 : 25-26

Niesthrea sidae ( Fabricius, 1794)

(urn:lsid: Coreoidea .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:452485) ( Figs. 4F , 5D , and 10E–F )

Lygaeus sidae Fabricius, 1794: 169 (original description). Lectotype designated by Sailer, 1961: 296.

Coryna sidae: Wolff, 1811 : iv (description)

Coreus sidae: Wolff, 1811: 193 , figure 187 in plate 19 (description, illustration).

Corizus mexicanus Signoret, 1859: 95 (original description). Synonymized with Corizus pictipes by Chopra, 1973: 450. Revised synonymy.

Niesthrea sidae: Spinola, 1837: 245 ; Blöte, 1934: 265 (distribution); Baker, 1908: 243 (note); Torre-Bueno, 1941b: 95 (key); Harris, 1943: 201 (as type species), 1944: 106 (note); Sailer, 1961: 293 (synonymy, redescription); Chopra, 1973: 444 (description, distribution); Froeschner, 1981: 91 (catalog); Göllner-Scheiding, 1983: 55 (catalog); Froeschner, 1989: 66 (list); Maes and Göllner- Scheiding, 1993, 20 [list]; Fowles et al., 2015: 621 (list, distribution); CoreoideaSF Team, 2018 (online catalog).

Corizus sidae: Signoret, 1859: 95 (description); Uhler, 1876: 301 (distribution); Bergroth, 1913: 163 (catalog); Barber, 1923: 12 (checklist); Barber, 1939: 327 (distribution).

Rhopalus sidae: Dallas, 1852: 527 (in part, distribution); Walker, 1872: 22 (catalog); Bergroth, 1913: 163 (in part).

Corizus luteolus Distant, 1882 : figure 25 (original description). Synonymized by Distant, 1882: 171 (as variety of N. mexicanus ). Revised synonymy.

Corizus pictipes: Uhler, 1886: 13 (checklist); Barber, 1906: 271 (distribution); Van Duzee, 1907: 13 (distribution).

Corizus (Niesthrea) sidae: Stål, 1870: 223 (synonymy, distribution); Van Duzee, 1916: 15 (checklist), 1917: 123 (catalog); Lethierry and Severin, 1894: 120 (catalog); Torre-Bueno, 1941a: 286 (key).

Niesthrea pictipes: Baker, 1908: 244 (in part, distribution).

Niesthrea parasidae Grillo and Alayo, 1978: 50 (original description); Froeschner, 1989: 611 (list, distribution); Hidalgo-Gato González et al. 2002: 23 (type specimen data); Rivero Aragón, 2006: 55 (distribution). New synonymy .

Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the transversely broad parameres ( Fig. 10E ), the broadly expanded median lobe with large flaring lateral processes, and the long, relatively slender lateral lobe that his much higher than the parameres. The labium extends to base of abdominal segment III or slightly beyond.

The parameres are most similar to those of N. vincentii ( Fig. 11E ). In N. sidae the parameres are much broader, with two small teeth on the inner surface, and the lateral lobe is long and slender, whereas in N. vincentii , the paramere is far less broad and the lateral lobe is considerably stouter.

Figures

Fig. 4. Adult male habitus images of Niesthrea spp. (A) N. lateroloba, sp. nov. (B) N. louisianica Sailer. (C) N. parvaloba, sp. nov. (D) N. pictipes (Stål). (E) N. rostrata, sp. nov. (F) N. sidae (Fabricius). (G) N. similis Chopra. (H) N. truncata, sp. nov. (I) N. ventralis (Signoret).

Fig. 5. (A)Adult male habitus image of Niesthrea vincentii (Westwood).(B) N.brevicauda Chopra,lateroventral view of male abdomen.(C) N.ventralis (Signoret), lateroventral view of male abdomen. (D) N. sidae (Fabricius), metathoracic scent gland.

Fig. 10. Niesthrea male genitalia. (A–B) Niesthrea pictipes (Stål): (A) Ventral view. (B) Lateral view. (C–D) N. rostrata, sp. nov.: (C) Ventral view. (D) Lateral view. (E–F) N. sidae (Fabricius): (E) Ventral view. (F) Lateral view. (G–H) N. similis Chopra: (G) Ventral view. (H) Lateral view.

Fig. 11. Niesthrea male genitalia. (A–B) N. truncata, sp. nov.: (A) Ventral view. (B) Lateral view. (C–D) N. ventralis (Signoret): (C) Ventral view. (D) Lateral view. (E–F) N. vincentii (Westwood): (E) Ventral view. (F) Lateral view.