Odmalea basalis, Walker, 1867

Matesco, Viviana C., Fürstenau, Brenda B. R. J., Bernardes, Jorge L. C., Schwertner, Cristiano F. & Grazia, Jocélia, 2009, Morphological features of the eggs of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) *, Zootaxa 1984, pp. 1-30 : 13-20

Odmalea basalis

( Figs. 8, 9 , 91, 92 ; Tab. 2 )

Eggs with flat lateral walls, bright green; operculum circular and flat; chorion translucent, with nearly smooth surface, inconspicuously granulated; aero-micropylar processes translucent, filiform and only slightly enlarged at apex ( Figs. 8, 9 ).

In SEM, chorion surface granulated, marked by numerous circular projections, rough at lateral wall of the egg, superposing each other and granting the chorion a rugose aspect ( Figs. 91, 92 ). At anterior pole, granules are smaller and more numerous at the periphery of operculum; larger and scarcer at its center ( Fig. 91 ). The eclosion line is very clear and well marked by a smooth strip; aero-micropylar processes surrounding the operculum but eventually over it ( Fig. 91 ). Aero-micropylar processes tubular, with a long basal portion in less diameter and an apical portion slightly enlarged, with an opening; surface of processes flat ( Fig. 92 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–10. Eggs of Pentatomidae. Fig. 1. Fertile eggs of Euschistus (Mitripus) convergens in dorsal view. Ruptor ovis (arrow). Fig. 2. Fertile eggs of Chinavia erythrocnemis in dorsal view. Aero-micropylar process (arrow). Fig. 3. Eggs of Chinavia longicorialis in dorsal view. Fig. 4. Eggs of Chinavia pengue in dorsal view. Fig. 5. Eggs of Chinavia musiva in dorsal view. Fig. 6. Fertile eggs of C. musiva in dorsal view. Eye (arrow). Fig. 7. Eggs of Grazia tincta in dorsal view. Fig. 8. Egg of Odmalea basalis in dorsal view. Fig. 9. Eggs of O. basalis in lateral view. Fig. 10. Eggs of Thyanta humilis in dorsal view.

FIGURES 86–100. Eggs of Pentatomidae in SEM. Fig. 86. Detail of an aero-micropylar process of L. deducta egg. Fig. 87. Egg of Pallantia macunaima in lateral view. Contact area with neighboring egg (arrow). Fig. 88. Egg of P. mac un - aima in dorsal view. Fig. 89. Detail of the chorion of P. macunaima egg, covered with spines connected by fine sheets (asterisk). Fig. 90. Aero-micropylar processes of P. macunaima egg. Apical hole (arrow). Fig. 91. Egg of Odmalea basalis in dorsal view. Fig. 92. Detail of the chorion surface of O. basalis egg. Fig. 93. Egg of Thyanta humilis in lateral view. Fig. 94. Egg of T. humilis in dorsal view. Fig. 95. Detail of the lateral wall of T. humilis egg, with small circular projections at surface. Fig. 96. Lateral wall of T. humilis egg, with two types of chorion sculpture: an area with granulated surface and other with mushroom-like projections. Fig. 97. Detail of the lateral wall of T. humilis egg with mushroom-like projections. Fig. 98. Detail of mushroom-like projections of the chorion of T. humilis egg. Central hole (arrow). Fig. 99. Anterior pole of T. humilis egg. Fig. 100. Detail of the spongy wall of an aero-micropylar process of T. humilis egg. (amp —aero-micropylar processes; ap—anterior pole; el—eclosion line; gr—granulated surface; lw—lateral wall; mp—mushroom-like projections; op—operculum).