Elanela rafaeli, Grazia, Jocelia, Barros, Lurdiana Dayse De & Barão, Kim Ribeiro, 2016

Grazia, Jocelia, Barros, Lurdiana Dayse De & Barão, Kim Ribeiro, 2016, Elanela Rolston revisited (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): new distributional records and description of new species, Zootaxa 4092 (4), pp. 561-571 : 567-569

Elanela rafaeli sp. nov.

( Figures 6 , 17–18 , 22 )

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, ♂, BRAZIL, Pará, Belterra, FLONA Tapajós , 2º36'15"S 54º56'35"W, 100 m, 15–16.iv.2008, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier Filho coll., arm. lum. ( MPEG) .

Etymology. rafaeli , genitive singular; honoring José Albertino Rafael from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil (INPA) for his contribution to the knowledge of insects.

Diagnosis. Marginal processes on dorsal rim of pygophore projected posteriorly; marginal processes clavate apically. Ventral rim of pygophore projected posteriorly, quadrate, V-notched medially. Parameres reduced. Description. Disc of scutellum black ( Fig. 6 ). Urosternites mostly black, tubercle on urosternite III castaneous; lateral portion of each urosternite yellow. Each connexival sclerite mostly black, outer margin yellow. Proportion of antennal segments: I <II = III <IV = V.

Male genitalia. Pygophore quadrate, distal half depressed; posterolateral angles rounded. Marginal processes on each side of dorsal rim medially, each projected posteriorly; marginal processes clavate apically ( Fig. 17 ). Ventral rim projected posteriorly, quadrate, notched medially ( Fig. 18 ). Parameres reduced. Surface of segment X convex; each posterolateral angle of segment X produced posteriorly, acute apically; distal margin with deep Ushaped notch.

Measurements (mm). Total length, 5.40; length of head, 0.73; head length ahead of eyes, 0.37; interocular distance, 0.87; length of antennal segments: I, 0.27; II, 0.63; III, 0.60; IV, 1.07; V, 1.07; width of head, 0.70; width of pronotum, 3.37; length of pronotum, 1.20; width of scutellum, 2.13; length of scutellum, 2.17; width of abdomen at third segment, 3.27.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Pará) ( Fig. 22 ).

Figures

FIGURE 22. Distribution of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980.

FIGURES 1–8. Dorsal view of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980. 1, Elanela hevera Rolston, 1980, male; 2, holotype male of Elanela kerzhneri Grazia & Silva, 2006; 3, paratype male of Elanela jordi Grazia & Greve, 2011; 4, holotype male of Elanela nigrofemorata sp. nov.; 5, holotype male of Elanela diamphidiosa sp. nov.; 6, holotype male of Elanela rafaeli sp. nov.; 7, holotype male of Elanela fernandesi sp. nov.; 8, holotype female of Elanela scutomaculata sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 17–21. Genitalia of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980. 17–18, pygophore in dorsal and ventral views, respectively, of E. rafaeli sp. nov.; 19–20, pygophore in dorsal and ventral views, respectively, of E. fernandesi sp. nov.; 21, female genital plates of E. scutomaculata sp. nov. in posteroventral view. Abbreviations: gc8, gonocoxites 8, gc9, gonocoxites 9; la8, laterotergite 8; la9, laterotergite 9; mdr, marginal process of dorsal rim; pa, paramere; X, abdominal segment X; vr, ventral rim. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.