Omoplax desecta ( Horváth, 1912 )

Souma, Jun, 2022, Two new species of the genus Omoplax (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Mukojima Island, with new records of lace bugs endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62 (1), pp. 117-127 : 125-126

Omoplax desecta ( Horváth, 1912)

( Figs 6C–E , 7 )

Stephanitis (Omoplax) desecta Horváth, 1912: 337 . Syntype ( Fig. 7 ): ♀ (macropterous), Japan: Bonin Is, Ogasawara (ELHU).

Omoplax desecta : TൺKൾඒൺ (1962): 74 (new combination).

For detailed description and other references see Hඈඋ- ඏගඍH (1912) and Sඈඎආൺ & Kൺආංඍൺඇං (2021).

Type material examined. Sඒඇඍඒඉൾ: 1♀ (macropterous; Fig. 7 ) (ELHU), “Ogasawara 20 VIII 1905 Matsumura” [= JAPAN: OGൺඌൺඐൺඋൺ Iඌඅൺඇൽඌ: 20.viii.1905, leg. S. Matsumura].

Additional material examined (20 JJ 21 ♀♀ 1 abdomen missing, all macropterous). JAPAN: OGൺඌൺඐൺඋൺ Iඌඅൺඇൽඌ: Mukojima Group: Nakoudojima Island: 16.vii.2008, leg. H. Karube (1 ♀, KPMNH) ( Fig. 6E ). Chichijima Group: Ototojima Island: 2.viii.1996, leg. T. Matsumoto (3 JJ, NSMT); “ ” [= near Mt. Hirone], 7.vi.2019, leg.H. Karube (4 JJ 2 ♀♀, KPMNH). Anijima Island: 17.ii.2007, leg. H. Sato (1 ♀, KPMNH); “ ” [= Goat fence located at Central plateau], 2010, leg. Japan Forest TechnologyAssociation (1♀, KPMNH);“ ” [= Shimamuro curve located at Central plateau], 18.viii.2010, leg. Japan Forest Technology Association (2 ♀♀, KPMNH). Chichijima Island: Kiyose–Okumura, 2.xii.2016, leg. K. Nakashima (1 J 3 ♀♀, ELKU). Hahajima Group: Hahajima Island: Chibusayama, 15.iv.1993, leg. T. Yasunaga (1 ♀, KUM); Shizukazawa, 20.iv.1997, leg. T. Matsumoto (1 ♀, NSMT). Mukohjima Island: 12.vi.2003, leg. S. Suda (12 JJ 8 ♀♀ 1 abdomen missing, KPMNH) ( Fig. 6C ). Meijima Island: 13.vi.2003, leg. S. Suda (2 ♀♀, KPMNH) ( Fig. 6D ).

Distribution. Japan (Ogasawara Islands: Mukojima Group: Nakoudojima Island; Chichijima Group: Ototojima Island, Anijima Island, Chichijima Island; Hahajima Group: Hahajima Island, Mukohjima Island, Meijima Island) (HඈඋඏගඍH 1912, Sඈඎආൺ & Kൺආංඍൺඇං 2021). New records from Mukojima Group, and Meijima, Mukohjima and Nakoudojima islands.

Figures

Figs 6A–G. Three tingid species endemic to the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, dorsal view: A–B – Acanthomoplax tomokunii Souma & Kamitani, 2021: A – male from Hahajima Island, B – female from Ototojima Island. C–E – Omoplax desecta (Horváth, 1912): C – male from Mukohjima Island, D – female from Meijima Island, E – female from Nakoudojima Island. F–G – O. majorcarinae Guilbert, 2001: F – male from Hahajima Island, G – female from Chichijima Island. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

Fig 7. Syntype of Omoplax desecta (Horváth, 1912) deposited in ELHU and its labels.