Fulvius henryi Wolski, Gorczyca & Yasunaga

Wolski, Andrzej, Gorczyca, Jacek, Yasunaga, Tomohide, indra, Zdenek & Herczek, Aleksander, 2018, Taxonomic review of the bifenestratus species group of the genus Fulvius Stal with descriptions of two new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), ZooKeys 796, pp. 107-129 : 107

Fulvius henryi Wolski, Gorczyca & Yasunaga sp. n. Figs 6, 17-19

Fulvius unicolor : Carvalho and Lorenzato 1978, nec Poppius 1909: 29, 36.

Diagnosis.

Eyes removed from pronotal collar (Figure 6); corium entirely dark brown, without pale areas (Figure 6); left paramere stout, paramere body strongly curved, broadened basally and apically, apical process short, broadened apically (Figure 18).

Remarks.

Fulvius henryi is most similar to F. bifenestratus and F. bimaculatus in having the corium with short and sparse setae, lacking a pale patch over the cuneus, and in having the apical process of the left paramere short and broadened (Figs 15, 18; Carvalho and Lorenzato 1978: fig. 49). It can be distinguished by lacking a large yellow patch near the base of the corium and the shape of the male genitalia.

Description.

Female. Coloration (Figure 6). Dorsum uniformly dark brown. Head. Dark brown; antenna dark brown; labium brown to dark brown. Thorax. Pronotum. Dark brown. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Dark brown. Thoracic pleura. Proepimeron, mesepisternum and mesepimeron brown. Hemelytron. Dark brown; membrane brown to dark brown, venation brown. Legs. Coxae brown to dark brown; femora chestnut, sometimes slightly tinged with red apically; tibiae brown, slightly paler than femora; tarsi brown to pale brown, long. Abdomen. Chestnut to dark brown. Structure, texture, and vestiture (Figure 6). Dorsum covered with short, fine, pale setae. Head. Antennal segment II almost cylindrical, covered with dense, short setae.

Male. Similar to female in structure, texture, and vestiture. Male genitalia (Figs 17-19). Right paramere (Figure 17). Irregularly shaped; apical process short and thin; paramere body ovoid. Left paramere (Figure 18). Apical process curved and broadened basally, thin, nearly cylindrical apically, convex on dorsal surface of extreme apex; paramere body broadened on basal half, thin on apical half. Aedeagus (Figure 19). Endosoma membranous, thin, broadened toward apex.

Measurements.

♀/♂ (* holotype measurements). Body length 4.2-4.50*/3.8, width 1.4-1.5*/1.2. Head. Length 0.6-0.7*/0.4, width 0.6/0.5, interocular distance 0.2/0.2. Antenna. Length of segment I 0.6/0.6, II 1.07/1.0, III 0.7. Labium. Length of segments I 0.6, II 0.7, III and IV together 1.4. Pronotum. Length 0.5/0.5, width of anterior margin 0.6, length of lateral margin 0.7-0.70*, width of posterior margin 1.2-1.2*/1.0.

Distribution.

Papua New Guinea, including New Britain and New Ireland.

Etymology.

It gives us great pleasure to dedicate this new species to Dr. Thomas J. Henry on the occasion of his 70th birthday and for his many outstanding contributions to the study of Heteroptera.

Type material.

Holotype (♀): PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Mt. Sinewit, 5-9. XI. 1962; J. Sedlacek, Malaise Trap, Bishop (US); paratype (♀): New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Mt. Sinewit, 10. XI. 1962; Light Trap, J. Sedlacek, Bishop; Fulvius unicolor Popp. det. J.C.M. Carvalho 19; paratype (♀): New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Mt. Sinewit, 5- 10. XI. 1962; J. Sedlacek Collector, Bishop; Fulvius unicolor Popp. Det. J.C.M. Carvalho 19; paratype (♀): New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Mt. Sinewit, 900 m, 5-9. XI. 1962; J. Sedlacek, Malaise Trap, Bishop; Fulvius unicolor Popp. det. J.C.M. Carvalho 19 (US); paratype (♂): Papua New Guinea: New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Mt. Sinewit, 5-9. XI. 1962; J. Sedlacek, Malaise Trap, Bishop; Carvalho to Drake coll. 1993; paratype (♂): New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Upper Warangoi, Illugi, 25-26.XI.1962; J. Sedlacek, Malaise Trap, Bishop; Carvalho to Drake coll. 1993; paratype (♀): New Irland (SW), Ridge above "Camp Bishop" 15 km up Kait R. 250-500 m, VI.12.1956; E. J. Ford, Jr. Collector; Carvalho to Drake coll. 1993; paratype (♀): New Guinea: NE, Finisterre Range, Saidor, Kiambavi Vill., VII-22-29.1958; W. W. Brandt Collector Bishop; paratype (♀): NE New Guinea: Umboi I, c8km, WNW Lab Lab., 300 m, 8-19.II.1967; G.A. Samuelson Light trap, Bishop; Carvalho to Drake Coll. 1993 (USNM).