Hypoxys belenensis, Mendonca & Nunes & Fernandes, 2021

Mendonca, Maria Thayane S., Nunes, Benedito M. & Fernandes, Jose Antonio M., 2021, Description of fifteen new species of the Hypoxys balteatus species group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 61 (1), pp. 289-318 : 301

Hypoxys belenensis sp. nov.

( Figs 1E–F , 8A–B , 21B )

Material examined. Hඈඅඈඍඒඉൾ: ♀, BRAZIL: Pൺඋග: Belém / 17.vi.1954 / W. Forster leg. ( ZSMC).

Diagnosis. Antennae brown. Antennomere II longer than III. Pronotum with smoky stripe not reaching posterior margin. Thoracic and abdominal pleurites and sternites with black spots ( Fig. 1F ). Anterior excavation of metasternal process harboring fourth, third and part of second rostral segment ( Fig. 8B ). Female genitalia. Genital plates ( Fig. 8A ). Valvifers 8 posterior margin with posterolateral angles blunt, inner angles dentiform; both angles posteriorly directed to base of laterotergites 8; imaginary line tangent to posterolateral angles not reaching distal margin of valvifers 9; excavation widely U-shaped. Valvulae 8 well visible. Apices of laterotergites 8 clearly above level of apices of abdominal segment VII. Laterotergites 9 surpassing band connecting laterotergites 8; apices at level of imaginary line tangent to apices of abdominal segment VII. Male genitalia. Unknown.

Measurements (n = 1; mm). Total length 14.1; head length 1.5; head width 3.1; pronotum width 8.7; abdomen width 7.1; length of antennomeres: I – 0.7; II – 1.5; III – 1.2; IV – 3.3; V – missing; scutellum length 6.5; scutellum width 4.8; pronotum length 2.7.

Differential diagnosis. See differential diagnosis of H. aspilogaster sp. nov.

Etymology. Named after the type locality of the species; adjective.

Distribution ( Fig. 21B ). Brazil: Pará.

Figures

Figs 1A–F. Dorsal and ventral surface. A–B – Hypoxys amyoti sp. nov.; C–D – Hypoxys aspilogaster sp. nov.; E–F – Hypoxys belenensis sp. nov. Scale bars = 5 mm.

Figs 8A–B.Hypoxys belenensis sp.nov.A – genital plates;B – metasternal process. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figs 21A–B. Occurrence maps of the sixteen new species of the Hypoxys balteatus species group.