Nezara mendax Breddin, 1908

Ferrari, Augusto, Schwertner, Cristiano Feldens & Grazia, Jocelia, 2010, Review, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Nezara Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 2424, pp. 1-41 : 22-23

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Nezara mendax Breddin, 1908: 68 ; Gaedike, 1971: 91; Linnavuori, 1972: 415

Diagnosis. Thorax: ostiolar ruga auriculate, inconspicuous ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3. A 1 – 2. N E). Abdomen: black maculae of urosternites absent, shared with N. similis (sometimes) and N. immaculata . Male: ventral rim of pygophore with brims developed towards middle, continuous at mid line ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 E), shared with N. naspira and N. orbiculata ; paramere trilobate, one of the lobes in sagital plan, resulting in a bilobate paramere when observed in posterior view, as in N. soror . Female: posterior margins of gonocoxites 8 sinuous near sutural angles; gonocoxites 8 with deep longitudinal sutures attaining posterior margin of urosternite VII ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 E); basal half of laterotergites 9 concave; central area of gonapophyses 8 totally exposed, sub-retangular, sutural margins of gonocoxites 8 parallel, not juxtaposed. This last character is exclusive of N. mendax among Nezara species.

Material examined: Nezara mendax Breddin, 1908 Lectotype (3 — SDEI) with labels: a) Asmara Eritrea VII b) Nezara mendax Type! Bredd. c) des. H. Gaedike 1968 coll Breddin 3 d) Lectotypus. Paralectotype female: a) Asmara Eritrea VII b) Nezara mendax sp.n. G. Breddin 1908 c) Allotype Ƥ d) Paralectotypus e) des. H. Gaedike 1968 coll Breddin Ƥ. ETHIOPIA: Kwiha, Gentry & Bayou, 25.10. 1961, (131 Ƥ—NMNH); Jimma (gentry grasses), 15.X. 61, (13 — NMNH).

References

Breddin, G. (1908) Zwei neue Nezara - Arten (Rhynchota, Heteroptera). Societas Entomologica, 23, 68 - 69.

Gaedike, H. (1971) Katalogue der in der Sammlungen des ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen - V. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 21 (1 - 2): 79 - 159.

Linnavuori, R. E. (1972) Studies on African Pentatomoidea. Arquivos do Museu Bocage, 3 (15), 395 - 434.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal view of Nezara species. A. N. viridula, B. N. antennata, C. N. yunnana, D. N. similis, E. N. mendax, F. N. naspira (Scale = 5 mm).

FIGURE 8. Pygophore, posterior view A. N. viridula, B. N. antennata, C. N. yunnana, D. N. similis, E. N. mendax, F. N. naspira, G. N. capicola, H. N. orbiculata, I. N. soror, J. N. immaculata, K. N. robusta. (Scale = 1 mm)

FIGURE 16. Genital plates, posteroventral view. A. N. viridula, B. N. antennata, C. N. yunnana, D. N. similis, E. N. mendax, F. N. naspira, G. N. capicola, H. N. orbiculata, I. N. soror, J. N. immaculata, K. N. robusta. L. N. niamensis (espiracles; g 8 — gonapophyses 8; gc 8 — gonocoxites 8; gc 9 — gonocoxites 9; la 8 — laterotergites 8; la 9 — laterotergites 9; VII—seventh urosternite X—tenth urosternite Scale = 1 mm).

FIGURE 3. A 1 – 2. N. orbiculata, lateral view and dosal view, respectively. B. N. viridula, dorsal view of pygophore (cutted) showing detail of cup-like sclerite. C – E. Mesopleurum and metapleurum in ventral view (C— Carpocoris purpureipennis, D— N. orbiculata, E— N. mendax). F – H. parcial posterior view of pygophore (dissected) showing details of hairy region and superior processes (psbd). (F— N. yunnana, G— N. capicola, H— N. robusta) (Scale = 1 mm).