Spockia, Roca-Cusachs & Kim & Kim & Lee & Jung, 2019

Roca-Cusachs, Marcos, Kim, Junggon, Kim, Kwang-Ho, Lee, Sang-Geui & Jung, Sunghoon, 2019, Spockia tagala gen. and sp. nov. a new monotypic genus of Asopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from the Philippines, Zootaxa 4613 (1), pp. 181-186 : 182

Spockia gen. nov. Roca-Cusachs & Jung

( Figs. 1 , 2 & 3 )

Type species: Spockia tagala sp. nov. by present designation.

Diagnosis. Body compact. Scutellum enlarged with post-frenal portion longer than frenal margin. Scutellum base tumid, without gibbosities. All femora bearing a robust spine. Protibiae with no foretibial expansion. Evaporatorium reduced to narrow strips anterior and posterior to peritreme, not enclosing it completely. Spine short, not reaching metacoxae. Male with small, centered and depressed setose glandular patches on abdominal venter.

Description: General shape compact. Head robust, rugose at base. Eyes pedunculate at base, globose, protruding beyond head profile, in contact with pronotum. Mandibular plates longer than clypeus, parallel, free, never enclosing clypeus. Rostrum semicrassate. Scutellar post-frenal portion longer than frenal margin. Scutellum base tumid, without gibbosities. Scutellar apex rounded, wider than corium. Mesosternum with low, longitudinal carina. Metasternum elevated laterally, medially with longitudinal sulcus, holding labium. Peritreme elongated, slightly elevated, tear-drop like shape, narrower near orifice. Evaporatorium not enclosing peritreme completely ( Fig. 2a ). Legs slender. Femora bearing a robust spine. Protibiae with no foretibial expansion, triangular in cross-section. Meso- and metatibiae prismatic. Base of abdomen armed with a fowardly directed spine not reaching metacoxae. Male with small, centered, setose glandular patches.

Etymology: Genus Spockia is named after commander Spock, a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. He is a Vulcan/Human hybrid, this new genus shares with the commander Spock the fact that as it shares characters from genus Cazira and Blachia . The gender is feminine.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Spockia tagala gen. & sp. nov. Roca-Cusachs & Jung. a, Dorsal habitus; b, ventral habitus; c–i, Male genitalia: c, caudal pygofore; d, lateral pygofore; e, dorsal pygofore; f, ventral pygofore; g, segment X (proctiger); h, paramere: dorsal, lateral and ventral; i, aedeagus, dorsal and ventral. Scale bar equals 1 mm. dpr, dorsoposterior rim; lpa, lateroposterior angle; pa, parandria vpr, ventroposterior rim; blcl, basolateral conjunctival lobe; mpp, median penial plates; v, vesica; pt, phalloteca.

FIGURE 2. a, Peritreme and Evaporatorium; b, detail of male setose glandular patches, white arrow shows position.

FIGURE 3. Female genitalia of Spockia tagala gen. & sp. nov. Roca-Cusachs & Jung. a, spermatheca, Scale bar equals 0.25mm.; b, External female plates. Scale bar equals 0.5mm. aaf, anterior annular flange; cs, capsula seminalis; paf, posterior annular flange; gc, gonocoxites; la, laterotergites; va, vesicular area; iva, internal rod of vesicular area; dr, ductus receptaculi.