Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski, 2024

Gierlasiński, Grzegorz, Dobosz, Roland & Taszakowski, Artur, 2024, Two new species of Torunotum Hosseini & Cassis 2019 (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Hyaliodini) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 5512 (4), pp. 567-578 : 569-572

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.4.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13849222
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scientific name	Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski
status	sp. nov.

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Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov.

Figs. 3–5 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 .

Diagnosis: Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. is recognised by the following combination of characters: dorsum brown to yellowish with a blackish head with a clearly defined, rectangular, yellow spot situated between the eyes; pronotum evenly punctuated, yellowish with two dark L-shaped bands, calli well developed; scutellum yellowish, evenly punctuated, body length in male 3.28; scape short, in male 0.28x as long as head width, 0.58x as long as interocular distance; pedicel in male 1.53x as long as head width; vertex medially distinctly depressed.

Description:

Male: Body elongate-ovoid, length 3.3 ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ).

Colouration. Dorsum: brown to yellowish brown. Head: blackish with a clearly defined, rectangular, yellow spot between eyes. Eyes: blackish. Antennae: scape yellowish; pedicel yellowish with darkened apical part; flagellum brownish ( Fig. 3A, B View FIGURE 3 ). Labium: all segments yellowish ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Pronotum: collar medially stramineous; callosite region stramineous; disc mostly yellowish with two L-shaped dark stripes ( Fig. 3A, B View FIGURE 3 ). Scutellum: yellowish ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Hemelytra: brown to yellowish brown; clavus brownish; corium brown to yellowish brown; embolium stramineous; R + M dark red; cuneus stramineous, with a red triangular marking; membrane light brown, veins blackish ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Thoracic pleura and metathoracic scent glands (MTG): propleuron, mesepimeron, mesepisternum and metepisternum in various shades of brown; metepisternal evaporative area in anterior part brown, in posterior part yellowish, peritreme ivory ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Legs: all legs stramineous, the femora of the hind legs with a light brown band, apical part slightly coloured red ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Abdomen: yellowish in the middle part, brown at the lateral edges ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ).

Vestiture. Dorsum covered with yellowish setae. Eyes without setae ( Fig. 4A, C View FIGURE 4 ). Antennae: scape with few short setae ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ); pedicel with dense, straight setae ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Pronotum: with short setae ( Fig. 4A, D View FIGURE 4 ). Scutellum: with semi-erected setae ( Fig. 3B, C View FIGURE 3 ). Legs: with sparse, straight setae, longer on femora, shorter on tibia.

Texture. Head punctate ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ); pronotum punctate, except callosite region ( Fig. 4A, D View FIGURE 4 ); scutellum punctate ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ); hemelytra impunctate; clavus irregular punctate, base of R + M with a row of punctures; propleuron punctate ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ).

Structure. Antennae: scape 0.27x as long as head width, 0.58x as long as interocular distance; scape and pedicel distinctly thicker than flagellum, pedicel 1.37x as long as head width, 0.79x as long as posterior width of pronotum. Pronotum: mesal length 0.45x as long as the maximal width of pronotum. Hemelytra: Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 . Thoracic pleura and MTG: Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 . Legs: Fig. 3B, C View FIGURE 3 .

Male genitalia. Pygophore weakly asymmetrical ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ), aedeagus with endosoma mostly membranous, multilobed ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ), left paramere strongly C-shaped, sensory lobe swollen, with few short setae, apophysis sinuate with apex reflexed and expended ( Fig. 5A, C–E View FIGURE 5 ); right paramere with lateral edges non-parallel, left side convex, without projection ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ).

Measurements (in millimetres). Male (n=1).

Body. Length, clypeus–apex of membrane: 3.28; width: 1.38.

Head. Length (perpendicular view): 0.54; width, including compound eyes: 0.70; vertex width: 0.33; eye dorsal width: 0.18.

Antenna. Length of antennomere I: 0.19; II: 0.96; III: 0.18; IV: missing.

Pronotum. Mesal length: 0.56; posterior pronotal maximal width (straight): 1.22.

Scutellum. Anterior width: 0.59; mesal length: 0.45.

Hemelytron. Claval commissure: 0.49; heme length: 2.40; corium length: 1.38.

Material examined: Holotype: ♂ “ New Caledonia (S) \ Mt.Koghi , 480m, rainforest\ 22°10.648’S 166°30.430’E \ 06.03.2008, at light \ leg. R. Dobosz & T. Blaik ” \\ 5915/17421 \\ MB0407423 The holotype is deposited in MNHN GoogleMaps .

Biology: Unknown. The specimen was attracted to a light trap (bulb “MIX”- type 250 W, E40) in the rainforest ( Fig. 6A, B View FIGURE 6 ).

Distribution: Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. is known only from the type locality in New Caledonia ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Etymology: The species is named after the yellow spot on its head, which contrasts sharply with the black head. The name derives from the Latin words " flavus ”, meaning yellow, and “macula”, meaning spot.