Amnestus rugosus Mayorga and Cervantes

Martinez, Cristina Mayorga & Peredo, Luis Cervantes, 2014, The genus Amnestus Dallas (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae: Amnestinae) in Mexico, with the description of eleven new species from Chiapas, Zootaxa 3779 (4), pp. 401-432 : 425

Amnestus rugosus Mayorga and Cervantes

Amnestus rugosus Mayorga and Cervantes, 2005 , 169–170

D iagnosis. Tylus and juga transversely rugose, anterior margin without punctures. Lateral margin of pronotum toothed, with a wide marginal uniformly punctuate carina, prosternal carina high with ventral margin straight. Body length 2.3 to 2.45 mm.

Description. Head. With dense punctures, apical margin of tylus, marginal carina and juga smooth, prosternal carina slightly passing rostral segment II. Pronotum wide, anterior margin concave, dorsally elevated with dense punctures, anterolateral margins toothed and carinate. Propleural carina with ventral margin straight. Mesopleura with evaporatorium expanded towards anterolateral and posterior margins of pleura. Metapleura flat, posterior margin toothed and with a series of setigerous punctures, posterior margin of evaporatorium reaching base of pleura, with well-defined wrinkles mesially. Scutellum. With dense setigerous punctures. Hemelytra. Corium with uniformly distributed punctures, clavus with three longitudinal rows of punctures, hemelytral membrane hyaline and passing apex of abdomen. Legs. Fore tibiae with five spines on dorsal margin, hind femora thin, with a bifid spine on anterior half on ventral surface, dorsal margin of hind femora smooth and ventral margin serrate, with three longitudinal rows of punctures. Abdomen. Ventrally convex with a few sparse setae.

Old records. Chiapas, Tenejapa ( Mayorga & Cervantes, 2005)

New records. Mexico, Chiapas, 5 km NNW Coapilla, 1915 m, 17° 10' 57" N, 93° 09' 06" W, 25-V-2008, EORD, YMRA, DJC, MDEM, 1 ♂, 3 ♀; 5 km NE Coapilla, 1990 m, 25-V-2008, 17° 10' 32" N, 93° 07' 55" W, LLAMA Wa-A-04-1-all, BB, DB, IDMB, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 15 km E San Cristobal, 2500 m, 29-V-2008, 16° 44' 48" N, 92° 29' 23" W, LLAMA Wm-A- 05-1-01, BD, IDMB, BB, 3 ♂, 5 ♀; 15 km E San Cristobal, 16° 44' 48" N, 92° 29' 24" W, 2500 m, 29-V-2008, LLAMA Wa-A-05-1all, DB, IDMB, BB, 3 ♂, 1 ♀. 2 km SE Custepec 1520 m, 17-V-2008, 15° 43' 14" N, 92° 57' 02" W, LLAMA Wa-A-02-1 all mesophil forest ex sifted leaf litter, col. JLC, EORD, JM, 1♀. (CNIN, ECOSUR, IEXA). Tenejapa, Cerro Tzontehuitz, 2677 m, 16° 48’47” N, 92° 34’24” W, 29-VII-2005, R. Anderson, Mixed oak forest litter, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Tenejapa Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16° 48’47’ N, 92° 34’24 W, 2677 m, 29-VII-2005, R. Anderson, Mixed cloud forest Litter 2005-015, 9 ♂, 6 ♀. Tenejapa Cerro Tzontehuitz, 16° 48’40’ N, 92° 35’02 W, 2864 m, 29-VII-2005, R. Anderson, Mixed cloud forest Litter 2005-014, 1 ♀. Tapalapa, 4.5 km NW Jct. Rds. Tapalapa/ Ocotepec, 2180 m, 27-V-2008, R. Anderson, 17° 10' 57" N, 93° 07' 05" W, Cloud forest litter 2008-036, 3 ♂, 6 ♀. Tapalapa, Cerro de Tapalapa Microwave towers, 2260 m, 28-V-2008, R. Anderson, 17° 11' 16" N, 93° 07' 23" W, Cloud forest litter, 2008-040, 20 ♂, 26 ♀. Tapalapa, Cerro de Tapalapa Microwave towers, 2260m, 27-V-2008, R. Anderson, 17° 11' 16" N, 93° 07' 23" W, Cloud fores litter, 2008-034, 11 ♂, 4 ♀. Coapilla, 2.5 km NW Jct. Rds. Tapalapa/ Ocotepec, 1960 m, 26-V-2008, R. Anderson, 17° 10' 57" N, 93° 07' 05" W, Dry oak forest litter 2008-032, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Coapilla, 2.5 km NW Jct. Rds. Tapalapa/ Ocotepec, 1960 m, 26-V- 2008, R. Anderson, 17° 10' 57" N, 93° 07' 05" W, Dry oak forest litter 2008-031, 1 ♂. Hidalgo Hwy 105 2.4 mi. N Tlanchinol, 5000’ 16-VI-1983; G.B. Marshall C.W. & L. O. Brien, Berlese cloud forest litter, 3 ♂. Chiapas, Angel Albino Corzo Reserva El Triunfo, Campamento 16-20-XI-2001, 15°39’42’’ N, 92°48’67’’W, 2020 m, R.W. Jones, Ex. Yellow pan barrier pitfall, 2 ♂ (NMNH, FSCA, CNIN).

Distribution. Mexico: Chiapas ( Mayorga & Cervantes, 2005).