Braunus brettlizorum ( Thomas, 1997 ) Thomas, 1997

Barão, Kim Ribeiro, Garbelotto, Thereza De Almeida, Campos, Luiz Alexandre & Grazia, Jocelia, 2016, Unusual looking pentatomids: reassessing the taxonomy of Braunus Distant and Lojus McDonald (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 4078 (1), pp. 168-186 : 180-181

Braunus brettlizorum ( Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.

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Lojus brettlizorum Thomas, 1997: 570 –572, figs 1–5, 8.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, COSTA RICA, Cartago, Ref. Nac. Tapanti , 9°42’N 83°46’W, 20–21.V.1995, 4200 ft, B. Ratcliffe & M. Jameson leg. ( UNSM). Paratypes 1 ♂, 1♀: same label data as holotype ( DBTC) .

Diagnosis. Body color dark brown. Anterior angles of pronotum each with small, inconspicuous, obtuse projection; each anterolateral margin serrated; humeral angles projecting laterad, each bilobed apically, lobes acute; posterior margin of pronotum concave ( Fig. 10 ). Apex of scutellum reaching anterior margin of abdominal segment VII on males and anterior margin of abdominal segment VI on females. Apex of hemelytral radial vein calloused; corium reaching posterior margin of abdominal segment VI; membranal veins linear, not reticulated; membrane fully developed on males, surpassing abdominal apex, and reduced to a thin stripe on females. Male genitalia: inferior layer of ventral rim of pygophore emarginated, with two small projections medially. Phallus: limit of sclerotized and membranous area of phallotheca straight. Each lateroventral conjunctival process hatchet-like, strongly sclerotized. Vesica cup-like ventrally. Process of gonopore bilobed apically. Female genitalia: sutural margins of each gonocoxite 8 parallel basally, divergent and straight apically; posterior margins of each gonocoxite 8 and laterotergite 8 straight; laterotergites 9 digitiform.

Distribution. Costa Rica (Cartago) ( Fig. 78 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Schematic drawings of pronotum of Braunus Distant, 1899 in dorsal view. 1 – 3. B. sciocorinus (Walker, 1867); 4. B. machadoi Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov.; 5. B. gibbus Garbelotto & Barão sp. nov.; 6. B. prionotus Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov.; 7. B. asperus (McDonald, 1982) comb. nov.; 8. B. ateuchus (Brailovski & Rolston, 1986) comb. nov.; 9. B. bordoni (Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.; 10. B. brettlizorum (Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.; 11. B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 78 – 82. Distribution of species of Braunus Distant, 1899 and localities of some collection events. 78. map of localities; 79. a collection locality of B. sciocorinus (Walker, 1867) and B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. (ECUADOR, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station; photo by D. Forero); 80. type locality of B. machadoi Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov. (PERU, Cuzco, Wayqecha Research Center; photo by C. Weirauch); 81 – 82. a collection locality of B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. (ECUADOR, Napo, 1.3 km SW of Baeza; photos by J. Skuhrovec).