Carinatala septentrionalis, Hill, Lionel, 2015

Hill, Lionel, 2015, Three new genera of Schizopteridae from Australia with description of six new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Schizopteridae), Zootaxa 3990 (1), pp. 73-96 : 92

Carinatala septentrionalis sp. n.

( Figs 11–12 , dimensions in Table 1 )

Material: Holotype macropterous male, SEQ, 28º 12’S 153º 12’E, Lower Ballanjui Falls, 500m above sea level, G.B. Monteith, 3 Dec 1995, pyrethrum, trees, HILL 00059, T 228951 in QM on 8 slides. Paratypes: 1 macropterous male and 1 submacropterous female as for holotype, T228952-3 whole in one vial. Other material: 1 submacropterous female SEQ, 26º 17’S 152º 50’E, Cooran Tableland (Barracks), 400m above sea level, Monteith, Koch and Thompson, 12 Apr 1995, pyrethrum, HILL 00060, T228954, in QM whole in one vial.

Description. Male macropterous, generally brown, pronotal disc light brown in posterior third; legs yellowbrown but coxae and proximal halves of femora dark brown; two pale areas on fore wings (distal membrane forming V-shape in repose and proximal veins Cu, 1AN, 2AN, the carinate R+M and some proximal cross veins pale), A3 171% as long as A4. Female submacropterous, A3 190–210% as long as A4.

Etymology. The specific epithet is the Latin adjective septentrionalis (m, f), - e (n) (northern), alluding to the northern distribution of this species within the known range of the genus.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A – D, Carinatala septentrionalis male (Lower Ballunjui Falls, HILL 00059); A, abdominal terminalia, dorsal; B, abdominal terminalia, ventral; C, genital capsule (pygophore); D, left paramere. gc, genital capsule (pygophore); lp, left paramere; rp, right paramere; S, sternum; T; v, tubular basal portion of otherwise membranous, spiculate vesica. All scale lines 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 12. A – D, Carinatala septentrionalis macropterous male (Lower Ballunjui Falls, HILL 00059); A, left fore wing, dorsal; B, right mid leg, posterior; C, right hind leg, anterior; D, one claw of hind leg. All scale lines 0.1 mm.