Hypoxys caquetensis, Mendonca & Nunes & Fernandes, 2021

Mendonca, Maria Thayane S., Nunes, Benedito M. & Fernandes, Jose Antonio M., 2021, Description of fifteen new species of the Hypoxys balteatus species group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 61 (1), pp. 289-318 : 303

Hypoxys caquetensis sp. nov.

( Figs 2E–F , 11A–B , 21A )

Material examined. Hඈඅඈඍඒඉൾ: ♀, COLOMBIA: Cൺඊඎൾඍග: Rio Orteguaza / 14–18.i.1969 / Duckorth and Dietz ( USNM).

Diagnosis. Antennae brown. Antennomere II longer than III. Pronotum with smoky stripe reaching posterior margin. Thoracic and abdominal pleurites and sternites with black spots ( Fig. 2F ). Anterior excavation of metasternal process harboring fourth and whole third rostral segment ( Fig. 11B ). Female genitalia. Genital plates ( Fig. 11A ). Valvifers 8 posterior margin with posterolateral angles barely developed; inner angles dentiform directed to valvifers 9; imaginary line tangent to posterolateral angles reaching distal margin of valvifers 9; excavation in open U-shape. Valvulae 8 visible. Apices of laterotergites 8 clearly above level of apices of abdominal segment VII. Laterotergites 9 slightly surpassing band connecting laterotergites 8; apices clearly below imaginary line tangent to apices of abdominal segment VII. Male genitalia. Unknown.

Measurements (n = 1; mm). Total length 18.2; head length 1.6; head width 3.4; pronotum width 11.6; abdomen width 9.5; length of antennomeres: I – 0.7; II – 1.9; III – 1.4; IV: missing; V: missing; scutellum length 8.4; scutellum width 6.3; pronotum length 3.4.

Differential diagnosis. The species H. caquetensis sp. nov. presents common characters shared by most species of the group but it differs from the others in the posterior margin of valvifers 8 almost straight and level with the distal margin of valvifers 9.

Etymology. Named after the type locality of the species; adjective.

Distribution ( Fig. 21A ). Colombia: Caquetá.

Figures

Figs 2A–F. Dorsal and ventral surface.A–B – Hypoxys bergrothi sp. nov.; C–D – Hypoxys breddini sp. nov.; E–F – Hypoxys caquetensis sp. nov. Scale bars = 5 mm.

Figs 11A–B. Hypoxys caquetensis sp. nov. A – genital plates; B – metasternal process. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figs 21A–B. Occurrence maps of the sixteen new species of the Hypoxys balteatus species group.