Macropes dentipes Motschulsky, 1859

Gao, Cuiqing & Bu, Wenjun, 2010, A review of the Macropes Motschulsky (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Blissidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 2366, pp. 55-68 : 56

Macropes dentipes Motschulsky, 1859

( Figs. 1 H; 3A, F)

Macropes dentipes Motschulsky, 1859 , Etud. Ent. 8, 108.

Macropes privus Distant, 1909 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 3, 325; Zheng & Zou, 1981a, 73; Hua, 2000, 190.

This species was originally recorded as M. privus Distant in China (Zheng & Zou 1981a; Hua 2000); Kerzhner and Jansson (1985) synonymized M. privus with M. dentipes . It has been recorded only from Taiwan of China. We found more specimens from Hainan and Yunnan provinces of China in recent years.

There is a difference between the specimens we examined from Hainan and Yunnan of China and those described by Slater and Wilcox (1973) from India and Taiwan of China: the labium of specimens from Hainan and Yunnan attains the posterior margin of prosternum or anterior margin of mesosternum (labium attains posterior margin of mesosternum in Slater & Wilcox [1973]). Additionally, we provide figures of pygophore opening and paramere ( Fig. 3A , F).

Material examined. China: 2 males, Yulingu, Tianchi, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, Hainan, 1. IV. 2008, 700– 800 m, Bo Cai, Gengping Zhu; 1 female, Liyue, Jingdong, Yunnan, 6. XI. 2001, 1700 m, Weibing Zhu.

Distribution. China: Hainan, Taiwan and Yunnan; Sri Lanka and India.

Figures

FIGURE 1. (A) M. australis; (B) M. pronotalis; (C) M. exilis; (D) M. maai; (E) M. lobatus; (F) M. peculiaris sp. nov.; (G) M. varipennis; (H) M. dentipes. Each scale bar equal 1 mm.

FIGURE 3. A – E: Paramere. (A) M. dentipes; (B) M. dilutus; (C) M. complanus sp. nov.; (D) M. testaceus sp. nov.; (E) M. peculiaris sp. nov.. F – K: Pygophore. (F) M. dentipes; (G) M. dilutus; (H) M. varipennis; (I) M. complanus sp. nov.; (J) M. testaceus sp. nov.; (K) M. peculiaris sp. nov.. (L) M. complanus sp. nov., aedeagus, lateral view; (M) M. testaceus sp. nov., aedeagus, lateral view; (N) M. testaceus sp. nov., ejaculatory reservoir, dorsal view; (O) M. peculiaris sp. nov., aedeagus, lateral view; (P) M. peculiaris sp. nov., ejaculatory reservoir, dorsal view. Each scale bar equal 0.1 mm.