Macroscytus dominiqueae J.A. Lis, 1991

Zhu, Geng-Ping, Liu, Guo-Qing & Lis, Jerzy A., 2010, A study on the genus Macroscytus Fieber, 1860 from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae), Zootaxa 2400, pp. 1-15 : 5-6

Macroscytus dominiqueae J.A. Lis, 1991

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Macroscytus dominiqueae J.A. Lis, 1991: 209, 1994: 219 , 2000: 410.

Diagnostic characters: Body length: 9.05–12.25 mm, body width: 5.01–6.61 mm. General body colour from castaneous to blackish brown. Head weakly punctate dorsally; clypeus without submarginal hair-like setae; each paraclypeus with a single preocular setigerous puncture ( Fig. 3 b); 3rd antennal segment 1.30–1.54 times longer than the 2nd; ocular index 1.82–2.40; interocellar index 7.4–11.0. Pronotal transverse discal impression behind calli well developed, usually bearing a row of punctures; lateral margins with 5–6 submarginal setigerous punctures ( Fig. 3 a). Propleural depression and the basal part of its posterior convexity densely punctate. Meso- and exocorium almost evenly punctate; costa narrow, slightly convex, separated from exocorium along almost its entire length; costal margin with 2 setigerous punctures ( Fig. 3 a). Male hind femora with distinct subapical tooth on dorsal margin, and a few teeth on ventral ( Fig. 3 c); male tibiae with several subbasal tubercles ( Fig. 3 c); female hind femora with small, sometimes indistinct subapical tooth on dorsal margin, and several setae on the ventral; female tibiae without tubercles. Abdominal sterna laterally wrinkled and bearing irregularly spaced coarse punctures. Male aedeagus as in Fig. 3 d; male paramere as in Fig. 3 e.

Material examined: CHINA: Yunnan Province: Jinping county (22°47'N, 103°12'E), alt. 370m, 1 female, 16.iv.1956, Ke-ren Huang leg.

Distribution: China ( Hong Kong, Yunnan), Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Vietnam, Thailand.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Macroscytus dominiqueae. (a) body outline; (b) head; (c) male posterior femur and base of tibia; (d) male genital capsule, dorsal view; (e) paramere; (f) aedeagus (from Lis 2000).