Dindymus (Pseudodindymus) stysi, Stehlík & Jindra, 2008

Stehlík, Jaroslav L. & Jindra, Zdeněk, 2008, New taxa of the Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Oriental Region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2), pp. 611-648 : 639

Dindymus (Pseudodindymus) stysi sp. nov.

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Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♀, INDONESIA: SULAWESI TENGGARA PROVINCE: BUTUNG ISLAND: South Lasalimu region , vii.2005, local collector ( PPUA). Last ventrites of the holotype deformed, left hind leg missing.

Description. Female. Colouration ( Fig. 31). Head dorsally and ventrally orange; corium posteriorly from half-length of claval comissure, posterior two-thirds of costal margin, legs (except of tarsi), and ventrites (except of apical ones) pale red. Black colouration dorsally opaque, ventrally shiny, and confined to antennomeres 1-3, apex of antennomere 4, callar and pronotal lobe (except of margins), scutellum, clavus (except of apex and claval comissure), ca. basal third of corium, dorsal third of posterior pleural flange I, tarsomeres 2-3, entire ventrite II, and ventrite III anteromedially.Apical abdominal ventrites darkened. Pronotal and prosternal collar, lateral and posterior pronotal margins, ca. basal third of corium, pronotal epipleura, posterior pleural flanges (I except of dorsal third, II in dorsal half, and III entirely), epicoxal lobes (I and II medially, III entirely), antennomere 4 (except of apex), and tarsomere 1 white. Membrane grey, including veins.

Structure. Body large. Head large, frons wide, temple rather elongated, antennomeres relatively long. Callar lobe gibbous, pronotal lobe distinctly elevated towards basal margin. Lateral pronotal margin wider, distinctly elevated, concave medially, equally wide at level of callar and pronotal lobe. Costal margin wide, distinctly dorsally elevated.

Punctation. Pronotal lobe (except of impunctate posterior margin) and clavus uniformly punctate. Punctation on corium uneven, minute and colourless in apical part, black and more distinct between subcostal and radial, as well as radial and medial veins in median part of corium.

Measurements (all in mm). Female (holotype). Body length 13.18; head: width (including eyes) 2.83, interocular width 1.35; lengths of antennomeres: 1 – 3.02, 2 – 1.94, 3 – 1.73, 4 – 2.59; pronotum: length 2.59, width 3.78; scutellum: length 1.46, width 1.78; corium: length 6.05, width 2.16.

Differential diagnosis. Dindymus (Pseudodindymus) stysi sp. nov. is the only species of the subgenus Pseudodindymus Stehlík , in press, with an orange head ( Fig. 31), while almost other species ( D. albicornis (Fabricius, 1805) , D. daiacus Breddin, 1901 , D. limbaticollis Breddin, 1901 , D. pulcher Stål, 1863 , D. sandakan Stehlík , in press, D. semirufus Stål, 1863 , D. talaudensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006 ) have a shiny black head; only part of the population od D. vinulus Stål, 1863 , has the anterior part of head red (see STEHLÍK (in press) for further details).

Etymology. We name this conspicuous species in honour of Prof. Pavel Štys, a renowned Czech heteropterist, at the occassion of his 75 th anniversary.

Distribution. Indonesia, Butung Island (situated south-east of Sulawesi).