Delnocoris micropterus KORMILEV , 1982

Heiss, Ernst, 2021, Review of the neotropical Mezirinae genus Delnocoris KORMILEV, 1982 with description of a new genus and species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 993-1003 : 995

Delnocoris micropterus KORMILEV, 1982 ( Figs 9 , 14 )

H o l o t y p e (pinned) labelled: Costa Rica: Heredia / Prov. La Selva Res. / Sta. VII-17-1973 / J. Doyen & P.A. Opler // Holotype (red label) // Delnocoris / micropterus / Kormilev 81 // ( CAS).

The redescription is mainly based on the ♀ holotype (except the male characters) and is therefore not repeated here.

M e a s u r e m e n t s: Length 9.28 mm; length / width of head 1.60 / 1.52; w / l pronotum 2.40 / 0.72, width of across anterolateral lobes 2.56; length of antennal segments I / II / III / IV = 1.60 / 0.79 / 1.30 / 0.50; ratio length of antennae / width of head 2.80; w / l of scutellum 2.20 / 1.08; w / l of abdomen 4.72 / 5.60; width of tergum VIII 1.44.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Costa Rica, La Selva Nature Reserve

C o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s: The species is recognized and distinguished from congeners by the triangular not finger like posterolateral expansions of deltg VI+VII of female ( Fig. 14 from original description vs. Fig. 15 of C. caribicus).

Figures

Figs 5-9: Delnocoris caribicus nov.sp. (5) paratype ♂ from Panama, ventral; (6) paratype ♀ from Panama, dorsal; (7) paratype ♂ from Panama, terminal segments ventral. Arrows indicate the glandular tubercles; (8) pygophore; (9) Delnocoris micropterus KORMILEV, 1982, illustration from the original description of ♀ holotype of head, pronotum and scutellum and terminal segments, dorsal. Scale 1mm.

Figs 10-15: Delnocoris ecuadorianus nov.sp. (10, 11) holotype ♂ dorsal and ventral; (12) holotype ♂, terminal segments ventral; (13) Delnocoris caribicus, holotype ♂, terminal segments ventral. Arrows indicate the glandular tubercles; (14) Delnocoris micropterus, illustration of terminal segments, dorsal; (15) Delnocoris caribicus paratype ♀, terminal segments ventral. Arrows indicate differences between 14,15. Scale 1 mm.