Collaria boliviana Carvalho, 1990

Morales, Irina, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Forero, Dimitri, 2016, Taxonomic revision of Collaria Provancher, 1872 (Hemiptera: Miridae) with the description of a new species from the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 4138 (2), pp. 201-246 : 206-207

Collaria boliviana Carvalho, 1990

( Figs. 1 , 16 , 25 , 38 , 62 , 72 , 82 , 94 )

Collaria boliviana Carvalho, 1990: 447 [n.sp.]; Schwartz 2008: 1179 [diag., morph.]; Schuh, 2002–2014 [catalog].

Diagnosis. Recognized by the head with transverse spots lateral to the longitudinal sulcus, hemelytra with distinctive brownish coloration with pale spots ( Fig. 1 ); endosoma with a small sclerite on distal margin of the secondary gonopore, ribbon like sclerite brush-shaped, and long sclerite strongly elongated ( Fig. 38 ); posterior wall of female with triangular interramal lobes, dorsal structure subtriangular and medial process Y-shaped ( Fig. 94 ).

Redescription. Male: COLORATION: Pale brown with black and pale yellowish areas. Head: Brown with paired transverse markings lateral to longitudinal sulcus; eye, mandibular plate, maxillary plate and apex of buccula, black; labium brown with black apex; clypeus with a black spot; antennal segments brown. Thorax: Pronotum brown, calli and lateral margins black, with central pale line reaching basal margin of pronotum, two rounded black spots on humeral angles; collar pale; proepisternum brown with a red or pale dorsolateral spot and yellowish margins; scutellum black. Hemelytra dark brown with two lateral pairs of irregular pale spots proximally; embolium, pale; internal margin of cuneus, dark; hemelytral membrane, grayish; ostiolar peritreme with pale brown margins, abdomen with yellowish median spots and a black spot at apex of pygophore. VESTITURE AND STRUCTURE: Head: Slightly wider than long, antenna with short erect setae; segment I 0.8 times width of head (Table 1) and slightly thickened (approximately twice width of segment II); II, 3 times longer than I (Table 1), remaining segments thin and cylindrical. Thorax: Pronotum with golden pilosity long, sparse and semi-erect. MEASUREMENTS: See Table 1. GENITALIA: Pygophore: Elongated with apex slightly rounded ( Fig. 16 ). Parameres: Left paramere with dorsal and ventral margins of basal sensory lobe almost straight, sickle-shaped in medial view, hypophysis curved, right paramere straight ( Fig. 25 ). Endosoma: With small sclerite on distal margin of secondary gonopore (sgs); ribbon like sclerite brush-shaped with abundant spines and filaments joined at base, long sclerite strongly tapered towards apex with microtrichia on basal region ( Fig. 38 ).

Female: Similar to male in structure and coloration ( Fig. 1 ), but larger and more robust, with dark brown abdomen. MEASUREMENTS: See Table 1. GENITALIA: First gonapophysis: With apical grooved region weakly sclerotized and broad, and sharpened apex ( Fig. 62 ). Second gonapophysis: Apex triangular and smooth with one teeth ventral ( Fig. 72 ). Dorsal labiate plate with small sclerite caudal to sclerotized rings ( Fig. 82 ). Posterior wall with triangular interramal lobes and large projection in lateroapical margin; anterior region of interramal lobes narrow and projected into a blunt tip ( Fig. 94 ). Dorsal structure sub triangular and small. Medial process strongly sclerotized and shaped as an inverted Y ( Fig. 94 ).

Geographic distribution. Collaria boliviana was described from northeastern Bolivia ( Carvalho 1990), and it is newly recorded from the Pacific and Andean regions of Colombia, southeastern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and the central region of Peru ( Fig. 106 ).

Plant associations. Unknown.

Discussion. Collaria boliviana is similar to C. guaraniana in the coloration of the hemelytra, but it is distinguished by the spots on head, the endosoma with small sclerite beyond distal margin of the secondary gonopore, ribbon like sclerite brush-shaped, long sclerite strongly elongated ( Fig. 38 ), posterior wall of female with triangular interramal lobes, dorsal structure sub triangular, and medial shaped as an inverted Y ( Fig. 94 ). The female and its genital structures of this species were hitherto unknown.

Examined material. Type material: Paratype: 1 ♀: BOLIVIA: Beni, Rurrenabaque, [14°28'0"S; 67°34'0"W], x.1956, J.Carvalho ( MNRJ). Other specimens: BOLIVIA: La Paz, 4 ³ 2 ♀ Tumupasa, 14°9'0"S; 67°55'0"W, 1921, Mulford ( SMNH). 2 ³ 5 ♀ La Paz, 12°58'0"S; 67°1'0"W, 1921, L.Pena ( SMNH). BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: 1 ³ Viçosa, [20°45'0"S; 42°52'60"W], 29.iv.1990, G.A.R. Melo ( UFVB). COLOMBIA: Boyacá: 3 ³ 1 ♀ Pauna, Manote bajo, La Rochela, [5°39'31"N; 73°58'53"W], 26.iv.1979, I. de Arevalo ( ICN). Chocó: 2 ³ 3 ♀, Palestina, Quebrada Docordo 110 km N. Palestina Rio San Juan [4°9'0"N; 74°4'0"W], 25.i.1971, B.Malkin ( AMNH). Meta: 1 ♀ Arame, San Juan de Arame, [3°20'47"S; 73°53'22"W], 24.ix.1987 ( ICN). 1 ♀ Restrepo, [4°15'0"N; 73°34'0''W], 2.x.1965, J.A.Ramos, ( USNM). Putumayo: 1 ♀ Mocoa, 15.mi.SW. Mocoa [1°8'56"N; 76°38'52''W], 1.iii.1955, E.I. Schlinger & E.S. Ross ( CAS). 1 ♀ Santa Rosa, Kofan Indian Village , Head waters Rio San Miguel [0°43'46"N; 76°35'29"W], 2.x.1970, P.Buchard, B. Malkin ( AMNH). Santander: 2 ♀ Cañaverales, [6°4'60"N; 73°13'0"W], 4.xi.1978, I. de Arevalo ( ICN). 2 ³ Virolín, Margen Rio Guillerm, [6°4'60"N; 73°13'0"W], 15.iii.1981 ( ICN). Valle del Cauca: 1 ³ Cali, 40. mi of Cali [3°26'14"N; 76°31'21"W], 6.iii.1955, E.I. Schlinger & E.S. Ross ( CAS). 1 ³ Tulúa, Jardín Botánico “Juan Maria Cespedes” [4°5'12"N; 76°12'0"W], 24.viii.1996, D. Forero ( MPUJ _ ENT 0010582) ( MPUJ). ECUADOR: Pastaza: 1 ³ 2 ♀ Shell Mera, [1°30'0"S; 78°2'60"W], 14.v.1971, B.Malkin ( AMNH). 1 ³ 1 ♀ Puyo: [1°28'0"S; 77°58'60"W], 1–8.x.1970, J. &. M.Sedlacek ( BPBM). Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas: 1 ³ 1 ♀ Santo Domingo, [0°26'0"S; 76°38'W], 11.x.1970, J.&. M.Sedlacek ( BPBM). PERU: Huanuco: 1 ♀ Aucayacu: Javier Prado, [8°55'53"N; 76°6'48"W], 1.vi.1967, S.Risco & A.F.Archer ( AMNH). 3 ³ 4 ♀ Tingo Maria, Monson Valley: [9°17'22"S; 76°0'32"W], 8.x.1954, E.I. Schlinger & E.S. Ross ( CAS). 3 ³ Tingo Maria, Yurac, 67 mi. E. Of Tingo Maria, [9°17'22"S; 76°0'32"W], 4.iv.1954, E.I. Schlinger & E.S. Ross ( CAS). 1 ♀ Tingo Maria: 8k S Tingo Maria Cueva de Las Pavas, [9°17'22"N; 76°0'32"W], 18.iV.1977, W.J. Hanson ( USU). Junin: 3 ³ 2 ♀ San Ramón de Pangoa: 40 km SE Satipo [11°26'12"S; 74°29'06"W], 4.iii.1972, R.T. & J.C. Schuh, ( AMNH). Ucayali: 1 ³ Pucallpa: pools and swamps [8°22'57"S; 74°32'17"W], IV.1962, J. Schunke (KU).

Figures

FIGURE 106. Distribution map for Collaria boliviana, C. capixaba, C. husseyi, C. manoloi, and C. scenica.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Dorsal habitus of Collaria species. 1. C. boliviana; 2. C. capixaba; 3. C. danae male; 4. C. guaraniana; 5. C. husseyi; 6. C. improvisa; 7. C. manoloi female; 8. C. meilleurii. Scale bar 1 mm.

FIGURES 16 – 24. Pygophore, dorsal view. Collaria spp. 16. C. boliviana, 17. C. capixaba, 18. C. improvisa, 19. C. meilleurii, 20. C. obscuricornis, 21. C. oculata, 22. C. oleosa, 23. C. scenica, 24. C. schwartzi sp. nov. Scale bars 1 mm. Anterior opening of pygophore (apo), tubercle on left lateroposterior margin of pygophore (t).

FIGURES 25 – 37. Left and right parameres of Collaria species. 25. C. boliviana (modified from Carvalho, 1990), 26. C. capixaba, 27. C. guaraniana, 28. C. husseyi, 29. C. improvisa, 30. C. manoloi (modified from Carvalho & Carpintero, 1989), 31. C. meilleurii, 32. C. obscuricornis, 33. C. oculata, 34. C. oleosa, 35. C. scenica 36. C. schwartzi sp. nov., 37. C. villiersi. (Figs. 26, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, modified from Carvalho & Fontes, 1981). Scale bars 1 mm. Hypophysis (hp), ventral margin of basal sensory lobe of paramere (vsl), left paramere (lp), dorsal margin of basal sensory lobe of paramere (dsl), right paramere (rp).

FIGURES 38 – 50. Male endosoma, left lateral view. 38. C. boliviana, 39. C. capixaba, 40. C. guaraniana, 41. C. husseyi (modified from Carvalho & Fontes, 1981), 42. C. improvisa, 43. C. manoloi (modified from Carvalho & Carpintero, 1989,), 44. C. meilleurii, 45. C. obscuricornis, 46. C. oculata, 47. C. oleosa, 48. C. scenica, 49. C. schwartzi sp. nov., 50. C. villiersi. Scale bars 1 mm. Long sclerite (ls), medial left sclerite (ms), distal sclerite (ds), ribbon like sclerite (rs), secondary gonopore (gs), and sclerite of the secondary gonopore (sgs).

FIGURES 62 – 71. Apex of first gonapophysis in lateral view of Collaria species. 62. C. boliviana, 63. C. capixaba, 64. C. improvisa, 65. C. meilleurii, 66. C. obscuricornis, 67. C. oculata, 68. C. oleosa, 69. C. scenica, 70. C. schwartzi sp. nov., 71. C. villiersi. Scale bars 5 µ. Apical grooved region of first gonapophysis (agrfg), dorsal margin of first gonapophysis (dmfg), carina of first gonapophysis (cfg), ventral margin of first gonapophysis (vmfg).

FIGURES 72 – 81. Apex of second gonapophysis in lateral view of Collaria spp. 72. C. boliviana, 73. C. capixaba, 74. C. improvisa, 75. C. meilleurii, 76. C. obscuricornis, 77. C. oculata, 78. C. oleosa, 79. C. scenica, 80. C. schwartzi sp. nov., 81. C. villiersi. Scale bars 5 µ. Apical grooved region of second gonapophysis (agrsg), dorsal margin of second gonapophysis (dmsg).

FIGURES 82 – 93. Dorsal labiate plate with sclerotized rings of Collaria spp. 82. C. boliviana, 83. C. capixaba, 84. C. guaraniana, 85. C. husseyi (84, 85 modified from Carvalho & Fontes, 1981), 86. C. improvisa, 87. C. meilleurii, 88. C. obscuricornis, 89. C. oculata, 90. C. oleosa, 91. C. scenica, 92. C. schwartzi sp. nov., 93. C. villiersi. Scale bars 1 mm. Sclerotization of dorsal labiate plate (sdlp), sclerotized ring (sr).

FIGURES 94 – 105. Posterior wall of Collaria spp. 94. C. boliviana, 95. C. capixaba, 96. C. guaraniana, 97. C. husseyi (95, 96 modified from Carvalho & Fontes, 1981), 98. C. improvisa, 99. C. meilleurii, 100. C. obscuricornis, 101. C. oculata, 102. C. oleosa, 103. C. scenica, 104. C. schwartzi sp. nov., 105. C. villiersi. Scale bars 5 µ. Dorsal structure of posterior wall (ds), interramal lobe of posterior wall (irl), lateroapical margin of interramal lobe (lam), medial process of posterior wall (mp).