Ciminius hartii (Ball)

Figures 5, 6, 7, 28E, F

Tettigonia hartii Ball, 1901: 61.

Ciminius hartii Metcalf and Bruner, 1936: 944.

Diagnosis.

Coloration of males (Fig. 6 A, B) black and females (Figs 5 A, B, 28 E) pale-yellow. Males (Fig. 6 A) usually without yellowish marks on crown and pronotum, if present, restrict to pronotum anterior margin. Aedeagus (Fig. 6 G, H) ventral margin expanded, not excavated basally and without processes; apex expanded forming a hood-like structure. Paraphysis (Fig. 6 I, J) directed posterodorsally, rectilinear.

Description.

Measurements: Total length: males (n = 3) 3.9–4.1 mm; females (n = 3) 5.1–5.3 mm. — Crown: (Figs 5 B, 6 A, 28 E), in dorsal view, slightly produced, anterior margin subtriangular. Median length of crown from 2 / 5 to 1 / 2 of intraocular width, and 1 / 4 of transocular width. Pronotum width approximately equal to transocular width. Ocelli located slightly posteriorly of imaginary line between anterior eyes angles. Other features as in generic description. — Coloration: Females, with overall coloration pale-yellow (Figs 5 A, 28 E, F), similar to described in C. albolineatus . Males black (Fig. 6 A – C). Crown and pronotum (Fig. 6 A) entirely black. Face (Fig. 6 C) with yellow areas on muscular impressions. Clypeus, gena and lorum yellowed. Mesonotum (Fig. 6 A) black. Forewings (Fig. 6 A, B) veins concolor, indistinct. Legs (Fig. 6 B) yellow. Abdomen, in lateral view, blackened, bordered with yellow. — Male terminalia: Pygofer (Fig. 6 D), in lateral view, posterior margin broadly rounded. Subgenital plate (Fig. 6 D), in lateral view, slightly surpass half of pygofer. Valve (Fig. 6 E), in ventral view, margins subparallel, lateral margins acute anteriorly. Style (Fig. 6 F), in dorsal view, with a slight dentate process medially in outer margin. Aedeagus (Fig. 6 G, H), in lateral view, shaft protuberant dorsally; ventral margin rugulose anteriorly; apical portion expanding to a rounded apex. Paraphysis (Fig. 6 I), in lateral view, directed posterodorsally, rectilinear, reaching pygofer apical third; dorsal and ventral margins subparallel, slightly constricted subapically; apex acute; in dorsal view (Fig. 6 J), sinuous preapically. Other features as in generic description. — Female genitalia: Sternite VII (Figs 5 D, 7 A – C), in ventral view, almost 2 × wider than long, posterior margin with a distinctly acute median lobe. Valvula II (Fig. 7 F – H) blade with 19 continuous subtriangular serrated teeth. Other features (Fig. 7 D, E, I, J) as in generic description.

Material examined.

Lectotype (Fig. 4): UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Mississippi • 1 ♀; 1945; Oman leg.; USNMENT 01513860; USNM.

Other material.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – Florida • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Hudson; 13 Jul. 1939; Oman leg.; USNM • 1 ♂; Dunellon 7 Oct. 1938; Oman leg.; USNM • 1 ♂; New Port Ritchey; 7. Oct. 1938; Oman leg.; USNM • 1 ♀; Sof Picnic; 8 Oct. 1938; Oman leg.; USNM • 1 ♀; Sanford; 22 July. 1939; Oman leg.; USNM .

Remarks.

Ciminius hartii resembles externally to C. yana, C. sesamum sp. nov., and males of C. dissidens sp. nov. ., but differs from them by the aedeagus not presenting any lobated process on dorsal margin nor serrated processes on ventral margin. Otherwise, the paraphysis is rectilinear, unlikely in C. yana and C. dissidens sp. nov. . Ciminius hartii is the most abundant species amongst Nearctic Ciminius reported in literature and in museum collections.