Phygopoda jacobi Fuchs, 1961

(Figs. 68−73)

Phygopoda jacobi Fuchs, 1961: 16; Viana, 1972: 294 (distr.); Monné, 1993: 51 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 98 (check); Monné, 2005: 499 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 123 (check); Bezark & Monné, 2013: 164 (check); Monné, 2015: 785 (cat.).

Male (Fig. 68). Integument dark brown except for legs, antennae and elytra (base and central region of basal 3/4) reddish brown, mid-apical region of last visible urosternite yellowish.

Eyes frontally separated by about 1/7 width of lower ocular lobe; lypeus glabrous. Antennae (Fig. 68) exceeding elytral apex at antennomere 9, reaching second ventrite; antennomeres 3−5 with row of long semierect setae on inner margin; 6 and 7 with similar setae at apex of inner margin (sometimes extending to 8).

Prothorax as wide as long; with spots of whitish pubescence on sides. Prosternal process about 1/4 diameter of procoxa; mesosternal process about 1/4 diameter of mesocoxa; mesepisternum, mesepimeron, metepisternum and metasternum covered with long, sparse, semierect setae. Scutellum with rounded apex. Elytra with rounded apex.

Pro- and mesotibiae with apical 3/4 densely covered with short, fine, golden pubescence; metatibiae with dense brush of long setae on apical half; pro- and mesotarsi with dorsal and ventral surface covered with short, fine, yellowish pubescence; metatarsi covered with long yellowish pubescence.

Last visible urotergite trapezoidal, with shortest side facing posteriorly; rounded apex; covered with whitish pubescence on apical 2/3; last visible urosternite covered with short, decumbent setae; apical margin covered with short, decumbent, golden-yellow pubescence.

Female. Integument from reddish brown to dark brown, except for yellowish brown legs; elytra sometimes with the same color. Eyes frontally separated by width of lower ocular lobe. Last visible urotergite, triangular, with rounded apex, covered with short, decumbent, yellowish setae on apical 3/4; last visible urosternite trapezoidal, with shortest side facing posteriorly; truncate apex covered with short, sparse, decumbent, whitish pubescence.

Terminalia: sternite (Fig. 71) and tergite 8 (Fig. 72) elongate, merged, with tubular aspect; apical margin truncate. Sternal apophysis elongate, about twice longer than sternite. Ovipositor (Figs. 69, 70) membranous, very elongate, more than 8 times longer than wide; limit between proximal and distal region not evident; apical region with short lobes; apical stylus securiform; spermathecal duct short, about twice the length of spermatheca; spermatheca C-shaped, with rounded apex; spermathecal gland shorter than spermatheca.

Measurements, in mm. female/male. n=4/1. Total length, 8.03±0.32/6.7; prothorax length, 1.28±0.08/1.2; prothorax width, 1.03±0.04/1; elytral length, 2±0.07/1.9; humeral width, 1.13±0.04/1.1.

Type-material. We examined slides (made by Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure) of the male paratype (MAGD) from Nova Teutônia, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Comments. Fuchs (1961) distinguished P. j a c ob i (Fig. 68) from P. nigritarsis (Fig. 1) by the absence of the smooth elevations on the pronotum, and from P. f u ga x (Fig. 17) and P. fulvitarsis (Fig. 16) by the general coloration, mainly of the last pair of legs. These features are confirmed in this study. Additional differences from P. nigritarsis are the procoxal cavities closed posteriorly; from P. fulvitarsis, the elytra without a constriction at the apical fifth and the brush of setae of the metatibiae with uniform coloration; and from P. fugax, the mesosternal process about 1/4 of the diameter of a mesocoxa, antennae, elytral margin, metafemora and metatibiae from light brown to reddish brown, and the clypeus glabrous.

The differences among genitalia of females can be found in the comments on P. nigritarsis .

Geographical distribution. Brazil (Santa Catarina), Paraguay. This species is newly reported from Argentina, Corrientes and Misiones, and from Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul (Fig. 73).

Specimens examined. BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Seara, Nova Teutônia, 2711’N, 5223’W, 300−500 m, 2 females, XI.1967, Fritz Plaumann leg. (DZUP). Rio Grande do Sul: Sobradinho, female, I.1948, J. Becker leg. (MNRJ); PARAGUAY, Guaira: Villarrica, female, 15.X.1946, Duret and Schade leg. (MNRJ); ARGENTINA, Corrientes: San Tom, male, XI.1945, (DZUP); 2 females, XI.1945, Martinez leg. (MNRJ). Misiones: Concepción (Santa Maria), female, X.1945, M. J. Viana leg. (MNRJ); female, X.1946, M. J. Viana leg. (MNRJ).