Neomeschia queenslandensis Malipatil, 2014

Malipatil, M. B., 2021, Neomeschia minuta sp. nov. from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Meschiidae), Zootaxa 5032 (10), pp. 447-450 : 447

Neomeschia queenslandensis Malipatil, 2014

( Figs. 1–4 , 10 ) Neomeschia queenslandensis Malipatil, 2014: 244–246 .

Specimen examined: 1 male, Australia, Queensland, 28.03°S 153.07°E, ‘ Glen Witheren’ , general, 26–29.xii.2001, MV light 10352, G.B. Monteith ( QM) .

Redescription. Following are additions to the original description provided by Malipatil (2014):

Body ( Fig. 1 ) length including wings 6.30; maximum width 2.30.

Head ( Fig. 4 ) length 1.25; width across eyes 1.71; interocular space 1.14; interocellar space 0.60; eye-ocellar space 0.30; eye length 0.38; eye width 0.30. Length of labial segments: I 1.21; II 1.33; III 1.25; IV 1.29. Length of labrum 0.30. Length of antennal segments ( Fig. 3 ): I 0.49; II 1.71; III 1.25; IV 1.44.

Thorax: Pronotum ( Fig. 4 ) median length 1.25; width at anterior margin 1.25; width at posterior margin 2.28. Scutellum length 1.14; width 1.35. Length of hemelytra 3.80; length of corium 2.85; claval commissure 0.41.

Abdomen: ( Fig. 2 ) Details of spiracles, punctures, and scent gland scars as in genus description.

Male genitalia: Pygophore produced apically to a conical process directed slightly postero-ventrally, entire exposed surface finely punctate. Paramere ( Fig. 10 ) with blade broad in middle and gradually narrowed and truncate apically, basal part with inner margin not produced but with several erect setae. Aedeagus details similar to in N. minuta sp. nov. provided below.

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Neomeschia queenslandensis Malipatil, 2014, male: 1, body, dorsal; 2, body, lateral; 3, antennae; 4, head and pronotum, dorsal. Scale bars: Figs. 1 & 2 = 1 mm; Figs. 3 & 4 = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 10–14. 10, Neomeschia queenslandensis Malipatil, 2014, right paramere, upper view. 11–14, Neomeschia minuta sp. nov., holotype: 11, pygophore, dorsal view; 12, left paramere, upper view; 13, aedeagus; 14, aedeagus, apical part. Abbreviations: co, conjunctiva; er, ejaculatory reservoir; gp, gonoporal process; hp, helicoid process; ph, phallotheca; ve, vesica; w, wing. Scale lines: Figs. 10 & 14 = 0.1 mm; Figs. 11–13 = 0.2 mm.