Elemana propria Distant, 1912

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Elemana propria Distant, 1912

( Figs. 2E , 24 A-B, 21)

Elemana propria Distant, 1911: 594 , pl. 49 fig. 6; Distant, 1914: 337 (record).

Redescription. Body 2X longer than broad ( Fig. 2E ). Head broader than long. Juga longer than tylus. Posterior margins of eyes slightly concave. Pronotum with disc slightly depressed; callus areas with low, gibbosities practically obsolete; lateral angles acute.

Labium barely reaching anterior margin of metacoxae; ratios 1:1.6:1.7:1. Peritreme 1/2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 3/4 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex, median flattened to slightly sulcate medially. Profemora armed with five small ventral barbs. Meso- and metafemora unarmed.

Color and vestiture. Ground color testaceous with some black punctures. Antennae with segment I laterally castaneous; segment II testaceous; and segments III–IV primarily castaneous with small proximal castaneous portions. Legs mostly straminous, tibiae becoming castaneous distally; abdomen with piceous spiracles. Dorsum nude; antennal segments I–II shiny with sparse vestiture, segments III–IV clothed in short pile with interspersed longer stiff bristles.

Male. Ventral rim of pygophore posteriorly produced, broadly truncate, shallowly emarginate; lateral lobes of dorsal rim short, rounded ( Fig. 24A–B ). Proctiger broad, hooded; basal sclerite 2X wider than long,( Fig. 24B ).

Female. Unknown.

Measurements. Males (n=1): body length 14.0, anterior pronotal width 3.4, humeral width 7.6, scutellar length 5.7, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.7, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.1. Appendages in Table 1.

Specimens examined. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Mimika River , [4 42' S, 136 28’ E], 1911, coll. A. F. R. Vollaston - 1 ♂ ( BMNH – holotype) .

Distribution. Western Irian Jaya ( Fig. 21 )

Figures

FIGURE 2. Anchises, Babylas, Epitoxicoris, and Elemana species, habitus. A. A. parvulus (Westwood), B. B. bihamatus, C. Ep. allisonae sp. nov., D. Ep. trimaculatus sp. nov., E. El. propria Distant.

FIGURE 21. Distribution of Brizica alacris Walker, B. proximus (Schouteden), B. vandoesburgi sp. nov., and Elemana propria Distant in New Guinea.

FIGURE 24. Ventral (A) and dorsal view (B) of pygophore nested within abdomen of holotype of Elemana propria Distant.