Trichocephalocapsus immaculatus Schuh, 1984

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Trichocephalocapsus immaculatus Schuh Figure 41

Trichocephalocapsus immaculatus Schuh, 1984: 244 , figs. 785, 787 (n. sp., diag., descr., DV).

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by yellow-white transverse fascia, unicolorous cuneus, completely dark tibiae, and more strongly elevat- ed posterior lobe of pronotum.

DESCRIPTION: See Schuh (1984).

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

DISCUSSION: We did not reexamine the holotype of this species, but the original description and illustrations from Schuh (1984) and the examination of one paratype indicate that it is distinct from T. albisignatus . Two recently collected female specimens from Papua New Guinea were identified as belonging to this species.

HOLOTYPE: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya: Cyclops Mountains, Ifar , 300 m, June 21, 1959, T.C. Maa. 18 ( BPBM) [not examined].

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: INDONESIA: Irian Jaya: Cyclops Mountains, Ifar, 2.6 ° S 140.61 ° E, 300 m, 21 Jun 1959, T.C. Maa,

paratype, 18 (00318866) ( BPBM). PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta , 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 03 Jul 1996, O. Missa, 1♀ (00302078) ( ISNB) ; 24 Jul 1996, O. Missa, 1♀ (00302079) ( ISNB) .

Waterhouseana Carvalho Plate 7, Figures 42–43 Waterhouseana Carvalho, 1973: 4 (n. gen., descr., disc.); Schuh, 1984: 223 (diag.)

TYPE SPECIES: Waterhouseana illustris Carvalho, 1973 , by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by wide and flat face with gena and gula covered with dense black setae, medially constricted pronotum of hourglass shape in dorsal view, posterior pronotal lobe swollen, convex in lateral view, and completely obscuring mesoscutum in dorsal view, flat pronotal collar, punctate flat hemelytron with a strong medial constriction, lateral posterior margins of hemelytron expanded into a lobelike process anterior and dorsal to cuneal fracture, R+M vein terminating at about midpoint of hemelytron, lateral posterior margin of corium with transparent area, petiolate abdomen with segment 2 longer than wide and paler than remainder of abdomen, dorsal spinelike process on pygophore, and laterally compressed metatibia.

Female: Similar to male but smaller in size, with a wider vertex, anterior margin of eyes continuous with angle of vertex, hemelytra shorter, and antennal segment 2 shorter and more clublike than in male.

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

DISCUSSION: This genus is one of the most bizarre members of the Leucophoropterini and the easiest to identify due to the characteristics of the head and the pronotum. Previously this genus was only known from type species, W. illustris ; however, recent collecting efforts in Papua New Guinea have uncovered a new species, W. delicata , smaller in size than W. illustris and lacking the patch of dark brown setae on the hemelytron posterior to the apex of the clavus.

Figures

Figure 41. Distribution of Trichocephalocapsus spp.

Figure 42. Distribution of Waterhouseana spp.

Figure 43. Male genitalia of Waterhouseana delicata (A–D).