Gulacapsus novoguinensis Schuh, 1984

Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361), pp. 1-159 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/361.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478513
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scientific name	Gulacapsus novoguinensis Schuh
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Gulacapsus novoguinensis Schuh View in CoL Figure 21 View Figure 21

Gulacapsus novoguinensis Schuh, 1984: 227 View in CoL , figs. 744, 746 (n. sp., diag., descr., DV, figs. headpronotum).

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by characters of generic diagnosis, narrow body form, small size, unicolorous cuneus, weakly swollen posterior margin of pronotum, and partial transverse fascia limited mostly to anterior of clavus.

DESCRIPTION: See Schuh (1984).

HOSTS: Unknown; collected in light traps.

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

DISCUSSION: This species is one of the smallest species of Gulacapsus and the most similar to Australian species G. australiensis in shape and size. Both have the posterior lateral margins of the hemelytra nearly parallel sided with a weak medial constriction and shorter cuneus than the other species; however, the completely dark profemur and the partial transverse fascia in G. novoguinensis clearly separate the two.

HOLOTYPE: INDONESIA: West Irian : Hollandia-Bidden, 25 m, October 16, 1957, light trap, J.L. Gressitt. 18 ( BPBM) [not examined].

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province: Baiteta , 5.017 ° S 145.75 ° E, 1995, O. Missa, 1♀ (00318958) ( ISNB) GoogleMaps ; 02 Aug 1995, O. Missa, 1♀ (00318957) ( ISNB) ; 03 May 1996, O. Missa, 1♀ (00302015) ( ISNB) ; 09 May 1996, O. Missa, 18 (00302010), 5♀ (00302011– 00302014, 00302122) ( ISNB) ; 03 Jul 1996, O. Missa, 1♀ (00302128) ( ISNB) ; 24 Jul 1996, O. Missa, 1♀ (00196004) ( ISNB). Wanuma, 4.9 ° S 145.31667 ° E, 600 m, Aug 1968, N.L.H. Krauss, paratype, 18 (00318874) ( BPBM). Western Province: Oriomo River , 8.8 ° S 143.08333 ° E, 3 m, 04 Aug 1964, H. Clissold, Light Trap, paratype, 18 (00318875) ( BPBM) GoogleMaps .