Chlamydatus sichuanensis, Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2006

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2006, A study on genus Chlamydatus Curtis, 1833 from China (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Zootaxa 1271, pp. 57-68 : 66-67

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.173273
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6255369
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D2BF6C-FFBE-FFCC-B97F-FADE54A4FBA5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Chlamydatus sichuanensis
status	sp. nov.

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Chlamydatus sichuanensis View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs. 7–8 View FIGURES 1 – 8 , 12 View FIGURES 9 – 12 , 17 View FIGURES 13 – 17 , 27–30 View FIGURES 18 – 30 )

Type specimens: Holotype: male, CHINA: Xiaojin County (30°59'N, 102°21'E), Sichuan Province, alt. 2350m, 26.viii.1963, Leyi Zheng leg.. Paratypes: 6 males, 13 females, same data as holotype.

Diagnosis: Recognizable by its small size, total length 2.28–2.68, the ovate to obovate body form, the coloration of the antennal segments varying from yellow to black, the coloration of leg ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 13 – 17 ), and the structure of male genitalia. Similar in size and general appearance to C. pullus , easily distinguished by coloration of the femora. In the new species, the fore and middle femora are yellowish, the hind femora are dark brown on proximal 80% and pale distally. However, in C. pullus the femora are dark, with deep yellow at apex only.

Description: Male ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ): Macropterous, elongately oval.

Coloration: Body dark; eye brown, but margin yellow; the coloration of antennae varying from completely yellow to almost black; clypeus and buccula dark; labium ranging from brown to black; fore and middle femora entirely yellow, with dark spots, hind femora dark brown, pale distally; tibia yellow and tibial spines brown with brown bases; tarsal segment III and claws darkened; abdomen uniformly black.

Structure: Dorsum smooth and weakly shining, covered with recumbent, shining, and simple setae; clypeus not visible from above; frons and vertex broad and flattened in dorsal view; posterior margin of vertex moderately rounded; eyes not conforming to anterior margin of pronotum; antenna inserted below ventral margin of eye; antennal segments III and IV slender than segment II, total length longer than segment II; labium reaching to posterior margin of middle trochanters; hemelytra nearly parallelsided, corial margin slightly convex; cuneal fracture weakly incised, hemelytra almost not deflexed at fracture; membrane fully developed; metathoracic scentgland evaporatory area as in Fig. 12 View FIGURES 9 – 12 ; pygophore not very large relative to total size of abdomen.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 27–30 View FIGURES 18 – 30 ): Vesica curving, apical spine of vesica short; secondary gonopore large, located near apex of vesica; phallotheca heavily sclerotized; left paramere boatshaped, typical of Phylini ; right paramere decurved apically.

Female ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ): Similar to male, but smaller and more ovoid than male.

Distribution: China (Sichuan).

Etymology: Named for the area (Sichuan Province of China) where the type material was found.