Sthenaropsis fedori, Linnavuori, 2010

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2010, Studies on the Miridae (Phylinae, addenda to Deraeocorinae and Orthotylinae) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 369-414 : 395-396

Sthenaropsis fedori sp. nov.

( Figs. 15A–E , 29A–B ) Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, IRAN: KHUZESTAN: Zeydoon, 26.–28.iv.2007. PARATYPES: 2 JJ, same locality and date as holotype. The types will be deposited in the National Museums and Galleries of Wales (Cardiff, United Kingdom).

Description. Length 3.5–3.75 mm (J).

Colouration. Shiny. Blackish brown with pale pattern on basal part of hemelytra ( Fig. 29A ). Head black with genae, lorae and bucculae yellowish brown ( Fig. 29B ). Eyes dark brown. Antennae pale yellow. Rostrum yellowish. Pronotum and scutellum blackish. Hemelytra blackish with basal part of corium and the adjacent areas of clavus yellowish; cuneus dark brown; membranes with veins also dark brown. Ventral surface of thorax yellowish with reddish tinge, middle and entire abdomen blackish. Legs yellow, femora with reddish tinge, tibiae with short dark spines, claws dark.

Structure. Body 2.6–3.2× as long as basal width of pronotum. Upper surface of body, especially of hemelytra, covered by adpressed pale pubescence. Head about 0.9× as broad as basal width of pronotum, in anterior view about 1.6× as broad as high; basal margin of vertex carinate; ocular index about 1.83. Antennae long and gracile, with short adpressed pubescence, length ratios of antennomeres 15: 60: 42: 30, antennomere 2 0.95× as long as basal width of head, 0.82–0.88× as long as basal width of pronotum. Rostrum extending to hind coxae. Pronotum 2.21–2.45× as broad as long in middle, lateral margins slightly curved, disk finely and sparsely punctate. Punctation on hemelytra fine and dense. Hind femur about 1.47× as long as basal width of pronotum. Length ratios of hind tarsomeres 9: 15: 16. Male genitalia as in Fig. 15A–E , pygophore conical.

Differential diagnosis. Related to S. gracilicornis Linnavuori, 1954 from Central Asia, but readily distinguished by the unique colouring ( S. gracilicornis is uniformly dark brown).

Habitat. Collected at light at a river bank with Tamarix and Phragmites and in a date-palm garden with rich undergrowth and little brook with Phragmites .

Etymology. Dedicated to Feodor V. Konstantinov of the St. Petersburg State University, a renowned specialist in Palaearctic Miridae .

Distribution. So far known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig. 15. A–E – Sthenaropsis fedori sp. nov. A – right paramere; B – left paramere; C–D – theca in two aspects; E – vesica, slide mount. F–B – S. zeydoonicus sp. nov. F – right paramere; G–H – left paramere in two aspects; I – theca; J – vesica, slide mount.

Fig. 29. A–B – Sthenaropsis fedori sp. nov. A – dorsal aspect; B – head in frontal aspect. C–D – S. zeydoonicus sp. nov. C – dorsal aspect; D – head in frontal aspect.