Elanela kerzhneri Grazia & Silva, 2006

Grazia, Jocelia, Barros, Lurdiana Dayse De & Barão, Kim Ribeiro, 2016, Elanela Rolston revisited (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): new distributional records and description of new species, Zootaxa 4092 (4), pp. 561-571 : 564

Elanela kerzhneri Grazia & Silva, 2006

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Elanela kerzhneri Grazia & Silva, 2006: 159–160 , figs. 1–3; Grazia & Greve, 2011: 262, 265, figs. 2, 4.

Material examined. BRAZIL: HOLOTYPE ♂, Rondônia, Ouro Preto , 22.iii.1979, A.C. Mendes leg. ( MCNZ) ; 1 ♀, Rondônia, Linea 10, 5 km S Caucalandia, ca 2 km W of B-65, Rio Pardo , 5–17.x.1993, L.B. & C.W. O'Brien leg. ( JEEC) ; 1 ♂, Rondônia, 62 km Ariquemes, nr. Faz. Rancho Grande , 8–20.xi.1994, J.E. Eger leg. ( JEEC) [NEW RECORD] .

Diagnosis. Disc of scutellum black. Urosternites of females entirely castaneous, urosternite VII with reddish spot medially; and of males, with black stripes medially and laterally, tubercle on urosternite III castaneous. Male genitalia: posterolateral angles of pygophore developed, setose; distal thirds of dorsal rim heavily depressed, inner wall of genital cup tumescent, triangular posteriorly, surpassing posterolateral angles of pygophore; ventral wall of pygophore with a deep, semicircular excavation; ventral rim sinuate, median third with a quadrate notch bearing a small process medially; parameres quadrate in dorsal view, juxtaposed along midline and covering segment X basally; distal margin of segment X with deep V-shaped notch, with each posterolateral angle produced posteriorly, acute apically. Female genitalia: gonocoxites 8 wider than long; sutural margins of gonocoxites 8 juxtaposed and parallel along basal 2/3; lateral margins of gonocoxites 8 straight; posterior margin of gonocoxites 9 convex; laterotergites 9 not surpassing tergite VIII.

Distribution. Brazil (Rondônia) ( Fig. 22 ).

Figures

FIGURE 22. Distribution of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980.

FIGURES 1–8. Dorsal view of species of Elanela Rolston, 1980. 1, Elanela hevera Rolston, 1980, male; 2, holotype male of Elanela kerzhneri Grazia & Silva, 2006; 3, paratype male of Elanela jordi Grazia & Greve, 2011; 4, holotype male of Elanela nigrofemorata sp. nov.; 5, holotype male of Elanela diamphidiosa sp. nov.; 6, holotype male of Elanela rafaeli sp. nov.; 7, holotype male of Elanela fernandesi sp. nov.; 8, holotype female of Elanela scutomaculata sp. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.