Homoiacoris annemarieae, Magnien, 2023

Magnien, Philippe, 2023, New genera, species and subspecies of tessaratomine true bugs (Heteroptera: Tessaratomidae, Tessaratominae), Zootaxa 5375 (4), pp. 533-549 : 545-547

Homoiacoris annemarieae sp. nov.

( Figs. 8–9 , 11, 24–29)

Holotype ♂: Roxas , Palawan Island, Philippines ( MNHN).

Paratypes: 4 ♀♀ same data ( MNHN, PMPF) .

Description. Habitus: as in genus description.

Head. As in genus description, rostrum surpassing anterior coxae by more than one third of mesosternum median length.

Thorax. Pronotum densely, finely punctate apart from callosities. Scutellum also densely punctate except apex. Corium overall densely, finely punctate. Sternum finely punctate; evaporatoria small ( Fig. 28 ), reduce to a narrow stripe on mesosternum, enlarged on its basal half on metasternum; legs light brownish, femora darker at apex, length of apical teeth of posterior femora little more than half its diameter, dorsal surface of tibiae furrowed with a black line on either side.

Abdomen. See genus description.

Male genitalia. Phallus and parameres as in genus description, pygophore (Fig. 11) long, sides slightly divergent, posterior margin deeply convex, rimmed on all its width, hypandrium vertical, short, triangular, broadly rounded at apex.

Female genitalia. Ring sclerites pear shaped, anterior ductus short, about half as long as posterior, somewhat longer than receptacle and intermediate part taken together.

Measurements (mm): ♂ (1 specimen)—length 23.2; width 11.8; antenna length 12.5 (0.9–3.5–3.5–4.6); ♀ (4 specimens) mean (min–max)—length 24.7 (24.2–25.10); width 12.9 (12.6–13.00); antenna length (length segments) 12.4 (12.00–12.80) (0.9–3.4–3.6–4.4).

Host plant. Unknown.

Etymology. This species is dedicated to my wife Anne-Marie Toporkoff, for having accepted to share her husband with entomology and endured it for now more than fifty years.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality, Roxas, on Palawan Island in Philippines.

Figures

FIGURES 7–9: habitus.—7 Oukhypencha stali n. sp. ♀ (holotype); 8–9: Homoiacoris annemarieae n. sp.—8: ♂ (holotype)— 9: ♀ (paratype). Scale 10 mm

FIGURES 24–28: Homoiacoris annemarieae n. sp. (holotype ♂, paratype ♀); 24: phallus (lateral view)—25: ventral processus (ventral view, right side)—26: paramere (dorsal and lateral view, pilosity omitted in lateral view)—27: spermatheca and sclerotized rings—28: evaporatoria. Abbreviations: ad—anterior duct, ev—evaporatoria field, ip—intermediate part, o—ostiole, pd—posterior duct, pw—posterior wall of vagina, r—receptacle, rs—ring sclerite, sd— striated dilation, sld—sclerified latero-dorsal processus, slv—slerified latero-ventral processus, sml—slerified medio-lateral processus. All scales 1 mm.