Psallofulvius danbulla, Namyatova, 2022

Namyatova, Anna A., 2022, A new genus and two new species of Australian Fulviini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae), Zootaxa 5219 (4), pp. 353-364 : 355-359

Psallofulvius danbulla sp. nov.

( Figs 1–3 )

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Material examined. Holotype. Australia: Queensland: Danbulla Scientific Reserve , 17.2°S 145.6667°E, 740 m, 02 Nov 1995, G. B. Monteith, 1;m ( UNSW _ ENT 00042964 ) ( QM) . Paratype. Australia: Queensland: Danbulla Scientific Reserve , 17.2°S 145.6667°E, 740 m, 02 Nov 1995, G. B. Monteith, 2;m ( UNSW _ ENT 00042965 , UNSW _ ENT 00042966 ) ( QM) .

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following combination of characters: pronotum and hemelytron uniformly brown to dark brown ( Fig. 1A ) coxae and femora brown to dark brown, segments of hind tarsus subequal to each other (Fig, 2F), setae on antennal segment II mostly suberect (Fig, 2H); genital capsule with paired outgrowths around opening ( Fig. 3F ), right paramere with angulate outgrowth basally ( Fig. 3D ); endosoma small with a few small, sclerotized areas ( Fig. 3A–C ).

Description. Male. Body size 3.2–3.4. Coloration ( Fig. 1A ). Background coloration brown to dark brown; head brown to pale brown dorsally, pale brown laterally and ventrally; antennal segment I yellow, brown apically or uniformly brown, segment II pale brown, brown apically, segments III–IV brown to dark brown; labium pale brown, pronotum uniformly brown to dark brown; pleura uniformly dark brown; hemelytron uniformly brown to dark brown; coxae and femora brown to dark brown; tibiae and tarsi pale brown to yellow; abdomen dark brown.

Surface and vestiture. Setae on antennal segment II mostly suberect, as long as or shorter than tibial width ( Fig. 2H ). Structure and measurements. Body ca. 2.7–2.9× as long as wide, ca. 3.0–3.1× as long as pronotum width; head ca. 1.5–1.8× as wide as long, in lateral view head ca. 1.3× as long as high; distance between buccula and pronotum longer than buccula length; antennal segment I ca. 0.8–1.0× as long as vertex, ca. 0.3–0.4× as long as head width; antennal segment II ca. 3.6–4.2× as long as segment I, ca. 1.4–1.5× as long as head width, ca. 0.7–0.9× as long as pronotum width; labial segment III subequal to segment II, segment IV subequal to half of segment III; pronotum ca. 1.9× as wide as head, ca. 2.4× as wide as long; tarsal segment I subequal to segment II ( Fig. 2F ). Genitalia. Genital capsule as long as wide, with paired outgrowths at sides of opening ( Fig. 3F ); left paramere distinctly widened basally, distinctly curved, slightly longer than right paramere; right paramere basally with angulate outgrowth ( Fig. 3D, E ); phallotheca with outgrowth on right side in apical half; endosoma small with few small sclerotized areas ( Fig. 3A–C ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known from a single locality in the Australian wet tropics ( Fig. 1B ).

Etymology. This species is named after Danbulla, the locality where it was collected.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A. Habitus of Psallofulvius dryander, paratype, male, UNSW_ENT 00042972, paratype, female, UNSW_ENT 00042970, Psallofulvius danbulla, holotype, male, UNSW_ENT 00042964. B. Distribution of P. danbulla (red circle), and P. dryander (brown diamonds).

FIGURE 2. SEMs of Psallofulvius danbulla. UNSW_ENT 00042964, male.A. Head, anterior view. C. Pretarsus, dorsal view. D. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. F. Hind tarsus. G. Head and pronotum, lateral view. H. Antennal segments I–III. I. Labial segment I. J. Scutellum, clavus, corium.K. Cuneus and membrane. N. Labial segment IV.O. Forefemur.UNSW_ENT 00042965, male. B. Labium. E. Antenna. L. Pleura. UNSW_ENT 00042966, paratype. M. Hind femur.

FIGURE 3. Male genitalia of Psallofulvius danbulla. UNSW_ENT 00042964. A. Aedeagus in repose, theca attached to phallobase, dorsal view. D. Right paramere, dorsal view. E. Left paramere, dorsal view. UNSW_ENT 00042965. B. Aedeagus inflated, theca and phallobase separated from each other, dorsal view. C. Aedeagus inflated, theca and phallobase separated from each other, left lateral view. F. Genital capsule, dorsal view.