Germalus fuscovittatus Malipatil, 2013

Kóbor, Péter & Kondorosy, Előd, 2022, The big-eyed bug genus Germalus Stål, 1862 in New Guinea (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae), Zootaxa 5182 (3), pp. 265-278 : 267

Germalus fuscovittatus Malipatil, 2013

( Figs. 1A , 2B–D , 3A , 4 )

Material examined. 1 ♀ ( BMNH): “ PAPUA N.G. / Bulolo / 10. VIII. 1951 / /on Shrub / H. Roberts coll. / C.I.E. A 13485 // 1560 // Germalus sp. / det. M. R. Wilson 1983; 1 ♀ ( BPBM): NEW GUINEA NE: / Wau 1200 m / 4. X. 1932 // on Sunflower (Helianthus anuus) // W.C. Gagne Collector / BISHOP” ; 1 ♂ ( BPBM): “ NEW GUINEA / Wau , Bishop / Museum, No.37 / Field Station / 15–25 IV. 1965 / leg. J. Balogh & J. Szent-Ivanyi ” .

Diagnosis. Germalus fuscovittatus can be separated from other Germalus species of New Guinea with the combination of following characters: dark spot at humeral angles absent, dorsum with broad, fuscous median band extending from head to apex of abdomen; eyes less stylate than in other New Guinean Germalus species and not projected; punctuation of claval commissure missing, punctuation of M-R complete. Dorsal supporting process of peritreme short, reversing ( Fig. 3A )

Distribution. Records of G. fuscovittatus is known from northern Queensland, islands of the Torres Strait and New Guinea ( Malipatil & Blackett 2013, present article). Specimens examined in present study were collected near Bulolo and Wau, Papua-New Guinea (fig. 4), habitat: Southeastern Papuan rain forests.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal habitus of New Guinean Germalus species. A. G. fuscovittatus Malipatil, 2013 (BMNH), B. G. pulchellus sp. nov. (Holotype, NHMW), C. G. kontschani sp. nov. (Holotype, ZSM), D G. cucullatus sp. nov. (Holotype, RBINS), E. G. pappi sp. nov. (holotype, ZSM), F. G. sellatus sp. nov. (Holotype, MFNB). (scale bar = 1 mm).

FIGURE 2. Detail pictures of New Guinean Germalus species: A. variability of vertex pattern in G. pulchellus (holotype and paratype, NHMW); B. labial trough (indicated with arrow) of G. fuscovittatus, C. sutures of abdominal tergites 4/5–5/6 (indicated with arrow) of G. fuscovittatus, D. venation of metathoracic wing in G. fuscovittatus (abbreviations: h—hamus, iv—intervannals, M—media, R—radius) (images not to scale).

FIGURE 3. Peritreme of metathoracic scent efferent apparatus (indicated by arrows) of New Guinean Germalus species. A. G. fuscovittatus Malipatil, 2013, B. G. pulchellus sp. nov., C. G. kontschani sp. nov., D. G. cucullatus sp. nov., E. G. pappi sp. nov., F. G. sellatus sp. nov. (images not to scale).

FIGURE 4. Distribution map of New Guinean Germalus species.