Wallabicoris rutidosi, Schuh & P. Pedraza, 2010

Schuh, R. T. & P. Pedraza, 2010, Wallabicoris, New Genus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini) From Australia, With The Description Of 37 New Species And An Analysis Of Host Associations, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (338), pp. 1-118 : 69-72

Wallabicoris rutidosi , new species Figures 35, 36; map 3; plate 4

DIAGNOSIS: The only Wallabicoris sp. with a medial break in the secondary endosomal strap (fig. 35); some Rhamnaceae / Sterculiaceae feeders have a discontinuous secondary strap, but in those species the strap is absent from the proximal end of the secondary gonopore. Recognized among those species with heavily yellow coloration by the nonuniform yellow dorsum having a checkerboard pattern (pl. 4), by the moderate size, mean total length 4.87, the head weakly projecting beyond the anterior margin of the eyes, ratio head length/head width 3.19, the left paramere relatively short and deep bodied and only moderately projecting beyond margin of pygophore (fig. 36), and the secondary endosomal strap discontinuous, with a short medial break (fig. 36). Breeds on Rutidosis helichrysoides (Asteraceae) . Similar to W. chrysocephali and W. maralinga in the relatively short, deep-bodied left paramere only moderately projecting beyond the margin of the pygophore, but coloration of dorsum in W. rutidosi not so uniformly yellow in many specimens. Distinguished from W. sandstonensis and W. waitzii by the much more elongate left paramere in those species projecting well beyond the margin of the pygophore, and the longer, more slender body, and uniform, more intensely yellow coloration in W. waitzii . Potentially confused with W. commoni , but that species substantially larger, mean total length 5.60, and with an unbroken secondary endosomal strap with a very broad subbasal undulation.

(AMNH_PBI 00089627).

DESCRIPTION: Male: Body moderately elongate, parallel sided, total length 4.67– 5.11, l/w 5 3.36. COLORATION (pl. 4): Pronotum unicolorous faded yellow; hemelytron mostly pale or faded yellow with some dirty areas; markings on cuneus present as partial infuscation; membrane with extreme base with an elongate fumose marking, remainder partially fumose, especially within cells, veins white; venter unicolorous pale or mostly so; antennal segment 1 unicolorous pale, dirty yellow with pale medial seta; antennal segment 2 dirty yellow; labium pale with segment 4 heavily infuscate; hind femora unicolorous pale, without black spots; hind tibial spines dark without dark spots at bases. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: Dorsum with reclining simple setae matching background coloration, and with some sericeous or woolly setae. STRUCTURE: Head: Moderately projecting, ratio wh/lh 5 3.18 (fig. 35A); antennal fossa with ventral margin 1 diameter above ventral margin of eye; interocular space moderately large, ratio iod/ wh 5 0.39; eyes occupying entire height of head in lateral view (hg0–1/he20); labium reaching to midpoint of abdomen. GENI- TALIA (fig. 35E, F, 36): Endosoma: Base moderately long with an open U-shaped bend; distal half of shaft smoothly curving; primary endosomal strap weakly elongate apically, ratio lae/lsg 1.95; apex of primary endosomal strap weakly arcuate; secondary endosomal strap very slender, of uniform width from endosomal bend to gonopore, reaching to level of secondary gonopore, broken at about midpoint; secondary gonopore seen laterally in lateral view of endosoma. Phallotheca: Smoothly curving on dorsal margin; dorsal surface with a conspicuous keel. Left Paramere: Body elongate, somewhat exceeding pygophore margin; in dorsal perspective open over nearly entire length; body not distinctly tapering toward apex; anterior process arising at posterior margin of shaft; anterior process angled posterodorsally; posterior process appearing tubular, fingerlike; posterior process with strongly projecting shoulder at base; base of posterior process at about level of paramere body or very weakly elevated. Right Paramere: Body moderately elongate, ratio lrp/ wrp 2.65; body tapered from base to apex; posterior margin without distinct protuberance subapically; body elevated at juncture with base; apex with short fingerlike process.

ETYMOLOGY: Named for the host genus, Rutidosis DC ( Asteraceae : Gnaphalieae ).

HOSTS: Recorded on multiple collecting events from Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) (pl. 7B, C). The records from Amyema and Eremophila are either sitting records or the result of commingling specimens in the field.

DISTRIBUTION (map 3): Widely distribut- ed from central Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia) west into Queensland and New South Wales.

DISCUSSION: Rutidosis helichrysoides is very broadly distributed across the arid interior of Australia. Known records for W. rutidosi are from the Eyre Basin, although the actual distribution will require further sampling, to determine whether it is host specific and whether its distribution is coterminous with that of its host.

HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory:, 44 km E of Stuart Hiway on Ernest Giles Rd, 24.56668 ° S 132.6815 ° E, 494 m, 30 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. NSW staff NSW666245, 13 (AMNH_PBI 00098432) ( NTM).

PARATYPES: AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory: 21 km E of Stuart Hiway on Ernest Giles Rd, 24.56668 ° S 132.8539 ° E, 471 m, 29 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. NSW staff NSW658415, 43 (00098305–00098308), 16♀ (00098309–00098311– 00098324) ( AMNH). 25.3 km NW of Bond Springs on Tanami Rd, 23.51668 ° S 133.6212 ° E, 746 m, 21 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. NSW staff NSW658290, 93 (00097213–00097219, 00181906, 00097308), 21♀ (00097287–00097307)( AM), 143(00097220– 00097224–00097232, 00097236), 39♀ (00097248– 00097286) ( AMNH), 33 (00097233–00097235), 6♀ (00097242–00097247) ( UNSW), 13 (00097237) ( ZISP). 74.2 km NW of Bond Springs on Tanami Rd, 23.41668 ° S 133.2307 ° E, 671 m, 22 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. field ID NSW 658290, 83 (00097414– 00097421), 19♀ (00097331–00097340, 00097342– 00097350) ( AM), 143 (00097397, 00097401– 00097413), 42♀ (00097309–00097322, 00097341, 00097351–00097376, 00097392) ( AMNH), 13 (00097398), 7♀ (00097381–00097387) ( ANIC), 13 (00097399) ( CNC), Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. field ID NSW 658290, 43 (00097393–00097396), 8♀ (00097323– 00097330) ( UNSW), 13 (00097400), 4♀ (00097377–00097380) ( USNM), 4♀ (00097388– 00097391) ( ZISP). Trephina Gorge National Park, John Hayes Rockpool Campground, 23.53334 ° S 134.3542 ° E, 580 m, 25 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, 13 (00098274), 1♀ (00098275) ( AM). West Mac- Donnell National Park, Road to Ormiston Gorge, 23.65001 ° S 132.7242 ° E, 664 m, 05 Nov 2001, Schuh and Schwartz, Amyema preissii (Miq.) Tiegh. (Loranthaceae) , det. NSW staff NSW666335, 23 (00098043, 00098044) ( AM)., 44 km E of Stuart Hiway on Ernest Giles Rd, 24.56668 ° S 132.6815 ° E, 494 m, 30 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. NSW staff NSW666245, 33 (00098430– 00098431, 00098433), 5♀ (00098434–00098438) ( AM).

OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED: AUSTRA- LIA: Northern Territory: 25.3 km NW of Bond Springs on Tanami Rd, 23.51668 ° S 133.6212 ° E, 746 m, 21 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. NSW staff NSW658290, 4 nymphs (00097238– 00097241) (AMNH). 39 km E of Alice Springs, 23.68333 ° S 134.25 ° E, 26 Sep 1978, M.S. Upton, 53 (00168775–00168779) (ANIC). 53 km E by N of Alice Springs, 23.355 ° S 134.22 ° E, 06 Oct 1978, Upton & Barrett, 23 (00168771, 00168772) (ANIC). Queensland: 73.7 km E of Betoota, 25.60813 ° S 141.3999 ° E, 180 m, 03 Nov 1998, Schuh, Cassis, Silveira, 6♀ (00194522–00194527) (AMNH). South Australia: 1 km N of Innamincka, Cooper Creek, 27.73124 ° S 140.7364 ° E, 120 m, 05 Nov 1998, Schuh, Cassis, Silveira, Rutidosis helichrysoides DC. (Asteraceae) , det. Det: Royal Bot Gard. NSW NSW427519, 53 (00087121, 00087431, 00089627, 00089660–00089661), 63♀ (00087122, 00089629, 00089631– 00089652, 00089665–00089693, 00089701– 00089710), 11 nymphs (00089653–00089658, 00089711–00089715) (AM), 103 (00089628, 00089659, 00089662, 00089664, 00130223– 00130225, 00136606–00136608), 56♀ (00130226– 00130274, 00136610–00136616), 1 nymph (00136609) (AMNH), 13 (00089663), 7♀ (00089694–00089700) (UNSW). 45km NE of Welbourn Hill, 27.05 ° S 134.36666 ° E, 20 Sep 1978, Upton & Barrett, 23 (00168808, 00168809) (ANIC). Cadelga Homestead, 26.08949 ° S 140.4106 ° E, 150 m, 04 Nov 1998, Schuh, Cassis, Silveira, 23 (00130210, 00130211) (AMNH).