Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha)
Author
Leon, Stephanie
Author
Weirauch, Christiane
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Zootaxa
2016
4184
2
255
284
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.2
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Schizoptera
(
Odontorhagus
)
stricklandi
China 1946
(
Figs 4
,
6
and
7
)
Schizoptera
(
Odontorhagus
)
stricklandi
China
1946
: 25
, 152 (orig. descr.).
Diagnosis.
Distinguished among species of
Schizoptera
(
Odontorhagus
)
by the flat head, the weakly asymmetrical subgenital plate, the small, undifferentiated triangular process of the subgenital plate, the serrated right conjunctival appendage, the thin and tapering stem of the right paramere, and the heart-shaped dorsal fold of the anophore.
Holotype
:
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
:
Trinidad
:
Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation Co.
:
St. Augustine
,
Nov 1943
–
Feb 1944
,
A.H. Strickland
, 1Ƌ (
BMNH
).
PARATYPE
:
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
:
Trinidad
:
Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation Co.
:
St. Augustine
,
Nov 1943
–
Feb 1944
, A.H. Strickland, 1Ƌ (BMNH).
Redescription.
Male
: length:
1.3 mm
; body elongate ovoid;
COLORATION:
general coloration light brown; fuscous patch absent; Sc+C distinctly lighter than remainder of hemelytra (
Fig. 4
).
SURFACE AND VESTITURE:
as in subgeneric description.
STRUCTURE:
HEAD: flat in ventral view (
Fig. 4
); eyes about 2/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein distinctly curving; anterior membranal cell wedge-shaped. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI without process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical; lateral process of subgenital triangular, not fully differentiated from subgenital plate; (
Fig. 6U
); tVII rectangular; tVIII weakly rectangular with a distinctly sclerotized posterior margin; length of tVIII about 1/3 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp as in subgeneric description, with a thin, tapering stem (
Fig. 6U
); lp as in subgeneric description; rca thin and obscured by vesica; lca wedge-shaped (
Fig. 6U
); vesica uniformly thin, forming at least one coil; anophore as in subgeneric description hearth-shaped dorsal fold, and a prominent slit.
Female
: Unknown.
Distribution.
Known from the continental island of
Trinidad
as well as the northeastern state of
Pará
,
Brazil
(
Fig. 7
).
Other
material examined.
BRAZIL
:
Para
:
Belem Co.
:
8 km
E Belem
,
Ananindeua
,
20 May 1973
,
R. T. Schuh
,
light trap
, 1Ƌ (00096382) (
AMNH
).