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
text
Zootaxa
2016
4184
2
255
284
journal article
37901
10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.2
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Schizoptera
(
Odontorhagus
)
ungulata
,
n. sp.
(
Figs 3
,
6
and
7
)
Diagnosis.
Distinguished among species of
Schizoptera
(
Odontorhagus
)
by the claw-shaped process of the subgenital plate, the sickle-like process of the left paramere, the ladle-shaped right paramere, and the brush-like tip of the right conjunctival appendage.
Holotype
:
HONDURAS
:
Atlantida
:
San Alejo Co.
: Honduras: Dept
.
Atlantida
,
San Alejo Farm
,
United Fruit Co.
,
15.35
°
N
87.43333
°
W
, 0
4 Jun 1964
, 1Ƌ (00091829) (
FSCA
) (microscopic slide mount).
Redescription.
Male
: length:
1.41 mm
; body ovoid;
COLORATION:
general coloration light brown.
SURFACE AND VESTITURE:
as in subgeneric description.
STRUCTURE:
HEAD: flat in ventral view (
Fig. 3
); eyes about 1/2 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI without process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical; lateral process of subgenital plate claw-shaped with a long anterior and short posterior processes (
Fig. 6W
); tVII rectangular; tVIII weakly rectangular; length of tVII about 1/3 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp ladleshaped with a large rounded base, and elongate stem; lp as in subgeneric description a sickle-shaped dorsal process; rca uniformly tapering with a distinct, brush-like tip; lca large, about 1/2 length of rca, and tapering (
Fig. 6W
); vesica uniformly thin, forming at one coil; anophore as in subgeneric description with a pawn-shaped process on the dorsal wall.
Female
: Unknown.
Distribution.
Known only from the
type
locality (
Fig. 7
).
Etymology.
Named for the claw shaped process of the subgenital plate after the Latin “ungulatus” meaning having hoofs or claws.