Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) enigmatica Leon & Weirauch, 2016, n. sp.
Creators: name: Leon, Stephanie
name: Weirauch, Christiane
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Schizopteridae
Schizoptera
Schizoptera enigmatica

description: Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) enigmatica, n. sp.
(Figs 2, 5 and 7)
Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) by the large body size, the dark brown coloration, the distinct, asymmetrical subgenital plate with a large, irregular incision and two processes, the elongate, club-shaped anterior process of the subgenital plate, the jagged tab-like posterior process of the subgenital plate, the curving and distinctly sclerotized left process of the pygophore, and the serrated dorsal surface of the anophore.
Holotype: PANAMA: Panama: Cerro Campana, 8.68333°N 79.91667°W, 13 Feb 1959, Henry S. Dybas, 1Ƌ (00090825) (FMNH) (microscopic slide mount). PARATYPE: PANAMA: San Blas: 2 km N. Nusagandi, 9.35806 ° N 78.97833 ° W, 400 m, 14 Jan 2001, M. Yoder & J. B. Woolley, 1Ƌ (00093436) (TAMU).
Description. Male: length: 1.51–1.53 mm; body broadly ovate; COLORATION: general coloration dark brown; fuscous patch covering more than 1/2 of wing membrane; Sc+C distinctly lighter than remainder of hemelytra (Fig. 2). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: slightly rounded in ventral view (Fig. 2); eyes about 1/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein straight; anterior membranal cell triangular. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI without process on posterior margin; subgenital plate distinctly asymmetrical, with a large, irregular incision; anterior process of subgenital plate elongate, club shaped and curving (Fig. 5J); posterior process of subgenital plate jagged and tab-like; tVII weakly rectangular; tVIII weakly rectangular with a sharpened posterior margin on the left; length of tVIII about 3/4 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description, with an elongate, curving and sclerotized process on left margin; rp as in subgeneric description with a long, thick stem and fin-like tip; lp as in subgeneric description with two tubular dorsal processes; rca tapering with serrated margin; lca small, about 1/4 size of rca, and y-shaped (Fig. 5J); vesica short and tapering forming almost one coil; anophore forming an asymmetrical tube with a prominent dorsal fold and distinct serrations on dorsal surface (Fig. 5J).
Female: Unknown.
Distribution. Known from two localities in Panama: the Altos de Campana National Park in Panama province, and the San Blas region (now Guna Yala) on the northeast coast (Fig. 7).
Etymology. Named for the bizarre subgenital plate morphology after the Latin “enigmaticus” meaning mysterious or puzzling.
description: Published as part of Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016, Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha), pp. 255-284 in Zootaxa 4184 (2) on pages 269-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/164749