Aristaenetus (Kmentaenetus) woodwardi Kondorosy, Kovács & Zsalakovics, 2019, sp. n.
Creators: name: Kondorosy, Előd
name: Kovács, Szilvia
name: Zsalakovics, László
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhyparochromidae
Aristaenetus
Aristaenetus woodwardi

description: Aristaenetus (Kmentaenetus) woodwardi Kondorosy et Zsalakovics sp. n.
(Figs 3–4)
Material examined: Holotype m: Indonesia: / Ambon I. Waai / 18. [handwriting] I. 1963 // at light // A. M. R. Wegner / Collector / BISHOP Mus. (BPBM).
Description: Pubescence similar to previous species but body somewhat more pilose, visible on head and, although extremely fine, also visible on pronotum and hemelytra too. Clypeus anteriorly terminating acutely but not acuminate; maxillary plate and anteclypeus shining. Labium reaching end of fifth abdominal segment, first segment almost reaching procoxae. Scape approximately as long as head, extending with half beyond apex of head. Humeral angle of pronotum terminating angular. Punctures stronger, row on clavus along claval furrow with 30 punctures.
Colour: Body black; humeral area of pronotum, hemelytra, dark part of legs and antenna and abdomen brown; labium stramineous with apex of fourth segment brown. Scape and pedicel except apex, and basal 1/4 of basiflagellum yellowish brown, basiflagellum in apical half stramineous with brown ring around middle; on legs trochanters, basal half of meso- and metafemora, tibiae except apex stramineous. Pronotum with 3 small basal stramineous spots: on middle and at clavi. Clavus with two stramineous lines: vein AA1+2 fully pale, vein AA3+4 only from halfway to about 3/4 of length; vein Cu partly, base of R+M and vein M with a small spot between R and M close to apical margin also stramineous. A small spot at level of apex of scutellum between R+M and Cu and a rather large transversal subapical spot forming a “∞” almost reaching end of vein M white. Membrane with stramineous veins and a round white spot on apex.
Structure: Head dull; pronotum, hemelytra and venter shining.
Distribution: Ambon (Indonesia, Maluku Islands).
Etymology: We named the new species in the honour of the late Thomas E. Woodward who made great discoveries regarding the Heteroptera, especially Rhyparochromidae, mostly in Lethaeini and Targaremini. He was born 100 years ago.
Measurements (in mm): Body length: 10.36. Head length: 1.91; width with eyes: 1.54; interocular space: 0.75; antenna: 8.72; I: 1.64; II: 2.58; III: 2.25; IV: 2.26; labium: 7.99; I: 2.17; II: 2.24; III: 2.50; IV: 1.08. Pronotum length: 1.95; length of anterior lobe 0.85, width: 2.99; width at transverse impression 1.79, scutellum length: 1.59; width: 1.51; claval commissure: 0.99.
Discussion – Aristaenetus (Kmentaenetus) woodwardi is somewhat smaller in size than A. (K.) diabolicus. The structure of the two new species is rather similar, the main differences are in the colouration of the hemelytra and the basiflagellum, the form of the apex of the clypeus and the humeral angle of the pronotum. Furthermore, A. diabolicus has much smaller punctures (outermost row of punctures of clavus contains almost 35–40 punctures, while on A. woodwardi only ~30); which is good apparent on the pronotum, scutellum and hemelytra, especially on inner half of corium.
description: Published as part of Kondorosy, Előd, Kovács, Szilvia & Zsalakovics, László, 2019, Kmentaenetus, A New Subgenus Of Aristaenetus (Hemiptera: Rhyparochromidae: Lethaeini) From The Papuan Subregion, pp. 9-18 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 65 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.17109/AZH.65.1.9.2019, http://zenodo.org/record/5734697