Solomonius micrometallicus Published 2007, sp. nov.
Creators: name: WALL, MICHAEL A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Solomonius

description: <i>Solomonius micrometallicus</i> sp. nov. (Fig. 28C, 31 G-I, 34A, 36G, 27) <i>Holotype</i>. Male. <b>SOLOMON ISLANDS: New Georgia</b>, Munda, elev. 0–200 m, [8° 19' S, 157° 15’ E], 1–30 November 1970, coll. N. Krauss. Deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. <i>Diagnosis.</i> Metallic green with some straminous and testaceous maculations. Labium fourth abdominal sternite (third visible). Profemora with ventral and dorsal series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with ventral rim appearing entire, hiding sunken narrowly bilobed medial process. Medial penile plates broadly carinate medially and 2.8x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female with undulating posterior margin. <i>Description.</i> Body 1.8X longer than broad (Fig. 28C). Head broader than long; juga equal to tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin linear, becoming concave medially; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), slightly carinate; lateral angles rounded to truncate; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins smoothly angled to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced dorsally. Labium reaching fourth abdominal sternite (third visible); ratios of labial segments 1:1.7:1.6:1. Peritreme 1/2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2/3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second through fourth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of stout distally hooked spines; dorsal surface armed with small stout tubercles. Meso- and metafemora each with row of small ventral tubercles. <i>Color.</i> Ground color metallic green with some straminous and testaceous areas. Antennal segments I–III castaneous; segments IV–V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum metallic green with orange gibbose areas. Scutellar bulge laterally green with medial straminous area; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs straminous with testaceous speckling; tubercles or profemora castaneous. Tibiae with postmedial dark band; tarsi mostly straminous, segments I and III testaceous apically. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band; medial area straminous medially. <i>Male.</i> Pygophore slightly constricted ventrolaterally around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 31G–I). Ventral rim appearing entire with median narrowly bilobed process concealed by ventral rim of pygophore (Fig. 31G). Dorsolateral lobes without anterior flange (Fig. 31H, I); posterior lobes slightly developed, subangulate, directed entad; posteroventral lobes narrowly acute, directed posterolaterally (Fig. 31G–I). Medial penile plates narrow, 2.8X longer than broad, broadly carinate medially; carina most developed basally (Fig. 34A). <i>Female.</i> Laterotergites of eighth segment broad, lobes obsolete. Gonocoxa of eighth segment with undulating posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment broad; posterior margin deeply emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment slightly hooked apically (Fig. 36G). Secondary thickening of vagina intima tubular, 4–5X longer than broad, pore to ductus recepticali opening at apex. <i>Measurements.</i> Males (n=5): body length 14.6 SD 0.6 (14.1–15.8), anterior pronotal width 3.5 SD &lt;0.1 (3.5–3.7), humeral width 7.6 SD 0.1 (7.5–7.9), scutellar length 5.3 SD 0.1 (5.2–5.5), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.6 SD &lt;0.1 (0.6–0.7), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6 SD 0.1 (2.5– 2.8). Females (n=5): body length 15.7 SD 0.4 (15.1–16.1), anterior pronotal width 3.6 SD &lt;0.1 (3.5–3.7), humeral width 8.3 SD &lt;0.1 (8.2–8.4), scutellar length 6.0 SD 0.1 (5.8–6.2), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.3 SD &lt;0.1 (1.2–1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.0 SD 0.1 (1.9–2.2). Appendages in Table 5. <i>Etymology.</i> From the Greek word <i>mikro—</i> small; and the Latin <i>metallicus—</i> metallic; this is the smallest and most brilliantly metallic green species of its genus. <b>FIJI ISLANDS</b>: Labeti, coll. W. Mann - 1 &amp;male; (AMNH); <b>SOLOMON ISLANDS</b>: Arindal Is. ???, 4 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); <b>Kolombangara</b>, [8° ' S, 157° 5’ E], 4 May 1922, coll. E. Armytage - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); same locality, 6 June 1922, coll. E. Armytage - 1 &amp;female;, 1 &amp;male; (BMNH); same locality, 9 June 1922 - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); same locality, 10 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); base camp, 1 mi. inland from Kuzi by Kolombara R., 2 September 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); Kan Kana, 14 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH); <b>New Georgia</b>, [specific locality unknown] - 1 &amp;male; (AMNH); 5km S of Munda, [8° 19' S, 157° 15’ E], 19 November 1963, coll. J.L. Gressitt - 1 &amp;male; (BPBM); Marovo, [8° 30' S, 158° ‘ E], 30 December 1964, coll. P. Greenslade - 3 &amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH); Munda, elev. 0–200 m, [8° 19' S, 157° 15’ E], 14–15 July 1959, coll. J.L. Gressitt - 1 &amp;female;, 1 &amp;male; (BPBM); same locality, 14–15 July 1959, coll. J.L. Gressitt - 2 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 2 &amp;male;&amp;male; (BPBM); same locality, 14–20 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 6 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 3 &amp;male;&amp;male; (BMNH); same locality, 4 September 1964, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); same locality, 1–30 November 1970, coll. N. Krauss - 1 &amp;female;, 1 &amp;male; (BPBM); same locality, 1–30 November 1975, coll. N. Krauss - 4 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 5 &amp;male;&amp;male; (BPBM); same locality, 1–30 November 1976, coll. N. Krauss - 5 &amp;female;&amp;female;, 7 &amp;male;&amp;male; (BMNH, BPBM); same locality, 1–30 October 1980, coll. N. Krauss - 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; (AMNH); same locality, 1–30 November 1980, coll. N. Krauss - 1 &amp;female; (AMNH); same locality, 1–28 February 1984, coll. N. Krauss - 1 &amp;female; (BPBM); Pailou, 14 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); Wanawana, [8° 15' S, 157° 5’ E], 16 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 &amp;female; (BMNH); <b>Rendova</b>, [8° 26' S, 157° 20’ E], 7 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 2 &amp;female;&amp;female; (BMNH). <i>Distribution.</i> Confined to New Georgia Group (Fig. 27) with a single suspicious record from Fiji.
description: Published as part of <i>WALL, MICHAEL A., 2007, A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae), pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 1539 (1)</i> on pages 72-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5088720