Adelphocorisella sarika Yasunaga &amp; Shishido &amp; Yamada 2016, new species
Creators: name: Yasunaga, Tomohide
name: Shishido, Takayuki
name: Yamada, Kazutaka
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Adelphocorisella
Adelphocorisella sarika

description: <i>Adelphocorisella sarika</i>, new species (Figs. 1A, B, 2 B, C, 4) <b>Material examined.</b> <b>Holotype:</b> male, THAILAND: Nakhon Nayok, Sarika, N14°18'39" E101°18'00", at light, coll. T. Yasunaga, K. Yamada, 16 June 2009 (AMNH _ PBI 00380438) (DOA). Paratypes: THAILAND: 1 male, Nakhon Nayok, Sarika, N14°18'39" E101°18'00", at light, coll. T. Yasunaga, 19 December 2010 (00380439) (TYCN); 1 male, Nakhon Ratchasima, Wang Nam Khieo, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station (SERS), N14°30'27" E101°55'39", 410 m alt., UV light trap, coll. T. Yasunaga, K. Yamada, 12−14 June 2009 (00380440) (TYCN). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Recognised by its smallest size among congeners; generally short antenna; chestnut brown, weakly mottled pronotum and hemelytron (Fig. 1A, B); long metatibia; sharply curved hypophysis of left paramere; triangular, apically pointed hypophysis of right paramere; and broad endosomal spiculum (Fig. 4). A combination of these characters enables this new species to be distinguished from any other species of <i>Adelphocorisella</i>. <b>Description.</b> Body elongate oval, nearly parallel-sided; dorsal surface chestnut brown, widely matte, with uniformly distributed, brown, simple setae and densely distributed, reclining silvery setae (Fig. 1A, B). Head reddish brown, mottled with yellow. Antenna yellowish brown; segment I with reddish brown spots. Labium shiny pale brown, reaching abdominal sternum VI; basal 2/3 of segment I and apical half of IV chocolate brown. Pronotum chestnut brown, weakly shining, slightly mottled anteriorly, with yellow posterior margin; collar reddish brown, matte, speckled with yellow spots; pleura reddish brown, mottled with yellow; ostiolar peritreme creamy yellow; scutellum chestnut brown, somewhat darkened posteriorly, sometimes with pale apex. Hemelytron matte, without significant mottled pattern; lateral margin of embolium narrowly yellow, speckled with red spots; cuneus yellow, with dark base and apex, speckled with red spots; membrane smoky brown, with irregular pale marks posterior to apex of cuneus; membrane vein usually tinged with red. Coxa and leg yellowish brown; procoxa widely reddish brown; meso- and metacoxae each with a reddish brown spot subbasally; all femora speckled with small, reddish brown spots; pro- and mesofemora sanguineous brown basally; metafemur widely chestnut brown dorsally (Fig. 1A, B), with a sanguineous stripe at basal 1/4 along anterior margin (Fig. 2B, C); tibial spines pale or reddish brown. Abdomen matte, yellowish brown, ventrally with a pair of reddish brown stripes (continuing from metacoxae to paired, lateral large marks on pygophore) and with scattered, red, small spots (Fig. 2B). <i>Male genitalia</i> (Fig. 4): Left paramere rather long, with sharply curved hypophysis; right paramere short and broad, with triangular, pointed hypophysis. Apex of phallotheca narrowly keeled. Endosoma with clear sclerite 'c' (sclerite C sensu Malipatil &amp; Chérot, 2002), and comparatively developed, weakly curved and apically tapered spiculum. <i>Female</i>: Unknown. <b>Measurements.</b> Male: Total body length 3.9−4.3; width of head across eyes 0.88−0.94; width of vertex 0.24−0.27; lengths of antennal segments I−IV 0.61−0.64, 1.88−1.94, 1.61−1.72, 0.88−0.98; length of labium 1.96−2.06; basal width of pronotum 1.25−1.28; maximum width across hemelytron 1.49−1.55; and length of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 2.13−2.21, 3.18−3.26, 0.51−0.59. <b>Biology.</b> Unknown; all available specimens were collected at light. Collection records suggest this mirid has two or more generations per year. <b>Etymology.</b> Named for the type locality, Sarika in Nakhon Nayok Province.
description: Published as part of <i>Yasunaga, Tomohide, Shishido, Takayuki &amp; Yamada, Kazutaka, 2016, Two new species of the mirine plant bug genus Adelphocorisella (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini) from central Thailand, pp. 250-256 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64</i> on pages 255-256, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4504366
description: {"references": ["Malipatil MB &amp; Cherot F (2002) Adelphocorisella Miyamoto and Yasunaga newly recorded from Australia, with the description of a new species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 41: 99 - 103."]}