Schaffnerocoris similis Henry and Menard 2020, new species
Creators: name: Henry, Thomas J.
name: Menard, Katrina L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Schaffnerocoris
Schaffnerocoris similis

description: Schaffnerocoris similis Henry and Menard, new species
(Figs. 65, 66, 117, 118, 137)
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DIAGNOSIS. This species (Figs. 66, 66) is distinguished by red hemelytra, dark reddish-brown ventral surface, the uniformly pale legs, the long, slender tubercle (Fig. 131) on the male genital capsule and the S-shaped right paramere (Fig. 118).
It is extremely similar to S. pallipes in the overall color, but differs in the male genitalia, especially the much more slender genital tubercle and the S-shaped rather than C-shaped right paramere. It differs from S. fuscotibialis by the pale legs, slender genital tubercle, and S-shaped, apically acute right paramere.
DESCRIPTION. Male: (n = 3; holotype measurements in parentheses): Length from apex of head to cuneal fracture 3.10–3.55 mm (3.25 mm); length from apex of head to apex of membrane 4.05–4.65 mm (4.35 mm); widest point across hemelytra 1.47–1.76 mm (1.70 mm). Head: Width across eyes 1.15–1.23 mm (1.22 mm); interocular width 0.66–0.69 mm (0.66 mm). Labium: Length 2.05–2.21 mm (2.05 mm), extending to abdominal segment III or slightly beyond. Antenna: Segment I length 0.51–0.58 mm (0.58 mm); II, 0.93–0.99 mm (0.98 mm); III, 0.61–0.69 mm (0.61 mm); IV, 0.72–0.74 mm (0.69 mm). Pronotum: Median length 0.74–0.90 mm (0.83 mm); posterior width 1.23–1.41 mm (1.33 mm).
Macropterous, elongate oval. COLORATION. Head: Grayish white, posterior margin of vertex pinkish red; clypeus and gena dark brown; eyes purplish red to reddish brown. Labium: Pale yellow. Antenna: Dark brown. Pronotum: Whitish to yellowish gray, furrows around calli and calli pale brown, disc brown, anterior and posterior margins pale or whitish. Mesoscutum: Pale reddish brown. Scutellum: Grayish brown, with lateral raised V-shaped margins often contrastingly paler yellow. Hemelytron: Pale red, lateral corial margins and lateral margins of cuneus pale yellowish red, costal margin and claval commissure tinged dark brown; membrane clear, veins dark brown.
Ventral surface: Thorax reddish brown; abdomen reddish, sometimes pale yellow ventrally. Legs: Pale yellow. SURFACE AND VESTITURE and STRUCTURE. As in generic description.
Male genitalia: Endosoma and phallotheca as in generic description. Left paramere (Fig. 117) small, L- or scythe-shaped. Right paramere (Fig. 118) S-shaped, with apex pointed.
Female: Unknown.
ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet “ similis ” is used to denote the overall similarity to S. pallipes, particularly the general coloration.
HOST. Unknown.
DISTRIBUTION. Known from only Guerrero, Mexico.
TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype ♂, MEXICO: Guerrero: 6 mi. E Xochipala, 18 July 1984, Carroll, Schaffner, Friedlander (TAMU 730). PARATYPES: MEXICO: Guerrero: 2♂♂, same data as for holotype (1♂ TAMU [731]; 1 ♂ USNM [732]); 1♂, 6 mi. E Xochipala, 13 July 1985, Jones, Schaffner (TAMU 733); 2♂♂, 13 July 1985, J. Woolley, Zohnerowich; 2♂♂, 6.2 mi. SW Xochipala, elev. 5670 ft., 6 July 1987, Kovarik, Schaffner (TAMU 734-735).
description: Published as part of Henry, Thomas J. & Menard, Katrina L., 2020, Revision and Phylogeny of the Eccritotarsine Plant Bug Genus Caulotops Bergroth, with Descriptions of Four New Genera and 14 New Species (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) Associated with Agave (Agavoideae Asparagaceae) and Related Plant Genera, pp. 201-252 in Zootaxa 4772 (2) on pages 249-250, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3816462