Vietnamaptera bogiessa Zhang, Bai, Heiss & Cai, sp. n.
Creators: name: Zhang, Wenjie
name: Bai, Xiaoshuan
name: Heiss, Ernst
name: Cai, Wanzhi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aradidae
Vietnamaptera
Vietnamaptera bogiessa

description: Vietnamaptera bogiessa Zhang, Bai, Heiss & Cai, sp. n. (Figs. 1–13)
Description. Color: Body blackish. Eyes reddish.
Structure: Head, antennae, tubercles of thoracic tergites, posterior angles of deltg, legs and pygophore covered with stiff, curved bristles. Anterior process of head elongate, protruding beyond tip of first antennal segment; genae reaching to apex of clypeus, lateral margins constricted; clypeus longitudinally raised, with dorsal tubercles; antenniferous tubercles large, dentiform; vertex raised, flanked by 2 (1+1) large calli, medially with X-shaped grooves (Fig. 1); antennae 1.04 times as long as width of head across eyes; third and forth segments of equal length, second segment shortest, first shorter than third segment, thickest and curved outward, second tapering toward base, third subcylindrical with petiolate base, fourth fusiform; rostrum reaching limits of rostral groove, the latter deep and wide, closed posteriorly. Pronotum 6.26 times as wide as length at midline, medial region with 2(1+1) short, longitudinal ridges almost reaching to posterior margin; posterior angles with 2 (1+1) large rounded humps; posterior margin sinuate, carinate, depressed medially; laterad of disc granulate. Mesonotum fused to metanotum and tergites I and II which are delimited by transverse grooves and furrows, medially elevated as a large, strong hump with a median longitudinal groove; laterad with 2 (1+1) round depressed sclerites; posterior angles with 2 (1+1) large rounded elevations. Lateral margins of metanotum with 2 (1+1) angulate humps. Legs slender, femora moderately inflated, tibiae cylindrical, nearly straight, preapical comb on fore tibiae present, claws with thin pulvilli. Tergite I with 2 (1+1) large raised humps, medially fused to tergite II, the latter with only a median raised hump posterior to the humps of tergite I. Anterior margin of abdominal tergal plate sinuate, lateral margins convergent, posterior margin straight; tergites III to VI completely fused and raised medially along tergites III-VI, strongly elevated on IV, sloping on V and VI; scent gland scars present; laterad of median hump with usual pattern of glabrous spots. Tergite VII with a transverse arcuate elevation, separated from the tergal plate by a deep groove. Connexiva with glabrous spots as usual with rugose surface; posterolateral angles of deltg of II-VI raised as round tubercles (Figs. 1–2). Paratergites VIII of male clavate, reaching to 4/5 of pygophore. Prosternum with two median ridges, separated from mesosternum by suture; meso- and metasterna separated from each other by a suture. Sterna III to VI smooth, with usual pattern of glabrous spots, sternite VII slightly raised medially into a longitudinal ovate elevation, laterad with 2 (1+1) ovate elevations (Fig. 4).Surface of ventral external laterosternites rugose, lateral margins of I to VII reflexed, progressively protruding and visible from above. Spiracles II to VII lateral and visible from above, VIII terminal. Pygophore cordate, raised medially into a Vshaped elevation extending posteriorly, with a longitudinal suture at middle (Figs. 1, 5–7). Parameres as in Figs. 8–10. Basal plate thick. Capitate process ovate. Strut large (Figs. 11–13).
Measurements [in mm]. Holotype: 3, length 6.5; maximal width of abdomen 3.75. Length head 1.31; width 1.47. Length pronotum 0.51; width 3.07. Length antennal segments I–IV = 0.38, 0.32, 0.42, 0.42.
Material examined: Holotype: 3, Vietnam, Laocai, Huronglien, Seamyty, N 22° 16.233 E 103°53.23, 1709 m; 9. VII. 2009, X. S. Bai leg (CAU).
Etymology: The specific name refers to its habitats, bog land in forest.
Distribution: Vietnam (Laocai).
description: Published as part of Zhang, Wenjie, Bai, Xiaoshuan, Heiss, Ernst & Cai, Wanzhi, 2010, Vietnamaptera, a new genus of apterous Carventinae (Hemiptera: Aradidae) from Vietnam, pp. 60-64 in Zootaxa 2530 on pages 62-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196514