Cylapinus yasunagai Wolski 2021, new species
Creators: name: Wolski, Andrzej
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Cylapinus
Cylapinus yasunagai

description: Cylapinus yasunagai, new species
(Figs 3b, 8a, 12d–f)
Diagnosis. Recognized by the following set of features: scutellum dark castaneous with three yellow patches (Fig. 3b); corium with narrow patch medially, not reaching outer margin of clavus (Fig. 3b); secondary gonopore undifferentiated, medial sclerotization indistinct (Fig. 12d).
Description. COLORATION (Fig. 3b, 7a). Dorsum dark castaneous with yellow areas. Head. Dark red brown to entirely black; antennal segment I dark yellow tinged with red; segment II from yellow tinged with dark brown apically to entirely dark brown; segments III and IV dark brown; labium yellow with red and fuscous areas. Thorax. Pronotum. Dark castaneous. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Dark castaneous; scutellum with two patches basolaterally and one apically. Thoracic pleura. Dark castaneous; metathoracic scent gland evaporative area yellow. Hemelytron. Dark castaneous with dark yellow areas; clavus and corium dark castaneous, corium with yellow patches – one basally and other medially; embolium dark yellow; cuneus dark brown, yellow basally; membrane fuscous. Legs. Dark yellow with brown and dark brown areas. Abdomen. Dark castaneous. TEXTURE AND VESTITURE. As in generic description. STRUCTURE (Fig. 3b). Thorax. Pronotum. Collar broad, about as wide antennal segment I diameter; calli broadly developed, about the same size as eye diameter. Genitalia. Endosoma simple, with well-developed, straight, medial sclerite narrowing toward apex, acute apically (Fig. 12d). Left paramere when viewed dorsally ovoid, apex short and narrowed (Fig. 12e). Right paramere apical process short, strongly narrowing toward apex; sensory lobe prominent, rounded (Fig. 12f).
Female. Unknown.
Measurements. (♂, *: holotype measurements): Body. Length: 3.2–3.8*, width 1.25–1.4*. Head. Length: 0.35*, width: 0.70*–0.83, interocular distance 0.30*–0.33. Antenna. Length of segment I: 0.30–0.38*, II: 1.2–1.3*, III: 1.55–1.75*, IV: 1.5–1.8*. Labium. Length of segment I: 0.55*–0.58, II: 0.48–0.50*, III: 0.5–0.56*, IV: 0.33–0.38*. Pronotum. Length 0.55–0.68*, width of anterior margin: 0.58–0.68*, length of lateral margin: 0.55–0.7*, width of posterior margin: 1.15–1.25*.
Etymology. I dedicate this species to my friend and colleague Dr. Tomohide Yasunaga, in recognition of his substantial contributions to our knowledge of the Miridae.
Biology. Unknown.
Distribution. Bolivia (Cochabamba), French Guiana (Régina).
Type materia l. Holotype (♂): Bolivia: Cochabamba Department: Chaparé Province; Highway 4 at Rio Antahuacana bridge, 38 km SW of Villa Tunari, 850 m, 17°05.35’S, 65°40.62’W, 10 Dec 2013, T.J. Henry (USNM); paratype (♂): same data as for holotype (USNM); paratypes: 1 ♂: the same data as for holotype except: 12 Dec 2013; 1 ♂: Guyane française: Kaw, PK 37,5, Malaise 26–XI–2001, Cerda J. leg (MNHN).
description: Published as part of Wolski, Andrzej, 2021, Revised classification of the New World Cylapini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae): taxonomic review of the genera Cylapinus, Cylapoides and Peltidocylapus and a morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of tribe Cylapini, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5074 (1) on pages 60-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5074.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760387