Cagayanacoris menardi Heiss 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Heiss, Ernst
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aradidae
Cagayanacoris
Cagayanacoris menardi

description: <i>Cagayanacoris menardi</i> sp. nov. (Figs.1–5) <b>Etymology.</b> This interesting new taxon is dedicated to Katrina Menard, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History who collected this specimen from a berlaise sample and made available for study this material and recognizing her very appreciated activities as co-editor of Zootaxa. <b>Type material:</b> Holotype (micropterous male) labelled: Philippines: Prov. Cagayan / Valley. Gattaran Munc. Nancin / Forest Station. Malaise trap leg./ 17.96967N 121.65390E 166m / 27.V.2017 Berlaise / Siler Brachymeles Expedition 4 // Catalog No. / 66733 //(OMNH). Paratypes: 3&amp;male;, 1&amp;female; collected with holotype, Catalog No. 66729, 26731, 66734 and 66732 (OMNH, 2&amp;male;&amp;male; CEHI) which are designated and labelled accordingly. One L 5 (Catalog No. 66730 in OMNH) belongs to the same taxon. <b>Description.</b> <i>Head:</i> Distinctly wider than long (1.15/0.85); clypeus as long as antenniferous lobes; genae thin as long as clypeus contiguous at apex; antennae about 1.7times as width of head (1.95/1.15), segment I thickest and bent, II shortest and III longest are thinner, IV fusiform; length of antennal segments I/II/III/IV = 0.5/0.35/0.7/0.4; eyes stalked; postocular lobes roundly converging to constricted neck; vertex raised and beset with stiff, apically curved yellowish hairs; rostrum arising from a slit-like atrium in a transverse basal ridge with shiny knob-like tubercles at both ends, rostral groove wide and open posteriorly without carinate borders; rostrum with a single long stiff erect bristle at half of its length. <i>Pronotum:</i> Strongly transverse, consisting of a deeply punctured anterior disk with triangulate flat anterolateral expansions and two median tubercles and a smooth transverse ridge delimited posteriorly by a deep furrow separating pronotum from mesonotum. <i>Mesonotum</i> with triangular scutellum, raised and longitudinally carinate at middle; rudimentary lateral wing pads reaching ½ of scutellum; metanotum consisting of oval sclerites lateral of scutellum, posteriorly fused to mtg I+II, the latter marked by sinuate carinae. <i>Abdomen:</i> Tergal plate separated from fused mtg I+II by a conical suture, slightly raised along midline; deltg II+III fused, lateral margins of deltg III–V straight, VI+VII slightly concave. Male pygophore about 1.5 times wider than long, rounded posteriorly, ptg VIII triangular shorter than pygophore bearing spiracle VIII. <i>Venter:</i> Metathoracic scent gland opening widening toward lateral margin; median part of meso- and metasternum fused to sternum II, sterna III–VII separated by deep transverse furrows; sternite VII of male smooth and glabrous at middle with a deep median pit, rugose elsewhere (Fig.5). <i>Female:</i> Basically as male, but of larger size and more rounded abdomen; tergite VIII consisting of triangular ptg VIII bearing spiracle VIII connected by a narrow bridge. <i>Measurements:</i> Holotype: Length 4.6mm; width of abdomen across tergite III = 2.25; scutellum length / width 0.7/1.35; Paratype female: Length 5.6mm; head l/ w 0.9 /1.25; l/w pronotum 0.75/2.0; l/w scutellum 0.85/1.7; length of antennal segments I/II/III/IV = 0.55/0.35/0.75/0.4; width of abdomen across tergite III = 3.0. <b>Discussion.</b> Apterous and micropterous Aradidae predominantly occur and are recorded from stable environments present in undisturbed tropical or subtropical rainforests. They have a very limited range of movement and distribution; hence they are mostly regarded as endemic to the region or locality where they were collected.
description: Published as part of <i>Heiss, Ernst, 2018, Two new genera and species of flat bugs from the Philippines (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae), pp. 426-432 in Zootaxa 4500 (3)</i> on page 428, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/5297737