Paropsocolis divergens Sampaio & Campos 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Sampaio, Vinícius Gomes
name: Campos, Luiz Alexandre
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Paropsocolis
Paropsocolis divergens

description: Paropsocolis divergens Sampaio & Campos, sp. nov.
(Figs. 1, 25–42)
Etymology. The epithet refers to the diverging apex of the paramere bifurcation. Latin: divergere, turned to different directions.
Holotype. Male, here designated. BRAZIL, Pará: Jacareacanga (-6.22, -57.80), XII-1968, M. Alvarenga. Deposited in: CEIOC (Figs. 25–31)
Paratype. Male, same data as the holotype. Deposited in: CEIOC.
Diagnosis. Body convex ventrally (Fig. 27); labium not attaining the posterior margin of metasternum; metasternal carina narrow; peritremal disc attaining the lateral third of metapleura (Fig. 31); pygophore with lateral margins sinuous (Fig. 32); superior layer of ventral rim forming a v-shaped posterior projection (Fig. 37); paramere dish-shaped process large and deep; apical bifurcation of paramere diverging (Figs. 40–42).
Description. Body ventrally convex (Fig. 27). Punctures black, minute on head, evenly distributed on pronotum and scutellum. Head 1.6 times wider than long; labium not attaining the posterior margin of metasternum. Thorax. Pronotal anterior margin shallowly concave, anterolateral angles in round projection, humeral angles reddish (Fig. 29). Scutellar apex acute (Fig. 25). Metasternal carina narrow. Peritremal disc sinuous, attaining the lateral third of metapleura (Fig. 31). Abdomen. Connexival segments dark brown, paler on middle (Fig. 25). Urosternites the same color of the dorsal surface; spiracles black, contrasting with the surrounding surface (Fig. 26).
Male. Measurements (n=2): Total length 14.10 ± 0.14 (14.00–14.20); width of abdomen 8.65 ± 0.46 (8.30– 9.00); head length 1.85 ± 0.07 (1.80–1.90); width 3.00 ± 0.14 (2.90–3.10); pronotum length 3.55 ± 0.07 (3.50–3.60); width 7.85 ± 0.07 (7.80–7.90); scutellum length 5.75 ± 0.07 (5.70–5.80); width 4.85 ± 0.21 (4.70–5.00); length of antennomeres: I 0.85 ± 0.07 (0.80–0.90), II 0.95 ± 0.07 (0.90–1.00), III 1.35 ± 0.07 (1.30–1.40), IV 2.05 ± 0.07 (2.00–2.10); V (n=1) 2.60 ± 0.00 (2.60); length of labiomeres: I 1.05 ± 0.07 (1.00–1.10), Int 0.10 ± 0.00 (0.10), II 1.50 ± 0.00 (1.50), III 1.35 ± 0.07 (1.30–1.40), IV 1.00 ± 0.00 (1.00).
Genitalia (Figs. 32–42). Pygophore. Lateral margins sinuous (Fig. 32); dorsal wall length on midline twice the segment X length (Fig. 32); dorsal rim roundly concave over segment X (Figs. 32–34); posterolateral angles broadly excavated (Figs. 32–34); ventral rim with sparse setae, middle third concave, superior layer forming a v-shaped posterior projection (Fig. 37). Segment X with lateral short pale setae (Figs. 32–34). Parameres laterally sinuous, dish-shaped process large and deep; apical bifurcation of paramere diverging, branches subequal in length, crossing each other (Figs. 40–42). Phallus strongly sclerotized; proximal thecal width almost ten times lesser the maximum thecal width in lateral view (Fig. 38, th); dorsal process of endosoma more than twice longer than the rigid part of the ventral process of endosoma (Fig. 38, dpe, vpe); apical lobes of the dorsal process of endosoma large, angled ventrally, and much longer than the lobes of the ventral process of theca (Figs. 38, 39, dpe, vpt); ventral process of endosoma ruptured, making it impossible to determine its length.
Female. Unknown.
Distribution. Brazil (Pará) (Fig. 2).
description: Published as part of Sampaio, Vinícius Gomes & Campos, Luiz Alexandre, 2023, Paropsocolis, a new pentatomid genus with two new species from Brazil (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Ochlerini), pp. 553-566 in Zootaxa 5323 (4) on pages 562-565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/8212468