Urostylis lateralis Walker 1867
Creators: name: Kim, Junggon
name: Roca-Cusachs, Marcos
name: Jung, Sunghoon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Urostylididae
Urostylis
Urostylis lateralis

description: Urostylis lateralis Walker, 1867
(Figures. 1C, 2C, I, 3C, 4C, 5C, H)
Urostylis lateralis Walker, 1867: 412.
DIAGNOSIS: Rostrum reaching to midcoxae; humeral angle with dark punctures, pronotum and scutellum with pale puncture; posterior part of endocorium with dark punctures, exocorium with dark punctures; apex of femur with reddish band (Figure 1C); lateral margin of genital capsule slightly rounded, apex relatively thick with setae in dorsal view (Figure 2C); median process of genital capsule long, exceeding dorsal wall of capsule in lateral view (Figure 2I), tapering to its apex (Figure 3C); paramere straight, curved in middle part (Figure 4C).
DESCRIPTION: Male: Body oval and elongated, length 12.63–14.32. COLOR. mostly greenish. Head: generally greenish, sometimes reddish; antennae almost brown, first segment with dark line laterally, apex of third, fourth and fifth segment dark brown; rostrum green, apex of fourth rostral segment dark brown. Thorax: pronotum entirely green except for pale anterolateral margin, with pale punctures, humeral angle with dark punctures; scutellum entirely greenish, with pale punctures; hemelytra mostly greenish, with sparsely dark punctures; posterior part of endocorium with dark punctures; exocorium with dark punctures; membrane transparent; legs almost green, sometimes reddish; apex of femur with reddish band; base of tibia with dark band, apical part brown; third tarsal segment brown. Abdomen: entirely green. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: Body slightly glossy, covered with silvery short pubescences; antenna with densely short pubescences; legs with setae. STRUCTURE. Head: width of head longer than length, mandibular plate projected as long as clypeus dorsally; length of antennae longer than length of body, first segment longer than 2 times length of head; rostrum reaching to midcoxae. Thorax: anterior and posterior margin of pronotum rounded; mesal length of scutellum longer than width; lateral margin of hemelytra rounded; legs generally long; femur distinctly thick; first tarsal segment as long as third segment. Abdomen: margin rounded, not reaching to apex of membrane. GENITALIA: lateral margin of genital capsule slightly rounded, apex relatively thick with setae in dorsal view, (Figure 2C); median process of genital capsule long, exceeding dorsal wall of capsule in lateral view (Figure 2I), process tapering to its apex (Figure 3C); paramere straight, curved in middle part (Figure 4C).
Female: Body oval and elongated, length 14.33–15.37. COLOR: as in male. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in male. STRUCTURE: as in male except for genital segment. GENITALIA: lateral seventh abdominal segment rounded, central seventh abdominal segment convex; gonocoxies 9 small and long, not touching but convergent at apex, extending the same length with laterotergites 9; laterotergites 8 distinct broadly developed, robust and slightly spatulate, distinctly much longer than gonocoxite 8 and laterotergite 9; laterotergites 9 slightly visible, very narrow, touching at base but divergent at apex (Figure 5C); spermatheca curved and very simple, sclerotized area short (Figure 5H).
MEASUREMENTS (IN MM): Male (n=2)/Female (n=2) Body length, head-apex of membrane: 12.63–14.32/ 14.33–15.37; head length: 1.29–1.55/1.39–1.64; head width, including compound eyes: 1.77–1.94/1.94–1.98; 1st antennal segment length: 2.89–3.44/3.06–3.10; 2nd antennal segment length: 3.54–4.09/3.86–3.87; 3rd antennal segment length: 1.29–1.54/1.51–1.66; 4th antennal segment length: 2.79–3.24/2.86–3.12; 5th antennal segment length: missing–2.56/2.07–2.36; total antennal length: 10.50–14.86/13.67–13.82; mesal pronotal length: 1.87– 2.06/1.87–2.51; basal pronotal maximal width (straight): 4.44–5.07/5.23–5.49; anterior scutellar width: 2.90–3.20/ 3.29–3.40; mesal scutellar length: 3.65–3.99/4.03–4.25; costal margin length (straight): 7.45–8.33/9.24–11.41; maximal width across hemelytron: 2.39–2.58/3.13–2.78; foreleg (femur: tibia: tarsus): 3.87–4.23:3.48–3.56:1.78– 1.81/4.07–4.32:3.70–3.75:1.91–1.99; midleg (femur: tibia: tarsus): 3.94–4.19:3.45–3.71:1.77–1.80/4.40– 4.45:3.76–3.79:1.92–2.01; hindleg (femur: tibia: tarsus): 5.09–5.13:4.60–4.90:1.74–1.83/5.65–5.70:5.53– 5.78:2.21–2.22.
MATERIALS EXAMINED: [CNU] 5♂♂ 4♀♀, Donam-ri, Geumnam-myeon, Sejong, Korea, 5.vi.2015, H.U. Lee, D.M. Kim; [CNU] 3♂♂ 2♀♀, Jichon-ri, Yanggang-myeon, Yeongdong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, 17.vi.2015, J.G. Kim.
HOSTS: Quercus dentata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus sp.
DISTRIBUTIONS: China (North), Korea, Russia (Far East).
DISCUSSION: This species is common in Korea. This species is attracted to the light trap.
description: Published as part of Kim, Junggon, Roca-Cusachs, Marcos & Jung, Sunghoon, 2018, Taxonomic review of the genus Urostylis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Urostylididae) from the Korean Peninsula, with description of a new species, pp. 445-456 in Zootaxa 4433 (3) on pages 449-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1290373