Montandoniola ishikawai Yamada, n. sp.
Creators: name: Yamada, Kazutaka
name: Hirowatari, Toshiya
name: Susila, Wayan
name: Okajima, Shûji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Montandoniola
Montandoniola ishikawai

description: Montandoniola ishikawai Yamada, n. sp.
(Figs. 2, 5–7, 11, 13–16)
Diagnosis. Recognized by the following characters: Body (Fig. 2) much slenderer than congeners. Antennal segment III (Figs. 2, 6, 7) black except for pale yellow base and apex. Hemelytra (Fig. 2) black to brownish black except for off–white on outer half of clavi, almost all of embolium, and part along embolial suture in corium; membrane semi–transparent, centrally with blackish stripes. Pygophore (Fig. 13) turbinate; flagellum (Figs. 13–15) basally bifurcate, nearly straight. Copulatory tube (Fig. 16) noticeably elongate, bulbous at apical 1/3.
Description. Coloration. Body (Fig. 2) generally black, shiny on dorsal and ventral surfaces. Head, thorax, and abdomen uniformly black. Eyes and ocelli reddish black. Antennae (Figs. 2, 6, 7) black to brownish black except for pale yellow base and apex of segment III in male, entirely pale yellow segment III in female; segment IV apically tinged with reddish black. Rostrum uniformly black. Hemelytra (Fig. 2) black to brownish black except for off–white on outer half of clavi, almost of embolium, and part along embolial suture in corium; membrane semi–transparent, medially with blackish stripe. Legs generally black; fore tibia pale yellow except for black at base; mid– and hind tibiae mostly black; tarsi pale yellow, gradually darkened toward apex.
Structure. Body (Fig. 2) elongate, much slenderer than the other congeners. Head (Figs. 2, 5) elliptical, smooth on dorsal surface, about 1.2 times as long as head width across eyes, sparsely clothed with silky, short, recumbent setae; pairs of long, erect setae laterally on tylus, on anterior part of inner margin of eye, and between eye and ocellus; ante-ocular region about 1.2 times as long as length of eye in dorsal view; vertex about 2.0 times as wide as eye in dorsal view; postocular portion distinctly long, not constricted; eyes with short setae; ocelli small. Antennae (Figs. 6, 7) densely clothed with short recumbent and long suberect setae; long suberect setae slightly longer than or as long as width of segment; segment I almost reaching apex of head, sparsely clothed with short setae; segment II cylindrical in male, slightly thickened toward apex, as long as head width across eyes; segment III approximately 0.57 times as long as segment II; segment IV weakly flattened, approximately 1.4 times as long as segment III. Rostrum stout, not reaching fore coxae, sparsely clothed with silky, short, erect setae; segment II thicker than the other segments; segment III about 4.0 times as long as segment II; segment IV about 0.6 times as long as segment III.
Pronotum (Figs. 2, 5) trapezoidal, highly polished, impunctate, sparsely distributed with silky, short, recumbent setae, bearing four distinct corner setae and a pair of long erect setae at anterior angle of callus; anterior margin nearly straight, slightly longer than mesal length; lateral margin weakly curved and strongly carinate at anterior 2/3; posterior margin shallowly concave, approximately 2.2 times as wide as anterior margin; collar long, weakly rugose, with sparse, silky, short setae; posterior half of pronotum weakly depressed, with transverse rugae. Scutellum (Fig. 2) levigate, extremely swollen on anterior half and depressed on posterior half, with a pair of long, erect setae on basal 1/4 of lateral margin. Hemelytra (Fig. 2) narrowed toward apex, impunctate, with poorly distributed, silky, short, recumbent setae; apical part of corium approximately 2.5 times as wide as that of embolium; cuneal margin about 0.75 times as long as embolial margin; cuneus with short setae at apex. Ostiolar peritreme (Fig. 11) accompanied with narrow, smooth, shining area anterior to gutter and broad alutaceous area posterior to gutter; outer margin of ostiolar peritreme posterolaterally a little raised above level of surrounding evaporative area; smooth shining area slightly broader than that of M. bellatula; evaporative area subtriangular. Legs densely covered with yellow, recumbent setae; fore tibia slightly thickened toward apex, furnished with a row of 18–20 short teeth along entire ventral surface in male; hind tibiae weakly depressed; hind coxae separated. Abdomen clothed with rows of short setae on ventral surface of each segments; seventh and eighth sterna laterally with pairs of long, suberect setae; scissure on abdominal tergite reaching end of posterior margin of third segment.
Male genitalia (Figs. 13–15): Pygophore (Fig. 13) turbinate, posteroventrally covered with 8–10 long and stout setae; paramere (Figs. 14, 15) broadened in general shape; cone (Figs. 14, 15) wide, acute at apex in dorsal view, abruptly elevated at apex in lateral view; flagellum (Figs. 14, 15) basally bifurcate, long, nearly straight, tapering, approximately 1.5 times as long as width of cone.
Female genitalia (Fig. 16): Copulatory tube (Fig. 16) mesally located at sternum VII, very close to base of ovipositor, elongate, accompanied by strongly sclerotized basal part leading into membranous and blossom– like apex; strongly sclerotized basal part bulbous at anterior 1/3.
Measurements [% (n=8) /Ψ (n=2)]. Body length 1.90–2.20/2.10–2.15; head length 0.35–0.38/0.38–0.40; head width across eyes 0.28–0.30/0.28–0.30; vertex width 0.16–0.18/0.18–0.19; width between ocelli 0.11– 0.13/0.13–0.14; length of antennal segments I–IV: 0.10–0.12/0.11–0.12, 0.26–0.28/0.27, 0.15–0.16/0.15– 0.16, 0.20–0.24/0.22–0.25; length of last three rostral segments II–IV: 0.06–0.09/0.07–0.09, 0.27–0.29/0.27– 0.29, 0.17–0.19/0.20; anterior pronotal width 0.26–0.29/0.29–0.31; mesal pronotal length 0.23–0.29/0.28– 0.30; basal pronotal width 0.60–0.66/0.68–0.69; length of embolial margin 0.53–0.58/0.58; length of cuneal margin 0.41–0.43/0.44–0.46; maximum width across hemelytra 0.63–0.68/0.69–0.70.
Holotype. % (with glass slide No. OPU–KY163 for genitalia), “ INDONESIA, Bali, Buleleng, Melanting, S08°10’56.7’’ E114°40’55.7’’, 150m alt., 17.viii.2006, T. Ishikawa leg.”.
Paratypes. INDONESIA: 7% (Figs. 2, 5–7), 2Ψ (Figs. 11, 16), Bali, Buleleng, Melanting, S08°10’56.7’’ E114°40’55.7’’, 150m alt., 16–17.viii.2006, T. Ishikawa.
Distribution. Indonesia (Bali Island).
Etymology. The species epithet, a noun in the genitive, is dedicated to Dr. Tadashi Ishikawa, who collected the type specimens of this new species.
Remarks. This new species is most similar in general aspect to M. moraguesi, from which it can be distinguished easily by the male antennal segment III being black to brownish black except for pale yellow base and apex (Fig. 6) (in M. moraguesi, uniformly pale yellow); the rostrum being uniformly black (vs. segment III pale yellow); the corium being black to brownish black except for off–white along embolial suture (Fig. 2) (vs. mostly clear); cone being wide (Fig. 14) (vs. much narrower); and the flagellum being basally bifurcate and nearly straight (Figs. 14, 15) (vs. not bifurcated and roundly curved). This new species also resembles M. sawtellense in having similar coloration of male antennal segment III and a basally bifurcated flagellum. However, M. ishikawai is readily separable from M. sawtellense by the male fore tibiae being furnished with a row of 18–20 short teeth on whole of ventral surface (in M. sawtellense, 15–16 long teeth); the femora without teeth (vs. 5–7 long teeth); the flagellum being nearly straight (Fig. 14) (vs. slightly curved); and the copulatory tube being elongate and bulbous at anterior 1/3 of sclerotized basal part (Fig. 16) (vs. weakly sclerotized cylinder merging into longer, slightly convoluted tubule).
description: Published as part of Yamada, Kazutaka, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Susila, Wayan & Okajima, Shûji, 2007, The flower bug genus Montandoniola Poppius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 37-45 in Zootaxa 1604 on pages 39-41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178743