Peribalus (Asioperibalus) nitidus Kiritshenko 1914
Creators: name: Belousova, E. N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Peribalus
Peribalus nitidus

description: Peribalus (Asioperibalus) nitidus
Kiritshenko, 1914
Peribalus nitidus Kiritshenko, 1914: 184.
Diagnosis. Head with swollen jugae. Sides of pronotum without costa deflexed upwards. Body sparsely punctate.
Description. Body sandy-rufous to brownish, with sparse black punctation (distance between punctures several times exceeding their diameter). Antenna pale yellow, with darkened apical segment. Abdominal segments pale, with black punctation in anterior and posterior corners of tergites. Length of body 7.2–9.7 (8.66) mm, body slender, b. lw 1.59–1.81 (1.69).
Head narrowed toward anterior margin, rather wide [h. wl 1.16–1.33 (1.25)], small, l. bh 4.0–4.78 (4.39). Jugae swollen, with sides slightly emarginate before eyes, covering apex of clypeus. Eye medium-sized, ds 1.33–1.5 (1.42). l. ba 1.95–2.31 (2.11).
Pronotum transverse [p. wl 2.09–2.38 (2.2)], with straight or slightly concave sides, with more or less developed pale callose edging, without costa deflexed upwards. Lateral angles rounded. s. lw 0.93–1.11 (1.05).
Male genitalia. Aedeagus with 2 pairs of conjunctive processes (Figs. 26, 32). Theca with lateral processes. Sclerotized median plates wide, connected at base. Paramere in form of overturn “L,” with distinct sensory lobe, its inner surface with narrow uneven area pointed downwards (Fig. 59). Apical margin of pygofer with narrowly rounded median emargination (Fig. 77).
Female genitalia. Spermatheca with weakly elongate bulb rounded apically and bearing 1–3 processes not reaching proximal flange, its sclerotized duct narrowed toward base (Fig. 6). Of special note is variation in structure of bulb, which may be rounded (Tajikistan: Hissar Mt. Range; Iran; 2 specimens) or point-ed at apex (N Afghanistan, 1 specimen).
Distribution. This is an upland species inhabiting the mountains of Tien Shan, Pamiro-Alai (from the Zeravshan Mt. Range in the north to the Khozratisho Mt. Range in the south), northern Afghanistan, and southern Iran. It reaches a height of 2650 m (southern Iran).
Type material. Lectotype: Ô, Chapanata, Samarkand, 15.IV.1912 (Kiritshenko) (ZIN); paralectotypes: 3 ♀, as holotype; 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Agalik-Poion, 16.IV.1912, (Kiritshenko); 2 Ô, 1 ♀, Tutakata, Bukhara, 3.IX.1911 (Kiritshenko); 1 ♀, Dukanchana, Bukhara, 26.VI.1911 (Holbeck); 1 ♀, Derbent, 4.VI.1912 (Kiritshenko); 1 ♀, Kugitang-Tau Mt. Range, Bukhara, 1.V.1913 (Kiritshenko); 1 Ô, Termez, 9.V.1912 (Kiritshenko). Additional material. Kazakhstan and Middle Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan). 1 Ô, Western Tien Shan, Karzhantau Mt. Range, upper course of Badam River, 2000 m, on snow, 25.IV.1990 (I. Belousov); 1 ♀, Anzob Pass, 2300 m, Hissar Mt. Range, 18.VIII.1962 (V. Zaitzev); 1 ♀, Takobskoe Gorge, 17.VI.1952 (Jenjouriste); 2 Ô, 1 ♀, Kondara, Kvak, Varzob River valley, 5–8.VI.1943 (Kiritshenko); 3 Ô, locality Ruidasht, 2600 m, southern slope of Hissar Mt. Range, 2.VII.1943, 10.IX.1947 (Kiritshenko); 68 specimens, Stalinabad [Dushanbe —Ed.], 9.IV.1943 (Gussakovskii); 1 Ô, 3 ♀, same locality, 15 and 24.IV, 11.VII (Kiritshenko); 2 ♀, Lyuchob, upstream of Stalinabad, 19.IV.1944 (Kiritshenko); 1 Ô, Novabad, near Stalinabad, 8.IV.1944 (Kiritshenko); 1 Ô, Hissar Valley, S of Eskiguzar, 30.IV.1943 (Kiritshenko); 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Khochildyyar, Hissar Valley, 19– 24.VI.1947 (Kiritshenko); 1 ♀, Arab-Bolo, 2400 m, Khozratisho Mt. Range, 6.VII.58 (Lopatin); 1 ♀, Shuroabad Vill., Khozratisho Mt. Range, 2.VI.1986 (Podlipaev); 1 Ô, 20 km ENE Pyandzh, 30.V.1986 (Podlipaev); 1 ♀, same locality 31.V.1986 (Volkovitsh); 1 ♀, Arzancha, Eastern Bukhara, 23.VI.1910 (Zarudny); 1 Ô, Darvaz, Eastern Bukhara (Regel); 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Kammashi, NE of Guzar, Bukhara, 17.IV. 1931 (Gussakovskii); 1 Ô, W of Guralash, Kuyan-Sai, biotope no. 2, 29.VI.1948; 2 ♀, Turkmenistan, Badkhyz, 6, 10.V.1975 (Putshkov); 1 ♀, Turkmenistan, Kopet Dagh, Aidere Vill., Kara-Kala District, 25.V.1977 (Putshkov). Iran. 1 Ô, 1 ♀, Byardzu-Khushkek, SW of Zurabad, Persia, 3.IV.1898 (Zarudny); 1 ♀, Shiraz, Farsistan, 23–28.V.1927 (Siyazov); 1 ♀, S Iran, 27 km E Yasuj, 2650 m, 16.VI.1973, loc. no. 244 (Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha); 2 ♀, S Iran, 1700 m, Dashte-Arjan, 9.VI.1973, loc. no. 230 (Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha). Afghanistan. 1 ♀, Khodzhailgar, Kattagan, Badakhshan Province, 8–10.IV.1940 (Kostylev); 2 Ô, N Afghanistan, Polihomri, 700 m, 5.VI.1956 (H.G. Amsel leg.) (Exp. Nat. Mus. Praha).
description: Published as part of Belousova, E. N., 2007, Revision of the shield-bug genera Holcostethus Fieber and Peribalus Mulsant et Rey (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Palaearctic Region, pp. 701-739 in Entomological Review 87 (6) on pages 715-716, DOI: 10.1134/s0013873807060085, http://zenodo.org/record/15003141