Cyrtocapsus metafemoratus Henry, new species
Creators: name: Henry, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Cyrtocapsus
Cyrtocapsus metafemoratus

description: Cyrtocapsus metafemoratus Henry, new species
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(Figs. 40, 41, 87, 88)
Diagnosis. This species (Figs. 40, 41) is readily distinguished by the yellowish- to brownish-orange head, sometimes with fuscous marks on the vertex and frons; the fuscous to dark brown pronotum, with a broad pale brownish-orange area along posterior margin; the dark brown hemelytron, with the embolium and apex of the corium pale yellowish orange; and the pale yellow to yellowish-white legs, with only the apical third of the hind femur and the base of the hind tibia fuscous.
It is superficially similar to C. fiuzai (Figs. 25, 26) and C. intermedius (Fig. 34) in the overall dark brown color with the posterior margin of the pronotum and embolium paler yellow to brownish orange but differs from these two species in having the apical third of the hind femur and base of the hind tibial fuscous rather than uniformly pale yellowish white.
Cyrtocapsus metafemoratus is most similar to C. femoralis (Fig. 34) in body coloration and parameres but differs in having all coxae pale yellowish white, the hind femur apically fuscous, and a slightly more stout right paramere lacking lateral indentations, whereas C. femoralis has brown hind coxae, all femora apically fuscous, and the right paramere is distinctly indented laterally. Despite the similarities, several relatively long series indicate the coxal and femoral marking consistently distinguish these two species.
Description. Male (Fig. 40) (n = 5, plus holotype measurements in parentheses): Length to apex of membrane 3.01–3.33 mm (3.30 mm), length to base of cuneus 2.02–2.27 mm (2.27 mm), widest width across hemelytra 1.30–1.46 mm (1.46 mm). Head: Width 0.80–0.86 mm (0.85 mm), interocular width 0.40–0.42 mm (0.42 mm). Labium: Length 0.74–0.80 mm (0.75 mm). Antenna: Segment I length 0.35–0.43 mm (0.40 mm); II, 0.46–0.53 mm (0.46 mm); III (n = 4), 0.34–0.38 mm (0.37 mm); IV (n = 2), 0.61–0.62 mm (0.62 mm). Pronotum: Median length 0.77–0.86 mm (0.86 mm), basal width 1.09–1.23 mm (1.22 mm).
Coloration: Head yellowish brown, clypeus dark brown, frons and vertex frequently with a few transverse dark markings; eyes dark reddish brown. Labium dark brown. Antennal segments I–III pale yellow, segment IV brown. Pronotum dark brown to fuscous, nearly black across anterior third; posterior margin broadly yellowish brown to brownish orange. Scutellum black. Hemelytron with clavus fuscous to black, with only apex pale; corium dark brown to fuscous on basal two thirds, fading posteriorly, basal margin pale yellowish brown; embolium yellowish brown; cuneus dark brown on inner half, yellowish brown on outer half; membrane translucent white, veins pale posteriorly, becoming brown basally, basal two thirds of areole brown. Ventral surface of thorax, including ostiolar auricle, fuscous to black; abdomen dark brown. Legs, including coxae, pale yellow to yellowish white, except for dark brown apical third of hind femur and basal fourth of hind tibia.
Texture and vestiture: Head shiny, finely rugose, with distinct transverse striations on frons, with numerous, recumbent, silvery, sericeous setae, especially along striations and inner margins of eyes. Pronotum shiny, disc coarsely punctate, punctures finer on collar and calli; anterior third with dense, silvery, sericeous setae, silvery setae on disc more slender and less dense. Hemelytron dull, impunctate, with dense patches of silvery sericeous setae, those on clavus encircling a distinct glabrous patch.
Genitalia: Left paramere (Fig. 87), slender, shallowly C-shaped, and apically hooked. Righ paramere (Fig. 88) elongate, relatively thickened, smooth laterally, and apically rounded.
Female (Fig. 41) (n = 5): Length to apex of membrane 3.04–3.26 mm, length to base of cuneus 2.18–2.30 mm, widest width across hemelytra 1.34–1.46 mm. Head: Width 0.83–0.86 mm, interocular width 0.40–0.43 mm. Labium: Length 0.75–0.80 mm. Antenna: Segment I length 0.37–0.40 mm; II, 0.48–0.50 mm; III (n = 3), 0.40–0.43 mm; IV (n = 3), 0.61–0.75 mm. Pronotum: Median length 0.82–0.90 mm, basal width 1.15–1.23 mm.
Etymology. The specific epithet “ metafemoratus ” is used to denote the apically dark brown hind femora of this species.
Host. One specimen was taken on Piper sp. [Piperaceae] in Costa Rica.
Distribution. Costa Rica and Quintana Roo and Veracruz states, Mexico.
Type material. Holotype ♂: MEXICO: Veracruz: 4 mi. NE Minatitlan, 11 June 1965, Burke, Meyer, & Schaffner, at light (TAMU). Paratypes: COSTA RICA: 1 ♀, Heredia Prov. F. La Selva, 3 km S Pto. Viejo, 10 º26’N, 84º01’W, 27 Mar. 1989, H.A. Hespenheide, on Piper (AMNH). MEXICO: Quintana Roo: 5 ♀♀, Mexico, Quintana Roo, S[an] Miguel [de] Cozumel, July 1959, N.L.H. Krauss (2 UNAM, 3 USNM); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Quintana Roo, 1 km W of Cozumel, 26 Dec. 1987, R.W. Jones (TAMU). Veracruz: 1 ♂, same data as for holotype (USNM); 1 ♂, Veracruz, Tuxpan, 6 June 1965, Burke, Meyer, & Schaffner, at light (TAMU); 1 ♀, Veracruz, 8 mi. NE Catemaco, 3 July 1971, Clark, Murray, Hart, & Schaffner, at light (TAMU); 1 ♀, Veracruz, Tebanca, Lake Catemaco 8 June 1965, Burke, Meyer, & Schaffner (TAMU); 1 ♂, Veracruz, 4 mi. NW of Sontecomopan, 9 June 1965, H.R. Burke, J.R. Meyer, & J.C. Schaffner (1 ♂, USNM).
description: Published as part of Henry, Thomas J., 2022, Revision of the New World Plant Bug Genus Cyrtocapsus (Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini), with New and Revised Synonymies, Lectotype Designations, and Descriptions of 12 New Species, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 5154 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6646359