Anasa paveli Brailovsky & Barrera 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Brailovsky, Harry
name: Barrera, Ernesto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coreidae
Anasa
Anasa paveli

description: Anasa paveli sp. nov.   
(Figs. 3, 5, 11-12)  
 Type locality. Mexico, Oaxaca, km 110 Tuxtepec-Oaxaca.   
 Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Mexico: Oaxaca, km 110 Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, 28.v.1990, E. Barrera and A. Cadena’ (UNAM). PARATYPES: MEXICO: 1 J 1 ♀, same data as for holotype (UNAM); 3 JJ 4 ♀♀, Oaxaca, km 83.8 Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, 26.v.1990, E. Barrera and A. Cadena (UNAM); 1 J 2 ♀♀, Oaxaca, La Esperanza, 1.vii.1995, J. Blackaller, A. Perez, and A. Soria (UNAM); 3 JJ 4 ♀♀, Oaxaca, km 78.5 Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, 24.ix.1989, A. Cadena (UNAM).   
 Description. Male (holotype). Dorsal coloration. Ground color dark orange with tubercles and punctures black to dark reddish brown; antennal segment I black, II and III dorsally black, ventrally shiny reddish orange except basal and apical joint black, and IV shiny reddish orange with basal third black to reddish black; preocellar tubercle, outer third of humeral angles, and apex of scutellum black; hemelytral membrane dark brown; connexivum black with anterior third yellowish orange; dorsal abdominal segments II to VI shiny reddish orange, and VII black. Ventral coloration. Shiny reddish orange with some punctures reddish brown to black; rostral segments shiny chestnut (apex of rostral segment IV black); anterior and posterior lobe of metathoracic peritreme creamy yellow; pro-, meso-, and metasternum yellowish orange with black punctures; coxae yellowish orange with one or two black discoidal spots; trochanter yellowish orange; femora and tibia reddish orange with black discoidal spots; tarsi reddish orange; abdominal sterna III to VII laterally black with anterior third yellow; posterior margin of abdominal sterna VI and VII with dark red transversal mark near midline; genital capsule shiny reddish orange.   
Structure. Head. Antenniferous tubercle unarmed; rostrum reaching posterior border of mesosternum. Pronotum. Anterolateral margins gently nodulose to smooth; posterolateral margins sinuate, outer third weakly nodulose, inner third smooth; posterior border almost straight; triangular process absent; frontal angles with broad conical expansion directed forward; humeral angles exposed, produced laterally, directed upward, with upper border rounded, and smooth (Fig. 3). Legs. Fore and middle femora unarmed; hind femur with two short subapical spines, like tubercles. Genital capsule. Posteroventral edge with mesial semicircular and symmetrical notch; inner angles obtusely produced, and lateral angles sinuate, and shallowly convex (Fig. 5). Paramere. Figs. 11-12.  
Measurements (mm). Body length 12.85. Head length including the apex of tylus 1.35; width across eyes 1.77; interocular distance 0.95, interocellar distance 0.42; preocular distance 0.80; length of antennal segments: I, 1.95; II, 2.35; III, 2.25; IV, 1.90. Pronotum length 2.70; maximum width across humeral angles 5.30. Scutellar length 1.50; width 1.60.  
 Female. Habitus and color similar to male holotype. Connexival segments VIII and IX black with anterior and posterior border reddish orange; dorsal abdominal segments VIII and IX black; genital plates shiny reddish orange, scattered with black punctures.   
Measurements (mm). Body length 15.92. Head length including the apex of tylus 1.65; width across eyes 1.98; interocular distance 0.97, interocellar distance 0.55; preocular distance 1.12; length of antennal segments: I, 2.50; II, 2.70; III, 2.65; IV, 2.20. Pronotum length 3.60; maximum width across humeral angles 6.15. Scutellar length 2.15; width 2.30.  
 Variation. i) Fore and middle femora with two short subapical tubercles. ii) Dorsal abdominal segments II to VI yellowish orange, and VII black.   
 Differential diagnosis. The new species has been placed in couplet 69-69’ of the BRAILOVSKY (1985) key, and is related to A. delibata Distant, 1892, by having the antenniferous tubercles unarmed; head dorsally without two black longitudinal stripes running lateral to midline; antennal segment I without black discoidal spots, II and III never entirely reddish orange, and IV yellow with basal third black to dark brown; femora unicolorous with black discoidal spots; connexivum black with anterior third yellow or yellowish orange; anterior and posterior lobe of metathoracic peritreme yellow to creamy yellow; and pro- and mesopleura without black discoidal spot.   
 In A. delibata the hemelytral membrane is dark yellow, irregularly scattered with pale brown spots; dorsal abdominal segment VI almost black; abdominal sterna III to VI yellow with one small black discoidal spot lateral to midline; scutellum basally with three black discoidal spots; coxae yellow without black discoidal spots; and posteroventral edge of male genital capsule simple, with small U-shaped concavity at middle third, and lateral angles rounded (Fig. 7). Anasa paveli sp. nov., has the hemelytral membrane entirely dark brown, the dorsal abdominal segment VI shiny reddish orange, the abdominal sterna III to VI shiny reddish orange without black discoidal spots lateral to midline, the scutellum basally without three black discoidal spots, the coxae yellowish orange with one or two black discoidal spots, and the posteroventral edge of male genital capsule with mesial notch semicircular and symmetrical, the inner angles obtusely produced, and the lateral angles sinuate and shallowly convex (Fig. 5).   
 Etymology. Named in honor of the distinguished Czech entomologist Dr. Pavel Štys.   
 Distribution. Only known from Mexico (Oaxaca).
description: Published as part of Brailovsky, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2008, Two new species of Anasa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreini) from Mexico and Central America, pp. 649-654 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2) on pages 650-652, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5341881