Anisoscelis (Bitta) luridus Brailovsky, 2016, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Brailovsky, Harry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coreidae
Anisoscelis
Anisoscelis luridus

description: Anisoscelis (Bitta) luridus sp. nov.
(Figs. 15–16, 21)
Description. Holotype male. Body parallel-sided and moderately large. Dorsal color. Head dark castaneous orange; antennal segment I castaneous orange, outer face partially black, segments II–IV castaneous to reddish orange; pronotum dark castaneous orange with mainly yellow borders, humeral borders black; scutellum dark castaneous orange, lateral borders, apex, and diffuse median longitudinal stripe yellow; clavus and corium dark castaneous orange; claval and corial veins, costal and apical borders yellow; hemelytral membrane dark brown; connexivum dark brown with upper border pale castaneous orange to pale yellow; dorsal abdominal segments pale brown, laterally scattered with yellow discoidal dots. Ventral color. Including coxae, trochanters, fore and middle tibiae, tarsi, and genital capsule pale yellowish orange; labial segments I–III yellow with outer face dark brown, segment IV dark brown; femora pale yellowish orange with short black longitudinal stripe running from base to almost middle third of segment; inner expansion of hind tibiae dark castaneous orange, basal third and wide transversal band near midline yellow; outer expansion dark castaneous orange with proximal and distal third and wide transversal band near middle third yellow, latter scattered with dark brown dots. Structure. Labium reaching posterior border of abdominal sternite III; humeral angles with tiny expansion directed laterally. Parameres. 15–16. Measurements (mm). Length head 1.92, width across eyes 2.17, interocular space 1.11, interocellar space 0.49, preocular distance 1.05; length antennal segments I, 4.09, II, 4.34, III, 3.53, IV, 3.84. Length pronotum 3.03, width across humeral angles 5.08. Scutellar length 2.48, width 1.92. Total body length 16.58.
Female. Habitus and color similar to male holotype. Abdominal segments VIII–IV dark brown with posterior margin yellow; connexival segments VIII–IX dark brown with upper margin yellow; genital plates yellowish orange.
Measurements (mm). Length head 2.04, width across eyes 2.18, interocular space 1.17, interocellar space 0.49, preocular distance 1.06; length antennal segments I, 3.96, II, 4.46, III, 3.41, IV, 3.78. Length pronotum 3.16, width across humeral angles 5.37. Scutellar length 2.48, width 1.98. Total body length 16.96.
Type material. Holotype, male, México, Oaxaca, km 28 road Huajuapan de Leon-Juxtlahuaca, 1-IX-1990, leg. E. Barrera, A. Cadena (UNAM). Paratypes. MÉXICO. Chiapas: 1 male, El Suspiro, 12 km NW of Berriozabal, 12-XI-1974, leg. J. Mateu (UNAM). Estado de México: 1 male, Valle de Bravo, 1200 m, 26-XI-1969, leg. H. Brailovsky (UNAM). Guanajuato: Penjamo, Presa La Golondrina, 1850 m, 22-XI-2003, leg. R. Novelo (UNAM). Guerrero: 2 males, km 6 road Taxco-Ixcateopan (Los Ocotes), 23-XI-2005, leg. H. Brailovsy, E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 female, Tetipac, km 2 to Chontalcoatlan, 1427 m, 18°37’34’’N–99°32´54´´W, 29-VII-2005, L. Cervantes, R. Carranza (UNAM); 1 male, 5 km S of Pilcaya, 1250 m, 8–10-XI-2000, leg. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 female, km 15 road Iguala-Alpuyeca, 1250–1550 m, 1-IX-2001, leg. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera (UNAM). Hidalgo: 2 females, hwy. 105, 4 mi N Metzquititlan, 5750’, 4-VII-1982, leg. C. W. and L. O’Brien, and G. Wibmer, (CASC); 1 male, Tlanchinol, 1500 m, 6–10-VI-1995, leg. G. Nogueira (UNAM). Jalisco: 2 females, Riveras del Pilar, km 4 Ajijic-Chapala, 1620 m, 20°17’48’’N –103°12’55’’W, 17-IX-2004, leg. A. Lopez, Q. Santiago, S. Guemez (IEXA). Michoacan: 1 female, Charando, 22-IX-1987, leg. E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 male, Turundeo, 1840 m, 24-X-2001, leg. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 male, Ziracuaretiro, 13-X-1983, leg. M. Garcia (UNAM); 1 male, km 223 road Toluca-Morelia, 2050 m, 19°41’02’’N–101°00’35’’W, 21-X-2005, leg. R. Mariño (UNAM). Morelos: 1 male, Yautepec, 16-VIII-1987, leg. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 male, Tepoztlan, 23-VIII-1980, leg. L. Villa (UNAM); 1 female, Ocotepec, 16-X-2002, leg. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 male, 1 female, Cañon de Lobos, 5-VIII-1977, leg. H. Brailovsky (UNAM). Nuevo Leon: 1 male, Rayones, 23-IV-1976, leg. P. Patton (UNAM). Oaxaca: 1 female, km 14 road Huajuapan de Leon-Tehuacan, 15-VIII-1982, leg. E. Barrera, C. Mayorga (UNAM); 1 female, km 6 road Oaxaca City-Guelatao, 17°06’37’’N – 96°35’56’’W, 25-VI-1996, leg. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 male, 2 females, Montealban, 16-VI-1984, 20-IX-2008, leg. M. Garcia, E. Mariño (UNAM); 1 female, km 149 road Huajuapan de Leon-Oaxaca City, 1-X-2004, leg. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera (UNAM); 1 female, Santa Maria de Yavesia, 16-VIII-2001, leg. A. Ibarra (UNAM). Puebla: 1 male, 2 km W de La Trinidad, road Puebla-Izucar de Matamoros, 1720 m, 9-III-1994, leg. E. Barrera, C. Mayorga (UNAM). Queretaro: 1 male, 3 km W of Tilaco, 21°12’°27’’N– 99°13’02’’W, 4-XI-1997, leg. G. Ortega-Leon, E. Barrera (UNAM). Tamaulipas: 1 female, Rancho El Cielo, V-1953, leg. J. Heckenlaible (UMSP). Veracruz: 1 male, 1 female, Jalapa, on Passiflora sp., 1330 m, 19°30’46’’N –96°56’39’’W, 2-VIII-2001, 20-XI-2013, leg. J. Baez, L. Cervantes (IEXA); 1 male, 1 male, 1 female, Fortin de Las Flores, 10-VII-1980, leg. E. Mariño (UNAM); 3 males, Jalapa, 29-VII-1981, 17-IX-1982, leg. H. Brailovsky, J. A. Piña (UNAM); 1 female, Zongolica, 30-XII-1967, leg. L. Rivera (UNAM).
Etymology. Named for its light ventral coloration; from the Latin, luridus, pale yellowish orange.
Distribution. Mexico.
Biological notes. Collected on Passiflora spp.
Diagnosis. This taxon is similar to Anisoscelis (Bitta) affinis Westwood and A. (B.) podalicus (Brailovsky and Mayorga) having the the posterior lobe of pronotal disk never tricolored, usually with the posterolateral borders and posterior border yellow and dorsal and ventral surface without metallic bluish-green reflections. In A. (B.)
podalicus the femora are yellow with two complete dark brown longitudinal stripes and antennal segments II–II dark brown. In the other two species the antennal segments II–III are pale yellowish orange to castaneous orange. In A. (B.) affinis the femora are entirely yellowish orange, with claval and corial veins unicolorous with the reddish to dark orange surface; in A. (B.) luridus the femora are yellowish orange with short dark brown longitudinal stripe restricted to the anterior third, and the claval and corial veins are pale yellow, contrasting with the reddish castaneous surface.
description: Published as part of Brailovsky, Harry, 2016, The genus Anisoscelis Latreille (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini): new species, taxonomical arrangements, distributional records and key, pp. 195-210 in Zootaxa 4144 (2) on pages 205-207, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/272052