Peltidocylapus scutellaris Poppius 1909
Creators: name: Wolski, Andrzej
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Peltidocylapus
Peltidocylapus scutellaris

description: Peltidocylapus scutellaris Poppius, 1909
(Figs 6b, 11m –o, 14f–k)
Cylapus (Peltidocylapus) scutellaris Poppius, 1909: 12, 43 (sp. nov.).
Cylapus (Peltidocylapus) scutellaris: Bergroth 1920: 71 (list); Carvalho 1957: 31 (list).
Peltidocylapus scutellaris: Carvalho & Fontes 1968: 276 (list); Schuh 1995: 32 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog); Gorczyca 2006a: 19: fig. 3 (catalog).
Diagnosis. Recognized by the following combination of characters: antennal segment II with relatively broad, apical, white annulation width equal to half of interocular distance (Fig. 6b; Gorczyca 2006a: fig. 3); posterior lobe of pronotum with moderately developed swelling medially (Fig. 6b, 11m; Gorczyca 2006a: fig. 3); scutellum convex, with strongly developed, longitudinal medial swelling (Fig. 6b, 11m; Gorczyca 2006a: fig. 3); clavus with short, yellow stripe subapically (Fig. 6b; Gorczyca 2006a: fig. 3); endosoma membranous (Figs 14f–k); distal sclerotized portion of ductus seminis (dss) short, rectangular (Figs 14f); ventro–apical margin of ductus seminis inside endosoma with shallow incision (Fig. 14h); left paramere apical process with short outgrowth baso-dorsally (Figs 14i, j).
Redescription. Male. COLORATION (Fig. 6b; Gorczyca 2006a: fig. 3). Dorsum varying from dark castaneous to dark brown. Head. Dark brown, tinged with yellow; antennal segment I dark castaneous; antennal segment II with relatively broad, apical, white annulation that is as wide as half of interocular distance; segments II–IV dark brown; labium dark castaneous. Thorax. Pronotum. Varying from dark castaneous to dark brown. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Varying from dark castaneous to dark brown with large, indistinct, dark yellow tinge baso-laterally. Thoracic pleura. Dark castaneous with dark yellow areas; metathoracic scent gland evaporative areas mostly fuscous, tinged with yellow posteriorly. Hemelytron. Dark castaneous to dark brown; clavus with short, yellow stripe subapically, bordering claval suture; membrane dark grey, weakly tinged with yellow medially. Legs. Procoxa dark castaneous narrowly tinged with yellow apically; meso- and metacoxae yellow tinged with dark brown basally; femora dark castaneous with pale yellow annulation subapically; meso- and metafemora with pale yellow annulation basally; tibiae and tarsi dark stramineous with dark brown areas. Abdomen. Dark castaneous. TEXTURE AND VESTITURE (Figs 6b, 11m). Thorax. Scutellum. Covered with two types of setae: one short, fine, recumbent, and other longer, covering medial swelling. Hemelytron. Covered with short, fine, semi-recumbent setae. STRUCTURE (Fig. 6b, 11m; Gorczyca 2006a: fig. 3). Thorax. Pronotum. Posterior lobe with moderately developed swelling medially. Scutellum. With strongly convex, broad longitudinal medial swelling. Abdomen. Genitalia. endosoma membranous (Figs 14f–k); distal sclerotized portion of ductus seminis (dss) short, rectangular, its dorsal portion weakly sclerotized, transparent (Figs 14f); ventro-apical margin of ductus seminis inside endosoma with shallow incision (Fig. 14h); left paramere apical process with short outgrowth baso-dorsally (Figs 14i, j); right paramere sickle-shaped (Figs 14k).
Measurements. ♂ (*: holotype measurements): Body. Length: 5.30–5.8*, width 1.90–1.90*. Head. Length: 0.50*, *, width: 1.00–1.10*, interocular distance 0.36*. Antenna. Length of segment I: 0.58*–0.6, II: 2.30*–2.55, III: 2.75*–2.8, IV: 3.65–3.75*. Labium. Length of segment I: 0.66–0.72*, II: 0.78*–0.83, III: 0.71*–0.80, IV: 0.30*– 0.40. Pronotum. Length 0.80*–0.83, width of anterior margin: 0.93–0.96*length of lateral margin: 0.76*–0.90, width of posterior margin: 1.76–1.90*.
Female. Unknown.
Biology. Unknown.
Distribution. Costa Rica (Heredia), Ecuador (Guyas).
Type material. Holotype ♂: Ecuador, Bucay, Ohaus S., 5–12.6.05 (ZMPA).
Additional examined material. ♂: Costa Rica: Heredia, La Selva Field Station, near Puerto Viejo, 21–28 March 1988 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Wolski, Andrzej, 2021, Revised classification of the New World Cylapini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae): taxonomic review of the genera Cylapinus, Cylapoides and Peltidocylapus and a morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of tribe Cylapini, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5074 (1) on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5074.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760387