Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) dentata Leon & Weirauch, 2016, n. sp.
Creators: name: Leon, Stephanie
name: Weirauch, Christiane
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Schizopteridae
Schizoptera
Schizoptera dentata

description: Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) dentata, n. sp.
(Figs 2, 5 and 7)
Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) by the broadly ovate body shape, the small eyes, the large tooth-like process of sVI, the tooth-shaped lateral process of the subgentinal plate, and the spatulate lca.
Holotype: COSTA RICA: Alajuela: Guatuso Co.: P.N. Volcan Tenorio, Punto 2: Falda N Cerro Montezuma, 10.69665 ° N 85.01652 ° W, 1160 m, 0 5 May 2008 – 07 May 2008, J. A. Azofeifa, 1Ƌ (00014488) (INBIO). PARATYPES: COSTA RICA: Alajuela: Guatuso Co.: Cote. Fca. Justo Robles, 10.59187 ° N 84.85917 ° W, 494 m, 13 Jul 2010 –0 7 Aug 2010, J. A. Azofeifa, 1♀ (00014540) (INBIO). P.N. Volcan Tenorio, Punto 1: Catarata Rio Buenavista, 10.70466 ° N 84.99094 ° W, 800 m, 0 2 Jul 2008 –0 4 Jul 2008, J. A. Azofeifa, 2Ƌ (00014747, 00014748) (INBIO); 13 Jan 2010 – 30 Jan 2010, J. A. Azofeifa, 4♂ (00014476, 0 0 0 14502, 0 0 0 14525, 00014762) (INBIO); 24 Mar 2010, J. A. Azofeifa, 1Ƌ (00014763) (INBIO). P.N. Volcan Tenorio, Punto 2: Falda N Cerro Montezuma, 10.69665 ° N 85.01652 ° W, 1160 m, 0 5 May 2008 –0 7 May 2008, J. A. Azofeifa, 4Ƌ (00014749, 0 0 0 14750, 0 0 0 14856, 00014759), 1♀ (00014496) (INBIO), 1♀ (00014495) (UCR). P.N. Volcan Tenorio, Punto 4: Cerro Montezuma, 10.69369 ° N 85.02565 ° W, 1510 m, 0 5 May 2008 –0 7 May 2008, J. A. Azofeifa, 1Ƌ (00014494), 2♀ (00014480, 00014481) (INBIO); 30 Aug 2008 –0 1 Sep 2008, J. A. Azofeifa, 1♀ (00014753) (INBIO). P.N. Volcan Tenorio. Punto 3: Los Pelados Falda N Cerro Montezuma, 9.6551 ° N 85.0679 ° W, 1300 m, 0 5 May 2008 –0 7 May 2008, J. A. Azofeifa, 8Ƌ (00014755, 0 0 0 14482, 0 0 0 14754, 0 0 0 14744, 0 0 0 14746, 0 0 0 14760, 0 0 0 14743, 00014745) (INBIO), 1♂ (00014758) (UCR); 0 2 Jul 2008 –0 4 Jul 2008, J. A. Azofeifa, 3Ƌ (00014752, 0 0 0 14475, 00014479) (INBIO). P.N V. Tenorio. Est. Pilou, 10.6713 ° N 85.01254 ° W, 700 m, 21 May 2009 – 23 May 2009, J. A. Azofeifa, M. A. Zumbado, 1♀ (00014765) (INBIO). Upala. Bjagua, San Miguel, Finca Inti - Aura, 10.89792 ° N 85.01454 ° W, 300 m, 18 Sep 2011 – 16 Oct 2011, I. Chacon, 1♂ (00014542) (INBIO); 24 Feb 2013 – 28 Apr 2013, I. Chacon, 1♂ (00014505), 1♀ (00014506) (INBIO); 25 Aug 2013 –0 6 Oct 2013, I. Chacon, 3Ƌ (00014538, 0 0 0 14530, 00014539) (INBIO).
Description. Male: length: 1.39–1.44 mm; body broadly ovate; COLORATION: general coloration dark brown; fuscous patch covering less than 1/2 of wing membrane; Sc+C concolorous with remainder of hemelytra (Fig. 2). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: slightly convex in ventral view (Fig. 2); eyes about 1/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 distinctly curving, anterior membranal cell wedge-shaped. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI with large, tooth-like process posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical, with lateral margin perpendicular to lateral process slightly curving and distinctly sclerotized; process of subgenital plate “tooth” shaped, with small serration on posterior margin; tVII trapezoidal; tVIII oblong and sclerotized; length of tVIII about 3/4 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp as in subgeneric description with a long, narrow stem and blunt tip; lp as in subgeneric description, with elongate dorsal finger-like process; rca narrow and thin; lca large, about 1/4 size of rca, and spatulate (Fig. 5H); vesica uniformly cylindrical and thin, forming almost two coils; anophore forming asymmetrical tube with prominent dorsal fold.
Female: length 1.42–1.44 mm; general habitus as in male, with a broader head.
Distribution. Known from various collection events in the Volcan Tenorio National Park in the Alajuela province in northern Costa Rica (Fig. 7).
Etymology. Named for the tooth-like process of the posterior margin of sVI and the tooth-like process of the subgenital plate after the Latin “ dentata ” meaning toothed.
description: Published as part of Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016, Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha), pp. 255-284 in Zootaxa 4184 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/164749