Cyrtopeltocoris fractifasciatus Wyniger &amp; Schuh &amp; Henry 2023, new species
Creators: name: Wyniger, Denise
name: Schuh, Randall T.
name: Henry, Thomas J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Cyrtopeltocoris
Cyrtopeltocoris fractifasciatus

description: <i>Cyrtopeltocoris fractifasciatus,</i> new species Figures 2, 4, 6, table 1 DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the large eyes, narrow vertex, discontinuous white markings on corium and clavus, not forming a complete transverse band or just a slender band (fig. 2), and endosoma with a triangular, membranous, serrate flange apically (fig. 4). Most similar to <i>C. pronotosus</i> in general appearance, large eyes, and narrow vertex, but differs in the shorter body, the transverse hemelytral fascia broken at the claval suture, and the distinctive endosomal characters. DESCRIPTION: <i>Male</i>: Mean total length 3.46. Coloration (fig. 2): Head brown; labium brown; pronotum dark brown; mesoscutum and scutellum reddish brown, or dark orange; scent-gland auricle brown; clavus brown or orange brown basally, ivory medially, brown apically; corium and embolium brown or orange brown basally, ivory medially, brown apically; white marks on corium and clavus independent, marks not forming a complete transverse band or—when so—band more slender (fig. 2); lateral ivory spot on base of corium with straight apical margin (fig. 2); cuneus reddish brown; membrane fuscous; antennal segments brown or slightly yellowish, with first segment yellowish brown (fig. 2); venter brown; mesepisternum reddish brown; procoxa and trochanter brown, meso- and metacoxae ivory with trochanters ivory and brown apically; femora and tibiae dark orange or brown; tarsi yellowish (fig. 2). Surface and vestiture: Vertex bearing long erect setae; pronotum and corium with recumbent setae. Structure (fig. 2): Slender; pronotum trapezoidal; scutellum slightly swollen basally; corium with lateral margin slightly convex basally at level of brown coloration; labium reaching posterior third of mesepisternum. genitalia (fig. 4): Endosoma relatively short, slender, beyond secondary gonopore with a triangular, membranous, serrate flange apically (fig. 4); phallotheca slightly curved; left paramere with anterior process stout and short, posterior process elongate and curved downward; right paramere short and ovoid. ETYMOLOGY: Named for the discontinuous transverse hemelytral fascia, from the Latin <i>fractus</i>, meaning “broken,” and <i>fasciatus</i>, meaning “enveloped with a band.” DISTRIBUTION (fig. 6): Known from Baja California Sur. HOLOTYPE male: <b>MEXICO: Baja California Sur:</b> Sur La Paz, 24.03876 <b>°</b> N 110.29987 <b>°</b> W, 108 m, 01 Feb 1965 – 03 Feb 1965, Vincent D. Roth (AMNH _ PBI 00175540) (AMNH). PARATYPES: <b>MEXICO: Baja California Sur:</b> 1.5 mi E of San Jorge, 23.48013 <b>°</b> N 109.76791 <b>°</b> W, 165 m, 24 Jul 1971, H.G. Real and R.E. Main, 1&amp;male; (AMNH _ PBI 00078577), 2&amp;male; (AMNH _ PBI 00078645, AMNH _ PBI 00078582) (CAS); 25 Jul 1971, H.G. Real and R.E. Main, 1&amp;male; (AMNH _ PBI 00078583) (CAS). OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED: <b>MEXICO: Baja California Sur:</b> 1.5 mi E of San Jorge, 23.48013 <b>°</b> N 109.76791 <b>°</b> W, 165 m, 24 Jul 1971, H.G. Real and R.E. Main, 2&amp;male; (AMNH _ PBI 00078584, AMNH _ PBI 00078585) (CAS). Sierra la Laguna, 23.59361 <b>°</b> N 109.96861 <b>°</b> W, 1770 m, 31 Aug 1977, E. Fisher &amp; R. Westcott, 1&amp;male; (AMNH _ PBI 00078586) (CAS).
description: Published as part of <i>Wyniger, Denise, Schuh, Randall T. &amp; Henry, Thomas J., 2023, Revision of the North American Hallodapini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), pp. 1-48 in American Museum Novitates 2023 (3994)</i> on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.1206/3994.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7710041