Heraeus tiputini
Creators: name: Pablo M. Dellapé
name: María C. Melo
name: Thomas J. Henry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Rhyparochromidae
Heraeus
Heraeus tiputini

description: HERAEUS TIPUTINI SP. NOV.
(FIGS 8 I, 15J, 21D, 23E–H, 24)
Diagnosis
Ocelli posteriorly. Distiflagellomere with a pale band sub-basally. Labium extending to mesocoxae. Profemur brown, paler dorsally; metafemur pale brown, darker apically; metatibia yellowish. Aedeagus: vesica with two unsclerotized lobes; processus gonopori long, widening towards apex.
Heraeus tiputini sp. nov. is similar to H. inca sp. nov. in having: the ocelli placed posteriorly behind the eyes; the profemur paler dorsally; the metafemur darker apically (a few specimens of H. inca sp. nov. show a dark band with a narrowly pale apex on the metafemur instead of being entirely dark distally); and the processus gonopori long, widening towards apex. In H. tiputini sp. nov. the metatibia is yellowish; the anterior margin of dorsal aperture of pygophore is rounded; and the aedeagus has a vesica with two unsclerotized lobes. Heraeus inca sp. nov. has a thin band on the basal region of the metatibia; the anterior margin of dorsal aperture of pygophore is slightly rounded with the lateral regions angulate; and the vesica has two pairs of lobes, the posterior lobe large and strongly sclerotized posteriorly.
Description (Fig. 15 J)
Total length 6.27.
Head: Elongate, postocular region longer than preocular region; flattened dorsally; shiny, dark brown, clypeus paler; with short recumbent and long erect setae. Head length 1.46, width 0.93. Postocular length 0.60. Eyes with setae between ommatidea; not surpassing dorsal margin of head in lateral view. Ocelli posteri- or of an imaginary line passing the posterior border of eyes. Interocular width 0.48, interocellar width 0.30. Labium pale brown with erect setae, extending to mesocoxae. Labial segment lengths: I 0.75, II 0.85, III 0.75, IV 0.32. Antennae brown; scapus, apical region of pedicel, and basiflagellomere darker, distiflagellomere brown, with a pale band sub-basally; all segments with abundant, short, semi-erect setae and sparse erect setae, more abundant on distiflagellomere. Basiflagellomere slightly incrassate apically. Antennal lengths: scape 0.45, pedicel 1.22, basiflagellomere 1.09, distiflagellomere 1.12. Length of pale band on distiflagellomere 0.48.
Thorax: Pronotum pruinose; anterior lobe dark brown, posterior lobe brown with two pale longitudinal stripes, with short recumbent and long erect setae, longest on anterior lobe. Collar delimited posteriorly by a row of punctures. Pronotum punctate, punctures more conspicuous on posterior lobe. Collar length 0.08, anterior lobe length 0.59, posterior lobe length 0.54; anterior lobe width 0.93, posterior lobe width 1.41. Pleurae dark brown, punctate, with short recumbent setae. Evaporative area extended. Scutellum dark brown, pruinose, punctate, with short recumbent and long erect setae. Hemelytra pruinose, with short semi-erect setae. General colour brown, costal margin pale on proximal threequarters, corium darker distally, with a subapical whitish spot and a small rounded pale spot internally; membrane brown, with veins paler and an apical pale spot (Fig. 15 J). Legs: Coxae brown; protrochanter, profemur laterally, and meso- and metafemur apically brown, remainder of legs pale brown; apex of tibiae, tarsi, and pretarsi darker (Fig. 21 D). Legs with long semi-erect setae, longest on profemur. Profemur with two rows of spines on apical two-thirds.
Abdomen: Brown, with abundant short recumbent setae. Male genitalia: Pygophore (Fig. 23 E, F) rounded, anterior margin of dorsal aperture rounded, inner projections subquadrangular; slightly declivent posteriorly in lateral view. Parameres: Figure 23 (G, H); shank with inner and outer projections indistinguishable. Aedeagus (Fig. 8 I): unsclerotized lobes of vesica with a group of strong spines near apex; processus gonopori long, widening towards apex.
Distribution
Ecuador and Peru (Fig. 24).
Etymology
The specific epithet ‘ tiputini ’ is a noun in aposition referring to ‘ Tiputini Biodiversity Station’, in Orellana Province, Ecuador, where most of the material was collected.
Type material
Holotype: ♂, ECUADOR: Orellana Prov. [Napo Prov. on label in error], Tiputini Biodiversity Station, 216 m a.s.l., 0°37 ′ 55 ′ S, 76°8 ′ 39 ′ W, 5-II-1999, T.L. Erwin et al., insecticidal fogging of mostly bare green leaves, some with covering of lichenous or bryophytic plants, lot 2082, transect T-9 (USNM).
Paratypes: 3♂, 3♀, same data as for holotype (USNM); 1♂, same data as for holotype, 22-X-1998, lot 1978, transect T-8 (MLP); 1♀, same data as for holotype, 22-X-1998, lot 1973, transect T-8 (MLP); 1♀, same data as for holotype, 6-II-1999, lot 2082, transect T-9 (USNM); 1♂, same data as for holotype, 8-II-1999, lot 2026, transect T-3 (USNM); 1♂, 1♀, same data as for holotype, 22-X-1998, lot 1972, transect T-8 (USNM); 1♀, same data as for holotype, lot 1962, transect T-7 (USNM); 1♂, same data as for holotype, 26-X-1998, lot 1941, transect T-5 (USNM); 3♂, same data as for holotype, 26-X-1998, lot 1942, transect T-5 (USNM); 1♂, 1♀, Reserva Ethnica Waorani, 1 km S Onkone Gare Camp., Trans. Ent., 4-X-1996, 220 m a.s.l., 0°39 ′ 10 ″ S, 76°26 ′ 0 ″ W, T.L. Erwin et al., insecticidal fogging of mostly bare green leaves, some with covering of lichenous or bryophytic plants in terra firme forest, lot 1744, transect T-9 (USNM); 2♂, 2♀, lot 1743, transect T-9 (USNM); 1♀, 25-VI- 1994, lot 731 (USNM); 1♀, 29-VI-1994, at 6 x-trans, 81 m mark Proj. Maxus, lot 759 (USNM); 1♀, Reserva Ethnica Waorani, Onkone Gare Camp., 38 km S of Pompeya, 220 m a.s.l., 0°39 ′ 10 ″ S, 76°26 ′ W, 2–14-II- 1996, T.J. Henry (USNM). PERU: Ucayali: 1♀, Kirigueti, 11°38 ′ 13 ″ S, 73°7 ′ 8 ″ W, luz, VII-[20]04, J. Williams (MLP).
description: Published as part of Pablo M. Dellapé, María C. Melo & Thomas J. Henry, 2016, A phylogenetic revision of the true bug genus Heraeus (Hemiptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), with the description of two new genera and 30 new species, pp. 29-134 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (177) on pages 75-77, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12362, http://zenodo.org/record/269748