Prolactistes australis J. A. Lis, 2001

Lis, Jerzy A. & Zielińska, Anna, 2020, Review of the genus Prolactistes (Heteroptera: Cydnidae), with two new combinations, first Indonesian records and a key to species of the genus, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 609-614 : 611

Prolactistes australis J. A. Lis, 2001

( Figs 1–2, 4, 6 , 9, 12 , 15, 17, 19 , 21–22 )

Prolactistes australis J. A. Lis, 2001: 106 : G*©ඈඌඌ & Cൺඌඌංඌ (2002): 414 (catalogue of Australia); Lංඌ & SർΗൺൾൿൾ*© (2005): 278, 280, 282 (tibial combs)

Type material examined. Hඈඅඈඍඒඉൾ: ♁, Australia, Northern Territory, Nourlangie Ck., 8 km N. of Mt. Cahill ( MAGNT). Pൺ*©ൺඍඒඉൾඌ:: 1 ♁, 12.51°S 132.47°E, 8 km E by N of Mt Cahill, N. T. ( IBUO); 2 ♁♁, 12.48S 132.42E, Nourlangie Ck., 8 km N of Mt. Cahill, N. T., 16.vi.1973, T. Weir & T. Angeles ( IBUO); 1 ♁, 18.06°S 144.50°E, Forty Mile Scrub N. P., 55 km SW by S of Mt. Garnet, QLD, 29–30. xi.1981, J. Balderson ( ANIC).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA:Aආൻඈඇ Iඌඅൺඇൽ: Ambon I., 1 ♁ 1 ♀, 70 m, 13.v.1960, A. M. R. Wegner, Coll. Bishop Museum ( BPBC, IBUO); Ambon I., Waai, 1 ♁ 1 ♀, 14.v.1960, at light, 1 ♁ 10.vii.1963, 1 ♁, 1.xi.1963, A. M. R. Wegner, Coll. Bishop Museum ( BPBC, IBUO). T ංආඈඋ Iඌඅൺඇൽ: Timor I., Balical 260–300m, 1 ♁ 1 ♀, 14–24.xii.1963, J. Sedlacek Collector, Bishop ( BPBC).

Differential diagnosis of male. Blade of paramere clearly separated from the outer lobe by a distance and its upper edge blunt and directed downward ( Figs 9, 12 ); second conjunctival appendages of aedeagus apically slightly recurved ( Fig. 15 ); opening of male genital capsule with elongated sharpened teeth at the inner margins ( Fig. 17 ); proctiger short, about 1.2 times longer than wide, straight on its apical margin ( Fig. 19 ).

Differential diagnosis of female. Spermathecal seminal receptacle rounded ( Figs 21–22 ).

Note. For a detailed description of the species, see Lංඌ (2001). Distribution ( Fig. 25 ). Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland) (Lංඌ 2001; G*©ඈඌඌ & Cൺඌඌංඌ 2002); Indonesia ( Ambon Island, Timor) (new country record).

Figures

Figs 1–7. 1, 2, 4, 6 – Prolactistes australis J. A. Lis, 2001. 3, 5, 7 – Paraethus capicola (Westwood, 1837). 1 – dorsal habitus; 2, 3 – anterior tibia, arrows indicate the point of tarsal insertion (left) and the outer part of the anterior tibia (right); 4, 5 – evaporatoria of meso- and metathorax, arrows indicate the claw-like process of peritreme; 6, 7 – head, dorsal view. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

Figs 8–13. 8–10 – paramere in ventral view; 11–13 – paramere in dorsal view. 8, 11 – Prolactistes jani (J. A. Lis, 1995); 9, 12 – P. australis J. A. Lis, 2001; 10, 13 – P. lisi (Magnien, 2014), arrows indicate the differences between the species. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

Figs 14–20.Male genital structures.14–16 – second conjunctival appendages. 17–18 – opening of the pygophore. 19–20 – proctiger.14 – Prolactistes jani (J. A. Lis, 1995); 15, 17, 19 – P. australis J. A. Lis, 2001; 16, 18, 20 – P. lisi (Magnien, 2014), arrows indicate the differences between studied species. Scale bars = 0.1 mm (Figs 14–16), 0.5 mm (Figs 17–20).

Figs 21–24. Female spermatheca. 21–22 – Prolactistes australis J. A. Lis, 2001; 23–24 – P. lisi (Magnien, 2014). Lettering: sr – seminal receptacle of spermatheca. Scale bar = 0.1 mm. (Fig. 21 from Lංඌ (2001), modified; Fig. 23 from MൺǤඇංൾඇ (2014), modified).

Fig. 25. Known localities of the three species of the genus Prolactistes. Prolactistes jani (J. A. Lis, 1995), black square; P. australis J. A. Lis, 2001, circles (black – literature data, red – new records); P. lisi (Magnien, 2014), triangle (green – new records).