Ambracius alineae, Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio F. & Henry, Thomas J., 2010

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio F. & Henry, Thomas J., 2010, Revision of the genus Ambracius Stål, 1860 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Clivinematini), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 2485, pp. 1-15 : 2-4

Ambracius alineae , n. sp.

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Diagnosis: Pronotum predominantly pale brown, with two round, black spots on calli. Scutellum and clavus uniformly pale brown. Hemelytral membrane mostly hyaline, with veins dark brown or fuscous.

Description: Holotype female (Fig. 1a): Body length 4.56; width 2.68. Head length 0.70; width 1.02; distance between eyes 0.58; length of antennal segments I 0.40, II 1.40, III 0.62, IV 0.46; labium length 1.48. Pronotum length 1.54; width 1.98; length from anterior margin to transverse suture 0.46. Hind leg lengths: Hind femur 1.76; tibia 2.48; tarsus 0.32. Scutellum length 0.90; width 0.92. Hemelytron: Length 4.60; width 1.34; length from base to cuneal fracture 2.64; length from cuneal fracture to apex of membrane 1.96; cuneal length 0.82; cuneal width 0.66.

General coloration reddish brown, with fuscous to black areas. Head reddish brown with eyes and clypeus fuscous; labium dark brown, becoming darker apically; antennal segments fuscous. Pronotum reddish brown, with two fuscous spots behind the transverse sulcus extending behind calli. Scutellum uniformly reddish brown. Legs pale brown with coxae, trochanters, and bases of femora fuscous. Hemelytron hyaline, uniformly reddish brown; membrane hyaline with veins fuscous. Ventral side of body pale brown, ostiolar peritreme whitish; abdominal sternites brownish. Body covered with semiadpressed and adpressed setae. Labium reaching middle coxae. Pronotum punctate. Scutellum smooth and shiny.

PLATE 1. Figure 1: Ambracius alineae n. sp. 1a, female holotype; 1b, posterior wall; 1c, sclerotized rings. Figure 2: Ambracius capucinus (Reuter) head and pronotum, female holotype (redrawn from Carvalho, 1985). Figure 3: Ambracius dufouri Stål. 3a, male habitus (redrawn from Carvalho & Gomes, 1971); 3b, endosoma with large membranous lobes; 3c, gutterlike structure; 3d, left paramere; 3e, right paramere; 3f, h, posterior wall; 3g, i, sclerotized rings.

Genitalia (Figs. 1b–c): Posterior wall (Fig. 1b) not divided into two valves and having sinuous dorsal margin with two round lobes and two more internal acute lobes posteriorly; sclerotized rings (Fig. 1c) simple, not twisted, with lateral margins thickened.

Male: Unknown

Etymology: This species is named after Aline Barcellos Prates dos Santos at the Museu de Ciências Naturais (MCN) da Fudação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil, who has made important contributions to the taxonomy and ecology of Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha) of Rio Grande do Sul State.

Distribution: Venezuela.

Host: Unknown.

Type material: Holotype Ƥ: Venezuela: Lara, Agua Viva, 9 June, 1984, W. E. Clark ( TAMU).