Rhinocylapus kmentii, Wolski, Andrzej, 2010

Wolski, Andrzej, 2010, Revision of the Rhinocylapus - group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae), Zootaxa 2653, pp. 1-36 : 24

Rhinocylapus kmentii sp. nov.

Diagnosis. This species is most closely related to Rh. s umatranus, but it can be easily distinguished by its larger body, distinctly darker dorsum, having antennal segment I distinctly longer than width of head, and by antennal segment II almost entirely yellow orange, except for brownish basal one-third.

Description. Female. COLORATION. Head. Black; antennal segment I blackish; segment II brownish at basal one-third, above basal one-third segment II with very broad yellow orange annulation; segments III and IV missing; rostrum blackish. Thorax. Pronotum. Anterior lobe and collar black; posterior lobe slightly paler, blackish. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Black; apex of cuneus yellow orange. Thoracic pleura. Proepimeron black anteriorly, slightly paler, blackish posteriorly; other segments black. Hemelytron. Dark brown blackish; extreme apex of clavus and inner angle of corium with small, dull yellowish patch; pale patch on inner angle of cuneus yellow orange; membrane blackish. Legs. Coxae, trochanters, and femora black; meso- and metafemora also slightly tinged with dark brown medially and apically; fore- and mesotibiae almost entirely blackish, slightly paler apically; metatibia almost entirely dark brown, except for black base; tarsus dull yellowish brown. Abdomen. Black. STRUCTURE AND VESTITURE. Head. Vestiture on head sparse, decumbent and semidecumbent, more densely distributed on vertex and on clypeus. Thorax. Pronotum. Collar rugose, devoid of setae; calli moderately raised; vestiture sparse, semidecumbent. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Covered with sparse, semidecumbent and erect setae; scutellum rugose, gently convex. Hemelytron. Covered with relatively long, moderately dense, semidecumbent and erect, dark setae. Legs. Femur covered with dense, rather long, semidecumbent, and erect setae; tibia covered with moderately dense, semidecumbent setae, this being more densely distributed apically; pretarsal claw not toothed subapically.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements. Ψ: body length 9.5, width 2.9. Head. Length 1.67, width 1.38, diameter of eye in dorsal view 0.36. Antenna. Length of segment I 1.6, II 2.9. Labium. All segments obscured by glue and immeasurable in the specimen examined. Pronotum. Length 1.84, width of anterior margin 0.94, length of lateral margin 1.8, width posterior margin 2.6.

Etymology. This species is named after Dr. Petr Kment (NMPC), who kindly loaned me the specimen used in my study.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Malaysia (Malay Peninsula).

Type material. Holotype Ψ: MALAYSIA, Perak Cameron Highlands Batu [=Mile] 19. vill. env. O 4º22.2’N, 101º20.0’E, 590 m, Jiří Hájek leg. 22–27.iv.2009; COLLECTIO NATIONAL MUSEUM, Praha, Czech Republic ( NMPC).