Sadoletus melasmus Ban, 2018

Gao, Cuiqing & Malipatil, M. B., 2019, Revision of the genus Sadoletus Distant, with description of new species from China and Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Heterogastridae), Zootaxa 4613 (2), pp. 251-289 : 268

8. Sadoletus melasmus Ban, 2018

( Figs. 12–13 )

Sadoletus melasmus Ban, 2018: 57 (original description).

Redescription. Following are additions to the original description given by Ban (2018).

Male with one dark spot at posterolateral angle of pronotum; apex of scent gland peritreme red to dark red. Inner laterotergites III–VI present in male. Paramere with ventral aspect of apical half of blade slightly serrated ( Fig. 13f, g ). Apex of spermathecal bulb truncate and broad; a less sclerotized ring-like part present near base of spermathecal bulb ( Fig. 13d ). Male genitalia details match with the drawing provided in Ban (2018); but the spermathecal bulb is slightly different to that shown in that paper.

Specimens Examined. CHINA: 1♂, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna \ Menglun \ 1987. IV. 9, Zou leg. (hw) (NKUM); 1♂, Yunnan, Menglun \ Ficus sp. [host] \ [19]87. IV . 9, Zou Huanguang leg. (hw) (NKUM); 1♀, Yunnan, Jinping, Manping , 350m \ 1956. V. 25 \ Li Chuanlong Leg ( NKUM) .

Distribution. Thailand ( Ban, 2018), in this study newly recorded from China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Sadoletus melasmus Ban, 2018. a, male, dorsal view; b, same, ventral view; c, female, dorsal view; d, same, ventral view.

FIGURE 13. Sadoletus melasmus Ban, 2018. a, female abdominal dorsum, dorsal view; b, female abdominal venter, ventral view; c, ovipositor, posteroventral view; d, spermathecal bulb; e, pygophore, posterodorsal view; f–i, left paramere, four different aspects.