Cimicicapsus villosus, Xu, Jing-Yang & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2009

Xu, Jing-Yang & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2009, The genus Cimicicapsus Poppius from China (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae), Zootaxa 2014, pp. 19-33 : 32

Cimicicapsus villosus sp. n.

( Figs. 6 , 41, 42 , 61–65 )

Type specimens: Holotype: male, CHINA: Nanchahe monitoring station, Bawangling (109°05΄E, 19°07΄N), Hainan Province, alt. 600m, 10. VI. 2007, Xin Yu & Pengzhi Dong leg.. Paratypes: 1 female, ditto, 10. VI. 2007, Xiaoming Li leg..

Diagnosis: Recognized by shining pale yellowish brown body, vertex width 1.1–1.6 times eye width, antennal segment I length 1.9–2.3 times vertex width, antennal segment II yellowish brown with apical portion black, length 2.1–2.2 times head width (included eyes), scutellum yellowish brown, lateral margin with pale semicircle spot, femur pale yellowish brown without rings. Similar in habitus to C. koreanus , but can be separated by body covered with densely setae, and femur pale yellowish brown without rings.

Description: Body oval, shining, yellowish brown, covered with densely pale setae.

Head projected, shining, yellowish brown; eyes reddish brown; Clypeus blackish brown, with sparse short setae. Antennae yellowish brown, with dense pale pubescence, segment I cylindrical, slightly narrowed at base; IV apical portion blacking brown. Labium reddish brown, apical portion black, extending to mesocoxa. Pronotum shining, yellowish brown to reddish brown, with blackish brown punctures; collar smooth, dark yellowish brown; calli yellowish brown, shining, merged anteriorly, slightly raised, furnished with a hollow near each anterolateral margin; posterior margins pale yellow, concavely sinuate. Scutellum ( Fig. 6 ) yellowish brown, without punctures, lateral margin with pale semicircle spot. Hemelytron shining, reddish brown, covered with coarse reddish brown punctures; membrane pale brown, veins blackish brown. Leg pale yellowish brown, claw blackish brown. Venter reddish brown, with dense pale pubescence. Ostiolar peritreme pale yellowish white, with reddish brown spots.

Male genitalia: Left paramere ( Figs. 61, 62 ) strong, with sparse setae, sensory lobe horned, hypophysis depressed, apex bifurcate; right paramere ( Fig. 63 ) stout, sensory lobe rounded, hypophysis apical portion bifurcate; vesica ( Fig. 65 ) with membranous lobes and 4 sclerotized appendages.

Distribution: China (Hainan).

Etymology: Named for the more dense setae.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Scutellar markings of Cimicicapsus spp. 1. C. flavimaculus; 2. C. montanus; 3. C. pseudokoreanus; 4. C. splendus; 5. C. squamus; 6. C. villosus.

FIGURES 35 – 42. Habitus views of Cimicicapsus spp. 35. C. rubidus (male); 36. C. rubidus (female); 37. C. splendus (male); 38. C. splendus (female); 39. C. squamus (male); 40. C. squamus (female); 41. C. villosus (male); 42. C. villosus (female).

FIGURES 61 – 65. Male genitalia of Cimicicapsus villosus sp. n. 61 – 62. Left paramere; 63. Right paramere; 64. Phallotheca; 65. Vesica.