Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997

Knyshov, Alexander & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2013, A taxonomic revision of the genus Hyoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 1-32 : 10-14

Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997

( Figs 1 , 19, 33, 40, 49)

Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997: 72 (original description)

Hyoidea hannothiauxi: KERZHNER & JOSIFOV (1999: 249) (catalogue)

Type locality. Tunisia, Djebel Bou Hedma.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, TUNISIA: Djebel Bou Hedma , 34.46667°N 9.53333°E, no date provided, Hannothiaux Coll. (AMNH_PBI 00337189) ( MNHN).

Redescription. Male: Small-sized, 4.1 mm. COLOURATION ( Fig. 1 ): Dorsum brown, with conspicuous minute dark brown spots. Head: Clypeus pale brown, with narrow U-shaped macu-

la along edges; mandibular and maxillary plates with reverse V-shaped dark spot originating from antennal fossa; frons with black, not confluent, distinctly bordered stripes radiating from midline; vertex with two black spots merged into single transverse stripe; antennal segment I entirely black, segments II–IV missing; labium dark brown, apex of segment IV black. Thorax: Pronotal collar and anterior edge of pronotum darkened, calli entirely black, pronotum between calli also black forming wide black stripe, reminder of pronotum pale brown, with dense minute dark brown spots ( Fig. 1 ); exposed part of mesonotum and scutellum black, the latter with two brown basal spots at sides; thoracic pleurites pale brown, narrowly darkened dorsally and ventrally. Hemelytron: pale brown, with dense minute dark brown spots, cuneus with reddish tinge along inner margin. Legs: Coxae dark, fore femur almost entirely black dorsally, brown ventrally, remaining legs missing. Abdomen: Dorsally dark brown, ventrally pale brown. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: Dorsum smooth, not punctured, disc finely rugose; simple setae on dorsum black, intermixed with oval silvery scales. STRUCTURE: Head: Vertex 2.1 × as wide as eye; antennal segment I relatively long, 0.5 × as long as width of head, remaining segments missing. Thorax: Pronotum 1.6 × as wide as long and 1.2 × as wide as head. GENITALIA: Genital capsule without tooth on left side of genital opening ( Fig. 33 ); sensory lobe of left paramere long, gradually curved, with several denticles apically, caudal process absent, caudal margin of left paramere with two small denticles ( Fig. 40 ); left spicule of aedeagus long and straight, gradually narrowing apically, without serrations; one branch of right spicule long, narrowing apically, similar in shape to left spicule, another branch distinctly shorter, wide, with weak apical serration ( Fig. 49 ).

Female: Unknown.

Differential diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: dorsum with conspicuous minute dark brown spots; two black spots on vertex merged into transverse stripe ( Fig. 1 ); cuneus with reddish tinge; vestiture on dorsum composed of black simple setae and oval silvery scales; genital capsule without tooth on left side of genital opening ( Fig. 33 ); sensory lobe of left paramere long, gradually curved, with several denticles apically, caudal process absent, caudal margin of left paramere with two small denticles ( Fig. 40 ); left spicule of aedeagus long and narrowing apically ( Fig. 49 ); one branch of right spicule long and narrowing apically, other branch distinctly shorter, wide, with weak apical serration ( Fig. 49 ). Clearly distinguished from all congeners by the merged dark spots on vertex, relatively long antennal segment I, 0.5 × as long as width of head, and genital capsule without large tooth. Host associations. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Djebel Bou Hedma, Tunisia (Fig. 19) ( CARAPEZZA 1997).

Figures

Figs 1–9. Dorsal habitus of Hyoidea species. 1 – Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997, male. 2–3 – Hyoidea hermione Linnavuori, 1989: 2 – male; 3 – female. 4–5 – Hyoidea horvathi Montandon, 1890: 4 – male; 5 – female. 6–7 – Hyoidea kerzhneri Hoberlandt, 1963: 6 – male; 7 – female. 8–9 – Hyoidea lindbergi Hoberlandt, 1963: 8 – male; 9 – female.

Figs 30–36. Male genitalia (partly modified from KNYSHOV & KONSTANTINOV 2012). 30–33 – Male genital capsule in dorsal and caudal views. 30 – Hyoidea lindbergi Hoberlandt, 1963; 31 – H. notaticeps Reuter, 1876; 32 – H. stehliki Baena & Günther, 2001; 33 – H. hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997. 34–36 – H. notaticeps, tubercle of genital capsule. 37–39 – right paramere: 37 – H. lindbergi; 38 – H. notaticeps; 39 – H. stehliki.

Figs 40–44. Left paramere. 40 – Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997; 41 – H. lopezcoloni Baena & Günther, 2001; 42 – H. hermione Linnavuori, 1989; 43 – H. horvathi Montandon, 1890; 44 – H. stehliki Baena & Günther, 2001. Lettering: a.p. – apical process, s.l. – sensory lobe, c.p. – caudal process, den. – denticles.

Figs 49–52. Aedeagus in ventral view, lateral view and in transverse section at base (phallotheca and phallobase removed). 49 – Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997; 50 – H. horvathi Montandon, 1890; 51 – H. lopezcoloni Baena & Günther, 2001; 52 – H. notaticeps Reuter, 1876. Lettering: l.sp. – left spicule, r.sp. – right spicule.