Aphelocheirus, WESTWOOD, 1833

Zettel, H. & Tran, A. D., 2009, Notes On The Aphelocheiridae (Heteroptera) From Indochina, With Redescriptions Of Aphelocheirus Inops And A. Gularis And The Description Of A New Species From Vietnam, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 55 (3), pp. 211-226 : 220

Aphelocheirus (s.str.) sp. “A”

(Fig. 13)

Material examined. 4 females (brachypterous; paralectotypes of A. inops ): “Annam\ Laos ”, “inops H.\ det. Horváth ”, “TYPUS”, “ PARALECTOTYPUS \ Aphelochirus \ inops Horváth, 1918 \ labelled Zettel & Tran 2008”, “ Aphelocheirus \ sp. A\ det. Zettel & Tran 2008” ( HNHM) .

Notes on morphology. Body length 7.5–7.7 mm. Body width 4.7–5.0 mm. Pronotum width 3.6–3.8 mm. Colour of dorsum medium to dark brown, but head yellow or light brown. Dorsum coarsely sculptured, especially on hemielytra. Head shorter than long (0.9 times). Rostrum reaching mesocoxa. Medial propleural process with acute apex. Mesosternum with highly raised median carina. Hemielytra coarsely granulate, posteriorly not reaching posterior margin of tergite 2, medially without gap. Each hemielytron much wider than long (ca. 1.5 times), laterally with very short triangular embolar process (process width 0.05 times total hemielytron width). Sternites 4 and 5 each with 1–4 peg-like setae (partly broken off). Subgenital plate (Fig. 13) subtriangular, with only slightly sinuate sides and narrow apex; sides with narrow tufts of long, curved setae at about two-thirds of length; subapical tuft of setae directed straight caudad.

Discussion. These four females are not A. inops , but cannot be related to any described species at present. The structures of the subgenital plate (Fig. 13), especially its subtriangular shape, are very diagnostic. Another important characteristic is the sparsely, but coarsely, tuberculate surface of hemielytra and sides of tergites. The authors refrain to describe this material as new, because males are unknown and the type locality is not clear.