Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) radicata, Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016

Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016, Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha), Zootaxa 4184 (2), pp. 255-284 : 278

Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) radicata , n. sp.

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Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) by the rounded head, the weakly asymmetrical subgenital plate, the bifurcating, root-shaped process of the subgenital plate, the bifurcating right conjunctival appendage, the ladle-shaped right paramere, and the rectangular dorsal process of the left paramere.

Holotype: COSTA RICA: Heredia: La Selva Biological Station, nr Puerto Viejo , 10.43086°N 84.00647°W, 52 m, 16 Apr 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, light trap, 1Ƌ (00109170) ( MNCR) (microscopic slide mount) . PARATYPES: COSTA RICA: Heredia: La Selva Biological Station, nr Puerto Viejo , 10.43086°N 84.00647°W, 52 m, 16 Apr 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, light trap, 1Ƌ (00109152) ( INBIO) . Puntarenas: San Vito Co.: Las Cruces Biological Station , 8.78556°N 82.96°W, 1214 m, 27 Sep 2014, A. Knyshov, S. Leon and C. Weirauch, light trap, 2Ƌ (00122962, 00122977) ( UCR) .

Description. Male: length: 1.36–1.39 mm; body broadly ovate; COLORATION: general coloration dark brown; fuscous patch covering more than 1/2 of wing membrane; Sc+C distinctly lighter than remainder of hemelytra ( Fig. 3 ). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: slightly rounded in ventral view ( Fig. 3 ); eyes about 1/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein distinctly curving; anterior membranal cell wedge-shaped. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI without process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical; process of subgenital plate stem-like with a bifurcating tip ( Fig. 6Q ); tVII rectangular; tVIII rectangular and sclerotized; length of tVIII about 1/3 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp ladle shaped, with a uniformly thin stem and rounded base; lp as in subgeneric description, with an elongate, rectangular dorsal process; uniformly thick, with a bifurcating tip; lca small, about 1/5 length of lca, with a rounded triangular tip ( Fig. 6Q ); vesica uniformly thin with a needlelike tip; anophore as in subgeneric description.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. Known from northern and southern Costa Rica ( Fig. 7).

Etymology. Named for the root-like shape of the subgenital plate process after the latin “radicatus” meaning rooted.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Habitus images of S. (Odontorhagus) species.

FIGURE 6 M – W. Line drawings of dorsal (above) and ventral (below) views of male genitalia, different colors correspond to different structures labeled on S. (Odonotorhagus) acuta, n. sp. (Fig. 5 A).