Malipatilius, Kondorosy, Elod, 2013

Kondorosy, Elod, 2013, Taxonomic changes in some predominantly Palaearctic distributed genera of Drymini (Heteroptera, Rhyparochromidae), ZooKeys 319, pp. 211-221 : 217-220

Malipatilius gen. n.

Type species.

Scolopostethus forticornis Gross, 1965, by present designation.

Description.

Body elongate oval, dull, extensively punctate, dorsally glabrous (Fig. 3).

Head pentagonal, with dense fine punctures. Eyes small, very prominent. Ocelli well developed, located very far from each other, near the eyes. Antenniferous tubercle curved laterally. Antenna very robust, subclavate.

Pronotum without anterior collar, transversal furrow deep, disk densely punctured. Anterior and posterior margins straight, lateral margin concave, explanate but not widened at transversal furrow. Anterior lobe more globose in male, lateral margin partially parallel here. Scutellum elevated at middle. Fore wing. Clavus with 3 regular rows of punctures. Corium evenly and densely punctate, nearly parallel, costal margin only slightly concave subbasally, apical margin straight. Thoracic sternum punctate except submedian parts of mesosternum. Legs robust, fore femur strongly incrassate, especially in male, with two rows of spines and a very large spine in inner row.

Abdomen with dense decumbent pilosity, lateral portion of intersegmental suture between sternites IV–V curved anteriorly, not reaching lateral margin and sublateral furrow; trichobothrial pattern as typical in Drymini .

Included species.

The genus is apparently not monotypic, because besides of the type species very probably congeneric specimens were seen at least from Java, Kalimantan and the New Hebrides.

Discussion:

The type species of Malipatilius gen. n. was originally placed into the genus Scolopostethus . The diagnostic characters of the two genera are presented in Table 1. A typical Scolopostethus species, Scolopostethus ornandus Distant, 1904 is imaged for comparison on Fig. 4. Faelicianus Bergroth, 1918, is perhaps the sister genus of Malipatilius gen. n. This genus has a pale wide lateral carina on pronotum, which is broadened at transversal impression, therefore the pronotum is evenly convex laterally. The antenna is also slender, much more than even in Scolopostethus . Another known genera of Drymini , e.g. the superficially similar Salaciola Bergroth, 1893, which sometimes has similar colour and explanate pronotal carina, are certainly not closely related.

Etymology. Patronymic, named after and dedicated to Mallik B. Malipatil, recognizing his excellent contributions to various groups of Australian Heteroptera , particularly Rhyparochromidae . Gender masculine.