Guayascoris, Carpintero & Dellapé, 2012
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5330417 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA105A64-2EC3-49D8-83EF-43751993B808 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5398303 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE00317A-ABA9-4132-AAD8-140FAF9A930C |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:BE00317A-ABA9-4132-AAD8-140FAF9A930C |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Guayascoris |
status |
gen. nov. |
Guayascoris gen. nov.
( Figs. 3 View Figs , 10–15 View Figs )
Type species. Guayascoris foreroi sp. nov., here designated.
Diagnosis. Ant-mimetic shape, with lateral margins of hemelytra 3-sinuate. Ostiolar peritreme short, wide, slightly curved forward (nearly straight), apically rounded; left paramere biapiculate, pygophore with secretory teeth.
Description. Male. Head ( Fig. 10 View Figs ): Slightly longer than wide, shining on basal half. Eyes large, occupying 2/3 of head length, with transversal sulcus across basal line of eyes. Head covered with long and erect hairs; with three pairs of long setae: on subapical portion of tylus, and on subapical and basal inner margin of eyes. Antennae slender, terete, segment II widened on apical half. Rostrum nearly surpassing mid coxae. Pronotum: lateral margins nearly straight, carinated, with a long seta on small concavity between anterior and posterior lobes. Anterior lobe prominent, shiny, smooth, with short pilosity, and two subapical long, erect setae. Posterior lobe flat, shiny (opaque on margins), with small punctures and two lateral and subbasal setae. Scutellum opaque with small punctures (as on posterior lobe) and two mesolateral erect setae. All femora enlarged. Fore femora unarmed. Fore coxae and trochanters with row of small teeth and spines. Fore tibiae ( Fig. 11 View Figs ) with row of teeth and long, stout setae (like spines) on inner margin. Fossula spongiosa developed on apex of fore tibiae. Mid and hind tibiae with short hairs and long, stout setae, longer than width of tibiae. Hemelytra ( Fig. 12 View Figs ) sparsely covered with short decumbent and sparse hairs, 3-sinuated laterally: near base, at apex of exocorium, and near apex of cuneus. Clavus and cuneus opaque; corium shiny, with row of thick punctures on inner margin, and 3 or 4 irregular ones externally; with row of punctures on inner margin of endocorium and some at apex. Cuneus with some small punctures on inner half. Ostiolar peritreme short, wide, slightly curved forward (nearly straight), apically rounded. Metasternum sulcated medially and acute apically. Abdomen: With typical uradenia ( Fig. 13 View Figs ), ending on sternites III–V, as in remaining genera of this tribe. Pygophore ( Fig. 14 View Figs ) subtriangular, with some very long apical hairs. Left paramere thick, biapiculate, with deep median sulcus. Area contiguous to paramere with numerous secretory teeth.
Female. Anterior tibiae without fossula spongiosa or teeth, but with row of stout spine-like setae on inner margin. Row of small teeth and spines on fore coxae and trochanters present. Abdomen a little more constricted at base than in male. Ectospermalege ( Fig. 15 View Figs ) not shaped as copulatory tube.
Differential diagnosis. This genus is similar to Opisthypselus , also an ant-mimetic genus, but differs by ostiolar peritreme shorter and slightly curved forward, the dorsal half of the metapleura sculptured, not smooth, and by armed legs. Guayascoris gen. nov. also differs from Opisthypselus by the more constricted pronotum in middle and shorter head and legs. Small teeth and spines present on fore coxae and trochanters are probably related to a stridulatory function.
Etymology. The generic name is a compound word consisting of the name of the Ecuadorian province where the specimens were collected – Guayas, and of the Greek term for true bug – coris. The gender is masculine.
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