Braunus asperus

Barão, Kim Ribeiro, Garbelotto, Thereza De Almeida, Campos, Luiz Alexandre & Grazia, Jocelia, 2016, Unusual looking pentatomids: reassessing the taxonomy of Braunus Distant and Lojus McDonald (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 4078 (1), pp. 168-186 : 178

Braunus asperus ( McDonald, 1982) comb. nov.

( Figures 7 , 78 )

Lojus asperus McDonald, 1982: 327 –329, figs 1–9; Thomas, 1997: 572.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, ECUADOR, Loja a Zamora, 1800 m, 26–27.XI. 1970, L.E. Pena leg. ( USNM).

Diagnosis. Body color mottled yellowish and brown; predominantly yellowish dorsally and brown ventrally. Each anterior angle of pronotum with a slender spine-like projection, surpassing the lateral margin of each compound eye; anterolateral margins strongly concave, each bearing 3 + 3 spine-like processes; humeral angles truncate apically, each with a finger-like process directed posteriorly; posterolateral margins sinuate, each with a tubercle medially; posterior margin straight ( Fig. 7 ). Apex of scutellum reaching abdominal segment VII. Apex of hemelytral radial vein calloused; corium reaching posterior margin of abdominal segment VII; membrane surpassing apex of abdomen. Male genitalia: each posterolateral angle of pygophore rounded; ventral rim sinuous, inferior layer of ventral rim emarginate with one projection medially. Phallus: lateroventral conjunctival processes each digitiform; ductus seminis distalis dorsally curved.

Distribution. Ecuador (Loja, Zamora) ( Fig. 78 ).

Remarks. Female unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Schematic drawings of pronotum of Braunus Distant, 1899 in dorsal view. 1 – 3. B. sciocorinus (Walker, 1867); 4. B. machadoi Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov.; 5. B. gibbus Garbelotto & Barão sp. nov.; 6. B. prionotus Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov.; 7. B. asperus (McDonald, 1982) comb. nov.; 8. B. ateuchus (Brailovski & Rolston, 1986) comb. nov.; 9. B. bordoni (Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.; 10. B. brettlizorum (Thomas, 1997) comb. nov.; 11. B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 78 – 82. Distribution of species of Braunus Distant, 1899 and localities of some collection events. 78. map of localities; 79. a collection locality of B. sciocorinus (Walker, 1867) and B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. (ECUADOR, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station; photo by D. Forero); 80. type locality of B. machadoi Barão & Garbelotto sp. nov. (PERU, Cuzco, Wayqecha Research Center; photo by C. Weirauch); 81 – 82. a collection locality of B. ocellatus (Thomas, 2001) comb. nov. (ECUADOR, Napo, 1.3 km SW of Baeza; photos by J. Skuhrovec).