Macrosaldula graziae, Vinokurov & Kment, 2021

Vinokurov, Nikolay N. & Kment, Petr, 2021, On species of the genus Macrosaldula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae) of the Palaearctic Region, with description of M. graziae sp. nov., Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 287-300 : 290-293

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.15

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4710356

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Macrosaldula graziae
status

sp. nov.

Macrosaldula graziae sp. nov.

( Figs. 2–6 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9–11 View FIGURES )

Macrosaldula archangelskii Kiritshenko (1964: 241) . Nomen nudum.

Macrosaldula cf. scotica: Vinokurov (2014a: 168) View in CoL ; Vinokurov (2014b: 995–996).

Macrosaldula scotica View in CoL (misidentification): Vinokurov & Kment (2015): 371 View Cited Treatment (variability, distribution).

Material examined. Holotype: Male. UZBEKISTAN: ‘КаРЖантау, КЗЫл-су, Обухова, 7VII.39 // Saldula n. sp. Kiritshenko det.’ [= Karzhantau, Kzyl-su (tributary of Chirchik R.), 7.viii.1939, Obukhova lgt.] ( ZISP).

Paratype: TAJIKISTAN: Khodzhent [= Khudzhand, former Leninabad], 20.vi.1919, 1 ♀, A. Arkhangelskiy lgt. ( ZISP) .

Additional material examined. UZBEKISTAN: ‘USSR, Uzbekistan / Bolshoi Chingan / Prope Tashkent, 6. / K. Majer leg. VI.1981 ’ [= Bolshoy Chimgan Mt., 41°29′40″N 70°03′28″E], 1 ♂ 1 ♀, P. Kment det. ( MMBC) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. We name this species in honor of Professor Jocelia Grazia, an eminent Brazilian specialist in Pentatomoidea systematics, on the occasion of her 75th anniversary.

Diagnosis. Macrosaldula graziae sp. nov. is recognized by the moderately shiny dorsum, unicolorous hemelytra; long erect setae on frons and pronotum, setae on scutellum, clavus and corium shorter; lateral margin of pronotum almost straight in male and slightly convex in female and also by the structure of the male genital segment ( Figs. 4–6 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9–11 View FIGURES ).

Description. Male ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–8 ). Medium-sized, macropterous, elongate-oval, body 2.4× as long as width of hemelytra at middle. Body length 5.5 mm, width at middle of hemelytra 2.3 mm. For remaining measurements, see Table 2 View TABLE 2 .

Head dull shiny; eyes large, brown, with narrow yellow stripe along posterior margin; frons with long erect setae; yellow pre-ocellar spots trapezoidal and oblique to mesal margins of eyes. Ocelli brown, distance between ocelli almost 3 times smaller than diameter of one ocellus; vertex scabrous, narrowly shiny around ocelli. Mandibular and maxillary plates whitish-yellow; anteclypeus yellow; labrum black with yellow spot in middle; labium extending to mesocoxae, labiomere I black, labiomeres II–IV brownish-black. Head ventrally with dense silvery setae. Antennae black; antennomere I with individual erect black bristles and sparse semi-erect black setae, mesal surface with wide yellow stripe; antennomeres II–IV with dense silvery and rare erect setae as long as the antennomere thickness.

Pronotum shiny, with almost straight lateral margin, rather dense adpressed short whitish setae and sparse long black erect setae. Callus low, separated from basal part by distinct furrow. Thoracic venter glossy, prothorax on each side with recumbent long, silvery setae, acetabula black.

Scutellum, clavus and corium with black setae: short recumbent ones and longer (twice shorter than pronotal) erect ones. Clavus and corium without pale spots. Clavus black, dark brown at apex. Corium on basal half and lateral part black, median part dark brown. Membrane dark brown with black veins.

Legs. Profemora black, yellow with some black spots on posterior side; meso- and metafemora black, anteriorly with narrow yellow strip. Protibia yellow, dorsally with brown stripe. Meso- and metatibiae with long black, erect bristles, yellowish brown, with yellow ring subapically, apex narrowly black; base of tibia with narrow dark brown strip. Erect setae on metatibia shorter than stout black setae. Tarsomeres I and III dark brown, tarsomere II yellow.

Abdomen black, covered by short silvery setae. Pegs on male grasping plate long and sparse ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1–8 ).

Genitalia. Parandria wide ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES ). Body of paramere curved, processus hamatus thickened on basal half ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ). Base of penis filum coiled almost twice ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–8 ). Medial endosomal sclerite elongate in dorsal view ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES ), medial and apicolateral endosomal sclerites in lateral view as on Fig. 9 View FIGURES .

Female ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ). As in male, except for the following differences: body wide-oval, 2.2× as long as width of hemelytra at middle. Body length 6.5 mm, wide 2.9 mm, for remaining measurements, see Table 2 View TABLE 2 . Body black and shining. Lateral margin of pronotum slightly convex. Yellow stripe on antennomere I narrow. Mandibular and maxillary plates brownish yellow, laterally darkened. Anteclypeus brownish yellow, black on basal half. Protibiae brownish yellow, meso- and metatibiae brown. Abdominal segments dark brown, narrowly yellow along lateral margin, with dense silvery setae.

Variation. The two specimens from Bolshoy Chimgan fit well in the description of M. graziae sp. nov., but the black setae on scutellum, clavus and corium are as long as those on pronotum; the male also slightly differs in the shape of the parandria. For measurements, see Table 2 View TABLE 2 .

Differential diagnosis. Macrosaldula graziae sp. nov. is similar to the group of east Palaearctic species with completely dark coloured hemelytra—the South Far Eastern M. koreana and M. violacea , the South Siberian M. simulans , and the Siberian-Nearctic M. rivularia . Macrosaldula koreana and M. violacea share the shiny dorsum with M. graziae sp. nov., while M. rivularia and M. simulans have the dorsum matt. Externally, these four species differ by the very short dorsal setae ( Figs. 18–22 View FIGURES 18–22 ), while M. graziae sp. nov. has long erect setae on the dorsum.

However, the resemblance to M. koreana and M. rivularia is only superficial, M. graziae sp. nov. does not belong to the ‘aberrant group of species sensu Cobben (1985) ’, having a different structure of the medial endosomal sclerite.

Of the Central Asian species of the genus, M. graziae sp. nov. is similar to M. tadzhika ( Kiritshenko, 1912) by the presence of long erect setae on the dorsum of the body, but the latter species differs in the smaller body size, the presence of light spots on the corium, and the structure of the male genitalia (see Figs. 34–47 View FIGURES 32–44 View FIGURES 45–55 ). The extremely dark individuals of the Central Asian M. jakowleffi ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 18–22 ) can be confused with M. graziae sp. nov. Macrosaldula jakowleffi has the same long erect setae on the head and pronotum, but differs from the new species by the following features: matt hemelytra with short erect setae on corium, processus hamatus of paramere attenuating evenly to the apex ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–8 ), and pegs on male grasping plate dense ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ).

A modification of the key by Vinokurov (2014a, b) is given below.

Distribution. West Tian-Shan Mts. in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Modified key to the Macrosaldula of Russia and adjacent countries to accommodate M. graziae sp. nov.

(modified from Vinokurov 2014a, b)

17 (18) Erect setae on metatibia longer than stout black setae. Pale spots situated on middle and at apex of endocorium, less frequently, at base; exocorium usually dark, with small pale spots at apex; in very pale specimens, corium with pale stripe along lateral margin ( Figs. 12–15 View FIGURES ). Paramere and parandrium ( Figs. 16, 17 View FIGURES ). Body length 4.9–6.8 mm........................................................................................... M. scotica (Curtis, 1835) View in CoL

18 (17) Erect setae on metatibia shorter than or as long as stout black setae; other characters not as above.

18a (18b) Exocorium with wide whitish yellow spots on basal half and at apex ( Figs. 32–35 View FIGURES 32–44 ). Paramere and parandrium ( Figs. 36–41 View FIGURES 32–44 ). Body length: 5.0–5.7 mm........................................... M. tadzhika ( Kiritshenko, 1912) View in CoL .

18b (18a) Corium uniformly black ( Figs. 2, 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ). Paramere and parandrium as in Figs. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES . Body length: 4.9–6.3 mm............................................................................................ M. graziae sp. nov.

TABLE 2. Measurements of Macrosaldula graziae sp. nov. (in mm). Antennomeres III and IV are missing in both type

Measurement (mm) Male Male Female Female
  (holotype, Uzbekistan: Karzhantau) (Uzbekistan: B. Chingan) (paratype, Tajikistan: Khodzhent) (Uzbekistan: B. Chingan)
Body length 5.50 4.90 6.30 6.31
Body width at middle of hemelytra 2.30 2.25 2.95 2.74
Width of head 1.31 1.19 1.37 1.31
Width of vertex at level of ocelli 0.54 0.49 0.57 0.54
Width of frons in narrowest place 0.37 0.37 0.43 0.42
Width of ocellus 0.09 0.08 0.09 0.10
Distance between ocelli 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04
Length of pronotum 0.67 0.64 0.71 0.77
Width of pronotum collar 0.79 0.72 0.90 0.79
Width of pronotum at base 1.80 1.73 2.15 1.95
Length of antennomere I 0.50 0.49 0.53 0.49
Length of antennomere II 1.20 1.11 1.43 1.23
Length of antennomere III 0.72 0.94
Length of antennomere IV 0.67 0.79
Length of metatibia 3.00 2.57 3.12 3.15
Length of metatarsus 0.92 0.94 1.00 0.94
ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

MMBC

Moravske Muzeum [Moravian Museum]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Saldidae

Genus

Macrosaldula

Loc

Macrosaldula graziae

Vinokurov, Nikolay N. & Kment, Petr 2021
2021
Loc

Macrosaldula scotica

Vinokurov, N. N. & Kment, P. 2015: 371
2015
Loc

Macrosaldula cf. scotica: Vinokurov (2014a: 168)

Vinokurov, N. N. 2014: )
Vinokurov, N. N. 2014: 995
2014
Loc

Macrosaldula archangelskii

Kiritshenko, A. N. 1964: )
1964
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