Meganannus lewisi, Weirauch & Whorrall & Knyshov & Hoey-Chamberlain, 2018

Weirauch, Christiane, Whorrall, Kyle, Knyshov, Alexander & Hoey-Chamberlain, Rochelle, 2018, Giant among dwarfs: Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n., a new genus and species of minute litter bugs from Costa Rica (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae), Zootaxa 4370 (2), pp. 156-170 : 163-165

Meganannus lewisi sp. n.

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Diagnosis. AS IN GENERIC DIAGNOSIS.

Description. AS IN GENERIC DESCRIPTION, FOREWING DARK bROWN WITH CLAVAL SUTURE AND DISTAL PART OF CLAVUS AND DISTAL QUARTER OF bASAL SUbMARGINAL CELL LIGHT YELLOWISH bROWN; TERGITE 8 APPENDAGE OF MALE FORMING ALMOST COMPLETE TUbE WITH DORSAL SLIT-LIKE OPENING PROXIMALLY SEPARATING APPENDAGE INTO POSTERIOR AND ANTERIOR PORTION, ONLY ANTERIOR PORTION FORMING DISTAL PART ENDING IN TWISTED, ROUNDED APEX ( FIGS 6B, C, E, F,H , 7E , 8A, D ).

Measurements. SEE TAbLE 1.

Etymology. THIS SPECIES IS NAMED IN HONOR OF JIM LEWIS. JIM HAS HELPED TO ADVANCE bIODIVERSITY RESEARCH ON HETEROPTERA IN COSTA RICA DURING THE PAST FEW DECADES bY DEDICATED SPECIMEN MOUNTING AND SORTING AT INBIO AND HIS TIRELESS EFFORTS IN STIMULATING RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD TO STUDY THIS ACCUMULATED MATERIAL.

Specimens examined. Holotype: COSTA RICA: LIMON: POCOCI CO.: R.F. CORDILLERA VOLCáNICA CENTRAL, LAS MINAS, 10.18467°N 83.91361°W, 400 M, 0 9 MAY 2012 – 16 MAY 2012, MALAISE TRAP, W. PORRAS, ♂ (UCR_ENT 00014806) (INBIO).

Paratypes: COSTA RICA: ALAjUELA: SARAPIQUI CO. : ISLA BONITA, 9.96667°N 84.05000°W, 900 M, 11 JUN 2007 – 13 JUN 2007, MALAISE TRAP, A. GARCIA, M. MORAGA, M. ZUMbADO, 1♀ (UCR_ENT 00014800) (INBIO). LIMON: POCOCI CO.: R.F. CORDILLERA VOLCáNICA CENTRAL, LAS MINAS, 10.18467°N 83.91361°W, 400 M, 0 2 MAY 2012 – 09 MAY 2012, Malaise trap, W. Porras, 1♀ (UCR_ENT 00109319) (INBIO); 0 9 May 2012 – 16 May 2012, Malaise trap, W. PORRAS, 3♂ (UCR_ENT 0 0 0 14804, UCR_ENT 0 0 0 14802, UCR_ENT 00014807), 4♀ (UCR_ENT 0 0 0 14805, UCR_ENT 0 0 0 14808, UCR_ENT 0 0 0 14801, UCR_ENT 00014803) (INBIO).

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FIGURE 6. Scanning ElEctrOn micrOscOpE imagEs Of abdOmEn Of malE Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n. (UCR_ENT 00014807); arrOW pOints tO antEriOr Of bOdy.A, AbdOmEn, dOrsal viEW; B, PygOpHOrE WitH part Of tErgitE 8 appEndagE, vEsica, and rigHt paramErE; dOrsalviEW;C POstEriOr part Of abdOmEn,latEral viEW;D; ApExOf tErgitE 8appEndagE,dOrsalviEW;E, Part Of tErgitE 8 appEndagE, vEsica, and basE Of rigHt paramErE; caudOdOrsal viEW; F, ApEx Of pOstEriOr part Of tErgitE 8 appEndagE, dOrsal viEW; G, DEtail Of rigHt paramErE, dOrsal viEW; H, AbdOmEn, latEral viEW; I, AbdOmEn, dOrsOlatEral viEW, sHOWing HEavily cOilEd vEsica.

FIGURE 7. LinE draWings Of gEnitalia Of malE (UCR_ENT 00014802) and fEmalE (UCR_ENT 00014803) Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n. A, POstEriOr part Of fEmalE abdOmEn, sHOWing dEtails Of spErmatHEca and OvipOsitOr; B, RigHt paramErE, dOrsal viEW;C, LEft paramErE in latEral (lEft) and dOrsal (rigHt) viEW;D AbdOminal sEgmEnts 9 (pygOpHOrE) and 10/ 11 (anOpHOrE and anOpHOric prOcEss); E, TErgitE 8 andtErgitE 8 appEndagE.

FIGURE2. HabitusOf malE (A–C) and fEmalE (D-F) Meganannuslewisi, gen. n. and sp.n., in dOrsal, vEntral,and latEral viEW and dOrsal and vEntral Habitus viEW Of tHE fEmalE spEcimEn frOm PEru tHat rEprEsEnts a sEcOnd, undEscribEd spEciEs Of Meganannus (G, H).

FIGURE 3. DEtails Of malE Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n., using tHE LEica imaging sEtup (A–D, F; UCR_ENT 00014804) and cOmpOund micrOscOpE (E; UCR_ENT 00014802). A, HEad, frOntal viEW; B HEad and tHOrax, vEntral viEW; C THOrax,latEral viEW; D FOrEWings, dOrsal viEW;E RigHt fOrEWing, dOrsal viEW;F, Midtarsus, latEral viEW.

FIGURE 4. VEntral viEW Of fEmalE (A; UCR_ENT 00014803) and malE (B; UCR_ENT 00014806) abdOmEn Of Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n., and Hindtibia sHOWingrOW Of capitatE sEtaE.

FIGURE 5. Scanning ElEctrOn micrOscOpE imagEs Of HEad and tHOrax Of malE Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n. (UCR_ENT 00014807). A, HEad including labium, vEntral viEW; B HEad and tHOrax, vEntrOlatEral viEW; C FOrEtarsus, latEral viEW;D PrEtarsus Of fOrElEg, sHOWing arOlium and basE Of claWs;E, Midtarsus, dOrsal viEW;F Midtarsus, dOrsal viEW,clOsE-up dOcumEnting sErratiOn prOximally On vEntral claW surfacE; G; MEtatHOrax, vEntrOlatEral viEW, dOcumEnting vEstiturE and absEncE Of cOnspicuOus mEtatHOracic scEnt gland EvapOratOry structurEs; H, Hindtarsus, latEral viEW.

FIGURE8. COnfOcalmicrOscOpE imagEsOf malE Meganannus lewisi, gen.n. and sp. n. (UCR_ENT 00014802).A, AbdOmEn, dOrsal viEW; B, ApEx Of anOpHOric prOcEss, dOrsal viEW; C, VEsica and basal platEs, dOrsal viEW; D, ApEx Of tErgitE 8 appEndagE.

FIGURE 9. COmpOund micrOscOpE imagEs Of malE (A, D; UCR_ENT 00014802) and fEmalE (B, C; UCR_ENT 00014803) Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n. A, AbdOmEn, dOrsal viEW; B, ApEx Of abdOmEn, dOrsal viEW; C, ApEx Of abdOmEn, latEral viEW; D, DissEctEd lEft paramErE,dOrsal viEW.

FIGURE 10. REliEf map sHOWing distributiOn Of Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n., and tHE undEscribEd fEmalE Meganannus sp. in PEru. THE insEt sHOWs a clOsE-up viEW Of tHE lOcalitiEs Of Meganannus lewisi, gen. n. and sp. n., in COsta Rica. BOtH lOcalitiEs in COsta Rica arE WitHin tHE IstHmian-Atlantic mOist fOrEst EcOrEgiOn.