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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4370.2.4
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3AB609F6-8B03-482E-B309-9CAD5FC5A262
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treatment provided by	Plazi (2018-01-10 08:39:54, last updated 2018-01-10 08:39:59)
scientific name	Meganannus lewisi
status	sp. n.

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Meganannus lewisi sp. n.

HTTP://ZOObANK.ORG/NOMENCLATURALACTS/3AB609F6-8B03-482E-B309-9 CAD 5FC5A262 FIGURES 2–10

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 GoogleMaps – 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 GoogleMaps – 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 GoogleMaps – 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).