Ceratocapsidea texensis Henry

Henry, Thomas J., 2015, Revision of the Ceratocapsine Renodaeus group: Marinonicoris, Pilophoropsis, Renodaeus, and Zanchisme, with descriptions of four new genera (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae), ZooKeys 490, pp. 1-156 : 33-35

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Ceratocapsidea texensis Henry sp. n. Figs 45, 46, 200-203

Diagnosis.

This species (Figs 45, 46) is distinguished by the small size, oval body form, the uniformly pale yellowishbrown appendages, and the male genitalia, especially the phallotheca (Fig. 201) with a long, slender apex and quadrate, marginally crenulate, subapical process.

Description.

Male (n = 7; holotype measurements in parentheses): Length 2.82-3.14 mm (2.88 mm), width 1.25-1.37 mm (1.34 mm). Head: Width 0.64-0.70 mm (0.68 mm), interocular width 0.26-0.29 mm (0.25 mm). Labium: Length 0.94-1.05 mm (0.95 mm). Antenna: Segment I, length 0.23 mm (0.25 mm); II, 0.68-0.78 mm (0.73 mm); III, 0.36-0.43 mm (0.42 mm); IV, 0.30-0.35 mm (0.32 mm). Pronotum: Length 0.55-0.61 mm (0.59 mm), basal width 1.03-1.16 mm (1.13 mm).

Coloration: Overall coloration yellowish brown to pale reddish brown. Head: Yellowish brown to darker brown; eyes dark brown. Labium: Pale yellowish brown, segment IV darker brown. Antenna: Uniformly pale yellowish brown, except for a red dash on inner surface at base of segment I. Pronotum: Reddish brown to dark brown, with evenly spaced dark-stained punctures; scutellum reddish brown to brown, apex paler. Hemelytron: Yellowish or reddish brown to brown, clavus paler than corium; on paler reddish specimens costal margin and middle of cuneus becoming red, on darker specimens middle of cuneus dark brown; membrane translucent brown, except narrowly pale along cuneal border. Ventral surface: Reddish brown to dark brown, ventral area of abdomen sometimes paler brown. Ostiolar evaporative area: Pale or white with central knob red or darker than surrounding area. Legs: Uniformly pale yellowish brown.

Structure, texture, and vestiture: Head: Finely granulate, with scattered, relatively long, pale simple setae, especially on frontal area. Labium: Extending to bases of middle coxae. Pronotum: Shiny, evenly punctate, calli indistinct, finely granulate, with numerous short, recumbent and long erect and semierect, simple setae, intermixed with scattered silvery, scale-like setae. Scutellum: Evenly punctate, with a few long, erect, simple setae, thickly intermixed with silvery scale-like setae. Hemelytron: Evenly punctate on corium and clavus, less so on cuneus, with numerous long, erect, simple setae, intermixed with silvery scale-like setae, especially on clavus and basal half of corium.

Male genitalia: Left paramere (Fig. 200): Slender, with a distinct beak-like process distally, and two short, slender processes at middle, one apically acute, one blunt. Right paramere (Figs 202, 203): Stout, apically tapered, with two lateral arms, the dorsal arm shortest, straight, distally crenulate, the lower arm stoutest, longest, apically hooked with two short lateral spines or processes basally. Phallotheca (Fig. 201): Slender, with a long, slender distal process and a more quadrate, marginally crenulate, subapical process.

Female (n = 3): Length 2.27-2.84 mm, width 1.13-1.46 mm. Head: Width 0.60-0.68 mm, interocular width 0.33-0.34 mm. Labium: Length 0.91-0.99 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.21-0.25 mm; II, 0.60-0.72 mm; III, 0.33-0.40 mm; IV 0.33-36 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.48-0.59 mm, basal width 0.91-1.12 mm.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from four eastern Texas counties (Brazos, Duval, Uvalde, and Victoria).

Etymology.

This species is named after the state of Texas where all of the type material was collected.

Type material.

Holotype ♂: USA:Texas:Uvalde Co.: Concan, 29.49523EN, 99.71255EW, 116 m, 04 Jun 1933, P. W. Oman (00286277) (USNM). Paratypes: USA:Arizona:Santa Cruz Co.: Patagonia, 31.53944EN, 110.75556EW, 1219 m, 12 Jun 1928, A. A. Nichol, 1♂ (00286287) (USNM). Texas:Brazos Co.: College Station, 30.62778EN, 96.33417EW, 16 May 1929, H. G. Johnston, 1♂ (00286288) (TAMU). Duval Co.: San Diego, 27.76391EN, 98.23889EW, 01 May 1900, collector unknown, 1♂ (00286284), 1♀ (00286285) (CUIC). Uvalde Co.: Concan, 29.49523EN, 99.71255EW, 116 m, 04 Jun 1933, P. W. Oman, 6♂♂ (00286283) (USNM). Victoria Co.: Victoria, 28.805EN, 97.00333EW, Sep 1900, collector unknown, 1♂ (00286286) (USNM).