Lasiochilus (Lasiochilus) hirtellus Drake & Harris, 1926

Carpintero, Diego Leonardo, 2014, Western Hemisphere Lasiochilinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) with comments on some extralimital species and some considerations on suprageneric relationships, Zootaxa 3871 (1), pp. 1-87 : 54-56

Lasiochilus (Lasiochilus) hirtellus Drake & Harris, 1926

( Fig. 197 )

Lasiochilus hirtellus Drake & Harris, 1926: 33 .

Diagnostic characters: Measurements, see Table VI. Male: Oblong oval. Dorsally with long, sparse setae. General coloration brown testaceous; head and pronotum shiny, hemelytra opaque; antennae testaceous to rufo-testaceous, eyes dark reddish; ocelli reddish, legs pale yellowish; male antennal segments (I:II:III:IV) 1: 2.8: 2.3: 2.1. Head longer than wide (considering postocular region). Pronotum smooth, strongly narrowing to apex; anterior lobe with a well-marked midfovea; short transverse sulcus in front of posterior lobe. Sixth abdominal segment with grouping of very short and thick copulatory teeth on apical left margin ( Fig. 215 ). Genitalia: Pygophore ( Fig. 216 ) with left paramere long, wide and angulated, acute apically. Female: antennal segments (I:II:III:IV) 1: 2.7: 2.3: 2.1. Similar to male in coloration.

Distribution: USA, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Panama, Colombia. ( Fig. 200 ).

Material examined: Holotype USA: ♂ Ala., Thomasville, 11-VI-1919, H. H. Knight, Canal Fig., H. M. Harris coll. 1977, Lasiochilus hirtellus D. & H., n. sp. USNM; ♂ Calif., Curlew, 2-III-1945, 5-5-23905, in cocklebur, 45- 6240. USNM; 3 ♀ Florida, Gainesville, Doyle Conner, Bldg., 13-V-1975, F. W. Mead, Black light trap. USNM; 2 ♀ Same locality, 14-V-1975. USNM; 1 ♀, 7 ♂ Same locality, 16/ 18-V-1975. USNM; ♂ Same locality, 17-V-1975, (slide-mounted). MACN; 2 ♀ Same locality, 19-V-1975. USNM; 2 ♀, 2 ♂ Same locality, 30-V/ 1-VI-1975. USNM; ♂ Idem. MACN; CUBA: ♀ on Mustard greens, N. Y. City, 23-I-1942. USNM; HAITI: ♀ Miami 604, 29-IV-1948, -8783, Misc. Cuttings. USNM.

Discussion: Differs from L. pallidulus , the close related species, by its having a shorter, wider left paramere, that is not curved apically, and by the shorter interocular space.

Figures

FIGURE 200. Distribution of Lasiochilus.

FIGURES 195–199. Species of genus Lasiochilus. 195, L. (L.) colpoides Female, holotype (3.12 mm); 196, L. (S.) duckei Female, holotype; 197, L. (L.) hirtellus Male (3.08 mm); 198, L. (L.) pallidulus Female; 199, Idem. Female, holotype (2.63 mm).

FIGURES 215–216. L. (L.) hirtellus. Male. 215, Copulatory teeth (Cte); 216, Pygophore showing left paramere (LP).