Petascelis laminipes Fairmaire

Brailovsky, Harry, 2008, Notes on the genus Petascelis Signoret and description of one new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Petascelini), Zootaxa 1749, pp. 18-26 : 23

Petascelis laminipes Fairmaire

( Figs. 6 , 11 )

Petascelis laminipes Fairmaire, 1858: 292 .

Diagnosis. Male. Easy to recognize by having antennal segment IV fusiform, its apex acute; metasternum armed laterally with medium-sized blunt tubercles ( Fig. 6 ); fore and middle tibiae with outer margin dilated, inner straight; midpoint of abdominal sternite III armed with small tubercle, this conspicuously depressed at center ( Fig. 11 ); and genital capsule simple, with posteroventral edge straight not exposed. The female has antennal segment IV fusiform, its apex acute; metasternum armed laterally with medium-sized blunt tubercles; fore and middle tibiae with outer margin dilated, inner straight; and abdominal sterna unarmed.

Type locality. AFRICA: Gabon, 1883, J. Thomson ( MNHN, type male examined)

Distribution. This species is recorded from Gabon, and Ivory Coast (Mont Nimba, Yalanzou) ( Fairmaire 1858, Villiers 1952a, Villiers 1952b)

Material examined. New records. AFRICA: GUINEA: 1 male, Pe´ou La Dou, 17-V-1958, R. Pujol ( MNHN).

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 6. Petascelis spp. 1. Antennae of P. inconditus n. sp. 2 – 6. Mesothorax, metathorax and abdominal sterna in lateral view. 2. Petascelis affinis Dallas. 3. Petascelis remipes Signoret. 4. Petascelis inconditus n. sp. 5. Petascelis foliaceipes Distant. 6. Petascelis laminipes Fairmaire.

FIGURE 7 – 11. Mesosternum, metasternum and abdominal sterna of Petascelis spp. 7. Petascelis affinis Dallas. 8. Petascelis remipes Signoret. 9. Petascelis foliaceipes Distant. 10. Petascelis inconditus n. sp. 11. Petascelis laminipes Fairmaire.