Artemidorus pressus Distant, 1903

Ban, Teruaki, 2018, The lygaeoid bug family Heterogastridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Laos and Thailand, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4446 (1), pp. 51-67 : 52-53

Artemidorus pressus Distant, 1903

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Artemidorus pressus Distant, 1903b: 410 (original description). Ashlock (1957: 419) (type phallus). Slater (1964: 745) (catalogue). Zheng & Zou (1981: 109, 603) (diagnosis, distribution, photo). Péricart (1999: 83) (lectotype designated). Péricart (2001: 101) (catalogue, Palaearctic). Yiu & Yip (2012; 111) (diagnosis, photo).

Material examined. Non-types : 6 ♂ 3 ♀ (TUA)— LAOS: 1 ♂, 19°33'N, 103°26'E, alt . 630 m, Muangkham Hot Spring, 24 km from Ban Ban, Xiangkoung Prov. , 11.VI.2009, Teruaki Ban. ; 1 ♀, 21°20'N, 102°03'E, alt . 1279 m, 4km North from Ban Aya, Phongsaly Prov., 10.X.2009, Teruaki Ban. THAILAND: 1 ♂, 13°11'28“–38“N, 101°02'53“–03’43”E, alt . 75–108 m, Khao Khiao, Near Si Racha, Chonburi Prov., 19.III.2015, Teruaki Ban ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 12°49'14.5“N, 102°07'40.6”E, alt . 66 m, Krathing Country Resort, Chanthaburi Prov., 14.III.2015, Teruaki Ban; 2 ♂, Same locality, 15.III.2015, Teruaki Ban ; 1 ♀, Same locality, 21.III.2015, Teruaki Ban ; 1 ♂, Same locality, 22.III.2015, Teruaki Ban.

Diagnosis. Recognized among congeners of Artemidorus by the following characters: Body length 6.0 to 7.0 mm; labium exceeding posterior margin of prothorax, not reaching mesocoxae; posterior lobe of pronotum brownish yellow, without longitudinal marking; fore and middle legs yellow to fulvous ( Figs. 1, 2 ); corium brownish yellow, with brown markings on apex ( Figs. 1, 2 ).

Distribution. China, Laos (Xieng khuang Prov., Phong saly Prov.), Thailand (Chonburi Prov., Chanthaburi Prov.), Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka. New to Laos and Thailand.

Biological notes. The specimens were collected from trees with fruit in relatively open forests adjacent to farmland.

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Habitus of Heterogastridae species from Laos and Thailand. 1–2, Artemidorus pressus, male (1), female (2); 3, Dinomachus rhacinus, male; 4, D. sikkimensis, male; 5, Parathyginus signifier, male. Scales: 1.0 mm.