Umbrageocoris woodwardi (Malipatil, 1994) Kóbor, 2022

Kobor, Peter, 2022, A redefinition of Umbrageocoris with new species and new combinations (Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea, Geocoridae), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 69 (2), pp. 139-150 : 139

Umbrageocoris woodwardi (Malipatil, 1994) comb. nov.

Figs 10 , 24 , 28

Material examined.

2 f (BPBM): " New Guinea: NE. / Moife 2100 m. / 7-14. X. 1959 // Swept in / clearing // T. C. Maa / Collector / BISHOP"; 1 f BPBM: "NE. / Moife 2100 m. / 15km NW of Okapu / 7-14. X. 1959 // T. C. Maa / Collector / BISHOP" .

Additions and corrections to the description of Malipatil (1994). Head. Median longitudinal furrow of vertex minute, hardly surpassing base of clypeus. Labial trough cup-shaped with suture short, hardly reaching middle of venter of head. Thorax. Peritreme bulbous, dorsal flange not indented.

Diagnosis.

U. woodwardi resembles U. elengantulus in general aspect, but it can be distinguished from the latter species based on the combination of the following characters: vertex with dark marking only basally (with more extensive dark markings in U. elegantulus ); dorsal flange of peritreme simple (indented in U. elegantulus ).

Distribution.

Most of the published records of the species are from Western Australia, where the species inhabits Brigalow tropical savanna and Eastern Australian temperate forest habitats ( Malipatil 1994). In the material deposited in the BPBM three specimens from the Central Range montane rain forests of New Guinea are present.

Remarks.

Based on the specimens available as well as the original description and illustrations provided by Malipatil (1994) the species possesses a combination of characters diagnostic of Umbrageocoris , including the presence of a median longitudinal furrow on vertex, a cup- or Y-shaped labial trough, and the arrangement of sutures of abdominal tergites 4/5 and 5/6. The following new combination is accordingly proposed: Umbrageocoris woodwardi (Malipatil, 1994), comb. nov.

Figures

Figures 5 - 10. Exoskeletal characters of Umbrageocoris: peritreme of metathoracic scent efferent apparatus of U. kondorosyi (5), U. maai maai (6), U. boonei sp. nov. (7), U. malipatili sp. nov. (8), U. elegantulus (9), and U. woodwardi (10) (images not to scale).

Figures 19 - 24. Dorsal habitus of Umbrageocoris species: 19. U. kondorosyi (holotype, HNHM), 20. U. maai maai (holotype, BPBM), 21. U. maai timorensis (holotype, BPBM), 22. U. boonei sp. nov. (holotype, BPBM), 23. U. malipatili sp. nov. (holotype, MNHN), 24. U. woodwardi (SEMC) (scale bar = 1 mm for all images).

Figures 27 - 28. Distribution map of Umbrageocoris species: 27. Indomalayan species (U. maai ssp. and U. boonei sp. nov.), 28. Australasian species (U. elegantulus, U. kondorosyi, U. malipatili sp. nov. and U. woodwardi).