Schizoptera ( Odontorhagus ) piscicaudata, Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016

Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016, Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha), Zootaxa 4184 (2), pp. 255-284 : 273-274

Schizoptera ( Odontorhagus) piscicaudata , n. sp.

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Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera ( Odontorhagus) by the rounded head, the weakly asymmetrical subgenital plate, the “fishtail” shaped process of the subgenital plate, and the tapering right conjunctival appendage with a serrated tip.

Holotype: Holotype: COSTA RICA: Heredia: La Selva Biological Station, nr Puerto Viejo , 10.43086°N 84.00647°W, 52 m, 16 Apr 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, light trap, 1Ƌ (00109171) ( MNCR) (microscopic slide mount) . PARATYPE: PANAMA: Canal Zone: Barro Colorado Island Co.: Barro Colorado Island , 9.15472°N 79.84806°W, 14 Jan 1959, H. S. Dybas, 1Ƌ (00090791) ( FMNH) .

Description. Male: length: 1.36–1.39 mm; body broadly ovate; COLORATION: general coloration dark brown; fuscous patch covering more than 1/2 of wing membrane; Sc+C distinctly lighter than remainder of hemelytra ( Fig. 3 ). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: slightly rounded in ventral view ( Fig. 3 ); eyes about 1/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein straight; anterior membranal cell triangular. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI without process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical; process of subgenital plate fishtail shaped ( Fig. 6O ); tVII rectangular; tVIII weakly rectangular and sclerotized; length of tVIII about 1/2 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp as in subgeneric description with a hook-like stem; lp as in subgeneric description, with two triangular dorsal processes; rca tapering with a serrated tip; lca small, about 1/4 length of rca, with blunt and fin-shaped processes juxtaposed in a twist ( Fig. 6O ); uniformly thin with a needlelike tip; anophore as in subgeneric description.

Female: Unknown.

Distribution. Known from a single locality in the northern Costa Rican province of Heredia and a single locality in the Canal Zone in Panama ( Fig. 7).

Etymology. Derived from the Latin “piscis” meaning fish and “caudatus” meaning tailed.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Habitus images of S. (Odontorhagus) species.

FIGURE 6 M – W. Line drawings of dorsal (above) and ventral (below) views of male genitalia, different colors correspond to different structures labeled on S. (Odonotorhagus) acuta, n. sp. (Fig. 5 A).