Curticerus venustus, Yao, Yunzhi, Cai, Wanzhi & Ren, Dong, 2006

Yao, Yunzhi, Cai, Wanzhi & Ren, Dong, 2006, Fossil flower bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Cimicoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Northeast China, including a new family, Vetanthocoridae, Zootaxa 1360, pp. 1-40 : 32

Curticerus venustus sp. nov.

( Figs. 50–53 )

Description. Body narrow, about 2.8 times (ɗ) or 2.4 times (Ψ) as long as wide. Head slightly shorter than pronotum; antennal subequal in thickness, shorter than head, pronotum, and scutellum combined, second segment about 1.5 times as long as third, 1.7 times as long as fourth; diameter of eyes in dorsal view subequal to interocular space. Pronotum moderately transverse, nearly 2 times as wide as long, anterior margin about 0.5 times as long as posterior; scutellum as long as pronotum at midline; femora stout, over 2 times as thick as corresponding tibiae, mid and hind coxae nearly round, trochanter triangular, hind coxae narrowly separated, mid femur subequal to corresponding tibia in length, fore and hind femora shorter than corresponding tibiae, fore tarsus only 2 times longer than corresponding tibia in length, mid and hind tarsi 0.4 times as long as corresponding tibiae, third tarsomere longest, almost as long as first and second combined; hind legs distinctly longer than fore and mid legs; median fracture nearly 0.5 times as long as corium; clavus nearly 4 times as long as wide, 0.46 times as long as hemelytra.

Dimensions (in mm). Body length 5.0 (ɗ), 4.3 (Ψ); maximum width of abdomen 1.8 (ɗ), 1.8 (Ψ); length antennal segments I–IV: 0.14, 0.65, 0.43, 0.38 (Ψ); length pronotum 0.7 (ɗ), 0.65 (Ψ), width 1.5 (ɗ), 1.3 (Ψ); length hemelytron 3.9 (ɗ), width 1.3 (ɗ), length anterior margin of corium 2.5 (ɗ), length clavus 1.6 (ɗ), width 0.4 (ɗ); length fore leg: femur 1.0 (ɗ), 0.6 (Ψ), tibia 0.76 (Ψ), tarsomeres I–III: 0.11, 0.13, 0.22 (Ψ); length middle leg: femur 1.1 (ɗ), 0.89(Ψ), tibia 1.1 (ɗ), 0.89(Ψ), tarsomeres I–III: 0.08, 0.11, 0.19 (Ψ); length hind leg: femur 1.4 (ɗ), 1.1 (Ψ),tibia 1.9 (ɗ), 1.3 (Ψ), tarsomeres I–III: 0.14, 0.18, 0.38 (ɗ), 0.11, 0.13, 0.27 (Ψ); length ovipositor 0.8 (Ψ).

Type materials. Holotype, ɗ, CNU-HE-LB2006083 (dorsoventrally compressed); paratype, 1 Ψ, CNU-HE-LB2006084 (dorsoventrally compressed).

Locality and horizon. Yixian Formation, Late Jurassic Chaomidian Village, Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, China.

Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin venustus (lovely).

Figures

FIGURES 50 – 51. Curticerus venustus gen. & sp. nov. 28. Holotype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006083; 29. paratype, Ψ, CNU-HE-LB 2006084. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 52 - 53. Curticerus venustus gen. & sp. nov. Photograph. 52. Holotype, ♂, CNU-HE- LB 2006083; 53. paratype, Ψ, CNU-HE-LB 2006084. Scale bar = 1 mm.