Vetanthocoris longispicus, 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 : 14-16

Vetanthocoris longispicus sp. nov.

( Figs. 18–21 )

Description. Body oval, about 3 times as long as wide. Head slightly shorter than pronotum, 1.6 times as wide as long; rostrum longer than head and pronotum combined, first segment very short, second and fourth of same length, third about 3 times as long as second; apical 1/4 of second antennal segment black, about 3.5 times as long as first; eyes somewhat prominent, ocelli situated at front or near level of posterior margins of eyes, interocular space wider than interocellar space. Pronotum with narrow paler markings on lateral sides, 2.9 times as wide as long, anterior margin about 0.5 times as long as posterior, lateral sides convex, anterior and posterior margins feebly concave, anterior and posterior angles rounded; scutellum longer than pronotum at midline, 1.3 times as wide as long; femora stout, nearly 2 times as thick as corresponding tibiae, fore and mid femora subequal to corresponding tibiae in length, tarsi elongated, slightly shorter than half of corresponding tibiae; hind legs distinctly longer than fore and mid legs, tibia almost 1.4 times as long as femur, tarsi elongated, almost 0.3 times as long as hind tibiae, first tarsomere shortest, third subequal to first and second tarsomeres combined. Hemelytra not reaching tip of abdomen, color indistinct, costal margin feebly convex, corium with distinctly thickened embolium, middle with a deep median fracture, nearly 0.5 times of corium in length; clavus wide and large, nearly 3.3 times as long as wide, almost 0.5 times of hemelytron in length; cuneus dark, length subequal to width; longitudinal veins of membrane indistinct. Dorsal laterotergites almost 0.33 times of abdomen in width.

Dimensions (in mm). Body length 13.1 (ɗ), 13.9 (Ψ); maximum width of abdomen 4.2 (ɗ), 4.9 (Ψ); length head 1.0 (ɗ), 1.1 (Ψ), width 1.6 (ɗ), 1.8 (Ψ); length antennal segments I–V: 0.6, 2.6,?,? (ɗ), 0.7, 2.5,?,? (Ψ); length rostral segments I–IV: 0.5, 1.1, 3.3, 0.9 (Ψ); length pronotum 1.8 (ɗ), 1.6 (Ψ), width 4.2 (ɗ), 4.6 (Ψ); length scutellum 2.3 (Ψ), width 3.0 (Ψ); length hemelytron 9.4 (ɗ), 10 (Ψ), length anterior margin of corium 6.4 (ɗ), 7.0(Ψ), length clavus 4.7 (Ψ), width 1.4 (Ψ); length fore leg: femur 3.0 (Ψ), tibia 3.0 (Ψ), tarsi 1.2(Ψ); length middle leg: femur 2.9 (ɗ), 3.0(Ψ), tibia 3.0 (Ψ), tarsomeres I–III: 0.21, 0.5, 0.64, total 1.35 (Ψ); length hind leg: femur 3.9 (ɗ), 3.9 (Ψ), tibia 4.9 (ɗ), 5.4 (Ψ), tarsomeres I–III: 0.29, 0.50, 0.79, total 1.58 (Ψ); length ovipositor 2.1.

Type materials. Holotype, Ψ, CNU-HE-LL2006001 (dorsoventrally compressed); paratypes: 2 ɗ, CNU-HE-LB2006044/093 (dorsoventrally compressed); 4 Ψ, CNU-HE- LL2006002/003, CNU-HE-LB2006092/094 (dorsoventrally compressed).

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

Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin longispicus , alluding to its tibiae with long spines.

Figures

FIGURES 18 – 19. Vetanthocoris longispicus gen. & sp. nov. 18. Holotype, Ψ, CNU-HE- LL 2006001; 19. paratype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006044. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 20 – 21. Vetanthocoris longispicus gen. & sp. nov. Photograph. 20. Holotype, Ψ, CNU- HE-LL 2006001; 21. paratype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006044. Scale bar = 1 mm.