Antipetalops discretus, Brailovsky, 2021

Brailovsky, Harry, 2021, Illustrated key to the genera included in the tribe Acanthocephalini (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae), with descriptions of three new genera, seven new species, new taxonomic rearrangements, and a key to genera of Placoscelini, Zootaxa 5082 (5), pp. 457-475 : 465

Antipetalops discretus sp. nov.

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Type locality. Bolivia, Santa Cruz .

Description. Holotype female. Dorsal coloration. Head including the neck pale castaneous orange; ocellar pit black; antennal segments I–III dark brown with basal joint castaneous orange, IV brown with yellow ring near middle third; pronotum dark brown with anterior third including the calli castaneous orange; scutellum dark brown with lateral margins, apex, and wide median longitudinal stripe not reaching the apex dark castaneous orange; clavus and corium dark brown with costal and apical border and claval and corial veins dark reddish; hemelytral membrane pale brown with basal angle darker; posterior margin of pronotal disc, scutellum, clavus and corium with bluish green reflections; connexival segments III–V dark brown, VI dark castaneous orange, VII dark castaneous orange with posterior third almost dark brown; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange and VII–IX black. Ventral coloration. Head, rostral segments and thorax pale yellowish orange; anterior lobe of metathoracic peritreme brown, posterior lobe pale yellowish orange; fore and mid legs dark castaneous orange; hind leg with coxae, trochanters and tarsi pale yellowish orange; anterior half of hind femora dark castaneous, posterior half pale castaneous orange, and dorsal tubercles black; hind tibiae brown with apical third pale castaneous orange; abdominal sterna III–VI dark castaneous orange, VII dark castaneous orange with posterior margin black, and genital plates black with anterior margin of laterotergite VIII pale castaneous orange; pleural abdominal margins III–V dark brown, VI dark brown with posterior third castaneous orange, VII castaneous orange with posterior angle black.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements. Female. Body length 20.32; head length 2.17; head width across eyes 2.35; interocular width 1.05; anteocular length 1.20; interocellar width 0.37; length of antennal segments: I 2.97, II 3.28 III, 2.85, IV 6.84; length of rostral segments: I 1.50, II 1.80, III 1.85, IV 1.35; pronotum: total length 3.65, maximum width across humeral angles 6.46; scutellum: length 2.66, basal width 2.29.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: Female: BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, Buena Vista , 3-iv-1951, A. Martinez ( USNM).

Etymology. The Latin word “ discretivus-discretus” meaning separated, serving to distinguish.

Discussion. Differential diagnosis. This new species is distinguished by having the antennal segment IV brown with wide castaneous orange ring near middle third; the dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, and VII–IX black; the head dorsally and ventrally pale castaneous orange; and pronotum dark brown with anterior third included the calli castaneous orange.

Figures

FIGURES 1‒9. Dorsal view. 1, Anomalopetalops ariquemesus sp. nov. (male) 2, Anomalopetalops brulei sp. nov. (male). 3, Anomalopetalops diamantinus sp. nov. (male). 4, Antipetalops colombianus sp. nov. (male). 5, Antipetalops discretus sp. nov. (female). 6, Zygometapodus castaneus (Blöte) (female). 7, Cryptopetalops llorentei sp. nov. (male). 8, Cryptopetalops llorentei sp. nov. (male). 9, Cryptopetalops pluteus sp. nov. (male).