Curvicaudus ciliatus, 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 : 26

Curvicaudus ciliatus sp. nov.

( Figs. 39–47 )

Description. Body oval, about 2.7 times as long as wide. Antenna slightly longer than head, pronotum, and scutellum combined, apical 1/3 of second segment black, about 1.8 times as long as third, 2 times as long as fourth; eyes somewhat prominent, ocelli situated near level of posterior margins of eyes, interocular space narrower than interocellar space. Pronotum with narrow paler markings on both sides, covered with setae, 2.5 times as wide as long, anterior margin about 0.5 times as long as posterior, sides very convex, anterior margin feebly concave, posterior margin nearly straight, anterior and posterior angles feebly rounded; scutellum slightly longer than pronotum at midline, 1.5 times as wide as long; femora stout, less 2 times as thick as corresponding tibiae, spines on tibiae longer than diameter of tibia, fore and mid femora subequal to corresponding tibiae in length; hind legs distinctly longer than fore and mid legs, tibia about 1.2 times as long as hind femur, tarsus almost 0.3 times as long as hind tibia; fore wing extending beyond tip of abdomen by one-tenth hemelytron length, costal margin feebly convex, corium and clavus with dense setae, embolar fracture arising from subbasal portion of hemelytron, ending at middle of anterior margin of corium; clavus wide and large, nearly 4 times as long as wide, almost 0.4 times of hemelytron in length; cuneus indistinct. Abdomen wider than pronotum, dorsal laterotergite almost 0.1 times as wide as abdomen, ovipositor extending through last two abdominal segments.

Dimensions (in mm). Body length 7.4 (ɗ), 7.4 (Ψ); maximum width of body 2.9 (ɗ), 2.7 (Ψ); length head 0.9 (ɗ), 1.0 (Ψ), width 1.1 (ɗ), 1.0 (Ψ); length antennal segments I–V: 0.3, 1.4, 0.9, 0.7 (ɗ), 0.3, 1.4, 0.8, 0.7 (Ψ); length pronotum 1.0 (ɗ), 1.0 (Ψ), width 2.6 (ɗ), 2.4 (Ψ); length scutellum 1.2 (ɗ), 1.1 (Ψ), width 1.8 (ɗ), 1.7 (Ψ); length hemelytron 6.1 (ɗ), 6.3 (Ψ), width 1.9 (Ψ), length anterior margin of corium 4.3 (ɗ), 4.3 (Ψ), length clavus 2.9 (ɗ), 2.6 (Ψ), width 0.7 (ɗ), 0.7 (Ψ); length fore leg: femur 1.4 (ɗ), 1.5 (Ψ), tibia 1.6 (ɗ), 1.5 (Ψ), tarsomeres I–III:?,?, 0.3 (ɗ), 0.3, 0.26, 0.3 (Ψ); length middle leg: femur 1.8 (ɗ), 1.8(Ψ), tibia 1.8 (ɗ), tarsus 0.8 (ɗ); length hind leg: femur 2.3(ɗ), 2.3 (Ψ), tibia 2.8 (ɗ), 2.7 (Ψ), tarsus 0.8 (ɗ), 0.8 (Ψ); length ovipositor 1.3.

Type materials. Holotype, ɗ, CNU-HE-LB2006023 (dorsoventrally compressed); paratypes, 1 ɗ, CNU-HE-LB2006024 (dorsoventrally compressed), 5 Ψ, CNU-HE- LB2006022/029/030/033/0364 (dorsoventrally compressed).

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

Etymology. The name is derived from the Latin ciliatus (cilia), because the species’ antenna and pronotum are densely beset with setae.

Figures

FIGURES 39 – 43. Curvicaudus ciliatus gen. & sp. nov. 39. Holotype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006023; 40. paratype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006024; 41. coxae and trochanter, paratype, Ψ, CNU-HE- LB 2006036; 42 – 43. paratype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006022: 42. dorsal view, 43. ventral view. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 44 – 47. Curvicaudus ciliatus gen. & sp. nov. Photograph. 44. Holotype, ♂, CNU-HE- LB 2006023; 45. paratype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006024; 46. paratype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006022: 47. paratype, ♂, CNU-HE-LB 2006033. Scale bar = 1 mm.