Protenor australis Hussey, 1925

Brailovsky, Harry, 2019, Illustrated identification key to the genera of New World Micrelytrini (Hemiptera: Alydidae: Micrelytrinae), with description of two new genera, one new species and new distributional records, Zootaxa 4668 (3), pp. 393-409 : 402

Protenor australis Hussey, 1925

Protenor australis Hussey, 1925: 64 –66.

Diagnosis. Related to the other known species Protenor belfragei Haglund, 1868 ( Figs. 11 , 24 , 37 ) by having the jugum bifid in lateral view, and the humeral angles of the pronotum and apex of the scutellum unarmed. In P. australis the dorsal and ventral apical processes of the jugum are strongly divergent from one another, the antennal segments I–III usually densely clothed with long erect setae, and the jugum is shorter in lateral view (1.04 mm in males, 1.20 mm in females). In P. belfragei the dorsal and ventral apical processes of the jugum are porrect and contiguous throughout their length, antennal segments I–III clothed with medium size and sparse erect setae, and the jugum is longer in lateral view (1.08 mm in males, 1.40 mm in females).

General distribution. UNITED STATES: Florida ( Froeschner 1988, Jensen & Halbert 2016).

Material examined. New records. MEXICO: Coahuila, Castaños, Hwy 57, 33.9 km S of intersection of Hwy 53 and 57, 1276 m, 26.30407°N– 101.34589°W, 13-VIII-2015, T. K. O’Connor ( UNAM) 1 female . Guerrero, Tixtla , 27-XI-1981, H. Brailovsky ( UNAM) 1 female; km 9 road Chilpancingo-Omilteme, 26-XI-1981, H. Brailovsky ( UNAM) 1 male; km 20 road Chilpancingo-Acapulco, 29-VI-1983, M. Garcia ( UNAM) 1 male; 6 km NW of Acahuizotla, 17-I-1986, E. Barrera ( UNAM) 1 male . Jalisco, Nevado de Colima, 5.9 mi W Hwy junct (near Atenquique ), 6000’, 20–21-IV-1977, R. Murray, M. Sweet, J. Schaffner ( TAMU) 1 female . Nayarit, Ahuacatlan, km 11 road Ahuacatlan-Barranca del Oro, Micro-ondas El Dorado , 1587 m, 20°59’36’’N– 104°28’06’’W, 13-VI-2009, L. Cervantes ( UNAM) 1 male . Nuevo Leon, km 23 road Linares-San Roberto , 26-IX-1982, A. Ibarra ( UNAM) 1 male, 1 female . Oaxaca, Nativitas, km 48 road 135 Tehuacan-Oaxaca, 28-IX-2004, H.- Brailovsky, E. Barrera ( UNAM) 1 male, 1 female ; Ixtlan de Juarez , Universidad de la Sierra de Juarez , 1921 m, 11-III-2018, I. Ruiz ( UNAM) 1 male ; 12 km W of San Pedro Juchatengo, 1346 m, 16°18’28’’N– 97°07’586’’W, 13-VII-2004, L. Cervantes, A. Delgado, C. Mayorga, S. Gamez ( UNAM) 1 male ; Tultepec, 2-XI-1982, F. Arias, R. Barba, E. Barrera ( UNAM) 1 male ; 1.6 mi N of Putla, 3-VIII-1976, R. & M. Murray, J. Schaffner ( TAMU) 1 male . Puebla, Axusco Rio Calaca , 4-XI-1988, E. Barrera, R. Barba, L. Cervantes ( UNAM) 1 male . Queretaro, Ciudad de Queretaro, 28–30-IX-2007, 30-III-2008, 1–7-XI–2008, Ka. Brailovsky ( UNAM) 1 male, 2 females; km 13 road Ciudad de Queretaro-Celaya , 6-XI-2015, E. Barrera, H. Brailovsky ( UNAM) 1 male, 2 females; Villa Guerrero ( CT-CF) , 2000 m, 13–18-VII–2015, G. Nogueira ( UNAM) 4 males . San Luis Potosi, 8 mi W Ciudad Valles , 22-VIII-1974, W. E. Clark ( UNAM) 1 male .

Figures

FIGURES 9–13. Dorsal view. 9, Eudarmistus bicolor Breddin (male). 10, Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov. (male). 11, Protenor belfragei Haglund (female). 12, Protenoroides tropicalis (Distant) (male), comb. nov. 13, Trachelium bicolor Herrich-Schäffer (female).

FIGURES 22–26. Lateral view. 22, Eudarmistus bicolor Breddin (male). 23, Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov. (male). 24, Protenor belfragei Haglund (female). 25, Protenoroides tropicalis (Distant) (male), comb. nov. 26, Trachelium bicolor Herrich-Schäffer (female).

FIGURES 35–39. Lateral view of head and thorax. 35, Eudarmistus bicolor Breddin (male). 36, Nepiomistus eximius sp. nov. (male). 37, Protenor belfragei Haglund (female). 38, Protenoroides tropicalis (Distant) (male), comb. nov. 39, Trachelium bicolor Herrich-Schäffer (female).