Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) quasicompleta, Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016

Leon, Stephanie & Weirauch, Christiane, 2016, Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha), Zootaxa 4184 (2), pp. 255-284 : 274-275

Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) quasicompleta , n. sp.

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Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) by the rounded head, the weakly asymmetrical subgenital plate, the tab-like process of stVI, the small, blunt process of the subgenital plate, the needlelike right conjunctival appendage, and the uniformly thin stem of the right paramere.

Holotype: COSTA RICA: Heredia: Est. Biol. La Selva, 10.43333°N 84.01667°W, 0 3 May 1993, INBio-OET- ALAS, light trap, 1Ƌ (00109145) ( MNCR) (microscopic slide mount) . PARATYPES: COSTA RICA: Heredia : Costa Rica, Heredia: Est. Biol. La Selva, 10.43333 ° N 84.01667 ° W, 0 3 May 1993, 1Ƌ (00084191) ( LACM) . La Selva Biol. Sta., 10.43056 ° N 84.00667 ° E, 58 m, 13 Feb 2002 – 15 Feb 2002, B. Brown, L. Gonzales, and K. Walker, 1♂ (00096271) (UCR); 14 Aug 2010, J. Mottern, 2♀ (00081614, 00082318) (UCR). La Selva Biol. Sta., Arborita trail, 10.43028 ° N 84.00722 ° E, 64 m, 10 Aug 2010, J. Mottern, 2♀ (00122238, 00122239) ( INBIO) . La Selva Biological Station, Jaguar trail entrance, 10.43111 ° N 84.02389 ° E, 60 m, 21 May 2011, J. Heraty & E. Murray, 1♀ (00084362) ( UCR) . La Selva Biological Station , nr Puerto Viejo, 10.43086 ° N 84.00647 ° W, 52 m, No Date, INBio- OET-ALAS, 2♂ (00109180, 00109181) ( INBIO) ; 16 Feb 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, 1♂ (00109178), 1♀ (00109179) (INBIO); 16 Apr 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, 1♂ (00109172), 1♀ (00109173) (INBIO); 16 Apr 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, 4♂ (00109146- 00109149) (INBIO); 19 May 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, light Trap, 4♂ (00109158–00109161), 4♀ (00109162–00109165), 1♂ (00109154) (INBIO); 30 Dec 1999, INBio-OET-ALAS, 2♀ (00109121, 00109122), 1Ƌ (00109123) (INBIO).

Description. Male: length: 1.39–1.42 mm; body broadly ovate; COLORATION: general coloration dark brown; fuscous patch covering more than 1/2 of wing membrane; Sc+C concolorous with remainder of hemelytra ( Fig. 3 ). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: slightly rounded in ventral view ( Fig. 3 ); eyes about 1/3 as wide as synthlipsis. THORAX: as in subgeneric description; hemelytron as in subgeneric description; M2 vein distinctly curving; anterior membranal cell wedge-shaped. ABDOMEN: as in subgeneric description; stVI with a tab-like process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical; process of subgenital plate blunt, not fully differentiated from subgenital plate ( Fig. 6P ); tVII rectangular; tVIII weakly rectangular and sclerotized; length of tVII about 1/3 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp as in subgeneric description with a uniformly thin stem; lp as in subgeneric description, with a blunt triangular dorsal process; rca needlelike; lca with a short, about 1/3 length of rca, tapering tip ( Fig. 6P ); vesica uniformly thin with a needlelike tip, forming two coils; anophore as in subgeneric description with a tab-like dorsal flap ( Fig. 6P ).

Female: length 1.42 mm; general habitus as in male.

Distribution. Known from multiple collection events at the La Selva Biological station in Costa Rica ( Fig. 7).

Etymology. Derived from the Latin “quasi” meaning as if and “completus” meaning completed because of the seemingly “entire” look of the subgenital plate in ventral view.

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FIGURE 3. Habitus images of S. (Odontorhagus) species.

FIGURE 6 M – W. Line drawings of dorsal (above) and ventral (below) views of male genitalia, different colors correspond to different structures labeled on S. (Odonotorhagus) acuta, n. sp. (Fig. 5 A).