Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) simpla, 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 : 279-280

Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) simpla , n. sp.

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Diagnosis. Distinguished among species of Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) by the flat head, the large eyes, the weakly asymmetrical subgenital plate, small, tab-like process of the subgenital plate, the differentiated left lateral margin of the subgenital plate, the w-shaped left paramere, and the plate-like dorsal fold of the anophore.

Holotype: COSTA RICA: Heredia: Est. Biol. La Selva, 10.43333°N 84.01667°W, 6 Apr 1998, INBio-OET- ALAS, light trap, 1Ƌ (00109150) ( MNCR) . PARATYPES: COSTA RICA: Heredia: Est. Biol. La Selva, 10.43333°N 84.01667°W, 0 3 May 1993, 2Ƌ (00088289, 00088291) ( LACM) . La Selva Biological Station, River Station , 10.43°N 84.00472°E, 60 m, 19 May 2011 – 23 May 2011, J. Heraty & E. Murray, Malaise trap, 3Ƌ (00086102, 0 0 0 86114, 00086115) (UCR). La Selva Biological Station, nr Puerto Viejo , 10.43086°N 84.00647°W, 52 m, 16 Apr 1998, INBio-OET-ALAS, 1Ƌ (00109174) ( INBIO) . Puntarenas: San Vito Co.: Las Cruces Biological Station , 8.78556°N 82.96°W, 1214 m, 24 Sep 2014, A. Knyshov, S. Leon and C. Weirauch, light trap, 2Ƌ (00122963, 00122966), 2♀ (00122964, 00122965) ( UCR) .

Description. Male: length: 1.41–1.46 mm; body broadly ovoid; COLORATION: general coloration light brown; fuscous patch absent; Sc+C concolorous with remainder of hemelytra ( Fig. 3 ). SURFACE AND VESTITURE: as in subgeneric description. STRUCTURE: HEAD: flat in ventral view ( Fig. 3 ); eyes about 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 without process on posterior margin; subgenital plate weakly asymmetrical, with left lateral margin differentiated ( Fig. 6S ); lateral process small, stout and tab-like ( Fig. 6S ); tVII rectangular; tVIII rectangular and sclerotized; length of tVIII about 2/3 length of tVII. GENITALIA: py as in subgeneric description; rp as in subgeneric description; lp as in subgeneric description, w-shaped in dorsal view; rca slender and hook-shaped; lca small, about 1/3 length of rca, with two processes ( Fig. 6S ); vesica uniformly thin with a needlelike tip, forming almost two coils; anophore as in subgeneric description with flat, plate-like dorsal fold ( Fig. 6S ).

Female: length 1.44–1.46 mm; general habitus as in male.

Distribution. Known from Heredia and Puntarenas provinces in Costa Rica ( Fig. 7).

Etymology. Named for the simple subgenital plate, and relatively simplistic genitalic structures after the Latin “simplus” meaning simple.

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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).