Scipinia subula Hsiao & Ren 1981

Huang, Xia, Zhao, Ping, Zhou, Shanyi & Cai, Wanzhi, 2007, A taxonomic review of genus Scipinia Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, Zootaxa 1507, pp. 57-67 : 63-66

3. Scipinia subula Hsiao & Ren 1981

( Figs. 14–22 )

Scipinia subula Hsiao & Ren 1981: 491 ; Maldonado-Capriles 1990: 293; Putshkov & Putshkov 1996: 254.

Redescription. Coloration. Body yellowish to yellowish brown, with slightly metallic shiny. Head (except ventral surface and rostrum paler), first antennal segment (except two pale median annuli), second antennal segment, apical rostral segment, scutellum (except apical portion yellowish), apical 2/3 of fore femur, basal 1/3 of fore tibia, apical portion of mid and hind femora, basal portion of mid and hind tibiae, apical portion of tarsus, fifth connexival segment, basal portion of sixth and seventh connexival segments in female, apex of long spines of head, fore femur and anterior pronotal lobe black or dark reddish brown to dull grayish brown; eyes reddish brown to pitchy, lacking or with some irregular markings; ocelli yellow to reddish brown; membrane brown, semitransparent.

Structure. Head, pronotum, propleuron, corium with sparse adpressed short bent setae; pleura and sterna of meso- and metathoraces clothed with dense yellowish-white bent short setae; ventral surface of abdomen with short setae; fore femur with scattered acerose setae; fore tibia, mid and hind legs clothed with oblique short setae; first antennal segment with sparse long setae, second with dense short setae, third and fourth segments densely pubescent. Head distinctly transversely constricted behind eyes, above with four pairs of large spines, scattered with many minute spines and tubercles around them; anteocular portion subequal to 1/2 of postocular in length; posterior lobe of head bulging, then distinctly constricted to base, posterior portion of posterior lobe with a pair of distinct short spines; first antennal segment subequal in length to head; rostrum somewhat curved, first segment reaching or slightly extending beyond posterior margin of eyes, subequal to second segment in length; eyes protruding laterally. Lateral and posterior margins of pronotum with several small spines; collar processes spinous, apex with a short spine; anterior pronotal lobe with two pairs of long spines and with numerous minute spines around them; each lateral margin of prosternum with two distinct smaller spines; pleura of thorax with several minute spines; posterior pronotal lobe with irregularly reticulate ridges; lateral angles of pronotum spinously produced, acute; posterior angles rectangular; posterior margin slightly convex. Femora nodulated; fore femora strongly incrassated, nearly whole inner surface of fore tibia with numerous minute dentations, inner surface of subbasal portion with few distinctly short spines; mid and hind femora above with a small tubercle near to apex; hemelytron just reaching abdominal tip. Fifth and sixth connexival segments strongly dilated and posterior angle of fifth connexival segment angularly produced in female. Paramere short, slightly curved, apex slightly thickened ( Fig. 19 ); median pygophore process long, tapering ( Figs. 17–18 ). The phallus in resting condition as shown in Figs. 20–22 . Basal plate of phallus slen- der, curved; basal plate bridge thin; phallosoma ovate, struts well developed, fused basally and separated distally, dorsal phallothecal sclerite moderately sclerotized.

Measurements [in mm, ɗ (n=2) / Ψ (n=2)]. Body length 11.55–13.40 / 12.47–13.71; maximum width abdomen 2.21–2.57 / 3.60–4.51. Length head 2.21–2.48 / 2.60–2.64; length anteocular part 0.40–0.66 / 0.68– 0.78; length postocular part 1.24–1.49 / 1.43–1.46; length synthlipsis 0.60–0.65 / 0.65–0.73; interocellar space 0.44–0.55 / 0.47–0.55; length antennal segments I–IV = 2.34–2.64 / 2.62–2.64, 0.78 / 0.99, 1.12 / 1.39,?(missing) / 1.98; length rostral segments I–III = 1.10–1.40 / 1.20–1.43, 0.90–1.10 / 1.05–1.26, 0.40–0.50 / 0.56–0.57; length anterior pronotal lobe 0.82–1.04 / 0.96–1.07; length posterior pronotal lobe 1.50–1.69 / 1.60–1.82; maximum width thorax 2.60–2.64 / 2.97–3.60; length scutellum 0.50–0.63 / 0.60–0.84; length hemelytron 5.73–6.83 / 6.37–7.74.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Scipinia subula Hsiao & Ren 1981, &. Habitus, dorsal view. Scale bar of 14 = 1.67 mm.

FIGURES 15 – 22. Scipinia subula Hsiao & Ren 1981, ♂. 15, Head and prothorax, antennae removed; 16, apical portion of fore leg; 17 – 18, pygophore; 19, paramere; 20 – 22, phallus. 15, 16, 18, 22, lateral view; 17, 21, ventral view; 20, dorsal view. Scale bar of 15 = 1 mm, of 16 = 0.5 mm, of 17, 18 = 0.33 mm, of 19 – 22 = 0.25 mm.