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Teratofulvioides punctatus Carvalho & Lorenzato 1978

  • 1. Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park at 79 th Street, New York, NY 10024, c / o Nameshi 2 - 33 - 2, Nagasaki 852 - 8061, Japan.
  • 2. University of Opole, Institute of Biology, Oleska 22, 45 - 052 Opole, Poland.
  • 3. University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40 - 007 Katowice, Poland.

Description

Teratofulvioides punctatus Carvalho & Lorenzato, 1978

Material examined. Irian Jaya, Jayawijaya-Prov. Angguruk Tanggeam, 1500–1800 m, 28. –29.IX.1991, leg. A. Riedel (ZSM).

Diagnosis. See generic diagnosis.

Redescription (composite description based on Carvalho & Lorenzato 1978 and the examined male specimen). Dorsum mostly fuscous with yellow areas, shiny, weakly punctate, covered with short, fine, reclining, sparse setae (Figs 11B, D). Head contrastingly yellow, broadly tinged with red, covered with very short, sparse setae, sparsely and deeply punctate (Fig. 11); antenna mostly yellow, covered with, moderately long and dense, adpressed and semirecumbent setae; antennomere I with two narrow, reddish annulations one situated near base and other subapically, nearly cylindrical; antennomere II from entirely yellow or yellow with slightly darkened apex to castaneous, weakly incrassate; antennomeres III and IV yellow to fuscous (Figs 11A, B); labium mostly yellow, reaching beyond middle of abdomen; segment I broadly tinged with fuscous basally; segment IV fuscous (Figs 11A, C). Pronotum entirely fuscous, punctate, collar narrow, nearly absent in dorsal view calli flattened, pit between calli present (Figs 11B, D). Scutellum fuscous with small yellow patch apically (Fig. 11B). Hemelytron fuscous with small yellow patch on inner portion of posterior part of exocorium and inner angle of cuneus; membrane fuscous with large, pale grey tinge bordering inner margin of cuneus (Fig. 11B). Legs varying from yellow to castaneous; coxae and trochanters pale yellow (Figs 11A, B); tarsomere I shorter than tarsomeres II and III; pretarsal claw with distinct subapical tooth. Abdomen dark brown (Fig. 11A).

Measurements: See Table 1.

Distribution. Indonesia (West Papua: Jayawijaya) (this paper), Papua New Guinea (Carvalho & Lorenzato 1978).

Biology. Unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Yasunaga, Tomohide, Wolski, Andrzej & Taszakowski, Artur, 2023, First record of the plant bug genus Punctifulvius Schmitz from the Oriental Region, with descriptions of three new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), pp. 152-169 in Zootaxa 5382 (1) on pages 166-167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5382.1.17, http://zenodo.org/record/10280497

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZSM
Event date
1991-09-28
Verbatim event date
1991-09-28/29
Scientific name authorship
Carvalho & Lorenzato
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Teratofulvioides
Species
punctatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Teratofulvioides punctatus Carvalho, 1978 sec. Yasunaga, Wolski & Taszakowski, 2023

References

  • Carvalho, J. C. M. & Lorenzato, L. M. (1978) The Cylapinae of Papua New Guinea (Hemiptera, Miridae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 38, 121 - 149.