Himalisundacoris theoi, Yasunaga, 2024

Yasunaga, Tomohide, 2024, New genera and species of the ‘ Lygus-complex’ ranging from the Himalaya-Oriental to the Wallacea region (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 72, pp. 371-423 : 404

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2024-0030
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1F1754CC-6835-4B66-AB5C-FA22AC85D481
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2879F-FF9C-3B2F-16D1-FAF3FBB7F8A2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Himalisundacoris theoi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Himalisundacoris theoi , new species

( Figs. 12 View Fig E−H, 14F−J, 30)

Type material. Holotype: male, INDONESIA: Bali, Tabanan , 8°17′S, 115°10′E, local collector, 13 March 1996 GoogleMaps

( ZRC) ( AMNH _PBI 00378787). Paratypes: INDONESIA: 5 males, 2 females, same data as for holotype, except for date: 9–13 March 1996 ( AMNH, TYCN) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. This new species is most similar in external appearance to H. takaii , new species, from which H. theoi , new species, can be easily distinguished by the basal transverse carina obliterated ( Fig. 30A View Fig ); antennomere II with a pale subbasal annulation; pronotum with a pair of dark, oval maculae and immaculate lateral margins; thoracic pleura entirely pale; and apex of each tibia darkened.

Description. Body oval; basic colouration pale olive brown with widely darkened hemelytra ( Fig. 12E View Fig ); dorsum oily shiny; dark areas or maculae reduced in female ( Fig. 12G View Fig ). Head shiny pale brown; basal transverse carina obliterated ( Fig. 30A View Fig ); clypeus and lorum entirely shiny fuscous. Antenna dark brown; antennomere I pale brown, obscured mesially, with dark base and apex; antennomere II with a pale subbasal annulation; base of antennomere III yellowish brown. Labium pale reddish brown, slightly exceeding apex of metacoxa; base of segment I and apical half of segment IV infuscate. Pronotum pale olive brown, with a pair of dark, oval maculae (continuing to calli) at middle ( Fig. 12E View Fig ) (maculae in female reduced and calli with a pair of dark spots as in Fig. 12F View Fig ); pleura uniformly dark brown; metathoracic scent efferent system creamy yellow, relatively large ( Fig. 30B, D View Fig ); scutellum pale creamy brown, sometimes partly tinged with green, with a pair of dark, elongate-oval maculae on anterior half. Hemelytron oily shiny, with sparsely distributed, pale, simple, reclining setae ( Fig. 30C View Fig ); clavus and apical half of corium dark brown; cuneus yellowish brown, with darkened basal half and apex; membrane pale greyish brown, semi-transparent, with brown veins. All coxae and legs pale brown; metafemur with two brown, faint, subapical rings; apical part of each tarsomere III slightly darkened; pretarsal structure as in Fig. 30F View Fig . Abdomen pale brown; male genital segment (pygophore) darkened apically. Male genitalia ( Figs. 14 View Fig F−H, 30G–L): Hypophysis of left paramere relatively narrow, with anchor-shaped apex ( Fig. 30I View Fig ); right paramere with small, blunt-tipped hypophysis ( Fig. 14G View Fig ); secondary gonopore comparatively large, thick-rimmed ( Fig. 30K–L View Fig ). Female genitalia ( Figs. 14I, J View Fig , 30M–O View Fig ): Sclerotised rings small ( Fig. 14I View Fig ); posterior wall with rather narrow interramal lobes ( Fig. 30N View Fig ).