Apodiphus balochiensis, Shaikh & Memon & Shah & Birmani & Iqbal, 2015

Shaikh, A. M., Memon, N., Shah, M. A., Birmani, N. A. & Iqbal, Y., 2015, Apodiphus balochiensis -- Addition of a Species in Genus Apodiphus Spinola (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Halyini) From Quetta (Baluchistan, Pakistan), Sindh Univ. Res. Jour. (Sci. Ser.) 47, No. 2, pp. 331-334 : 332-333

Apodiphus balochiensis n. sp. (Figs. 1 – 9)

Colouration

Head, pronotum and scutellum rust reddish punctuate with black tinge except eyes, ocelli and antennae, callosities; hemelytra with hard portion ochraceous punctuate with brown tinge, membranous region light brown with lines indicate light and dark stripes, outer margin of brown eyes ochraceous, ocelli pink, 1 st antennal segment ochraceous with black tinge, last 4 dark brown, connexiva sides dark brown and reddish at middle.

Head: (Fig. 1)

Head almost rectangular in shape, distinctly longer than width, paraclypei and clypeus almost equal, apex broad and sinuate, head with lateral margin smooth, first antennal segment not attaining at apex of head, anteocular region extended than remaining portion of head, length of anteocular region 3.1 mm, remaining of head 2.2 mm, head width including eyes 3.0 mm, interocellur distance 1.9 mm, interocular distance 3.4 mm, five segmented antennae with length, segment I 1.7 mm, segment II, 3.6 mm, segment III, 4.1 mm, segment IV 4.3 mm, V 4.7 mm, antenna formulation I<II<III<IV>V, labium attaining the posterior margin of 3 rd abdominal sternum, four segmented labial length, segment I 4.0 mm, segment II 5.1 mm, segment III 5.1 mm, segment IV 2.8 mm, labial formula IV<I<II<III, first labial segment longer than bucculae

Thorax:

Pronotum width more than 2X than length, thorax longer than head in length, lateral margins dentate anteriorly, sinuated posteriorly with sub-acute humeral angles, pronotum length 6.5 mm, pronotum width 15.3 mm, metathoracic scent gland ostiole with small ovate operture with small lobe like apically rounded peritreme,. (Fig. 2) long scutellum, wide at base and narrow at apex, U shaped apical lobe, scutellum length 11.5 mm, width at base 9.0 mm, length of apex scutellum to apex abdomen including membranes 8.0 mm, hemelytra crossed distinctly the abdomen.

Abdomen:

Connexiva well exposed at repose

Male genitalia:

Pygophore with dorso-posterior margin having deep cavity, two small bilobed projections at middle, laterally with broad, rounded projection, postero-lateral lobe pointed moving inward (Fig. 3), Ventro-posteriorly with superficial cavity, sinuated ventro-lateral margin, rounded lateral lobes (Fig. 4), paramere with short stem, blade broad with sinuated inner margin and apex broad somewhat rounded (Fig. 5), three pair of membranous appendages inflated from aedeagus, dorsally sclerotised apex of membrane shown (Fig. 6), at ventral side pair of L shaped sclerotised structure, a pair of penial lobes cup shaped, the apex roundly moved inner side, vesica tube like, penial lobes longer than vesica. (Fig. 7).

Female genitalia:

1 st gonocoxae triangular in shape, inner margin and posterior margin sinuate, inner angle roundly lobed; posterior margin of 2 nd gonocoxae little convex, notched at middle; fully visible triangulin; posterior margin of 8 th paratergite distinctly lobed at inner angles, sinuated inner margin; outer margin of 9 th paratergite little concave, inner margin roundly produced (Fig. 8) almost equal sized three finger like processes of spermathecal bulb. One process little branched (Fig. 9).

Material Examined:

Holotype, 1 ♁: 1 Allotype ♀: Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, leg by A. Manan, 24-06-2008 host plant unknown. Material deposited at Department of Zoology, sindh University. 2 ♁ and 1 ♀ paratype with same data deposited at Department of Zoology, Sindh University Jamshoro.

Comparative note:

Apodiphus balochiensis n. sp. is compared with its closest species A. integriceps on the basis of diagnostic characters. Some diagnostics characters that resemble with A. integriceps such as paraclypei and clypeus equal in length, length of head shorter than width of head, antennal segments length formula, length formula of labium, structures of pygophore, 2 nd gonocoxae with posterior margin medially notched. While this new species can be separated due to very much important characters such as length of pronotum longer than the length of head, paramere having small stem, blade of paramere with apex broad, rounded at some extend, inner margin sinuate, aedeagus with vesica shorter than penial lobes, penial lobes longer than dorsal membranous conjunctival appendages, female terminalia unicolour, 1 st gonocoxae at posterior margin little concave, roundly produced inner lobes, three processes of spermathecal bulb equal in size, out of that one little branched. But A. integreceps having length of pronotum shorter than the length of head, paramere having large stem, blade of paramere with apex little produced, inner margin concave, aedeagus with vesica longer than penial lobes, penial lobes shorter than dorsal membranous conjunctival appendages, female terminalia having dark spots, 1 st gonocoxae at posterior margin convex, three processes of spermathecal bulb with unequal size.