Himalayacoris pilosus, Belousova, 2007

Belousova, E. N., 2007, Revision of the shield-bug genera Holcostethus Fieber and Peribalus Mulsant et Rey (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Palaearctic Region, Entomological Review 87 (6), pp. 701-739 : 736

Himalayacoris pilosus Belousova, sp. n.

Description. Upper side of body fuscescent-brown, with rather dense black punctation; lower side yellow, with black punctation. Head and pronotum with pale hairs. Scutellum without yellow spot and punctation at apex. Abdominal segments yellow, with large black spots in anterior and posterior corners of tergites. Length of body 7.2 mm, b. lw 1.55.

Head 0.24 times as long as body, 1.26 times as wide as long, narrowed anteriorly ( Fig. 96 ). Jugae longer than clypeus, not covering its apex, narrowed toward apex, slightly wavy raised at sides, black on lower side. Eye medium-sized, ds 1.42. Antenna 0.51 times as long as body. Two basal antennal segments yellow, 3rd dark at apex, 4th and 5th entirely black, except for places of articulation. Length of antennal segments (mm): 0.46, 0.60, 0.61, 0.93, 1.1.

Pronotum transverse (width 2.11 times length), with straight lateral margins bordered with fine yellow costa slightly deflexed upwards. Scutellum slightly emarginate, 1.05 times as long as wide.

Male genitalia. Conjunctive processes of aedeagus with 2 apices and with small digitate process, sclerotized median plates wide ( Figs. 35, 36 ). Paramere in form of overturn “L,” with distinct sensory lobe and narrow hypophysis. Uneven area of inner surface of paramere narrow, parallel-sided, rounded at apex ( Fig. 69 ). Theca with lateral processes. Apical margin of pygofer sinuous in dorsoventral plane, with oval emargination in middle; apical angles narrowly rounded ( Fig. 81 ).

Distribution. The Himalayas: Kashmir.

Material examined. Holotype: Ô, locality Fargabad in Kresh-Nul, tributary of Vardvan-Maru River in Kashmir, 29.V.1910 (Trubetskoi) .

Figures

Figs. 94–99. Head: (94, 95) Holcostethus Fieber [(94) H. albipes (F.), (95) H. sphacelatus (F.)]; (96) Himalayacoris pilosus sp. n.; (97) Paraholcostethus breviceps (Horv.); (98, 99) Peribalus Mulsant et Rey [(98) P. inclusus, (99) P. przewalskii sp. n.].

Figs. 35–40. Aedeagus, front and lateral view: (35, 36) Himalayacoris pilosus sp. n., (37) Peribalus hoberlandti Lodos et Önder., (38) Paraholcostethus breviceps (Horv.), (39, 40) Holcostethus sphacelatus (F.).

Figs. 63–73. (63–67) Pygofer [(63) Paraholcostethus breviceps (Horv.), (64) Holcostethus albipes (F.), (65) Holcostethus evae Ribes, (66) Peribalus classeyi Hob., (67) Holcostethus (Enigmocoris) fissiceps Horv.]; (68–73) parameres [(68) Paraholcostethus breviceps (Horv.), (69) Himalayacoris pilosus sp. n., (70) Peribalus classeyi Hob., (71) Peribalus imtiazi Abbasi, (72) Peribalus lodosi Ahmad, (73) Peribalus sinuatus Ahmad)].

Figs. 74–83. Pygofer: (74–80, 82) Peribalus Mulsant et Rey [(74) P. strictus vernalis (Wolff), (75) P. strictus strictus (F.), (76) P. strictus capitatus (Jak.), (77) P. nitidus (Kir.), (78) P. inclusus (Dohrn), (79) P. congenitus Putsh., (80) P. hoberlandti Lodos et Önder, (82) P. manifestus Kir.]; (81) Himalayacoris pilosus sp. n.; (83) Dryadocoris sp. (“orientalis” on label).