Panaetius eliasi, Wang & Liu & Cassis, 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12154 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15299088 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C87787FB-F95C-FFA8-DF95-6C32FBE1FACD |
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Luisschmitz |
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Panaetius eliasi |
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sp. nov. |
Panaetius eliasi View in CoL sp. nov.
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Holotype: ♂, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Smiths Lake , 32°23′56″S 152°28′49″E, 6–10 IX 2010, M. Elias and C. Reid, ex Gleichaenia dicarpa (00002731) ( AM) GoogleMaps .
Paratypes: 2♂♂ 9♀♀, same data as holotype (00002732– 00002742) ( AM; UNSW) ; 1♂ 1♀, Blacksmith , near golf course, 15 Mar 1981, R. Patterson (00002744–00002745) ( ANIC) ; 1♀, Myall Lakes National Park, 10.3 km south of Seal Rocks Road, Hawks Nest Road , 32°30’S 152°21’E, 20 X 1995, R. T. Schuh and G. Cassis (00002743) ( AM) GoogleMaps . AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 1♀, Central station, Fraser Island , 14–15 X 1978, G. B. Monteith (00002794) ( QM) .
Diagnosis. Panaetius eliasi is recognised by the following combination of characters: antennae brown ( Fig. 1 View Fig ); anterolateral angles of pronotum slender, subequal in width to lateral margin of eyes (Figs 1,7a); humeral horns black, protruding, elevated upwards, apically bifid, anterior arm short, posterior arm robust, acute ( Fig. 1 View Fig ); anterior part of scutellum dark brown, almost black ( Fig. 1 View Fig ); membrane infuscate, veins dark brown ( Fig. 1 View Fig ); parameres black, apically bifid with both arms rounded ( Fig. 2a View Fig ); aedeagus without ventral conjunctival lobes ( Fig. 2c,d View Fig ).
Description. Male. COLOURATION ( Fig. 1 View Fig ). Head: dark brown, almost black, with reddish brown markings dorsally; yellowish brown or yellow stripe along medial and inferior margins of paraclypei; medial margin of eyes with yellow stripe and reddish brown markings; laterally with yellow spot along anterior margin of eyes; bucculae dark brown, with posterior angle and margin yellow. Eyes: reddish brown, with posterior margin yellowish brown. Antennae: AI yellowish brown, with apex black; AII(a)-AII(b) medium brown, AII black apically; AIII-AIV dark brown. Labium: LI-LIII medium brown, with base of LII pale brown; LIV dark brown, sometimes with greenish tinge. Pronotum: mostly medium brown, anteromedial region pale brown; anterolateral processes pale brown; two transverse dark brown stripes at medial and posterior region of pronotum, intersected by a pale brown stripe; humeral horns black. Scutellum: dark brown at base, with four yellowish brown spots along basal margin, sometimes two spots medially indistinct; V-shaped pale brown callose marking at apex. Thoracic pleura: propleuron mostly dark brown, with posterior and lateral margin yellowish brown; mesopleuron dark brown, with yellowish brown spot along lateral margin; metapleuron dark brown, with a big pale brown spot along lateral margin. MTG: external efferent system dark brown. Hemelytra: medium brown, with reddish brown markings; membrane smoky brown at base, sometimes with a large irregular dark brown spot near inner base of membrane; white at apex, transparent; veins dark brown. Legs: coxae pale brown; femora pale brown at base, medium brown apically; tibiae dark brown, with medium brown bands medially; tarsi pale brown, sometimes with reddish tinge; claw medium brown at base, black apically. Abdomen: connexiva pale brown to white, with dark brown markings; venter pale brown with dark brown stripes laterally; abdominal spine pale brown. STRUCTURE. Head: paraclypei flat, arcuate distally, contiguous (Figs 1,7). Antennae: AIII-AIV slightly wider than segments AI-AII(b); AI shortest; AII(a) about as 1.5× long as AI; AII(b) a little shorter than AII; AII(b) about as long as AIV; AIV slighter longer than AII(a). Labium: reaching mesocoxae or a little beyond; LI slightly wider than LII and LIII; LI shorter than ventral side of head; LII about 2.0× longer than LI; LIII slightly shorter than LII, LIV about 1.5× shorter than LII. Pronotum: anterolateral processes of pronotum slender, nearly reaching posterior margin of eyes ( Fig. 7a View Fig ); humeral horns distinctly protruding, elevated upwards, apically bifid, anterior tooth short, pointing laterally; posterior tooth sharp, more robust than anterior tooth, posteriorly oriented. Scutellum: flat, slightly wider than long. MTG: peritreme laterally oriented, mesepimeron without evaporative areas ( Fig. 8a View Fig ). Legs: metafemora slightly broader than mesofemora; tarsi narrow, tarsal segment I short, segment II ca. 2.0–3.0× longer than segment I. Male genitalia ( Fig. 2 View Fig ): pygophore ( Fig. 2a View Fig ) and parameres heavily sclerotised; parameres broad, apically emarginate, with both branches rounded ( Fig. 2b View Fig ); aedeagus with a pair of basal lateral membranous conjunctival lobes and sclerotised dorsal processes, latter slender and apex sinuate; vesica narrow apically, apex weakly sclerotised ( Fig. 2c,d View Fig ).
Female. COLOURATION ( Fig. 1 View Fig ). Mostly as in male, aside from following differences. Head: dorsum and anterior margin of paraclypei medium brown or almost black; small yellow spot between ocelli. Antennae: sometimes AV yellow brown. Pronotum: mostly yellowish brown. Scutellum: mostly with V-shaped yellowish brown stripe at apex. Thoracic pleura: one large or two small yellowish brown stripe(s) near lateral margin of propleuron. Legs: apex of tibiae medium brown, with reddish tinge. Abdomen: midline region of venter dark brown; abdominal spine of sternite III yellowish brown. VESTITURE. As in male. STRUCTURE. Mostly as in male, aside from following differences. Antennae: AI shortest; AII(a) about 0.5× longer than AI, and equal to AIII; AII(b) as long as AIV. Abdomen: Pendergrast’s organ ( Fig. 9a View Fig ). Female genitalia: see Figure 6a View Fig .
Measurements. Table 2 View Table 2 .
Etymology. Named after one of the collectors of this species and colleague, Michael A. Elias from the University of New South Wales.
Distribution. Distributed in the mid-north coast of New South Wales and southeast Queensland ( Fig. 11 View Fig ). This distribution suggests a major disjunction, but in all likelihood this reflects sampling inadequacy.
Plant associations. Specimens collected from Smiths Lake were found on the fern Gleichaenia dicarpa R. Br. ( Gleicheniaceae ). On the basis of> 10 specimens collected on this fern, we hypothesise it as the host plant of P. eliasi . Its association on ferns is of interest, because few heteropteran taxa are known to have fern hosts, with the notable exception of bryocorine clades in the plant bug family Miridae ( Cassis & Schuh 2012; tribe Brycorini , Felisacus spp. ).
Remarks. Panaetius eliasi can be separated from P. laevicornis by its humeral horns being apically divided and with prominent ridges ( Fig. 1 View Fig ). It is also differentiated from P. lobulatus and P. trabifer by its uniformly black humeral horns ( Fig. 1 View Fig ), and the anterolateral processes of the pronotum are slender ( Fig. 7a,c,d View Fig ).
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UNSW |
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Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra City, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection |
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Australia, Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland Museum |
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