taxonID	type	description	language	source
B90AB7736803FFED78F9FF78FEF9431F.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Ambohitantelya yuripopovi sp. nov.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
B90AB7736803FFED78F9FF78FEF9431F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Apterous, surface of body granulate except fused metanotum + mtg I + II, tergal plate and median parts of metasternum and sternites III – VII. Differs from all described apterous Madagascan Mezirinae by the shape, size and dorsally expanded metathoracic evaporatoria.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
B90AB7736803FFED78F9FF78FEF9431F.taxon	description	Description. Head. About as long as wide or slightly wider, clypeus short reaching 1 / 3 of antennal segment I, its apex free; genae thin adherent to clypeus; antenniferous tubercles short and blunt, antennae about twice as long as width of head, segment I thickest, II shortest, III longest, IV fusiform; eyes globose inserted in head, granular; postocular lobes with round tubercles converging posteriorly to constricted neck; surface of vertex with rugosities and granules. Rostrum arising from a slit-like atrium, about as long as head. Pronotum. Trapezoidal about 2.5 x as wide as long at middle; median anterior margin ring-like, laterally separated from raised lateral granulate elevations by deep incisions, surface with ovate callosities and deep furrows. Mesonotum. Strongly transverse, fused to pro- and metanotum; disk with a median longitudinal furrow, laterally flanked by granulate ridges, lateral margins raised and granulate partly covered by the dorsally expanded evaporatoria of metathoracic scent glands. Metanotum. Completely fused to mtg I + II forming a trapezoidal smooth plate with 2 (1 + 1) shallow depressions lateral of median carina; anterior and posterior margins slightly carinate, lateral margins granulate. Abdomen. Tergal plate smooth and shiny with flat apodemal impressions; surface of deltg II – VII granulate, each with 2 larger patches of raised tubercles; lateral margins evenly rounded, pe-angles not protruding; deltg II + III fused, triangular, anteriorly reaching metanotum, mtg VII granulate. Venter. Fused median part of metasternum + mst III – VII smooth and shiny, other parts rugose and granulate (Fig. 6); metathoracic scent gland evaporatoria large and expanded anterolaterally and dorsally; all spiracles placed on tubercles, II + III lateral and visible from above, IV – VII sublateral and hardly visible from above, VIII terminal on paratergites VIII. Legs. Long and slender, unarmed, claws with thin pulvilli.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
B90AB7736803FFED78F9FF78FEF9431F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the Ambohitantely Special Reserve in Central Madagascar, where this new genus was discovered.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
B90AB7736803FFE978F9FAF9FA374427.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype male labelled: ABT / 12 / 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 19. iv. / S 18 ° 11 ’ 48.9 ”, E 47 ° 17 ’ 10.5 ”; 1602 m / sifting of plant residues under / palm tree; Winkler app. extr.; L. S. / Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson lgt. // Holotype / Ambohitantelya / yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov. / des. Heiss & Baňař 2012 (MMBC); paratype female labelled: ABT / Nov. 2011 / 01 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res. 16. xi. / 2011; S 18 ° 11 ’ 48.9 ”, E 47 ° 17 ’ 10.5 ” / 1603 m, sifting forest litter under big / Pandanus, Winkler app. extraction / L. S. Rahanitriniaina & P. Baňař lgt. // Paratype / Ambohitantelya / yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov. / des. Heiss & Baňař 2012 (CEHI); paratype female labelled:. ABT / Nov. 2011 / 04 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 1561 m; / S 18 ° 11 ’ 56.5 ”, E 47 ° 17 ’ 26.1 ”; 17. xi. / 2011; sifting forest litter under big palm / tree + big rotten trunk; Winkler app. / extraction; L. S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. // Paratype / Ambohitantelya / yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov. / des. Heiss & Baňař 2012 (CEHI); paratype female labelled: ABT / 15 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 20. iv. / S 18 ° 11 ’ 31.0 ”, E 47 ° 17 ’ 33.3 ”; 1630 m / sifting forest litter; Winkler app. extr. / L. S. Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson lgt. // Paratype / Ambohitantelya / yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov. / des. Heiss & Baňař 2012 (MMBC). All specimens are card-mounted on rectangular cards.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
B90AB7736803FFE978F9FAF9FA374427.taxon	description	Description. Male, apterous, body surface of charcoal coloration, glabrous and smooth on metanotum, tergal plate and median part of metasternum and mst II – VII, rugose and granulate elsewhere, legs and antennae brownish. Head. As wide as long including neck (32 / 32); clypeus short reaching about 1 / 3 of antennal segment I, genae not produced over apex of clypeus, thin and adherent; antenniferous lobes triangular, blunt, surface granulate, shorter than clypeus: antennae 2 x as long as width of head (64 / 32), segment I bent at base and thickest, II thinner tapering toward base, III thinnest and longest, IV fusiform with pilose apex; surface of segments I – IV beset with round tubercles bearing scale-like bristles (Fig. 14); length of antennal segments I / II / III / IV = 16 / 10 / 24 / 14; eyes oval and granular inserted in head; postocular lobes with round tubercles. Rostrum arising from a slit-like atrium, shorter than head, rostral groove deep, lateral margins and adjacent parts of head granulate. Pronotum. Of trapezoidal shape, more than twice as wide as long at middle (52 / 20), anterior margin nearly straight with a carinate ring-like collar bearing a larger round tubercle medially; collar separated from raised granulate elevations of anterolateral lobe of pronotum by deep incisions; disk with a median furrow and lateral ovate callosities, posterior margin convex, delimited by a transverse furrow from fused mesonotum. Mesonotum. Strongly transverse (74 / 18); disk with 4 longitudinal granulate ridges (Figs. 7, 9), lateral sclerites irregularly rugose; lateral margins raised and granulate, their posterior half covered and obscured by an ovate lobe of the metathoracic evaporatorium, this bent dorsally and well visible from above, then continuing anteriorly where a thin lateral structure is recognizable; posterior margin marked by a bisinuate transverse furrow indicating the fusion line of meso - metanotum. Metanotum. Fused to mtg I + II without visible fusion lines, forming a trapezoidal plate, surface smooth and glabrous with 2 (1 + 1) large shallow depressions lateral of median carina, posterior margin straight. Abdomen. Tergal plate flat smooth and glabrous with shallow depressions marking the pattern of apodemes; lateral margins rounded; surface of deltg II – VII granulate, each with 2 larger patches of raised tubercles, pe-angles not protruding; deltg II + III fused, triangular, anteriorly reaching metanotum, mtg VII granulate. Venter. Pro-, meso-, and pleural part of metasternum irregularly rugose; median part of metasternum completely fused to mst II + III smooth and shiny, mst III – VII smooth, vltg rugose; structure of metathoracic evaporatorial plate trilobate extending from basal ostium anterolaterally and dorsally reflexed; spiracles II – VII placed on round tubercles, II + III lateral and visible from above, IV – VII sublateral and hardly visible from above, VIII terminal on paratergites VIII. Legs. Long and slender, unarmed, femora moderately incrassate toward apex, tibiae cylindrical, tarsi twosegmented, claws with thin curved pulvilli. Male genitalic structure. Exposed part of pygophore oval, surface rugose; the holotype was not dissected for the study of parameres. Female. General structures as in male but of larger size; mtg VII with rugose surface and a transverse ridge posteriorly (Fig. 11); tergite VIII strongly transverse, tergite IX and X truncately projecting posteriorly. Measurements. Holotype: Length 4.25 mm; width of abdomen across tergite IV 86, across tergal plate 54. Paratype female: length 4.70 mm; head length / width 34 / 33; pronotum l / w 20 / 54; mesonotum l / w 18 / 80; width of abdomen across tergite IV 94, across tergal plate 60; length of antennal segments I / II / III / IV = 16 / 10 / 26 / 15, ratio length of antennae / width of head 2.0 3. Total length of other two female paratypes 4.52 mm and 4.49 mm.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
B90AB7736803FFE978F9FAF9FA374427.taxon	etymology	Etymology. It is a great pleasure to dedicate this exciting taxon to our friend Yuri Popov (Moscow), renowned palaeoentomologist and taxonomist of Heteroptera — with considerable delay — in occasion of his past 75 th birthday.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
B90AB7736803FFE978F9FAF9FA374427.taxon	distribution	Distribution. This peculiar species was collected in Ambohitantely Special Reserve situated in central Madagascar, comprising small remnants of rain forests surrounded with the savannas and agricultural landscape.	en	Heiss, Ernst, Baňař, Petr (2013): Ambohitantelya yuripopovi gen. nov. et sp. nov., a new apterous Mezirinae from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with unique metathoracic evaporatoria. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 291-297, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.8
