taxonID	type	description	language	source
491287E6FFAECD1354D7FD87A64BFE18.taxon	description	D i a g n o s i s: Medium sized apterous Mezirinae (7.7 mm); habitus elongate, thorax attenuated anteriorly and longer than abdomen, the latter with concave lateral margins; coloration reddish brown, head, thorax and abdomen covered by dense yellowish tufts of short hairs; antennae about three times as long as width of head, segment I longest; eyes inserted in head, postocular lobes without tubercles; pronotum separated from mesonotum by a sulcus but fused to meso- and metanotum and mtg I + II, a median longitudinal ridge extends from pronotum to posterior margin of mtgII; deltg II + III not fused; metathoracic scent efferent ostiole visible as laterally produced conical projections; spiracles II lateral, III-VII ventral. The presence of this set of characters is unknown from Aradidae of Oriental, Pacific and Australian Regions and to accommodate the new species, the new genus Carapezzaptera nov. gen. is proposed. There is only a superficial resemblance to the monophyletic genus Chelysosoma KORMILEV, 1956 with the type species halaszfyi described from Southern India, sharing the position of spiracles and unusual structure of metathoracic scent efferent ostiole. It differs however from Carapezzaptera by stylate eyes, shorter antennae with segment III longest, different shape of median thoracic ridge, more stout and rounded habitus and less pilosity. D e s c r i p t i o n: Head: About as wide as long, genae anteriorly produced over clypeus, contiguous in front; antenniferous lobes blunt; antennae about three times as long as width of head, segment I longest, IV shortest; eyes inserted in head, postocular lobes without projections. Pronotum: Wider than long, collar ring-like, lateral margins conical, disk with two oval callosities, posterior margin carinate. Metanotum: Consisting of two oblique oval callosities separated by a median ridge extending to mtg III; lateral margins straight converging anteriorly. Metanotum: Fused to mesonotum and mtg I + II each consisting of two oval callosities separated by the median ridge; lateral margins formed by carinate ridges converging anteriorly; body is widest across posterior margin of mtgII. Abdomen: Tergal plate with an elevated median ridge, lateral margins raised and sculptured; deltg III-IV constricted posteriorly, deltg IV parallel, V-VII widening posteriorly. Legs: Unarmed, femora and tibiae cylindrical, tarsi two-segmented. E t y m o l o g y: This conspicuous new genus is dedicated to my friend Attilio Carapezza (Palermo, Italy) in occasion of his 70 th birthday, recognizing his remarkable contributions to Heteropterology and for many years of friendship and refers to its apterous condition.	en	Heiss, Ernst (2021): Carapezzaptera auritomentosa nov. gen., nov. sp. from Sri Lanka (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1): 77-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13153501
491287E6FFADCD1354D7FE08A50FF9D2.taxon	description	D e s c r i p t i o n: Apterous male; coloration reddish brown with golden-yellowish tufts of pilosity on head, thorax and abdomen, antennae and legs with erect yellowish hairs. Head: Slightly wider than long (1.0 / 1.025); genae produced over clypeus contiguous in front; antenniferous lobes with blunt apices, as long as genae; antennae cylindrical 2.98 times as long as width of head (3.05 / 1.025), length of antennal segments I / II / III / IV = 1.10 / 0.75 / 0.80 / 0.40; oval eyes inserted in head, postocular lobes strongly converging posteriorly to constricted neck; rostrum arising from a slit-like atrium, shorter than head; vertex carinate. Pronotum: Wider than long (1.45 / 0.95), collar ring-like as thick as femur of anterior legs; disk with two elevated oval callosities separated by a median furrow; lateral margins converging anteriorly, posterior margin slightly convex delimited by two transverse carinae. Mesonotum: Consisting of two inclined oval callosities separated at middle by a deep cleft anteriorly, followed by a Y-shaped ridge which extends posteriorly. Metanotum and mtg I + II. Fused together, each marked by two oval callosities lateral of median elevated ridge delimited laterally by a raised carinate sclerite with lateral margins converging anteriorly. Abdomen: Tergal plate about twice as long as wide with a strong longitudinal median ridge, lateral margins carinate and elevated, deltg II + III not fused, III-VIII separated by sutures; tergite VII medially raised for the reception of the pygophore; deltg VII consisting of two layers separated by horizontal furrows forming the posterior lobes; spiracle II plainly visible on a conical tubercle produced from posterolateral angle of mtgII, spiracles III-VII are placed ventrally on distinct tubercles which are partly discernible in dorsal view, spiracles VIII terminal on ptg VIII, pygophore of conical shape, truncate posteriorly. M e a s u r e m e n t s: Length 7.70 mm; length of antennae 3.05; width of mesonotum 1.65; abdomen widest across suture mtg II-III 2.35; across tergite IV 2.00, V 2.05, VI 2.15. E t y m o l o g y: The specific epithet refers to the golden-yellowish pilosity of its body and is the Latin adjective composed of " aureus " (meaning golden) and " tomentous " (meaning beset with a mesh of fine hairs).	en	Heiss, Ernst (2021): Carapezzaptera auritomentosa nov. gen., nov. sp. from Sri Lanka (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1): 77-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13153501
