Dendrocoris guatemalensis, Thomas & H. Brailovsky, 1999

Dendrocoris guatemalensis , new species

( Figures 4, 13, 15)

Description. Reddish-yellow with dense, dark punctation on dorsum,thoracic pleura and abdominal venter laterally. Cicatrices concolorous with pronotal disk.Antennae dull red; legs immaculate. Length of body from jugal apices to abdominal terminus, 6.3 mm; width across humeral angles, 3.7 mm.

Head.Vertex convex, tumid. Juga contiguous before tylus or nearly so. Head length from imaginary line connecting ocelli to apex of tylus about equal to width of head across anteocular angles. Antennal segment V longest, I11 slightly longer than IV, I shortest.Rostrum in repose just reaches metacoxae. Length of head from jugal apices to imaginary line connecting ocelli, 1.2 mm; head width across anteocular apices, 1.2 mm.

Thorax. Anterolateral pronotal margins thin, dorso-ventrally compressed; weakly sinuate in dorsal view. Humeri not prominent. Pronotal length at midline, 1.4 mm. Length of scutellum, 2.5 mm.

Abdomen. Basal tubercle small in female, obsolescent in male. Connexiva with obscure darkening along margins at angles.

Genitalia. Male pygophore without teeth on posterior aspect attending medial emargination. Each lateral flange of dorso-posterior margin with a distinct notch ( Fig. 4). Paramere simple, digitoid, bent ( Fig. 13).Female withvery small basal plates (first gonocoxites). Ninth paratergites terminate far from margin of eighth paratergites, which lack spiracles ( Fig. 15).

Types. Holotype: male [ UNAM]. Labeled: (a) GUATEMALA, 5 mi. SW. Huehuetenango. 7500' VII-29-1974. O'Briens & Marshall. (b) Dendrocoris nr. pini, Det. L. H. Rolston . Allotype: female [ UNAM], labeled: MEXICO: Chiapas, 1 km S. Ocosingo , 18 Oct 1988, R. Turnbow . Paratypes: one male [ DBTC], with same label data as allotype . One male [ DBT],labeled: MEXICO: Chiapas, Lagos de Montebello , 23 October 1990, Hovore & Reifschneider . One female [ DAR], labeled: Guelato , Oax. Mex. 18.VIII. 69 L.A. Kelton .

Etymology. the specific epithet reflects that the type locality is in the Republic of Guatemala.

Remarks. All of the collection localities cited are high elevation forests dominated by pine.