Odara peruensis, Campos & Fernandes, 2022

Odara peruensis sp. n.

ZooBank: https://zoobank.org/23F90FCE-16E8-4F1F-BF3F-A4DF3525AA28 ( Figs. 1 G, 2 G, 10 A – F, 15 D, 17)

Holotype male. PERU: Madre de Dios; Rio Tambopata Res ; 30 air km. SW Pto. Maldonado , 290m., 11–15 XI 1979, J.B.Heppner, subtropical moist forest. [12°47’47.01”S, 69°22’39.24”W] ( USNM) GoogleMaps

Material examined. PERU: Madre de Dios: 1♀ same data holotype ; BRAZIL: Amazonas: 1♀ Petrobras , rio Urucu, Coari, AM, Brasil, 21-IX a 4-X-2004, Fernandes, J.A.M. Base de apoio, S4°52’17.2’’ W65°20’5’’ ( UFPA) GoogleMaps .

Measurements. Antennomeres length: 1st: 0.6–0.7; 2nd: 1.1–1.3; 3rd: 1.8–2.0; 4th: 3.7–4.0; 5th: 3.8; head length: 2.0; head width: 2.1–2.6; pronotal length: 3.1–3.3; pronotal width: 9.5–10.2; scutellum length: 6.5–6.8; scutellum width: 5.6–5.7; abdominal width: 7.7–7.9; total length: 13.6–14.2.

Etymology. Name given due to the locality of the holotype.

Diagnosis. Antennae dark brown in the first and second segments, becoming gradually lighter in the rest ( Fig. 1 G). Humeral angles strongly projected, angles and posterolateral margins covered by a big black spot that extends to the ventral surface ( Figs. 1 G, 2 G). Corium with veins forming a “Y” close to a tiny spot ( Fig. 1 G). Medial line of the abdomen with some dark spots ( Fig. 2 G). Male: parameres spearhead-shaped, dorsolaterally directed ( Fig. 10 D, E). Superior process of the genital cup triangular, apex dorsolaterally directed ( Fig. 10 D, E). Female genital plates: valvifers VIII with distal margins straight and projected over the basis of laterotergites IX ( Fig. 10 F); mesial borders “V” shaped; medial excavation almost as wide as valvifers IX ( Fig. 10 F).

Description. Head. Apex of mandibular plates slightly darker than the rest ( Fig. 2 G). Antennal segments formula: IV>V>III>II>I; segment V almost equal in length to the IV.

Thorax. Pronotum and scutellum with shallow and brown punctation ( Fig. 1 G). Membrane of hemelytra dark brown ( Fig. 1 G). Ventral surface with shallow concolorous punctuation on prothorax ( Fig. 2 G). Metasternal process elevated anteriorly; anterior arms with rounded apices, wide, receiving only the last segment of the rostrum ( Fig. 10 C). Legs yellowish ( Fig. 2 G).

Abdomen. Distal part of seventh abdominal segment with black spot covering almost ½ of the segment ( Fig. 1 G). Ventral surface with region between segments and pseudosutures darker than adjacent areas ( Fig. 2 G).

Male ( Fig. 10 A, B, D, E). Pygophore. Superior process of the genital cup black, flattened, visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 10 A, D, E). Proctiger somewhat excavated on laterals, excavation with short setae; dorsal face delimited by a small carina; posterior face subtriangular, setose ( Fig. 10 D, E). Ventral rim shallowly excavated, setose, and with a dark medial spot ( Fig. 10 B, D, E).

Female ( Figs. 10 F, 15 D). Valvifers VIII weakly punctate, setose; valvulae VIII visible ( Fig. 10 F). Valvifers IX base sulcate, setose ( Fig. 10 F). Laterotergites IX swollen, setose; below the level of seventh segment ( Fig. 10 F). Capsula seminalis with a single tooth ( Fig. 15 D)

Comments. The state of conservation of the material hasn’t allowed us to describe the exact coloration of the species, but probably it is green. This species is very similar to O. tambopatensis sp. n., but it can be separated mainly by the pygophore: the parameres of O. peruensis sp. n. are bigger, more spearhead-shaped, dorsolaterally directed like the superior process of the genital cup ( Fig. 10 D, E), while the parameres of O. tambopatensis sp. n. are smaller, more triangular, straight, dorsally directed ( Fig. 12 D, E). Also, the parameres of this species are similar to the O. umbabarauma sp. n., but the parameres of O. peruensis sp. n. are smaller and more dorsally directed ( Figs. 10 D, 13 D). In addition, O. peruensis sp. n. and O. umbabarauma sp. n. are different in general morphology: O. peruensis sp. n. presents big black spots on dorsal and ventral surface of the humeral angles, not present in O. umbabarauma sp. n.; the connexival segments of O. umbabarauma sp. n. have small brown spots, while the connexivum of O. peruensis sp. n. does not have ( Figs. 1 G, 3 A).

Distribution ( Fig. 17). PERU: Madre de Dios; BRAZIL: Amazonas.