Mimofulvius pentatomus Schmitz, 1978

Mimofulvius pentatomus Schmitz, 1978 View in CoL

Figs 2 View Figs 1–2 , 14–15 View Figs 14–17 , 18–25 View Figs 18–23 View Figs 24–27 , 28–34 View Figs 28–34 , 50 View Fig

Mimofulvius pentatomus Schmitz, 1978: 186 View in CoL .

Mimofulvius pentatomus View in CoL – Schuh 1995: 31 (catalog); 2002–2013 (online catalog). — Gorczyca 2006: 53 (catalog). — Yeshwanth et al. 2016: 315–317 (redescription), figs 29–31.

Diagnosis

Distinguished by the pronotum black with narrow, indistinct, yellowish stripe along the posterior margin ( Figs 2 View Figs 1–2 , 14–15 View Figs 14–17 , 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ); clavus with large, whitish stripe medially, occupying most of the claval surface ( Figs 2 View Figs 1–2 , 14–15 View Figs 14–17 , 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ); the female genitalia as presented and depicted by Yeshwanth et al. (2016: fig. 30). The male is herein documented for the first time ( Figs 28–34 View Figs 28–34 ).

Type material

Holotype

INDIA • ♀; Mysore State , Chikkaballapura; 3000 ft.; Apr. 1917; Brit. Mus.; 1928-503, Pr? 679-120; BMNH.

Additional examined material

NEPAL • 1 ♂; Makawanpur District, Chitwan National Park , Machan Wildlife Resort ; 27°32′06″ N, 84°44′17″ E; 7–9 Nov. 2005; T. Yasunaga et al. leg.; UV light trap; NMTU, AMNH _ PBI 00380661 GoogleMaps .

Redescription

Male

Overall coloration and basic structure as in female ( Figs 14 View Figs 14–17 , 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ), but body more elongate and slenderer, parallel-sided ( Figs 14 View Figs 14–17 , 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ); basic coloration coffee brown; dorsum comparatively shining ( Figs 14 View Figs 14–17 , 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ); head weakly porrect, with eyes enlarged, reminiscent of those in Psallopinae Schuh, 1976 ( Figs 14 View Figs 14–17 , 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ; apical corium and anterior margin of cuneus tinged with red around white macula; posterior margin of metafemur with a keel ( Fig. 21 View Figs 18–23 ).

GENITALIA. Apex of pygophore as in Fig. 28 View Figs 28–34 ; left paramere elongate, C-shaped, with a median tooth inward ( Figs 29–30 View Figs 28–34 ); right paramere broadly margined apically ( Figs 31–32 View Figs 28–34 ); endosoma with two rather developed lobal-sclerites ( Fig. 33 View Figs 28–34 ).

Measurements

See Table 1 View Table 1 .

Biology

Unknown; a male individual (e.g., Figs 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ) was collected by UV lighting method (using fluorescent lamps).

Distribution

India ( Yeshwanth et al. 2016) and Nepal (Makawanpur) (this paper) ( Fig. 50 View Fig ).

Remarks

Mimofulvius pentatomus is distinguished from M. castaneus by the black pronotum and large, medial, whitish patch on the clavus, and shape of the metafemoral plectrum (a single narrow keel) ( Figs 2 View Figs 1–2 , 14–15 View Figs 14–17 , 21 View Figs 18–23 , 24–25 View Figs 24–27 ).