Dicyphus poneli, MATOCQ & RIBES, 2004

DICYPHUS PONELI MATOCQ & RIBES, 2004 View in CoL

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Dicyphus poneli Matocq & Ribes, 2004: 43 View in CoL (original description).

Material examined

Paratypes. Portugal: Madeira Islands: Clifts between Ribeira de Janela and Seixtal, 32.82638ºN 17.15584ºW, 5 m, Jul 2001, Ponel, 1♂ ( UNSW _ ENT 00026526 View Materials ), 1 ♀ ( UNSW _ ENT 00026527 View Materials ), 1 ♀ (J. Ribes, personal collection) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis

Dicyphus poneli View in CoL is recognized by the following combination of characters: only macropterous males known, macropterous and brachypterous females ( Matocq & Ribes, 2004); only macropters examined in both sexes. Body length 4.54 mm in macropters males, 4.03–4.33 mm in macropters females; mostly stramineous to light brown, with extensive dark brown spots and larger markings on dorsum, with posterior margin of head and mesoscutum orange ( Fig. 5); clypeus orange with minor embrownment; maxillary plates dark brown; callosite region with dark markings; AI with subbasal and subapical dark reddish brown markings, paler medially; AII mostly stramineous to light orange-brown, with subbasal and apical dark-brown annulations; AIII pale orange; AIV dark brown; hemelytra with extensive dark brown spotting on corium and clavus associated with setae, larger dark-brown markings on corial fracture, apex of endocorium and tip of cuneus. Apophysis of left paramere moderately robust and elongated; aedeagus with spinules, without enlarged endosomal lobal sclerites ( Matocq & Ribes, 2004).

Redescription

Males. One macropterous male examined.

Structure: Body length 4.54 mm. Head: interocular distance 1.88× greater than eye width. Antennae: AI 1.37× longer than interocular distance in macropters; AII 1.01× longer than posterior width of pronotum. Pronotum: disk 1.30× longer than callosite region. Male genitalia: apophysis of left paramere moderately robust and elongated; aedeagus with spinulations, without enlarged endosomal lobal sclerites ( Matocq & Ribes, 2004).

Females. Only macropters examined, 4.03–4.33 mm. Coloration, vestiture, texture and structure mostly as in males. Head: interocular distance 1.66–1.89× than eye width. Antennae: AI 1.36–1.37× longer than interocular distance; AII 0.88–0.90× longer than posterior pronotal width. Pronotum: disk 1.15–1.16× longer than callosite region.