Anommatocoris serratus, Guidoti & Montemayor & Campos & Guilbert, 2020

Anommatocoris serratus

Guidoti et al., sp. nov. ( Fig. 26 View Figure 26 )

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Diagnosis: This species can be recognized by the serrate aspect of the anterior region of the paranota, which is unique among its congeners. The humeral angle slightly pronounced, the hemelytra carina-like vein reaching the middle of the hemelytra, and the tip of the anterior branch of the peritreme resemble A. zeteki , but it differs from that species by the larger distance between this tip and the hemelytra border and by the even division of the anterior branch by the posterior branch of the peritreme. From A. araguanus , it differs by the angled posterior branch of the peritreme and the higher position of the anterior branch tip, which is near the hemelytra.

Description: Body: Reddish brown, pronotum the darkest; head, antennae, rostrum and legs yellowish ( Fig. 26A View Figure 26 ). Head: Pubescent, with well-spaced hairs; clypeus darker than head; antenniferous process almost half of pedicel length; pedicel subequal to basiflagellomere, both smaller than distiflagellomere and at least twice as big as scape; eyes with few scarcely distributed ommatidia; bucculae rounded, widest anteriorly, with a serrate aspect on its border and few scarcely distributed punctures, slightly concave posteriorly ( Fig. 26E View Figure 26 ); rostrum reaching mostly to the second abdominal segment ( Fig. 26B, C View Figure 26 ). Thorax: Finely punctate, one row at collar and then only on the posterior lobe of pronotum; anterior border usually straight, posterior sinuous; paranota carinate, culminating is a small humeral acute angle ( Fig. 26F View Figure 26 ), with small scale-like projections on its border giving an obvious serrate aspect; scutellum conspicuously large, a little less than one-third the maximum pronotum width ( Fig. 26D View Figure 26 ). Hemelytra: Coriaceous and coleopteroid, evenly pubescent; laterally constricted anteriorly; carina-like vein extending from the anterior border to the middle of hemelytra, fading abruptly; coarsely punctate anteriorly, up to the hemelytra constriction, smooth posteriorly. Scent gland: Anterior branch slightly inclined frontwards, tip with the same width as the body of the anterior branch, tilted horizontally, almost same size of the rest of the anterior branch; posterior branch mostly straight, with slightly enlarged upper edge distally; sulcus prominent on both branches; evaporatorium with curved border anteriorly, advancing to up to one-third of mesopleuron ( Figs 16G View Figure 16 – 26C View Figure 26 ).

Measurements: BL, 1.92; BW, 0.97; HL, 0.21; HW, 0.29; ID, 0.21; PL, 0.38; PW, 0.74; AS, 0.10; AP, 0.24; AB, 0.27 and AD, 0.34.

Etymology: This species was named after the remarkable serrate aspect of the paranota border, which seems to be unique among its congeners.

Distribution: Described from Boyacá, Colombia.

Material examined: Holotype xF: COLOMBIA: Boyacá: Sendero Hyca Quye , ~ 5.5 km NW de Santa Maria, 4.89811ºN 73.29344ºW, 900 m, 7–11 March 2016, D.Forero col. [ MPUJ _ ENT 0046245 ] [Guidoti PhD – Extraction #274] [Guidoti PhD – Vianaidinae 022] ( MPUJ). GoogleMaps