Patanius vittatus, L H Rolston, 1987

Patanius vittatus , new species Figs. 7 - 12

Description. Predominately green with light yellow markings most evident as dorsal stripes; colors deteriorate to olive green and rusty yellow. Body length excluding hemelytral membranes about 10.5 mm.

Lateral margins ofjuga, tylus, and sometimes vertex yellow. Lateral jugal margins strongly concave before obtuse anteocular process. Vertex convex. Width of head across eyes 2.05 - 2.2 mm, length from ocelli to apex 1.2 - 1.25 mm; interocular width 1.2 - 1.3 mm; distance across ocelli 0.8 - 0.9 mm. Ocelli rather large, 0.2 mm at greatest diameter. Antennal segments 1 - 4 about 0.6 - 0.65, 2.4 - 2.7, 1.8 - 2.1, 2.1 - 2.25 mm long; basal segment green, remaining segments light brown.

Pronotum with anterolateral margins and three intramarginal transverse bands yellow, calloused or subcalloused, impunctate or nearly so; two of these bands on anterior disk, separated by depression. Anterolateral margins straight; humeri pro jecting a little laterad beyond base of hemelytra, narrowly rounded. Width of prono tum at humeri 5.4 - 5.5 mm; mesial length 2.3 - 2.4 mm.

Yellow markings on scutellum consisting of: basal, calloused, caudally curved band connecting basal angles; subbasal chevron beginning submarginally on each side, pointing toward scutellar apex; thin mesial line connecting basal band and apex of chevron, continuing as broader band to scutellar apex; lateral scutellar margins from level of chevron to distal ends of frena.

Each corium marked by four yellow bands, one basally on clavus, three on en docorium as follows: one along clavical suture, one beginning about basal third of corium at R + M vein and curving across disk, one along distal third of R + M vein. Corial margins joining membranes subparallel; costal angle of each corium rounded.

Membranes hyaline, each with fumose streak near corium and four or five simple veins.

Connexiva yellow to orange, their transverse sutures bordered on both sides with green to black band. Posterolateral angle of each segment projecting slightly, acute.

Venter green, mottled with yellow, impunctate. Lateral margins of abdominal venter edged in black on both sides of sutures between stemites.

Posterior margin of each basal plate broadly rounded; apex of9th paratergite acute, of 8th paratergite right-angular ( Fig. 10). Spiracle present on 8th paratergite.

Posterolateral corners of pygophore acuminate, projecting well beyond last tergite before genitalia, their mesoventral surface concave, firmly attached to remainder of pygophore but largely separated in partially cleared pygophore by apparent, unpig mented suture ( Fig. 11); pair of large, subparallel, obtuse ridges flanking ventral emargination of pygophore ( Fig. 12). Inferior ridge almost membranous, nearly hor izontal, mesially emarginate, largely closing ventral opening of proctiger distally. Proctiger without tubercles. Theca heavily pigmented, arcuate from lateral view, lacking lobes or appendages distally; median penial lobes joined at base ventrally, forming trough; penisfilum sigmoid, not projecting beyond median penial lobes; single conjunctival diverticulum dorsomedial, cylindrical, hyaline.

Distribution. Brazil (Rondonia, Mato Grosso).

Holotype. d labeled " Bresil, Rondonia " (white label pasted on purple label), " Coll. R. I. Sc. N. B., Bresil " (purple label). Part of four legs are glued to a card beneath the specimen. The genitalia are in an attached vial. Deposited in the Institute Royal de Sciences Naturelles de Bruxelles .

Paratypes. 299, labeled as holotype; 9 labeled " Brazil, Mato Grosso: Vila Vera , 5230 ' long., 12046 ' lat. Oct. 1973. M. Alvarenga. "