Deois knoblauchii

Deois knoblauchii (Berg) (Fig. 3)

1879. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, VIII: 236-237.

Tomaspis knoblauchii Berg, 1879: 236.

Deois (Pandysia) knoblauchii (Berg) comb. n. by Fennah, 1953: 357.

Deois (Deois) knoblauchii; Costa & Sakakibara, 2002: 197.

Lectotype, male, MLP no. 1732/1; Argentina, Tucumán; date and collectors unknown.

Paralectotype, male, MLP no. 1732/2; Argentina, Tucumán; date and collectors unknown.

Paralectotype, male, MLP no. 1732/3; Argentina, Catamarca; date and collectors unknown.

Original Description:

“Parum sericei, capite cum fronte, pronoto, scutello, apice excepto, femoribus ad partem tarsisque, nec non tegminibus, maculis tribus exceptis, aenescenti-nigris; rostro, pectore maximam partem, dorso abdominis, ventre pedibusque, nec non tegminum maculis tribus, una angusta basali, alteris duabus costalibus, rubris; capite antice subangulato, utrimque mediocriter impresso, medio obsolete carinato; fronte convexa, distincte carinata; pronoto antice dense seríceo, medio obsoletissime carinato; scutello profunde impresso, apice obscure rubro; tegminibus sat deflexis, apicem versus nonnihil angustatis, basi rubris, macula prima costae subtriangulari, altera quadrangulari; alis subhyalinis vel fuscescentibus; prosterno nigricanti; mesosterno, metasterno, dorso abdominis, ventre pedibusque laete aut obscure rubris; femoribus interdum offuscatis; spina basali tibiarum posticarum párvula. Long. corp. 6-7; tegm. 7; lat. Pron. 2 ½ mm”.

Translation:

Opaque, head with the frons, pronotum, scutellum except the apex, femur and part of tarsus as well as the tegmina, except the three spots, reddish black; rostrum, most of the ventral surface of thorax, dorsal and ventral surface of abdomen,and the three spots on the tegmen,a narrow basal and two in the costal margin, ruby red. Head with apex subangular, slightly punctured on each side, with a slightly marked median carina; frons convex,with a strongly marked carina; pronotum opaque anterioly, very slightly carinated (medio obsoletissime carinato); scutellum deeply punctured, reddish black at apex; tegmina bend downward at apex,slightly narrowing towards apex, red at base, first costal spot subtriangular and the second quadrangular;wings sub-hyaline or darkness;prosternum darkish; mesosternum and metasternum, dorsal and ventral surface of the abdomen and legs dark reddish; femora darkened;basal spine of the metatibia small.Body length: 6-7 mm; tegmina: 7 mm; pronotum width: 2 ½ mm.

Remarks: All the specimens labelled as “typus” by Berg and treated as syntypes by Carvalho & Webb (2005) are designated here as lectotype and paralectotypes (ICZN, art. 74.1.1). This species was originally described as Tomaspis Amyot & Serville by Berg (1879), transferred to Deois (Pandysia) by Fennah (1953: 357) and later placed as Deois (Deois) by Costa & Sakakibara (2002: 197). The original publication indicates that five specimens were used for the description of the species, but only three are deposited.

Paralectotype 1732/2 lacks left mesothoracic leg, tibia and tarsi of right metathoracic leg and has abdomen dissected in vials with glycerine. Paralectotype 1732/3 lacks right mesothoracic leg.