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Vertomannus (Vertomannus) emeia Zheng 1981

Description

Vertomannus (Vertomannus) emeia Zheng, 1981

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VertomannuS emeia Zheng, 1981: 160; Slater & O’Donnell, 1995: 140; Péricart, 2001: 183.

Measurements (n=6). Length of head 1.75 (1.65–1.80), width 1.10 (1.0–1.20), interocular space 0.78 (0.75–0.80). Length of antennal segments I 0.75 (0.70–0.80), II 1.88 (1.85–2.0), III 1.70 (1.65–1.80), IV 1.60 (1.50–1.65). Length of pronotum 1.10 (0.90–1.20), width of anterior pronotal margin 0.48 (0.44–0.50), width of posterior pronotal margin1.30 (1.20–1.40). Length of scutellum 0.65 (0.60–0.70), width 0.60 (0.54–0.65). Midline distance apex clavus–apex corium 1.45 (1.30–1.65), midline distance apex corium–apex membrane1.30 (1.20–1.50). Total body length of male 5.8 (5.7–6.0, n=3)?female 6.9 (6.5–7.4,n=3).

Type material. Holotype, male, China, Sichuan, Mt. Emei, Baoguo Temple, 17-IV-1957; Paratype, 3 males 4 females, same data as the holotype (deposited in NKU).

Material examined. 1 male, holotype; 3 males 4 females, paratype; 13 males 10 females, China, Jiangxi, Mt. Jiulian, Xiagongtang, 14-VII-2002, leg. Huaijun Xue; 1 male, China, Hubei, Xingdoushan Nature Reserve, alt. 840–900m, 30-VII-1999, leg. Chuanren Li; 2 males, China, Hunan, Shimen, Mt.Huping, alt. 600m, 2-VIII-2004, leg. Yunling Ke; 1 male 2 females, China, Hunan, Dong’an, Mt. Shunhuang, alt. 500m – 1200m, 27-VII-2004, leg. Jimeng Hua; 3 males 1 female, China, Hunan, Yanling, alt. 650m – 890m, leg. Jingyang Xu; 2 males, China, Hunan, Chenzhou, Yizhang, alt. 1100m – 1270m, 22-VII-2004; 1 male, China, Guangxi, Shangsi, Nanping, alt. 350m, 19- VI-2000, leg. Wenzhu Li(IZAS); 1 female, Guangxi Fangcheng, Banba, alt. 550m, 4-VI-2000, leg. Jian Yao (IZAS); 1 male 1 female, China, Guizhou, Maolan, 2-VIII-1995, leg. Wenjun Bu; 1 male, China, Guizhou, Chishui, Suoluo Natural Reserve, alt. 200m – 500m, 20-IX-2000, Chuanren Li; 1 male, China, Yunnan, Longling, alt. 1380m, 12-X-2002, leg. Huaijun Xue; 6 males, China, Yunnan, pingbian, Mt. Dawei, alt. 1900m, 22-V-1996; 1 female, China, Yunnan, Lvchun, alt. 1900m, 30-V-1996, leg. Wenjun Bu; 1 female, China, Yunnan, Simao, Laiyang River, alt, 1400m, 21-V-2000, leg. Leyi Zheng; 1 female, China, Jingdong, Wenlong, Yichang, alt. 1800m – 2000m, 11-XI- 2001, leg. Weibing Zhu.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan).

Notes

Published as part of Li, Junlan & Bu, Wenjun, 2015, Review of the genus Vertomannus Distant (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Ozophorini), with description of two new species, pp. 581-588 in Zootaxa 3972 (4) on page 585, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/237318

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Biodiversity

Family
Rhyparochromidae
Genus
Vertomannus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zheng
Species
emeia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Vertomannus (Vertomannus) emeia Zheng, 1981 sec. Li & Bu, 2015

References

  • Zheng, L. Y. & Zou, H. G. (1981) Lygaeidae. In: Hsiao, T., Ren, S., Zheng, L., Jing, H., Zou, H. & Liu, S. (Eds.), A handbook for determination of the ChineSe Hemiptera- Heteroptera. Vol. 2. Science Press, Beijing, China, pp. 1 - 215.
  • Slater, J. A. & O'Donnell, J. E. (1995) A catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world (1960 - 1994). New York Entomological Society, New York, 410 pp.
  • Pericart, J. (2001) Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829. Seed-bugs. In: Aukema, B. & Rieger, C. (Eds.), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 4. Pentatomomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, pp. 35 - 220.