Four New Species of Hydrometra from the New World (Hemiptera: Hydrometridae)

Author(s): Stephen Mychajliw

Source: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Jan., 1961), pp. 27-33
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 Vol. 34, No. 1, January, 1961 27

FOUR NEW SPECIES OF HYDROMETRA FROM

THE NEW WORLD1 (Hemiptera: Hydrometridae)
Stephen Mychajliw

In the course of a of
the Hydrometridae in the Francis
study Hunting
ton Snow Entomological Museum of the University of Kansas four new
were found and are described below.
species
The Snow Museum contains many of the types of Hungerford, Hunger
ford and Evans, Torre-Bueno and Kirkaldy. Thanks to the kindness of Dr.
C. J. Drake, who has described ten of Hydrometra, I was privileged
species
to go to Ames, Iowa, and his types. Dr. R. I. Sailer of the United
study
States National Museum examined certain types that were there and
answered my them. I am to all who have
inquiries concerning grateful
made it possible for me to these new I am
recognize species; especially
thankful to Dr. H. B. Hungerford, under whose direction this work has
been carried out, for his patience, encouragement and helpful criticism.
In this study I used a binocular with 9X ocular and
Spencer equipped
6.8X objective. Of the linear micrometer scale in the ocular 100 units=1.45
mm. In describing the head of Hydrometra the AO=anteocular and
length
PO=the postocular length and the formula expresses the relative position
of the eyes on the head.

Hydrometra be amer i n. sp.

Size. Length 12.5 mm.
Color. Yellowish to to
light brown from dorsal aspect. Sides, yellowish
light brown, ventral side of head dark brown to black. Thoracic
nearly
and abdominal venter to dark brown. Abdominal
light tergites yellowish
to brown. Their lateral margins dark brown.
Structural characteristics. Head: 262 units long. AO:PO:: 160:80. Eyes
22 units Rostrum ex
long. Antennal formula: I:II:III:IV::50:70:220:100.
tends the eyes to half the PO distance. Interocular groove
beyond nearly
shallow on dorsal side and much and longer than the eyes on ventral
deeper
side. Clypeus slightly than broad, constricted at the base, distal two
longer
fifths to a truncated anterior
narrowing margin.
Thorax: 140 units one row of shallow
Pronotum long, with pits parallel
to its anterior Metanotum 140 units extend
margin. long. Wings strap-like,
over first of abdomen. Distance between first and second coxae
ing tergite
70 units, between second and third coxae 140 units. First acetabulum with
five anterior and six posterior to cleft. Second acetabulum with four
pits pits
anterior and five to cleft. Third acetabulum with six very
posterior pits,
faint. Front femora almost not
reaching tip of head. Hind femora reaching
tip of abdomen.
Abdomen: 375 units An elevation, with a tuft of short hairs,
long.
and close to the line of each side of venter of last
anteriorly intersegmental
abdominal segment of male. First segment with some fine hairs
genital
on distal half of its venter. Last abdominal two thirds as as
segment long
1
Contribution No. 1083 from the Department of Entomology, University of Kansas.
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preceding segment of venter of last abdominal segment

(40:60). Length
is to length of venter of first genital segment as 30:20.
Described from two male collected
Types. brachypterous specimens
on
by L. D. Beamer January 3, 1950, in El Naranjo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Named in honor of Dr. R. H. Beamer, former curator of the Snow Ento

mological Museum. Types deposited in the Snow Museum,

Entomological
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Another male, fully winged,
not as a paratype, from Texas, 1, 1938 I.
designated Progreso, July (R.
is also in the Snow Museum.
Sailer)
Comparative Notes. Related to H. Torre-Bueno in the charac
priscillae
ter of its which is smooth or brown. However,
integument yellowish light
the mammilose processes on the venter of the last abdominal of
segment
the male are like those of H. H. & E., which has a black
fruhsdorferi rough
These processes in H. beameri are smaller, nearer the lateral
integument.
and close to the anterior of the segment.
margins margins

thomasi n. sp.
Hydrometra
Length. 8.5 mm.
Color. Macropterous forms with head and thorax yellowish brown, latter
with a transverse row of about ten white behind the anterior
pits margin;
anterior lobe of pronotum covered with spicules black except for a median

longitudinal space which is devoid of spicules; laterally there is a convexly

curved, or line above the front acetabula; lobe of the
silvery pale posterior
pronotum with few spicules but covered with white pits. Hemelytra with

yellowish to brownish veins, membranous parts brown mottled with lighter

brown; no white line on hemelytra. forms with
longitudinal Brachypterous
aspect; lobe
of pronotum smaller but with some black
paler posterior
as well as white abdominal reddish brown
spicules pits. Exposed tergites
bordered with dark brown; connexivum yellow with brownish margin;
abdominal spiracles marked by white spots in a brown band.
Structural characteristics. Head: 165 units long. AO:PO::93:52. Length
of eyes 17 units. Antennal formula: I:II:III:IV::37:48:130:105. First an
tennal segment much thicker
distal on
half, dark brown and
distally
yellowish proximally. Second segment slender, yellow, tipped with dark
brown. Dorsal interocular groove shallow; ventral groove much deeper.
Length of rostrum 155 units, extending
to two-thirds of the FO. Clypeus
short, at the base, bluntly
compressed pointed anteriorly.
Thorax: Pronotum 105 and metanotum 80 units long. Distance between
first and second coxae 50 units; between second and third coxae 80 units.
All acetabula First acetabulum with six anterior to the cleft
pitted. pits
and seven to it. Second acetabulum with seven on each side of
posterior pits
cleft. Third acetabulum with nine pits. Front femora almost reaching tip
of head, hind femora apex of abdomen almost one
surpassing by eighth
of their length.
Abdomen: 245 units
long. Venter of last abdominal segment slightly
inflated, covered with
long hairs. First genital segment laterally compressed
to form a broad flat keel. Near caudal end of this keel, on either
ventrally
side, is a laterally directed of spines. Suranal with a short
clump plate
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caudal spine directed backwards, covered with spicules. In macropterous

male, extend to base of last abdominal segment. In micropterous
wings
males, short and to middle of first abdominal segment.
wings extending
Ratio of length of venter of last abdominal segment to venter of first genital
segment: :30:25.
This species is described from three males collected by Henry
Types.
Thomas in 1938 and one male taken by Irwin Slesnick in 1953. The holo
and one from
type (macropterous) paratype (brachypterous) Guadalajara,
Jalisco, Mexico, 10, 1938 D. Thomas); a second
September (H. paratype
(brachypterous) from Ch?pala, Jalisco, Mexico, September 11, 1938 (H. D.
The other paratype (macropterous) from three miles W. of
Thomas).
Jacona, Michoacan, Mexico, July 18, 1953, 5300 ft. (University of Kansas
Mexican Expedition; Slesnick field no. 53). All types are in the Francis
Snow Museum at the University of Kansas.
Huntington Entomological
notes. There are several in which the venter of the
Comparative species
first of the male is laterally to a ventral
genital segment compressed produce
keel, e.g. H. huallagana Drake, H. exilis Torre-Bueno, and H. cordubense
Torre-Bueno. None of them, however, has lateral at the caudal
expansions
end of the keel directed as is true of H. thomasi.
capped by laterally spines,
ciliata n. sp.
Hydrometra
Size. Male 9.0 mm., female 10.5 mm. long.
Color. Same as that above for Hydrometra thomasi, in
given except
macropterous forms, which have the membranous part of the hemelytra
paler, the mottling less distinct, the lighter markings nearly white. Abdo
men darker than remainder of body, somewhat darker on the sides,
slightly
becoming darker towards posterior end.
Structural characteristics. Head: 190 units long. AO:PO:: 115:58. Length
of eyes 17 units. Antennal formula: I:II:III:IV::40:64:220:112. First an
tennal segment thicker on distal end, dark brown in color and
slightly
covered with short fine hairs. Second antennal segment also covered with
short fine hairs. Dorsal interocular groove deep. Ventral interocular groove
slightly deeper than dorsal groove. Clypeus narrow, bluntly pointed,
and constricted at base. Rostrum extends backward to
elongated slightly
midlength of PO.
Thorax: Pronotum 108 units a
long. Anterior lobe of pronotum with
median, dorsal, faint, line which extends foreward into a transverse
pale
row of white, row of to anterior
deep pits. This pits parallel margin of
pronotum. Pits present on both sides of propleura. Metanotum 85 units
covered which extend to base of last abdominal seg
long, by hemelytra,
ment. Color of
hemelytra light brown with cinnamon veins. Distance be
tween first and
second coxae 50 units, between second and third coxae 90
units. All acetabula with pits. First acetabulum with five pits anterior
(left)
to cleft and five posterior to it. Second acetabulum with four pits anterior
and six to cleft. Third acetabulum with seven Second
posterior pits.
acetabulum of right side cannot be seen. First acetabulum with
(right)
five pits anterior and six posterior to cleft. Third acetabulum with nine

pits. This shows that there is some variation in the pitting. Front femora
as as head. Hind femora
long slightly surpassing tip of abdomen.
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Abdomen: 260 units long. Dorso-ventral diameter of caudal half of

fifth abdominal segment of male decreased to that of sixth abdominal
equal
segment. Median ventral area of fifth and sixth abdominal segments free of
in color, a the base of which is on the
spicules, yellow forming triangle,
posterior edge of sixth abdominal segment. A few scattered long hairs

present on venters of abdominal A group of long, curved hairs

segments.
near the caudolateral of last segment, behind which, on anterior
margins
of first are denser hairs. tufts
First of curved
margin genital segment,
segment Lateral areas covered
genital ventrolaterally compressed. depressed
with fine brown hairs. Genital segment in ventral with a keel,
aspect
broader on anterior and ends. Dorsal suranal of male
posterior plate
pointed and turned up slightly, covered with fine hairs. Second genital
segment covered with fine hairs.
(capsule)
Types. Described from three males and three females from Mexico.
a macropterous male, from Puente de Ixtla, Guerrero, Mexico,
Holotype,
July 12, 1937 (H.D. Thomas). Allotype, a brachypterous female from
Guerrero, Tierra Colorado, 377 Km. S. Mexico City, October 31, 1936 (H.
D. one macropterous female, of Kansas
Thomas). Paratypes, University
Mexican Expedition, 6 miles N.E. Villa Union, Sinaloa, Mexico, July 21,
100 ft. elevation field no.
1953, (Slesnick 66) and three macropterous speci
mens, two males and one female, Cibuta, Sonora, Mexico (F. S. Truxal).
and one in the Francis Snow Ento
Holotype, allotype paratype Huntington
Museum, The of Kansas; one paratype in the C. J.
mological University
Drake collection at the U.S. National Museum, D.C. and
Washington
two paratypes in the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California.
Notes. This is quite related to H. thomasi.
Comparative species closely
Its first antennal is much more slender. The caudal venters of the
segment
half of the fifth and all the sixth abdominal of the male are
segments
flattened. are not in H. thomasi. The venter of the last abdominal
They
of the male is not covered with as it is in H.
segment long hairs thomasi,
and the ventral keel of the first genital segment lacks the spiniferous lateral
of H. thomasi.
protuberances
olallai n. sp.
Hydrometra
Size. Males 14.5-15 mm., females 16-19 mm. long.
Color. forms: Head brown to black. Anterior
Macropterous nearly
collar of dark which may or may not include the trans
pronotum brown,
verse row of which are sometimes white. Anterior lobe of pronotum
pits,
brown in color, lobe pitted and usually
otherwise without pits and posterior
with a median band that may or may not
yellowish longitudinal purple
enclose a
frosty line. Hemelytra dark brown with darker veins and no white
or lines. abdominal brown, connexivum
spots Exposed tergites yellow.
Abdominal with or without a brown band.
pleuron longitudinal Micropter
ous forms: Head and thorax as above; males with narrow abdominal tergites
dark brown and connexivum with a brown
yellow margin.
Structural characteristics. Head: 358 units long. AO:PO::245:83. Length
of eyes 28 units. Antennal (allotype) formula, I:II:III:IV::57:155:420?:402?
in male and 55:118:400:130 in female. Rostrum short, barely reaching eyes.
Interocular shallow and short on dorsal side, and on
grooves deep long
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ventral side. Clypeus elongated, sides parallel, anterior edge pointed.

Thorax: Pronotum 152 units Transverse row of
(brachypterous) long.
pits behind anterior margin. Otherwise anterior margin. Otherwise anterior

H. ciliata H. beameri

Plate I. Hydrometra ciliata n. sp. A. Last abdominal and genital segments of male
as seen from above. B. Ventral view of same. C. Lateral view of same. D. Lateral view
of last abdominal and genital segments of female. E. Dorsal view of same. F. Ventral
view of same. Hydrometra thomasi n. sp. A. Dorsal view of last two abdominal segments
and genital segments of male. B. Lateral view of same. C. Ventral view of same.
Hydrometra beameri n. sp. A. Dorsal view of last abdominal segment and first genital
of male. B. Lateral view of same. C. Ventral view of same.
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lobe of pronotum without lobe with

pits, posterior scattered pits. Metanotum
135 units long. Wings in brachypterous forms to base
pad-like, extending
of abdomen. In winged female, middle of fifth abdominal
wings reaching
segment. In male distance between first and second coxae 77 units, between
second and third coxae 140 units. Acetabula all First acetabulum
pitted.
with seven to cleft to it. Second
pits anterior and six posterior acetabulum
with seven to cleft.
pits anterior and eight posterior Third acetabulum with
In holotype, front femora extend of head
eight pits. beyond apex by about
60 units and hind femora extend apex of abdomen one fourth
beyond by
of their length.
Abdomen: of male 420 female
units, 440 units. Venter
Length allotype
of last abdominal segment of male in the middle. Two
slightly depressed
elevations
covered hairs situated one at
obliquely placed by black, shiny
either side of sixth abdominal sternum, one fourth of length of this sternite
from its anterior First with a elevation
margin. genital segment slight
covered short hairs on each side of the at about
by segment midlength.
Dorsal, terminal spine of suranal plate of male short, blunt, and slightly
decurved. Suranal plate of female somewhat shorter than the preceding
segment declivent, distad, with a short,
(50:60), narrowing sharp spine.
of venter of sixth abdominal segment of male is relative to
Length length
of first segment as 35:25. This is named in honor of the
genital species
collector, A. M. Olalla.
This is described from the a
Types. species holotype, brachypterous
male, the a macropterous female, both Brazil, De
from Manaos,
allotype,
cember, 1935 (A. M. Olalla), and the following
paratypes bearing the same
data: one male, three females, nine macrop
brachypterous bachypterous
terous females. A second group of paratypes, one male and
brachypterous
21 brachypterous females, are from the Amazon River, of Ita
Region
coatiara, Brazil, 1936. (A. M. A third group of
January-April Olalla).
one male and females, are
paratypes, brachypterous eight brachypterous
from the Amazon River (Lur.), Region of Lago Tapaiuna, Brazil, January
1936 No. we have one and
April, (A. M. Olalla, 7). Besides macropterous
five brachypterous females from Vic. Jo?o Pessoa (San Rio Jurna,
Philipe),
Brazil, July 10, Sept. 20, 1936 (A. M. Olalla, No. 376); one large brachyp
terous female from Vic. Santo Antonia, Rio Eiru, Brazil, 25, Oct. 17,
Sept.
1936 (A.M. Olalla, No. 3715).
The last-mentioned may be H. olallai; another, No. 3713, a
specimen
macropterous female, is not H. olallai; and two
brachypterous females, No.

3714, are too small for H. olallai.

notes. This is a as are H. metator White, H.
Comparative species,
large
caraiba Gu?r., H. guiana
H. and E., H. williamsi H. and E., and several
others. It seems most useful to compare it with H. metator, which was
described from Uricaco, Rio Jurna, Brazil. The beak of H. metator is very
short (82% of AO), not reaching the eyes by about one fifth of AO, whereas
in H. olallai the beak as it does also in H. caraiba. In
just reaches the eyes,
both H. metator and H. caraiba the venter of the last abdominal segment
of the male has a series of short bristles that form a oval in
long complete
H. metator and a crescent in H. caraiba, whereas in H. olallai the venter of
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the last abdominal segment has two lateral elevations

oblique capped by
tufts of short bristles, and on the side of the first genital segment there is
an elevated tuft of bristles which is lacking in the other two
species.

H. olallai

H. metator

Plate II. Hydrometra metator White. A. Dorsal view of last abdominal and first
genital segment of the male. B. Lateral view of same. C. Ventral view of same. D. Dorsal
view of last abdominal segment and genital segment of female. E. Lateral view of same.
F. Ventral view of same. Drawings made from specimens compared with the types in
British museum by Mr. R. J. Izzard. Hydrometra olallai n. sp. A. Dorsal view of last
abdominal segment and first genital of male. B. Lateral view of same. C. Ventral view
of same. D. Lateral view of last abdominal segment and genital segments of female.
E. Ventral view of same. F. Dorsal view of same.