Trionymus bocheri Gertsson & Hodgson

Main Author: Hodgson, Chris
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment eJournal
Terbitan: , 2005
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3511945
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  • TRIONYMUS BOCHERI Gertsson & Hodgson (Fig. 4) Trionymus bocheri Gertsson & Hodgson, 2005: 8. (Described from 3 specimens, mostly in fair to good condition). Live appearance: not recorded. Mounted material: small, total body length about 0.82–0.88 mm; antennae short, slightly less than half total body length, with rather short, stout fleshy setae (fs); length of fs on antennae subequal to width of antennal segments; body with few setae, all hair­like (hs) apart from a few fs on head and legs; loculate pores (lp) each with mainly 3–5 loculi and each 6–7 μm wide, on thorax and abdomen only; many with a nearby minute pore. Wings shorter than total body length, about 0.8 x total body length and about 0.3 x as wide as long. Abdomen with 1 pair of glandular pouches. Head: roundly triangular, apex of triangle pointing anteriorly; probably with ventral eyes on a distinct ventral bulge; length about 116–132 μm; width across genae about 144– 170 μm. Median crest (mc) absent; postoccipital ridge (por) represented by a thin Ushaped ridge at posterior end of dorsal part of epicranium (dmep); with (on each side) 1 or 2 fs, 6–8 hs dorsal head setae (dhs) plus 1–5 simple pores mesad to each scape. Midcranial ridge: dorsal ridge (dmcr) faint, long and narrow, extending posteriorly well past posterior margin of dorsal simple eyes (dse) and almost reaching post­occipital ridge (por); ventral midcranial ridge (vmcr) faint or absent; lateral arms (lmcr) well developed; ventral midcranial ridge setae (vmcrs) not separated from ventral head setae (vhs), see below. Genae (g) not reticulated; with 0 or 1 fs + 3 or 4 hs genal setae (gs) on each side. Eyes: two pairs of simple eyes, subequal in size; dorsal eyes (dse) each approximately level with ventral simple eyes (vse); each 20–22 μm wide. Ocelli (o) fairly pronounced, situated laterally, each 12–16 μm wide, lying just dorsad to where interocular ridge (ior) and postocular ridge (pocr) meet. Ocular sclerite (ocs) lightly sclerotised, with reticulations restricted to immediately around simple eyes. Preocular ridge (procr) dorsally very short; ventrally forming interocular ridge (ior). Postocular ridge (pocr) strongly developed, extending antero­laterally, ending posterior to inner margin of dse; each fusing with or just ventral to each ocellus. Dorsal ocular setae (docs) absent. Ventral head setae (vhs): with (on each side) 2–6 fs, 6–8 hs ventral head setae (vhs) (plus ventral mid­cranial ridge setae (vmcrs)) + 0 or 1 small simple pores, distributed anterior and laterad to vse; with 0 or 1 hs between vse; longest hs up to about 25 μm; fs about 8–15 μm long. Preoral ridge (pror) probably weak, with ventral groove and cranial apophysis (ca) arising anteriorly; length of latter combined about 40–45 μm. Antennae: 10 segmented and filiform (one specimen 9 segmented on one side); 375– 450 μm long (ratio of total body length to antennal length 1: 0.48). Scape (scp) approximately square, with pedicel arising anterolaterally: 25–30 μm long and 33–36 μm wide, with 2 hs dorsally and 2 ventrally and medially. Pedicel (pdc): length 43–49 μm, width 28– 30 μm; with concentric ridges on distal end; with 9 fs, 7 hs + campaniform pore. Segments III–X each about 16–18 μm wide; lengths of segments (μm): III: 36–47; IV: 30–33; V: 33– 35; VI: 35–40; VII: 35–37; VIII: 40–44; IX: 44–50; fs about 15–20 μm long (longest nearer apex); approximate number of setae per segment: III: 0–3 fs + 0–3 hs; IV: 3 fs + 1 hs; V: 4–5 + 1 or 2 hs; VI: 4–6 fs, 0 or 1 hs + 2–5 caps; VII: 4–6 fs, 0 hs + 4 or 5 caps; VIII: 4–6 fs, 0 hs, 5 caps + 1 bristle (abr) (towards distal end); IX: 6 fs, 0 hs, 5 or 6 caps + 1 bristle (abr) (towards distal end). Segment X with a slightly narrowed apex: length 60–65 μm; with 3 fs, 1 hs, 5 caps + 3 large and 2 small bristles (abr), clearly differentiated from fs; with 1 sensilla basiconica (sb) on apex. Thorax. Prothorax: pronotal ridges (prnr) well developed and touching dorsally; pronotal sclerite (prn) represented by a long finger­like process extending postero­laterally, length about 10–12 μm; without lateral pronotal setae (lpns). Medial pronotal setae (mpns): with 3 hs + 0 lp on each side; post­tergite (pt) distinct, each with 0–2 hs post­tergital setae (pts). With (on each side) 2 hs lateral prothoracic setae (lps), 2 lp + 2 minute pores anteriorly and 2 or 3 hs, 0 or 1 lp + 0 or 1 minute pores posteriorly. Sternum (stn 1) lightly sclerotised; median ridge absent, transverse ridge well developed; with 1 or 2 hs prosternal setae (stn 1 s) on each side. Anteprosternal setae (astn 1 s): 0 or 1 hs medially; with 2 hs antemesospiracular setae (asp 2 s) on each side. Mesothorax: prescutum (prsc) roughly oval, 41–50 μm long, 75–95 μm wide; sclerotised but not reticulated; prescutal ridge (pscr) well developed laterally, narrowing posteriorly; prescutal suture (pscs) absent; with a total of 2–4 hs prescutal setae (prscs). Scutum (sct): without any signs of a less sclerotised area medially; sclerotised but not reticulated; distance between prescutum and scutellum 60–80 μm; scutal setae (scts): 2–4 hs on each side; with a distinct sclerotised apodeme (praa) on anterior margin near prealare (pra); prealar ridge (prar) quite well developed. Scutellum (scl) 50–70 μm wide and 27–33 μm long; without a scutellar ridge (sclr) or foramen; scutellar setae (scls): 1 pair hs; postnotal wing process (pnp) strong and extending laterally. Basisternum (stn 2) 120–135 μm wide and 70–95 μm long; without a median ridge (mdr); bounded anteriorly by a strong marginal ridge (mr) and posteriorly with a strong precoxal ridge (pcr 2); with a narrow, short, additional ridge, extending ventrally from pcr 2 near articulation with mesocoxa; with a total of about 2–4 hs anteriorly and medially and 2 hs posteriorly, each about 11–13 μm long; lateropleurite (lpl) short and narrow; furca (f) well developed, narrow­waisted, arms very divergent and extending about 3 / 4 way to marginal ridge anteriorly. Mesopostnotum (pn 2) well developed; postnotal apophysis (pna) well developed. Area bounded anteriorly by scutellum and laterally and posteriorly by mesopostnotum not sclerotised. Mesepisternum (eps 2) not reticulated; subepisternal ridge (ser) long and well developed. Postalare (pa) without reticulations; without postalare setae (pas). Mesothoracic spiracle (sp 2): width of peritreme 16–18 μm, without associated loculate pores. Postmesospiracular setae (pm 2 s): with 2–5 hs posterior to each spiracle plus 5 or 6 hs medially; without lp. Tegula (teg) present, with 1–3 hs tegular setae (tegs) on each side. Metathorax: with 1–3 hs metatergal setae (mts) on each side; metapostnotum (pn 3) present as a transverse sclerite. Dorsospiracular setae (dss) absent. Dorsal part of metapleural ridge (plr 3) present; with small suspensorial sclerites (ss). Posterior part of metapleural ridge well developed; episternum (eps 3) sclerotised; without postmetaspiracular setae (eps 3 s); precoxal ridge (pcr 3) well developed, extending medially about 38–48 μm; metasternal apophysis (st 3 a) very indistinct or absent. Metepimeron (epm 3) well developed. Antemetaspiracular setae (am 3 s) absent. Metathoracic spiracle (sp 3): width of peritreme 16–18 μm, without associated lp. Metasternum (stn 3) membranous, with 1 or 2 pairs of hs anterior metasternal setae (amss), and 0 or 1 hs posterior metasternal setae (pmss) on each side. Wings: hyaline, rather short, about 700 μm long and 230 μm wide (ratio of length to width 1: 0.33; ratio of total body length to wing length 1: 0.82); alar lobe (al) well developed; each wing with 2 hs alar setae (als), plus 1 or 2 circular sensoria (sens) just distal to where medial vein branches from radial vein. Hamulohalteres (h): 50–55 μm long, 12– 17 μm wide; with a single apical hamulus (ham), 35–38 μm long. Legs: metathoracic legs marginally longest. Coxae (cx): I: 60–70; II: 55–70; III: 60– 70 μm long; setae of coxa III: 1 fs + 10 or 11 hs; long setae on each coxa not differentiated. Trochanter (tr) + femur (fm): I: 135–148; II: 124–145; III: 130–145 μm long; trochanter III with 5 or 6 hs; each trochanter with 3 circular sensoria on each side arranged in a triangle medially and with strong sclerotised ridges for articulation with femur; long trochanter seta 50–55 μm long; femur III with about 0 or 1 fs + 10–14 hs, some 20 μm long. Tibia (ti): I: 100–120; II: 91–124; III: 120–145 μm; tibia III with a total of about 1 or 2 fs + 8–10 setae, several becoming spur­like on distal end of leg; with 2 spurs (tibs) on protibia and 3 or 4 on meso­ and metatibia; strongest 17 μm long. Tarsi (ta) two segmented, proximal segment very short and ring­like, length of both segments combined: I: 55–60; II: 52–58; III: 55–60 μm long (ratio of length of tibia III to length of tarsus III 1: 0.43); tarsus III with 0–2 fs + 7 setae, many spur­like; tarsal spurs (tabs) not differentiated; tarsal campaniform pore (tcp) present; tarsal digitules (tdt) marginally longer than claw, with small capitate apices. Claws (c) long and thin, clearly longer than width of tarsus, almost straight, without a small denticle (cd); length: III: 20–25 μm; claw digitules (cdt) setose. Abdomen: segments I–VII: tergites (at) unsclerotised; small sternites (as) present on VI and VII. Caudal extension (ce) of segment VII absent. Dorsal abdominal setae (ads) (totals across segment): segments I–VII: 3 or 4 hs. Pleural setae: dorsopleural setae (dps) on each side: I: 2 hs + 1 lp; II–VII: 2–4 hs + 0 or 1 lp (one seta on VII rather long, up to about 45 μm); ventropleural setae (vps) (on each side): II: 0 hs; III–VII: 2–4 hs. Ventral abdominal setae (avs) (totals): II: 2 hs; III–VII: 3–4 hs. With a pair of fairly distinct ostioles (os) laterally between segments VI and VII. Segment VIII: tergite (at) and sternite (as) sclerotised; sternite with a pair of antero­lateral sclerotisations; tergite with 1 or 2 pairs hs dorsal abdominal setae (ads); sternite with 0 or 1 hs ventral abdominal setae (avs); caudal extension (ce) rounded, with 3 hs pleural setae, longest up to 40–50 μm. Glandular pouches (gp) present, shallow, each with many loculate pores spreading out around glandular pouch (gp); with 2 rather long glandular pouch setae (gls), each about 230 μm long, plus 1 or 2 shorter setae, each 55–135 μm long. Genital segment: penial sheath (ps) short, broadest anteriorly, sides converging to a fairly narrow, blunt apex; covered dorsally by a narrow, elongate membranous area which becomes sclerotised posteriorly, probably part of segment IX; with a vertical anal opening (an) at posterior end. Length of penial sheath 85–105 μm, greatest width about 70–75 μm (but no specimen lying dorsoventrally). Ventral lateral processes of penial sheath apparently absent; ventral surface with 2 or 3 other pairs of short setae, each about 7–10 μm long; with 2 or 3 pairs of longer setae (each 16–20 μm long) on latero­dorsal surface. Basal rod (bra) short but distinct, lying more or less vertically. Aedeagus (aed) more or less parallel­sided, extending past end of penial sheath, about 83 μm long, with a membranous apex; curved, lying within penial sheath. Material examined. GREENLAND: Narsarsuaq, 1991, Jens Böcher: 4 / 3 adΨΨ + 1 adɗ (+ 3 ΨΨ Eriococcus munroi) (ZMUC; BMNH). Comment. The identity of these males is no more than probable. They were collected at the same time as the female but several other species have the same collection data. However, the males and females of the other species were also collected at other times and places and so, by elimination, these males seem most likely to belong to T. bocheri. The males of T. bocheri share with T. elymus the presence of fleshy setae on both dorsal and ventral surfaces of head but can be separated from the latter by the following combination of characters (character­states on T. elymus in brackets); (i) small simple pores most abundant on dorsal surface of head (only on ventral surface); (ii) post­tergites each with 2 hs (each with 4 hs setae); (iii) with 1 or 2 pairs of anterior metasternal setae (more than 10); (iv) 3 rd antennal segment shorter than 2 nd (longer), and (v) 6 or fewer fs on each antennal segment (most segments with about 10). For a comparison with the male of T. thulensis see under that species.
  • Published as part of Hodgson, Chris, 2005, The adult males of Coccoidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) known from Greenland, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 907 on pages 19-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170989