Corresponding author: Katinka Varga (
Academic editor: S. Grozeva
Two new
The ozophorine genus
This paper contains descriptions of two new species of
Abbreviations for depositories: : Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria : Zoological Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
Examination of the specimens was carried out using an ALPHA STO-4-65 Zoom and a Zeiss Disovery V8 stereomicroscopes. Measurements were taken using a micrometer eyepiece. Pictures were made using a Panasonic DMC G2 digital camera (12 Mpixel).
Body elongate. Head not punctured behind ocelli, posterior part slender, forming a long neck. Postocular part of head with neck longer than anteocular part. Eyes prominent. Ocelli situated close to eyes. Neck exserted. Antenna and legs slender, long. Antennal segment I and femora thickened apically. Fore femur often thick, always with spines. Pronotum with transversal furrow usually well developed, anterior and posterior lobes well separated. Anterior lobe of pronotum narrower than posterior one. Lateral margins of pronotum not flattened, humeri without spines. Middle of scutellum slightly elevated. Clavus with three or four rows of punctures. Scent gland ostiole with prominent and short peritreme curving posteriorly. Evaporatorium indistinct. Basal part of abdomen dorsoventrally constricted, not or weakly punctured. Intersegmental sutures between abdominal sterna 4 and 5 usually not curving cephalad, reaching lateral margin of abdomen.
Head elongate, anteocular part distinctly longer than postocular part without neck, nearly horizontal, weakly declivous, antennifers not closer to eyes than longitudinal diameter of eye. Head, especially neck, with sparse long and dense short pilosity, neck transversely wrinkled. Humeral angles of pronotum prominent, posterior lobe medially elevated. Apex of labium surpassing mid coxa. Scutellum triangular, with faint Y-shaped elevation. Clavus with four full rows of punctures.
The new subgenus can readily be separated from the nominotypical subgenus based on the above mentioned characters: all known members of
Formed by the combination of the Latin prefix
Holotype: female, pinned. Original label: “S Vietnam,
Paratype: 1 female, pinned. Original labels: “Laos, 24–29. IV. 2001,
Body elongate, dorsum moderately shiny, thoracic sternum dull (
Head: head-neck transition very gradual. Antennal segment I thickened apically, remaining segments long and filiform.
Thorax: pronotum trapeziform, lateral margin concave, anterior lobe narrower than posterior, anterior lobe without punctures except at margins, posterior lobe distinctly punctured, punctures with very short inconspicuous setae, posterior lobe a little more declivous than anterior lobe in lateral view. Scutellum triangular, width and length subequal, with dense punctures except faint Y-shaped elevation, with very fine, hardly visible hairs.
Legs slender and long, fore femur distally with two large spines and one small spine, with hairs as long as diameter of femur. Corium less punctured, not pubescent. Abdomen: densely pubescent with silvery hairs.
The long and stramineous body and the features in the diagnosis of the subgenus easily separate this species from all known
The species is named after the unique colouration. The epithet “flavus” is a Latin adjective in nominative case, meaning “yellow”.
Holotype: female, pinned. Original label: “C. Borneo, Long Nawang, leg. Mjöberg 1925” [printed] (ZMAN).
Head globose, shiny, frons smooth, not wrinkled, not punctured (
Thorax: Pronotum trapezoidal, with long hairs, lateral margin concave, anterior lobe impunctate, narrower than posterior lobe which is punctured, posterior lobe a little more declivous than anterior lobe in lateral view. Scutellum longer than wide, sparsely punctured, with some long hairs.
Legs slender and long, fore femur with a single spine, provided with hairs which are longer than diameter of femur. Corium with two rows of punctures along claval suture and with irregular punctures on apical half of mesocorium, not pubescent. Membrane with four distinct veins, not forming cells.
Abdomen: densely pubescent with decumbent silvery hairs.
The name of the species refers on the type locality, “borneensis” is a Latin adjective in nominative case with meaning “origin from island Borneo” (now Kalimantan).
We thank the curators of the museums who lent material for this study: Herbert Zettel (NHMW), Jan van Tol (ZMAN) and Petr Baňař (MMBC). We are grateful to Dávid Rédei (HNHM) for reviewing the text and to Csaba Pintér who took the pictures.