Modicarventus wisei Kirman 1989

• Main Authors: Larivière, Marie-Claude, Larochelle, André
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hemiptera; Aradidae; Modicarventus; Modicarventus wisei; North Cape
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7473003; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA87BEFFB1FA36FF2EFE0C9B7AFC00

Modicarventus wisei Kirman, 1989 Fig. 60–61, 82 Modicarventus wisei Kirman, 1989a: 27. Holotype: female (AMNZ) labeled “Forest remnant Unuwhao [ND] 610m North Cape area 22.II.1967 K.A.J. Wise (typed) / Mangonui Co. North Island NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND MUSEUM (typed) / Auckland Museum PLANT “/” SOIL SAMPLE (typed) 218 (hand-written) / Sample 218 Mangonui Co “22/ II/67” (hand-written) / Modicarventus wisei HOLOTYPE [female symbol] M. KIRMAN 1989 (hand-written) / Modicarventus wisei HOLOTYPE M. KIRMAN 1989. (red label; hand-written) / AMNZ 6328 AUCKLAND MUSEUM NEW ZEALAND (green label; typed).” Photo of holotype and associated labels (Larivière and Larochelle 2004: 229). Paratypes: 2 males (AMNZ) from Whareana, North Cape Area (ND). Description (incrustation removed). Body broadly subovate, nearly subrectangular (male), broadly pear-shaped (female); thorax moderately narrowed anteriorly; length about 2.5 mm (male), 3.1 mm (female). Dorsal color (male) moderately dark reddish brown; darker brown to black on collar, margins of main thoracic and abdominal plates; yellowish on anterior part of head and posterolateral angles of connexival segments. Female more uniformly colored. Eyes yellowish brown to reddish brown. Antennae paler than main body (male), nearly concolorous with main body (female). Legs paler than main body. Ventral color mostly matching dorsal color. Head. Shorter than wide across eyes. Genae subequal to or slightly longer than clypeus (forming a very short gap in front). Antenniferous tubercles subtriangular to broadly subconical, their apices obtusely rounded and subparallel. Antennae about 1.5× longer than width of head across eyes, mostly granulate. Ratio of length of antennal segments II–IV/I about 0.6: 0.8: 1.0. Segment I narrowed,smooth in basal third, then thickened; II slightly curved basally, gradually thickened toward apex; III pedunculate in basal fifth to fourth, gradually thickened toward apex; IV fusiform, pilose in apical half. Thorax. Pronotum about 2.8× wider than long medially, including ...