Mimofulvius pentatomus Schmitz 1978

Mimofulvius pentatomus Schmitz, 1978 Figs 2, 14–15, 18–25, 28–34, 50 Mimofulvius pentatomus Schmitz, 1978: 186. Mimofulvius pentatomus – Schuh 1995: 31 (catalog); 2002–2013 (online catalog). — Gorczyca 2006: 53 (catalog). — Yeshwanth et al. 2016: 315–317 (redescription), figs 29–31. Diagnosis Distinguished by the pronotum black with narrow, indistinct, yellowish stripe along the posterior margin (Figs 2, 14–15, 24–25); clavus with large, whitish stripe medially, occupying most of the claval surface (Figs 2, 14–15, 24–25); the female genitalia as presented and depicted by Yeshwanth et al. (2016: fig. 30). The male is herein documented for the first time (Figs 28–34). Type material Holotype INDIA • ♀; Mysore State, Chikkaballapura; 3000 ft.; Apr. 1917; Brit. Mus.; 1928-503, Pr? 679-120; BMNH. Additional examined material NEPAL • 1 ♂; Makawanpur District, Chitwan National Park, Machan Wildlife Resort; 27°32′06″ N, 84°44′17″ E; 7–9 Nov. 2005; T. Yasunaga et al. leg.; UV light trap; NMTU, AMNH _ PBI 00380661. Redescription Male Overall coloration and basic structure as in female (Figs 14, 24–25), but body more elongate and slenderer, parallel-sided (Figs 14, 24–25); basic coloration coffee brown; dorsum comparatively shining (Figs 14, 24–25); head weakly porrect, with eyes enlarged, reminiscent of those in Psallopinae Schuh, 1976 (Figs 14, 24–25; apical corium and anterior margin of cuneus tinged with red around white macula; posterior margin of metafemur with a keel (Fig. 21). GENITALIA. Apex of pygophore as in Fig. 28; left paramere elongate, C-shaped, with a median tooth inward (Figs 29–30); right paramere broadly margined apically (Figs 31–32); endosoma with two rather developed lobal-sclerites (Fig. 33). Measurements See Table 1. Biology Unknown; a male individual (e.g., Figs 24–25) was collected by UV lighting method (using fluorescent lamps). Distribution India (Yeshwanth et al. 2016) and Nepal (Makawanpur) (this paper) (Fig. 50). Remarks Mimofulvius pentatomus is distinguished from M. castaneus by the black pronotum and large, medial, whitish patch on the clavus, and shape of the metafemoral plectrum (a single narrow keel) (Figs 2, 14–15, 21, 24–25).