NO. 3548 ARADIDAE — KORMILEV 11 



Genus Kolpodaptera Usinger and Matsuda 



Kolpodaptera Usinger and Matsuda, 1959, Classification of the Aradidae, p. 144. 

 Kolpodaptera minuta, new species 



Male. — Apterous; subovate; from metanotum to abdominal seg- 

 ment VI lateral borders parallel. Entire body covered with thick 

 layer of greyish incrustation. 



Head shorter than width across eyes (11:12.5). Anterior process 

 short, robust, sides parallel; genae slightly produced beyond the tip of 

 clypeus, not contiguous, forming a shallow notch. Antennal segment 

 I produced by two-thirds its length over tip of anterior process. 

 Antenniferous tubercles robust, subacute apically, outer borders sub- 

 parallel. Eyes moderately protruding. Postocular borders conver- 

 gent backward. Vertex with a thin, triple, longitudinal carina, 

 laterally with two (1 + 1) oblique rugae. Antennae strong, almost 

 twice as long as head (19.5:11); proportions of the antennal segments 

 7:3:4.5:5. Eostrum reaching hindborder of rostral groove; latter 

 wide, shallow. 



Pronotum much shorter than width across humeri (8:21). Collar 

 slender. Anterolateral angles together with lateral borders form 

 a regularly rounded arc. Disc with a median carina occupying 

 posterior three-fifths of disc and running backw^ard across meso- and 

 metanotum and tergum I, progressively widening, becoming a double 

 carina on metanotum and tergum I. Pronotum irregularly rugose 

 laterad of median carma. Mesonotum wider than pronotum (24 :21), 

 Metanotum wider than mesonotum (25:24). Mesonotum laterad of 

 median carina with four (2+2) larger, and two (1 + 1) smaller, flat- 

 tened elevations separated from each other by fine sulci. Mesonotum 

 rugose along lateral borders. Median carina of mesonotum fused 

 posteriorly with median portion of metanotiun; latter in turn fused 

 posteriorly with tergum I; all together forming a longitudinally rugose 

 triangular plate. Laterad of triangular plate metanotum has two 

 (1 + 1) rugose elevations. 



Abdomen subrectangular, slightly longer than width across seg- 

 ment II (27.5:26). Tergum I fused with metanotimi anteriorly and 

 \\dth tergum II posteriorly; latter placed at a slightly lower level. 

 Central dorsal plate consist of terga III to VI, limited by fine sulci. 

 Median portion of central dorsal plate elevated, forming a median 

 ridge, laterad of it with pattern of rugae and round caUous spots. 

 Tergum VII raised posteromedially for reception of hypopygium. 

 Connexivum broad, segments II and III fused, others separated from 

 each other by fine sulci; disc of each segment bearing round calloused 



