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Baňař, Petr, Štys, Pavel, Rahanitriniaina, Sahondra Lalao, Rabotoson, Marie Estherine (2015): Two new species of the genus Proboscidopirates (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) from Madagascar with a list of the species. Zootaxa 3905 (3): 407-417, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.6

Proboscidopirates rugulosus sp. nov. Baňař & ��tys = Proboscidopirates robinsoni Villiers, 1958, partim (a female paratype from P��rinet) Material examined. All macropterous females. Holotype, female: ASB/ May 2011 / 17 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 4.v.2011, 1027m / �� Ambatomandondona ��; sifting / forest litter; Winkler app. extraction / S 18 �� 55 ��� 52.9 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 40.2 ������ / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. // HOLOTYPE / Proboscidopirates / rugulosus sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. ��tys det. 2014 [printed red label] (MMBC); paratypes: 11 ♀, same data as holotype (3 ♀ MMBC; 3 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ AMNH; 1 ♀ HNHM; 2 ♀ NMPC; 1 ♀ USNM); 2 ♀, MADAGASCAR ���CE / ANDASIBE N.P.; 26.xi. 2010 / ���Circuit Indri 2 ���; sifting; / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, Institut / scientifique / MADAGASCAR // P��rinet // PARATYPE // Proboscidopirates / robinsoni / nl. sp. / A. Villiers det. 195 [printed, partly handwritten] (MNHN); 2 ♀, ASB/01/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011 / forest edge near road to / Andasibe vill.; sifting leaf litter / Winkler app. extr.; P.Baňař lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ASB/02/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011 / forest edge near road to / Andasibe vill.; sifting rott. wood / Winkler app. extr.; P.Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 10 ♀, ASB/04/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011; edge / ���Parc d���Orchid��es���; sifting forest / litter, Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař / & L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (3 ♀ MMBC; 3 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ BMNH; 1 ♀ MHNG; 2 ♀ MNHN; 1 ♀ NKUM); 2 ♀, ASB/05/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011; 943m / S 18 �� 56 ���09.5������ E 48 �� 25 ���08.2������; forest / edge, sifting litter; Winkler app. extr. / P. Baňař & L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 2 ♀ ASB/06/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 505 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 226 ������; 948m / sifting litter in stream ravine / without water; Winkler app. extr. / P.Baňař lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 2 ♀, ASB/07/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 505 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 224 ������; 947m / sifting in shallow ravine, Winkler / app. ext. L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 5 ♀, ASB/08/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 501 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 223 ������; 942m / sifting litter on path, Winkler app. / extraction; local collector lgt. (3 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 3 ♀, ASB/09/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 506 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 222 ������; 944m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 3 ♀, ASB/ 10 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 30.4 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 10.1 ������; 954m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ASB/ 11 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 31.1 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 10.4 ������; 961m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ASB/ 12 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011; 951m / S 18 �� 56 ��� 20.5 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 12.2 ������; sifting / plant residues under Pandanus / Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař & / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (PSPC); 6 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 /05 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;�� Belle vue ��; 2.v. / 2011; S 18 �� 56 ��� 43.9 ������ E 48 �� 25 ���15.0������ / 966m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (4 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC) [two paratypes from MMBC gold-coated for SEM study]; 12 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 /09 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;�� Anivokely ��; 3.v. / 2011; S 18 �� 56 ��� 19.4 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 22.5 ������ / 946m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (5 ♀ MMBC; 5 ♀ PSPC; 2 ♀ ZJPC). Each paratype bears red printed label: PARATYPE / Proboscidopirates / rugulosus sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. ��tys det. 2014. The alcohol-preserved specimens in vials are labelled collectively. Altogether, 63 female paratypes are included in the type series. The approximately 94 female nymphs (all preserved in alcohol) are excluded from the type series. Description. Measurements (in mm); holotype first; (paratypes in parentheses); L = length; W = width. Total body L ��� 4.4 (4.2���4.7). Head (without neck). Total L��� 0.94 (0.91���0.96); posterior lobe, L��� 0.28 (0.27���0.30), posterior lobe, W��� 0.38 (0.38���0.39); distance eye - apex of antennifer��� 0.32 (0.32���0.34); diatone (maximum width across eyes)��� 0.38 (0.37���0.40); dorsal synthlipsis (minimum interocular distance)��� 0.22 (0.22���0.23); eye, L��� 0.16 (0.16���0.18); gena, L��� 0.20 (0.20���0.21); gena, minimum W��� 0.22 (0.22���0.23). Labium total L��� 0.70 (0.68���0.72). Antenna. Segment I, L��� 0.22 (0.21���0.23); segment II, L��� 0.51 (0.47���0.51), segment III, L��� 0.44 (0.41���0.44), segment IV, L��� 0.40 (0.34���0.40), segment II, basal W��� 0.04 (0.04���0.05), segment II, distal W��� 0.06 (0.06���0.07). Pronotum. Total L (median)��� 0.87 (0.82���0.89); collum, L (median)��� 0.22 (0.21���0.23), maximum W��� 0.47 (0.45���0.49); middle lobe, L (median)��� 0.40 (0.38���0.40), middle lobe, W (maximum)��� 0.73 (0.73���0.78); hind lobe, L (maximum)��� 0.36 (0.34���0.39), hind lobe, L (median)��� 0.30 (0.27���0.31); hind lobe, W (maximum)��� 0.92 (0.88���0.92). Foreleg. Femur, L��� 0.89 (0.84���0.90), femur, maximum W��� 0.26 (0.24���0.27); tibia, L��� 0.78 (0.76���0.79), tibia, maximum W��� 0.26 (0.24���0.27). Colouration uniformly dark brown, pronotum somewhat darker, legs and antennae pale brown. Texture. Body semi-lustrous, all body parts rugulose, especially on head and thorax with numerous conspicuous, setigerous granules. Vestiture. All body surfaces, including forewing veins densely covered with whitish semi-erect setae. Vestiture on dorsal surface of head erect, short, slightly directed anterad, setae on lateral and ventral surfaces contrastingly longer than those on dorsum, semi-erect, diversely directed. Posteroventral surfaces of forecoxae and foretrochanters each with a group of many prominent setae. Occurence of tr-setae (not studied in detail): dorsum and venter of head, ventral surface of labium; a few on lateral areas of pronotum, postero-ventral surface of foretrochanters, dorsal, posterior and ventral areas of forefemora, postero-ventral surface of foretibiae, a few on dorsal and ventral surfaces of mid- and hindfemora, dorsal surfaces of mid- and hindtibiae and tarsi. Structure. Head (Figs. 9���13). Slightly longer than pronotum (Fig. 9). Anterior lobe elongate, ratio length of gena to its minimum width 0.91. Eyes medium-sized, dorsal ocular index 2.75. Ratio distance eye-apex of antennifer to length of eye 2.0. Post-ocular part of anterior cephalic lobe moderately long and moderately concave. Constriction between anterior and posterior cephalic lobes shallow. Posterior lobe transverse, without median impression (Fig. 10), ratio length to maximum width 0.74. Ocelli large, situated antero-laterally. Posteriormost area of lateral surfaces of posterior lobe of head with inconspicuously convex, narrow area lacking vestiture but with numerous, sparsely distributed non-setigerous granules (Figs. 12���13). Posterior lobe overlapping the junction with the neck but when seen in a dorsal view, its lateral outlines join the neck at an obtuse angle. Antennae slightly shorter than head and pronotum together (ratio 0.87), antennal formula (longest segment first) II, III, IV, I. Ratio basal width of segment II to its distal width 0.7. Labium long, slender. Segment III three times longer than segment IV. Labial formula (longest segment first) III, II = IV, I. Pronotum (Fig. 9). Collum with a shallow, broad triangular impression in the anterior third, posterior margin convex, precollum well developed, finely rugulose. Impression between collum and midlobe broad. Midlobe wide, widest near the middle, ratio width of midlobe to its median length 1.18. Midlobe with deep median groove, that terminates two-thirds of the way along in a shallow, broadly triangular impression. Posterior margin of midlobe convex, laterally with inconspicuous, indistinct impressions. Conspicuous and deep pronotal pits situated approximately half of length of midlobe, closer to lateral margin of midlobe than to linear groove. Two inconspicuous, very shallow pits situated close to linear (longitudinal) groove, either side of mid-line, half-way along midlobe of pronotum. Posterior lobe large, robust and long, lateral margins only slightly convex, irregularly rounded, widest in the posterior third. Posterior margin slightly convex, in the middle slightly concave. Ratio width to median length of posterior lobe 3.1. Forelegs (Figs. 15���16). Forefemora stout, 3.4 times as long as wide, widest in the basal third. Foretibiae three times as long as wide, apex of foretibia protruding as a conspicuous process. Apicitibial armature consists of seven spiniform setae (Fig. 15), three ventral (middle one much longer, directed towards tarsus, anterior and posterior ones straight, shorter), two long subventral and two short, robust dorsal on upper-most part of tibial process. Bristle comb consisting of 38-40 setae. Foretarsi with armature consisting of four spiniform setae (Fig. 16), two long, slender proximal setae (anterior one longer) and two distal, shorter and stouter spiniform setae of the same length and shape. Apical section of ventral surface of fore-tarsus with group of five long setae (Fig. 16) situated between the spiniform setae of fore-tarsal armature. Posterior claw of posttarsus shorter, two-thirds the length of the anterior claw. Mid- and hindlegs. Hindfemora robust, nearly twice as wide as midfemora, claws isomorphic. Apex of mid- and hindtibiae with two apical combs, the anterior comb consisting of approximately 12 setae on the middle and 10 setae on the hind tibia, the posterior comb consisting of 12 setae on the middle and 15���16 setae on the hind tibia. Etymology. Named after the conspicuous granulosity of the body. Micro-habitat and collecting method. All specimens (both adults and larvae) were collected by sifting of and subsequent extraction from in Winkler apparatus - leaf litter in rain forest in eastern Madagascar (Andasibe- Mantadia National Park). Distribution. Eastern Madagascar. Differential diagnosis. Proboscidopirates rugulosus sp. nov. differs from all other Proboscidopirates species by the presence of conspicuous setigerous granules on the head and thorax (Figs. 9���13), (the cuticle is smooth or has fine, inconspicuous granules in other species)., Published as part of Ba��a��, Petr, ��tys, Pavel, Rahanitriniaina, Sahondra Lalao & Rabotoson, Marie Estherine, 2015, Two new species of the genus Proboscidopirates (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) from Madagascar with a list of the species, pp. 407-417 in Zootaxa 3905 (3) on pages 412-415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/241441, {"references":["Villiers, A. (1958) Insectes Hemipteres Enicocephalidae. Faune de Madagascar. Vol. 7. Institut de Recherches Scientifiques, Tannarive-Tsimbazaza, 79 pp."]}

Proboscidopirates rugulosus sp. nov. Baňař & Štys = Proboscidopirates robinsoni Villiers, 1958, partim (a female paratype from Périnet) Material examined. All macropterous females. Holotype, female: ASB/ May 2011 / 17 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 4.v.2011, 1027m / ´ Ambatomandondona ´; sifting / forest litter; Winkler app. extraction / S 18 ° 55 ′ 52.9 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 40.2 ′′ / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. // HOLOTYPE / Proboscidopirates / rugulosus sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. Štys det. 2014 [printed red label] (MMBC); paratypes: 11 ♀, same data as holotype (3 ♀ MMBC; 3 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ AMNH; 1 ♀ HNHM; 2 ♀ NMPC; 1 ♀ USNM); 2 ♀, MADAGASCAR —CE / ANDASIBE N.P.; 26.xi. 2010 / „Circuit Indri 2 “; sifting; / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, Institut / scientifique / MADAGASCAR // Périnet // PARATYPE // Proboscidopirates / robinsoni / nl. sp. / A. Villiers det. 195 [printed, partly handwritten] (MNHN); 2 ♀, ASB/01/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011 / forest edge near road to / Andasibe vill.; sifting leaf litter / Winkler app. extr.; P.Baňař lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ASB/02/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011 / forest edge near road to / Andasibe vill.; sifting rott. wood / Winkler app. extr.; P.Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 10 ♀, ASB/04/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011; edge / ‚Parc d’Orchidées‘; sifting forest / litter, Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař / & L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (3 ♀ MMBC; 3 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ BMNH; 1 ♀ MHNG; 2 ♀ MNHN; 1 ♀ NKUM); 2 ♀, ASB/05/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011; 943m / S 18 ° 56 ′09.5′′ E 48 ° 25 ′08.2′′; forest / edge, sifting litter; Winkler app. extr. / P. Baňař & L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 2 ♀ ASB/06/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 505 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 226 ′′; 948m / sifting litter in stream ravine / without water; Winkler app. extr. / P.Baňař lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 2 ♀, ASB/07/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 505 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 224 ′′; 947m / sifting in shallow ravine, Winkler / app. ext. L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 5 ♀, ASB/08/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 501 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 223 ′′; 942m / sifting litter on path, Winkler app. / extraction; local collector lgt. (3 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 3 ♀, ASB/09/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 506 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 222 ′′; 944m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 3 ♀, ASB/ 10 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 30.4 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 10.1 ′′; 954m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ASB/ 11 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 31.1 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 10.4 ′′; 961m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ASB/ 12 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011; 951m / S 18 ° 56 ′ 20.5 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 12.2 ′′; sifting / plant residues under Pandanus / Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař & / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (PSPC); 6 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 /05 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;´ Belle vue ´; 2.v. / 2011; S 18 ° 56 ′ 43.9 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′15.0′′ / 966m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (4 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC) [two paratypes from MMBC gold-coated for SEM study]; 12 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 /09 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;´ Anivokely ´; 3.v. / 2011; S 18 ° 56 ′ 19.4 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 22.5 ′′ / 946m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (5 ♀ MMBC; 5 ♀ PSPC; 2 ♀ ZJPC). Each paratype bears red printed label: PARATYPE / Proboscidopirates / rugulosus sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. Štys det. 2014. The alcohol-preserved specimens in vials are labelled collectively. Altogether, 63 female paratypes are included in the type series. The approximately 94 female nymphs (all preserved in alcohol) are excluded from the type series. Description. Measurements (in mm); holotype first; (paratypes in parentheses); L = length; W = width. Total body L — 4.4 (4.2–4.7). Head (without neck). Total L— 0.94 (0.91–0.96); posterior lobe, L— 0.28 (0.27–0.30), posterior lobe, W— 0.38 (0.38–0.39); distance eye - apex of antennifer— 0.32 (0.32–0.34); diatone (maximum width across eyes)— 0.38 (0.37–0.40); dorsal synthlipsis (minimum interocular distance)— 0.22 (0.22–0.23); eye, L— 0.16 (0.16–0.18); gena, L— 0.20 (0.20–0.21); gena, minimum W— 0.22 (0.22–0.23). Labium total L— 0.70 (0.68–0.72). Antenna. Segment I, L— 0.22 (0.21–0.23); segment II, L— 0.51 (0.47–0.51), segment III, L— 0.44 (0.41–0.44), segment IV, L— 0.40 (0.34–0.40), segment II, basal W— 0.04 (0.04–0.05), segment II, distal W— 0.06 (0.06–0.07). Pronotum. Total L (median)— 0.87 (0.82–0.89); collum, L (median)— 0.22 (0.21–0.23), maximum W— 0.47 (0.45–0.49); middle lobe, L (median)— 0.40 (0.38–0.40), middle lobe, W (maximum)— 0.73 (0.73–0.78); hind lobe, L (maximum)— 0.36 (0.34–0.39), hind lobe, L (median)— 0.30 (0.27–0.31); hind lobe, W (maximum)— 0.92 (0.88–0.92). Foreleg. Femur, L— 0.89 (0.84–0.90), femur, maximum W— 0.26 (0.24–0.27); tibia, L— 0.78 (0.76–0.79), tibia, maximum W— 0.26 (0.24–0.27). Colouration uniformly dark brown, pronotum somewhat darker, legs and antennae pale brown. Texture. Body semi-lustrous, all body parts rugulose, especially on head and thorax with numerous conspicuous, setigerous granules. Vestiture. All body surfaces, including forewing veins densely covered with whitish semi-erect setae. Vestiture on dorsal surface of head erect, short, slightly directed anterad, setae on lateral and ventral surfaces contrastingly longer than those on dorsum, semi-erect, diversely directed. Posteroventral surfaces of forecoxae and foretrochanters each with a group of many prominent setae. Occurence of tr-setae (not studied in detail): dorsum and venter of head, ventral surface of labium; a few on lateral areas of pronotum, postero-ventral surface of foretrochanters, dorsal, posterior and ventral areas of forefemora, postero-ventral surface of foretibiae, a few on dorsal and ventral surfaces of mid- and hindfemora, dorsal surfaces of mid- and hindtibiae and tarsi. Structure. Head (Figs. 9–13). Slightly longer than pronotum (Fig. 9). Anterior lobe elongate, ratio length of gena to its minimum width 0.91. Eyes medium-sized, dorsal ocular index 2.75. Ratio distance eye-apex of antennifer to length of eye 2.0. Post-ocular part of anterior cephalic lobe moderately long and moderately concave. Constriction between anterior and posterior cephalic lobes shallow. Posterior lobe transverse, without median impression (Fig. 10), ratio length to maximum width 0.74. Ocelli large, situated antero-laterally. Posteriormost area of lateral surfaces of posterior lobe of head with inconspicuously convex, narrow area lacking vestiture but with numerous, sparsely distributed non-setigerous granules (Figs. 12–13). Posterior lobe overlapping the junction with the neck but when seen in a dorsal view, its lateral outlines join the neck at an obtuse angle. Antennae slightly shorter than head and pronotum together (ratio 0.87), antennal formula (longest segment first) II, III, IV, I. Ratio basal width of segment II to its distal width 0.7. Labium long, slender. Segment III three times longer than segment IV. Labial formula (longest segment first) III, II = IV, I. Pronotum (Fig. 9). Collum with a shallow, broad triangular impression in the anterior third, posterior margin convex, precollum well developed, finely rugulose. Impression between collum and midlobe broad. Midlobe wide, widest near the middle, ratio width of midlobe to its median length 1.18. Midlobe with deep median groove, that terminates two-thirds of the way along in a shallow, broadly triangular impression. Posterior margin of midlobe convex, laterally with inconspicuous, indistinct impressions. Conspicuous and deep pronotal pits situated approximately half of length of midlobe, closer to lateral margin of midlobe than to linear groove. Two inconspicuous, very shallow pits situated close to linear (longitudinal) groove, either side of mid-line, half-way along midlobe of pronotum. Posterior lobe large, robust and long, lateral margins only slightly convex, irregularly rounded, widest in the posterior third. Posterior margin slightly convex, in the middle slightly concave. Ratio width to median length of posterior lobe 3.1. Forelegs (Figs. 15–16). Forefemora stout, 3.4 times as long as wide, widest in the basal third. Foretibiae three times as long as wide, apex of foretibia protruding as a conspicuous process. Apicitibial armature consists of seven spiniform setae (Fig. 15), three ventral (middle one much longer, directed towards tarsus, anterior and posterior ones straight, shorter), two long subventral and two short, robust dorsal on upper-most part of tibial process. Bristle comb consisting of 38-40 setae. Foretarsi with armature consisting of four spiniform setae (Fig. 16), two long, slender proximal setae (anterior one longer) and two distal, shorter and stouter spiniform setae of the same length and shape. Apical section of ventral surface of fore-tarsus with group of five long setae (Fig. 16) situated between the spiniform setae of fore-tarsal armature. Posterior claw of posttarsus shorter, two-thirds the length of the anterior claw. Mid- and hindlegs. Hindfemora robust, nearly twice as wide as midfemora, claws isomorphic. Apex of mid- and hindtibiae with two apical combs, the anterior comb consisting of approximately 12 setae on the middle and 10 setae on the hind tibia, the posterior comb consisting of 12 setae on the middle and 15–16 setae on the hind tibia. Etymology. Named after the conspicuous granulosity of the body. Micro-habitat and collecting method. All specimens (both adults and larvae) were collected by sifting of and subsequent extraction from in Winkler apparatus - leaf litter in rain forest in eastern Madagascar (Andasibe- Mantadia National Park). Distribution. Eastern Madagascar. Differential diagnosis. Proboscidopirates rugulosus sp. nov. differs from all other Proboscidopirates species by the presence of conspicuous setigerous granules on the head and thorax (Figs. 9–13), (the cuticle is smooth or has fine, inconspicuous granules in other species).

Proboscidopirates ericguilberti sp. nov. Baňař & ��tys (Figs. 1���8) Material examined. All macropterous females. Holotype, female: ASB/ Nov 2011 MADAGASCAR / border of ANDASIBE N.P.; 27.xi. - / 3.xii.; FEON���NY ALA hotel surr. / sifting leaf litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. // HOLOTYPE / Proboscidopirates / ericguilberti sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. ��tys det. 2014 [printed red label] (MMBC); paratypes: 6 ♀, same data as holotype (2 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ HNHM; 1 ♀ NMPC); 6 ♀, MADAGASCAR ���CE / ANDASIBE N.P.; 26.xi. 2010 / ���Circuit Indri 2 ���; sifting; / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ AMNH; 3 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ USNM) [two paratypes from MMBC gold-coated for SEM study]; 1 ♀, ASB/02/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011 / forest edge near road to / Andasibe vill.; sifting rott. wood / Winkler app. extr.; P.Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ASB/04/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011; edge / ���Parc d���Orchid��es���; sifting forest / litter, Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař / & L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ASB/06/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 505 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 226 ������; 948m / sifting litter in stream ravine / without water; Winkler app. extr. / P.Baňař lgt. (PSPC); 6 ♀, ASB/07/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 505 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 224 ������; 947m / sifting in shallow ravine, Winkler / app. ext. L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ BMNH; 1 ♀ MHNG); 1 ♀, ASB/ 11 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 �� 56 ��� 31.1 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 10.4 ������; 961m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (PSPC); 1 ♀, ASB/ 12 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011; 951m / S 18 �� 56 ��� 20.5 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 12.2 ������; sifting / plant residues under Pandanus / Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař & / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, MADAGASCAR 2011 / ANDASIBE N.P.; 2.- 5.v. 2011 / sifting leaf litter, Winkler / apparatus extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (PSPC); 1 ♀,ASB/ May 2011 / 0 1 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;�� Belle vue ��; 2.v. / 2011; S 18 �� 56 ��� 51.5 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 31.8 ������ / 1029m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 4 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 /09 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;�� Anivokely ��; 3.v. / 2011; S 18 �� 56 ��� 19.4 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 22.5 ������ / 946m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ MNHN; 1 ♀ NKUM); 1 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 / 14 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;�� Bas fond ��; 3.v. / 2011; S 18 �� 56 ���23.0������ E 48 �� 25 ���01.7������ / 945m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 4 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 / 17 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 4.v.2011, 1027m / �� Ambatomandondona ��; sifting / forest litter; Winkler app. extraction / S 18 �� 55 ��� 52.9 ������ E 48 �� 25 ��� 40.2 ������ / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ NMPC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 8 ♀, ASB/ Nov. 2011 / 0 1 MADAGASCAR / border of ANDASIBE N.P.; 29.xi. / 2011; sifting leaf litter, Winkler app. / extraction; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (3 ♀ MMBC; 3 ♀ PSPC; 2 ♀ ZJPC); 1 ♀ Mad- 89 / 2: Madagascar (Prov. / Toamasina [Tamatave], Sous-pr��f. / Moramanga): R��serve / Analamazoatra (Perinet) pr��s / d���Andasibe, for��t primaire, / pr��l��vement de sol au pied de / Oetece sp. (Lauraceae), 960m; / 21.XI. 1989; leg. B.Hauser (Berlese �� / Antananarivo) (MHNG); 2 ♀, ABT/07/ 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 19.iv. / S 18 �� 11 ���11.0������ E 47 �� 17 ���08.5������; 1624m / sifting plant residues under / Pandanus; Winkler apparatus / extraction; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ABT/ 10 / 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 19.iv. / S 18 �� 11 ��� 39.2 ������ E 47 �� 17 ��� 12.6 ������; 1674m / sifting of plant residues under / Pandanus; Winkler app. extr.; L.S. / Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ABT/ 11 / 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 19.iv. / S 18 �� 11 ��� 44.6 ������ E 47 �� 17 ��� 13.3 ������; 1609m / sifting of plant residues under / Pandanus; Winkler app. extr.; L.S. / Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson lgt. (PSPC); 1 ♀, ABT/ 15 / 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 20.iv. / S 18 �� 11 ���31.0������ E 47 �� 17 ��� 33.3 ������; 1630m / sifting forest litter; Winkler app.extr. / L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R.Raveloson lgt. (MMBC); 3 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /01 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 16.xi. / 2011; S 18 �� 11 ��� 52.7 ������ E 47 �� 17 ��� 0.4 ������ / 1603m; sifting forest litter under big / Pandanus, Winkler app. extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina & P. Baňař lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 3 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /02 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; / S 18 �� 11 ��� 49.1 ������ E 47 �� 17 ���05.6������; 1547m / 16-17.xi. 2011; sifting forest litter / Winkler app. extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina & P. Baňař lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /07 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 17.xi. / 2011; S 18 �� 11 ��� 48.5 ������ E 47 �� 17 ���09.3������ / sifting forest litter under Pandanus / Winkler app. extraction; very dry / material; 1595m; P. Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /08 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 18.xi. / 2011; S 18 �� 11 ��� 48.5 ������ E 47 �� 17 ���09.3������ / sifting forest litter; Winkler app. / extraction; 1595m; P. Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 4 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 / 10 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 18.xi. / 2011; sifting forest litter under palm / tree; Winkler app. extraction; / ~ 1600m; P. Baňař lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 2 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 / 18 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 1614m / S 18 �� 11 ��� 48.7 ������ E 47 �� 17 ��� 11.3 ������; 22.xi. / 2011; sifting litter under group of / palm trees; Winkler app. extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 9 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 / 20 MADAGASCAR / 300m N of MANANKAZO vill.; 1491m / S 18 ��09��� 15.1 ������ E 47 �� 12 ��� 39.6 ������; 25.xi. / 2011; sifting forest litter; Winkler app. / extraction; P. Baňař lgt. (5 ♀ MMBC; 4 ♀ PSPC). Each paratype bears red printed label: PARATYPE / Proboscidopirates / ericguilberti sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. ��tys det. 2014. The alcohol preserved specimens in vials are labelled collectively. Altogether, 71 female paratypes are included in the type series. The approximately 120 female nymphs (all preserved in alcohol) are excluded from the type series. Description. Measurements (in mm); holotype first; (paratypes in parentheses); L = length; W = width. Total body L ��� 4.9 (4.8���5.3). Head (without neck). Total L��� 1.11 (1.04���1.15); posterior lobe, L��� 0.33 (0.31���0.34), posterior lobe, W��� 0.39 (0.38���0.40); distance eye-apex of antennifer��� 0.39 (0.39���0.40); diatone (maximum width across eyes)��� 0.37 (0.36���0.38); dorsal synthlipsis (minimum interocular distance)��� 0.22 (0.20���0.23); eye, L��� 0.19 (0.17���0.20); gena, L��� 0.22 (0.22���0.24); gena, minimum W��� 0.22 (0.21���0.23). Labium total L��� 1.11 (1.08���1.12). Antenna. Segment I, L��� 0.24 (0.24���0.27); segment II, L��� 0.55 (0.53���0.57), segment III, L��� 0.47 (0.44���0.47), segment IV, L��� 0.38 (0.37���0.41), segment II, basal W��� 0.04 (0.04), segment II, distal W��� 0.05 (0.05). Pronotum. Total L (median)��� 0.91 (0.89���0.94); collum, L (median)��� 0.19 (0.19���0.22), maximum W��� 0.49 (0.46���0.51); midlobe, L (median)��� 0.50 (0.48���0.51), midlobe, W (maximum)��� 0.87 (0.83���0.89); hindlobe, L (maximum)��� 0.36 (0.34���0.39), hindlobe, L (median)��� 0.29 (0.25���0.29); hindlobe, W (maximum)��� 0.99 (0.93���1.06). Foreleg. Femur, L���1.00 (0.96���1.10), femur, maximum W��� 0.37 (0.34���0.37); tibia, L��� 0.93 (0.85 ���1.00), tibia, maximum W��� 0.33 (0.30���0.34). Colouration. Strikingly variable, from uniformly yellowish-brown to dark brown, pronotum in some specimens very dark brown; antennae and legs always paler than rest of the body. Texture. Abdomen matt, rest of body semi-lustrous, all body parts finely rugulose. Vestiture. All body surfaces, including fore-wing veins densely covered with whitish semi-erect to erect setae. Vestiture on dorsal and lateral surfaces of head and on ventral surface of posterior lobe of head directed anterad, setae on ventral surface of anterior lobe of head outstanding, and diversely directed. Postero-ventral surfaces of forecoxae and foretrochanters each with a group of numerous distinct setae. Occurence of tr-setae (not studied in detail): dorsum and venter of head, ventral surface of labium; a few on lateral parts of pronotum, postero-ventral surface of foretrochanters, dorsal, posterior and ventral areas of forefemora, postero-ventral surface of foretibiae, a few on dorsal and ventral surfaces of mid- and hindfemora, dorsal surfaces of mid- and hindtibiae and tarsi. Structure. Head (Figs. 1���5). Slightly longer than pronotum (Fig. 1). Anterior lobe elongate, ratio length of gena to its minimum width 1.0. Eyes small, dorsal ocular index 4.6. Ratio distance eye - apex of antennifer to length of eye 2.05. Post-ocular part of anterior lobe strikingly long, its lateral margins concave in dorsal view. Constriction between anterior and posterior cephalic lobes deep, conspicuous. Posterior lobe slightly transverse, without median impression (Fig. 2), ratio length to maximum width 0.85. Ocelli small, situated antero-laterally. Posteriormost part of lateral surfaces of posterior lobe with convex, narrow area without vestiture and with numerous non-setigerous granules (Figs. 4���5). Posterior lobe meeting the neck in a simple, straight sulcus and at an obtuse angle (Fig. 4). Antennae shorter than head and pronotum together (ratio 0.8), antennal formula (longest segment first) II, III, IV, I. Ratio basal width of segment II to its distal width 0.8. Labium long, slender. Segment III three times longer than segment IV. Labial formula (longest segment first) III, II = IV, I. Pronotum (Fig. 1). Collum with a shallow triangular median impression, reaching to one-third of collum length, posterior margin convex, precollum well developed, densely and coarsely granulose, contrasting by its sparse granulosity to the rest of the collum. Impression between collum and midlobe very deep and narrow, markedly delimited. Midlobe robust, long, its lateral margins convex, nearly semi-circular, widest approximately in the middle, ratio width to median length 1.7. Midlobe with deep median groove, widening only slightly caudad, shallowly terminating in 4 / 5 of midlobe length. Posterior margin of midlobe convex, laterally with very shallow, ill-defined impressions. Deep, conspicuous pronotal pits situated at one-third of length of midlobe, much closer to lateral margin of the midlobe than to linear groove. Two inconspicuous, very shallow pits situated close to linear (longitudinal) groove, either side of mid-line, half-way along midlobe of pronotum. Posterior lobe large, lateral margins only slightly convex, irregurarly rounded, in the proximal half sub-parallel, widest anteriorly. Posterior margin slightly convex. Ratio width of posterior lobe to its median length 3.4. Forelegs (Figs. 7���8). Forefemora 2.7 times as long as wide, widest in the middle. Foretibiae 2.8 times as long as wide, apex of foretibia protruding as a conspicuous process. Apicitibial armature formed by seven spiniform setae (Fig. 8), three ventral (middle seta much longer, directed towards tarsus, anterior and posterior setae straight, shorter), two subventral and two short, robust dorsal on upper-most part of the tibial process. Bristle comb consisting of approximately 40 setae. Foretarsus with armature consisting of four spiniform setae, two very long, proximal setae of the same length and shape, reaching to the apex of two distal, shorter and stouter spiniform setae of the same length and shape. Apical section of ventral surface of foretarsus with group of seven long setae, situated between the spiniform setae of the foretarsal armature. Posterior claw of posttarsus short, two-thirds the length of the anterior claw. Mid- and hindlegs. Hindfemora robust, nearly twice as wide as middle femora, claws isomorphic. Apex of mid- and hindtibiae with two apical combs, the anterior comb consisting of 12 setae on the mid- and 10 setae on the hindtibia; the posterior comb consisting of 12 setae on the middle- and 16 setae on the hind tibia. Etymology. Patronym, named after our colleague and friend, Eric Guilbert, the eminent student of the Tingidae. Micro-habitat and collecting method. All specimens (both adults and larvae) were collected by sifting of���and subsequent extraction from in Winkler apparatus - leaf litter in rain forest of central (Ambohitantely Special Reserve) and eastern Madagascar (Andasibe-Mantadia National Park). Distribution. Central and Eastern Madagascar. Differential diagnosis. Proboscidopirates ericguilberti sp. nov. differs from all other Proboscidopirates species in having only a strikingly transverse and short posterior lobe of the head (Figs. 1���2), from P. griveaudi Villiers, 1958, P. robinsoni Villiers, 1958, P. attenuatus Villiers, 1958, P. vadoni Villiers, 1969, P. b rev i ce p s Villiers, 1969 and P. curticornis Villiers, 1969 by the absence of the median linear impression on the dorsum of the posterior lobe of head (median impression present in the above-mentioned species) and from P. rugulosus sp. nov. by the much finer and sparser rugulosity of head and thorax (Figs. 1��� 5), (P. rugulosus has conspicuous granules)., Published as part of Ba��a��, Petr, ��tys, Pavel, Rahanitriniaina, Sahondra Lalao & Rabotoson, Marie Estherine, 2015, Two new species of the genus Proboscidopirates (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) from Madagascar with a list of the species, pp. 407-417 in Zootaxa 3905 (3) on pages 408-412, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/241441, {"references":["Villiers, A. (1958) Insectes Hemipteres Enicocephalidae. Faune de Madagascar. Vol. 7. Institut de Recherches Scientifiques, Tannarive-Tsimbazaza, 79 pp.","Villiers, A. (1969) Revision des Hemipteres Henicocephalidae Africains et Malgaches. Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie in- 8 °, Sciences Zoologiques, 176, 1 - 232."]}

Proboscidopirates ericguilberti sp. nov. Baňař & Štys (Figs. 1–8) Material examined. All macropterous females. Holotype, female: ASB/ Nov 2011 MADAGASCAR / border of ANDASIBE N.P.; 27.xi. - / 3.xii.; FEON’NY ALA hotel surr. / sifting leaf litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. // HOLOTYPE / Proboscidopirates / ericguilberti sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. Štys det. 2014 [printed red label] (MMBC); paratypes: 6 ♀, same data as holotype (2 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ HNHM; 1 ♀ NMPC); 6 ♀, MADAGASCAR —CE / ANDASIBE N.P.; 26.xi. 2010 / „Circuit Indri 2 “; sifting; / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ AMNH; 3 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ USNM) [two paratypes from MMBC gold-coated for SEM study]; 1 ♀, ASB/02/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011 / forest edge near road to / Andasibe vill.; sifting rott. wood / Winkler app. extr.; P.Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ASB/04/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 9.iv. 2011; edge / ‚Parc d’Orchidées‘; sifting forest / litter, Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař / & L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ASB/06/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 505 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 226 ′′; 948m / sifting litter in stream ravine / without water; Winkler app. extr. / P.Baňař lgt. (PSPC); 6 ♀, ASB/07/ 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 11.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 505 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 224 ′′; 947m / sifting in shallow ravine, Winkler / app. ext. L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ BMNH; 1 ♀ MHNG); 1 ♀, ASB/ 11 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011 / S 18 ° 56 ′ 31.1 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 10.4 ′′; 961m / sifting forest litter, Winkler app. / extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (PSPC); 1 ♀, ASB/ 12 / 2011 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 12.iv. 2011; 951m / S 18 ° 56 ′ 20.5 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 12.2 ′′; sifting / plant residues under Pandanus / Winkler app. extr.; P. Baňař & / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, MADAGASCAR 2011 / ANDASIBE N.P.; 2.- 5.v. 2011 / sifting leaf litter, Winkler / apparatus extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (PSPC); 1 ♀,ASB/ May 2011 / 0 1 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;´ Belle vue ´; 2.v. / 2011; S 18 ° 56 ′ 51.5 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 31.8 ′′ / 1029m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 4 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 /09 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;´ Anivokely ´; 3.v. / 2011; S 18 ° 56 ′ 19.4 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 22.5 ′′ / 946m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC; 1 ♀ MNHN; 1 ♀ NKUM); 1 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 / 14 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.;´ Bas fond ´; 3.v. / 2011; S 18 ° 56 ′23.0′′ E 48 ° 25 ′01.7′′ / 945m; sifting forest litter; Winkler / app. extr.; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (MMBC); 4 ♀, ASB/ May 2011 / 17 MADAGASCAR / ANDASIBE N.P.; 4.v.2011, 1027m / ´ Ambatomandondona ´; sifting / forest litter; Winkler app. extraction / S 18 ° 55 ′ 52.9 ′′ E 48 ° 25 ′ 40.2 ′′ / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ NMPC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 8 ♀, ASB/ Nov. 2011 / 0 1 MADAGASCAR / border of ANDASIBE N.P.; 29.xi. / 2011; sifting leaf litter, Winkler app. / extraction; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (3 ♀ MMBC; 3 ♀ PSPC; 2 ♀ ZJPC); 1 ♀ Mad- 89 / 2: Madagascar (Prov. / Toamasina [Tamatave], Sous-préf. / Moramanga): Réserve / Analamazoatra (Perinet) près / d’Andasibe, forêt primaire, / prélèvement de sol au pied de / Oetece sp. (Lauraceae), 960m; / 21.XI. 1989; leg. B.Hauser (Berlese à / Antananarivo) (MHNG); 2 ♀, ABT/07/ 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 19.iv. / S 18 ° 11 ′11.0′′ E 47 ° 17 ′08.5′′; 1624m / sifting plant residues under / Pandanus; Winkler apparatus / extraction; L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ABT/ 10 / 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 19.iv. / S 18 ° 11 ′ 39.2 ′′ E 47 ° 17 ′ 12.6 ′′; 1674m / sifting of plant residues under / Pandanus; Winkler app. extr.; L.S. / Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ABT/ 11 / 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 19.iv. / S 18 ° 11 ′ 44.6 ′′ E 47 ° 17 ′ 13.3 ′′; 1609m / sifting of plant residues under / Pandanus; Winkler app. extr.; L.S. / Rahanitriniaina & R. Raveloson lgt. (PSPC); 1 ♀, ABT/ 15 / 2011 MADAGASCAR 2011 / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 20.iv. / S 18 ° 11 ′31.0′′ E 47 ° 17 ′ 33.3 ′′; 1630m / sifting forest litter; Winkler app.extr. / L.S.Rahanitriniaina & R.Raveloson lgt. (MMBC); 3 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /01 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 16.xi. / 2011; S 18 ° 11 ′ 52.7 ′′ E 47 ° 17 ′ 0.4 ′′ / 1603m; sifting forest litter under big / Pandanus, Winkler app. extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina & P. Baňař lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 3 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /02 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; / S 18 ° 11 ′ 49.1 ′′ E 47 ° 17 ′05.6′′; 1547m / 16-17.xi. 2011; sifting forest litter / Winkler app. extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina & P. Baňař lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 1 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /07 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 17.xi. / 2011; S 18 ° 11 ′ 48.5 ′′ E 47 ° 17 ′09.3′′ / sifting forest litter under Pandanus / Winkler app. extraction; very dry / material; 1595m; P. Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 1 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 /08 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 18.xi. / 2011; S 18 ° 11 ′ 48.5 ′′ E 47 ° 17 ′09.3′′ / sifting forest litter; Winkler app. / extraction; 1595m; P. Baňař lgt. (MMBC); 4 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 / 10 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 18.xi. / 2011; sifting forest litter under palm / tree; Winkler app. extraction; / ~ 1600m; P. Baňař lgt. (2 ♀ MMBC; 2 ♀ PSPC); 2 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 / 18 MADAGASCAR / AMBOHITANTELY Spec. Res.; 1614m / S 18 ° 11 ′ 48.7 ′′ E 47 ° 17 ′ 11.3 ′′; 22.xi. / 2011; sifting litter under group of / palm trees; Winkler app. extraction / L.S. Rahanitriniaina lgt. (1 ♀ MMBC; 1 ♀ PSPC); 9 ♀, ABT/ Nov. 2011 / 20 MADAGASCAR / 300m N of MANANKAZO vill.; 1491m / S 18 °09′ 15.1 ′′ E 47 ° 12 ′ 39.6 ′′; 25.xi. / 2011; sifting forest litter; Winkler app. / extraction; P. Baňař lgt. (5 ♀ MMBC; 4 ♀ PSPC). Each paratype bears red printed label: PARATYPE / Proboscidopirates / ericguilberti sp. nov. / P. Baňař & P. Štys det. 2014. The alcohol preserved specimens in vials are labelled collectively. Altogether, 71 female paratypes are included in the type series. The approximately 120 female nymphs (all preserved in alcohol) are excluded from the type series. Description. Measurements (in mm); holotype first; (paratypes in parentheses); L = length; W = width. Total body L — 4.9 (4.8–5.3). Head (without neck). Total L— 1.11 (1.04–1.15); posterior lobe, L— 0.33 (0.31–0.34), posterior lobe, W— 0.39 (0.38–0.40); distance eye-apex of antennifer— 0.39 (0.39–0.40); diatone (maximum width across eyes)— 0.37 (0.36–0.38); dorsal synthlipsis (minimum interocular distance)— 0.22 (0.20–0.23); eye, L— 0.19 (0.17–0.20); gena, L— 0.22 (0.22–0.24); gena, minimum W— 0.22 (0.21–0.23). Labium total L— 1.11 (1.08–1.12). Antenna. Segment I, L— 0.24 (0.24–0.27); segment II, L— 0.55 (0.53–0.57), segment III, L— 0.47 (0.44–0.47), segment IV, L— 0.38 (0.37–0.41), segment II, basal W— 0.04 (0.04), segment II, distal W— 0.05 (0.05). Pronotum. Total L (median)— 0.91 (0.89–0.94); collum, L (median)— 0.19 (0.19–0.22), maximum W— 0.49 (0.46–0.51); midlobe, L (median)— 0.50 (0.48–0.51), midlobe, W (maximum)— 0.87 (0.83–0.89); hindlobe, L (maximum)— 0.36 (0.34–0.39), hindlobe, L (median)— 0.29 (0.25–0.29); hindlobe, W (maximum)— 0.99 (0.93–1.06). Foreleg. Femur, L—1.00 (0.96–1.10), femur, maximum W— 0.37 (0.34–0.37); tibia, L— 0.93 (0.85 –1.00), tibia, maximum W— 0.33 (0.30–0.34). Colouration. Strikingly variable, from uniformly yellowish-brown to dark brown, pronotum in some specimens very dark brown; antennae and legs always paler than rest of the body. Texture. Abdomen matt, rest of body semi-lustrous, all body parts finely rugulose. Vestiture. All body surfaces, including fore-wing veins densely covered with whitish semi-erect to erect setae. Vestiture on dorsal and lateral surfaces of head and on ventral surface of posterior lobe of head directed anterad, setae on ventral surface of anterior lobe of head outstanding, and diversely directed. Postero-ventral surfaces of forecoxae and foretrochanters each with a group of numerous distinct setae. Occurence of tr-setae (not studied in detail): dorsum and venter of head, ventral surface of labium; a few on lateral parts of pronotum, postero-ventral surface of foretrochanters, dorsal, posterior and ventral areas of forefemora, postero-ventral surface of foretibiae, a few on dorsal and ventral surfaces of mid- and hindfemora, dorsal surfaces of mid- and hindtibiae and tarsi. Structure. Head (Figs. 1–5). Slightly longer than pronotum (Fig. 1). Anterior lobe elongate, ratio length of gena to its minimum width 1.0. Eyes small, dorsal ocular index 4.6. Ratio distance eye - apex of antennifer to length of eye 2.05. Post-ocular part of anterior lobe strikingly long, its lateral margins concave in dorsal view. Constriction between anterior and posterior cephalic lobes deep, conspicuous. Posterior lobe slightly transverse, without median impression (Fig. 2), ratio length to maximum width 0.85. Ocelli small, situated antero-laterally. Posteriormost part of lateral surfaces of posterior lobe with convex, narrow area without vestiture and with numerous non-setigerous granules (Figs. 4–5). Posterior lobe meeting the neck in a simple, straight sulcus and at an obtuse angle (Fig. 4). Antennae shorter than head and pronotum together (ratio 0.8), antennal formula (longest segment first) II, III, IV, I. Ratio basal width of segment II to its distal width 0.8. Labium long, slender. Segment III three times longer than segment IV. Labial formula (longest segment first) III, II = IV, I. Pronotum (Fig. 1). Collum with a shallow triangular median impression, reaching to one-third of collum length, posterior margin convex, precollum well developed, densely and coarsely granulose, contrasting by its sparse granulosity to the rest of the collum. Impression between collum and midlobe very deep and narrow, markedly delimited. Midlobe robust, long, its lateral margins convex, nearly semi-circular, widest approximately in the middle, ratio width to median length 1.7. Midlobe with deep median groove, widening only slightly caudad, shallowly terminating in 4 / 5 of midlobe length. Posterior margin of midlobe convex, laterally with very shallow, ill-defined impressions. Deep, conspicuous pronotal pits situated at one-third of length of midlobe, much closer to lateral margin of the midlobe than to linear groove. Two inconspicuous, very shallow pits situated close to linear (longitudinal) groove, either side of mid-line, half-way along midlobe of pronotum. Posterior lobe large, lateral margins only slightly convex, irregurarly rounded, in the proximal half sub-parallel, widest anteriorly. Posterior margin slightly convex. Ratio width of posterior lobe to its median length 3.4. Forelegs (Figs. 7–8). Forefemora 2.7 times as long as wide, widest in the middle. Foretibiae 2.8 times as long as wide, apex of foretibia protruding as a conspicuous process. Apicitibial armature formed by seven spiniform setae (Fig. 8), three ventral (middle seta much longer, directed towards tarsus, anterior and posterior setae straight, shorter), two subventral and two short, robust dorsal on upper-most part of the tibial process. Bristle comb consisting of approximately 40 setae. Foretarsus with armature consisting of four spiniform setae, two very long, proximal setae of the same length and shape, reaching to the apex of two distal, shorter and stouter spiniform setae of the same length and shape. Apical section of ventral surface of foretarsus with group of seven long setae, situated between the spiniform setae of the foretarsal armature. Posterior claw of posttarsus short, two-thirds the length of the anterior claw. Mid- and hindlegs. Hindfemora robust, nearly twice as wide as middle femora, claws isomorphic. Apex of mid- and hindtibiae with two apical combs, the anterior comb consisting of 12 setae on the mid- and 10 setae on the hindtibia; the posterior comb consisting of 12 setae on the middle- and 16 setae on the hind tibia. Etymology. Patronym, named after our colleague and friend, Eric Guilbert, the eminent student of the Tingidae. Micro-habitat and collecting method. All specimens (both adults and larvae) were collected by sifting of—and subsequent extraction from in Winkler apparatus - leaf litter in rain forest of central (Ambohitantely Special Reserve) and eastern Madagascar (Andasibe-Mantadia National Park). Distribution. Central and Eastern Madagascar. Differential diagnosis. Proboscidopirates ericguilberti sp. nov. differs from all other Proboscidopirates species in having only a strikingly transverse and short posterior lobe of the head (Figs. 1–2), from P. griveaudi Villiers, 1958, P. robinsoni Villiers, 1958, P. attenuatus Villiers, 1958, P. vadoni Villiers, 1969, P. b rev i ce p s Villiers, 1969 and P. curticornis Villiers, 1969 by the absence of the median linear impression on the dorsum of the posterior lobe of head (median impression present in the above-mentioned species) and from P. rugulosus sp. nov. by the much finer and sparser rugulosity of head and thorax (Figs. 1– 5), (P. rugulosus has conspicuous granules).