The third paper from the current issue of the Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society:

Castro-Huertas V. & Melo M. C. : "Taxonomic Notes on the Apterous High-Andean Thread-legged Bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)"

The male of Bacata heldamariae Castro-Huertas and Forero, and the female of Emesella nebulosa Dohrn are described for the first time. The record from Colombia of E. nebulosa is confirmed here. A discussion of genital structures among the genera of the Ghilianella complex is offered. Digital images of external morphological characters and of the genitalia are provided.

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The second paper from the current issue of the Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society:

Hisasue Y. & Souma J.: "First Report on the Seasonal Occurrence of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Endemic to Oceanic Islands: Case Studies on Chichijima Island, the Ogasawara Archipelago, Japan"

The seasonal occurrence of adults and nymphs of endemic heteropteran species, including semi-aquatic predators, terrestrial herbivores, and predators on the subtropical island of Chichijima, the Ogasawara Archipelago, Japan, is described. Year-round occurrence was observed for Xiphovelia boninensis Esaki and Miyamoto (Veliidae), Microvelia yoshitomii Watanabe (Veliidae), Micracanthia boninana (Drake) (Saldidae), Omoplax desecta (Horváth) (Tingidae), Kitocoris omura Herring (Anthocoridae), and an undescribed species in the genus Pachygrontha Germar (Pachygronthidae), suggesting prolonged reproductive periods and multivoltinism. In contrast, nymphs and adults of Lygocorias boninensis (Yasunaga) exhibited a distinct seasonal absence. Data for Gardena boninensis Ishikawa and Nesoproxius kishimotoi Shimamoto and Nagashima were not adequate to determine any seasonal pattern. Species seasonal occurrence patterns differed between habitats and are possibly associated with habitat suitability, wing morph frequency, and host plant phenology. This study is the first to compare the year-round seasonal occurrence of adults and nymphs among multiple endemic heteropteran families on an oceanic island and provides the first information on the seasonal occurrence and voltinism for the family Pachygronthidae.

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Dear fellow heteropterists,

We are pleased to announce that the fourth issue in the third volume of our quarterly Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society (JIHS) is now available!

https://mapress.com/jihs/issue/view/jihs.3.4

The first published paper:

Sites R.W. & Suputa: "A New Species of the Saucer Bug Genus Idiocarus Montandon, 1897 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae) from Mountain Streams in West Papua, Indonesian New Guinea"

The saucer bug genus Idiocarus (Naucoridae: Naucorinae: Tanycricini) is endemic to the island of New Guinea and is represented by six species. Diagnostic features by which to identify species include conditions of the profemur, male left paramere, and female subgenital plate. Herein is described Idiocarus clypealis n. sp., which can be recognized by an elongated anteclypeus, tuberculate profemur, shape of the male left paramere, slender golden bristles on the female subgenital plate, and overall body length. The new species is known from eight mountain streams in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea.

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