identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03C987816D6B96135FFFFDED85A9FA80.text	03C987816D6B96135FFFFDED85A9FA80.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Baptista Distant 1903	<div><p>Genus Baptista Distant, 1903. New record for China</p> <p>Baptista Distant, 1903: 173. Type species: B. gestroi Distant, 1903: 173, by original designation.</p> <p>Baptista: Andersen 1989: 365; Kovac &amp; Yang 2000: 163; Zettel 2004: 444.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Medium-sized veliids (2.4–4.1 mm), form apterous or macropterous, body elongate, covered by dense pubescence. Head produced posteriorly, extending well behind hind margin of eyes. Antennae long and slender, antennal segment I slightly curved, segment III twice as long as segment II, segments III and IV very slender, almost filiform. Clypeus protruding, rostrum slender with its apex reaching middle of mesosternum. Pronotum of macropterous form pentagonal and pronotum of apterous form with broadly rounded posterior margin. Macropterous hemelytra with four closed cells. Hind leg longer than middle leg, male fore leg specially modified (in B. gestroi and B. femoralis species groups, femur or tibia curved, with tumescence, pilosities, etc.; in B. collaris species group, tibia with conspicuous row of short, stout, blackish spines or protuberances ventrally). Fore tibia of male with short grasping comb. In B. femoralis species group, abdominal segments VI and VII usually strongly modified with finger-like extensions. Male genital segments distinctly protruding. Parameres large, symmetrical (in B. femoralis species group, parameres falciform; in B. collaris species group, parameres distally more or less dilated). Female genital segments plainly visible behind sternite VII.</p> <p>Baptista is similar to the genera Lathriovelia, Polhemovelia, and Geovelia. Baptista is distinguished from Lathriovelia by the eyes lying adjacent to the anterolateral angles of the pronotum (in Lathriovelia, the eyes are distinctly separated from the anterolateral angles). Baptista differs from Polhemovelia and Geovelia by having the male fore leg highly modified, with the femur or tibia curved, and their ventral surfaces bearing various tumescences, pilosities, protuberances, or a conspicuous row of short, stout, blackish spines (Figs. 14 –20).</p> <p>Distribution. Burma, Laos, India, Thailand, West Malaysia, China (Yunnan) (Fig 46).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987816D6B96135FFFFDED85A9FA80	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ye, Zhen;Polhemus, Dan A.;Bu, Wenjun	Ye, Zhen, Polhemus, Dan A., Bu, Wenjun (2014): First record of the genus Baptista Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3811 (3): 301-315, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.3.1
03C987816D6B96105FFFFA1283D0F9CE.text	03C987816D6B96105FFFFA1283D0F9CE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Baptista digitata Andersen 1989	<div><p>Baptista digitata Andersen, 1989</p> <p>(Figs. 1, 2, 10, 14, 21, 26, 27, 28, 40, 41, 42, 46)</p> <p>Baptista digitata Andersen, 1989: 371.</p> <p>Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Prov.: 4 apterous males, 1 apterous female, Lincang city, Cangyuan county, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.15/lat 23.483334)">Banhong village</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.15&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.483334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.15/lat 23.483334)">Nangunhe Natural Reserve</a>, (23°29'N, 99°09'E), alt. 900 m, 6.V.2011, coll. Zhen Ye.</p> <p>Diagnosis. This species is closely related to B. femoralis; however, abdominal ventrite VI and VII both possess a longitudinal median keel (Fig 10), and the structure of abdominal ventrite VIII (Fig 21) readily separates the males of the two species (for B. femoralis, see Fig. 16 in Andersen 1989).</p> <p>Redescription. Apterous male (Fig 1). Colour: ground colour dull brown, head brown, clypeus, pseudocellar spots and median line of head black, rostrum yellowish with black apex, buccula yellowish brown; antennal segments I–II dark yellow, III–IV brown; pronotum brown, with dense, black spots on posterior part, behind head, anterior margin with narrow yellowish band; legs mainly brown, basal part of femur yellowish, with apices of femora, tibiae and tarsi infuscated; abdomen dorsally and laterally dull brown, ventrally mainly yellow, laterosternite and mediotergite VII yellowish, intersegmental limits of abdomen black, hind margin of mediotergite I with some silvery pubescence; abdominal segment VIII, pygophore and proctiger yellowish, each weakly infuscated apically. Structural characteristics: body length 2.94–2.98, medium-sized for genus, elongate, bearing short, grayish, appressed pubescence, dorsum covered by relatively long, suberect, brown or silver hairs. Head about 1.36 times as wide as long, posteriorly inserted into medially concave anterior margin of pronotum; labrum angulate; buccula clearly visible; antennae long and slender, about 0.67 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.50, 0.30, 0.58, 0.60; pronotum width: 0.88–0.91, length: 0.53–0.56, about 1.64 times as wide as long, anterior pronotal margin deeply emarginated, pronotal collar angularly widened behind eyes but ventrally narrowed, hind pronotal margin broadly rounded, posterior portion of pronotal lobe with scattered dark punctures; metanotum completely hidden beneath pronotal lobe except laterally. Legs with mainly decumbent, short setae except femur ventrally with relatively long, erect setae; fore femur modified, strongly bent on apical third, ventral margin with large, pilose preapical tumescence (Fig 14); fore tibia slightly curved and thickened distally, without row of spines or protuberance ventrally, grasping comb short, only about 0.21 times tibia length; lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia, and tarsi): fore leg: 0.95, 0.80 and 0.33, middle leg: 1.00, 0.95 and 0.40 (0.16+0.24), hind leg: 1.12, 1.20 and 0.47 (0.24+0.23); mediotergites not flat, more or less depressed; connexivum approximately rectangular, distinctly raised; abdominal segments VI and VII modified both pleurally and ventrally, segment VI produced pleurally on each side into a pilose, posteriorly-directed, fingerlike projection, segment VII likewise produced pleurally on each side into a short, rounded, pilose projection (Fig 10); ventrite VI and VII both possess a longitudinal median keel, laterally with a moderate depression (Fig 10), segment VIII (Fig 21) about 1.43 times as long as wide, protruding behind segment VII, distinctly swollen ventrally. Genital segments: pygophore subovate; proctiger (Fig 26) narrow, with apex acute; paramere symmetrical, falciform, strongly curved, with slightly sharp apex (Figs 27, 28).</p> <p>Apterous female (Fig 2). Similar to male in general structure and coloration, body length: 2.93; structure of head including antenna as in male, head about 1.47 times as wide as long, antennae about 0.66 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.44, 0.28, 0.57, 0.63; pronotum as in male, width: 0.95, length: 0.55, about 1.73 times as wide as long; fore femur unmodified, fore tibia straight and without grasping comb, lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia and tarsi): fore leg: 0.90, 0.72 and 0.34, middle leg: 1.00, 0.90, and 0.39 (0.14+0.25), hind leg: 1.07, 1.19, and 0.48 (0.22+0.26); abdomen pleurally and ventrally without special modifications; connexiva broad, approximately rectangular, vertically raised throughout, converging posteriorly and touching caudally; gonocoxae and proctiger relatively small, proctiger with acute apex.</p> <p>Notes. This species is recorded for the first time from China.</p> <p>Discussion. Andersen (1989) gave an excellent description of B. digitata, and illustrated the range of variation from the largest to the smallest male forms (Figs. 19–23 in Andersen, 1989); the modifications of the male fore femur and abdominal segments VI–VII are much more pronounced in larger males than in smaller ones. The diagnostic features of our specimen match well with the original description of the largest form, although they differ slightly in regard to some structures: the fingerlike projection of segment VI is slightly shorter; the median keel on abdominal ventrites VI and VII is slightly wider; and the tooth of the basal part of the proctiger is shorter and nearly indistinguishable.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand (Fig 46).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987816D6B96105FFFFA1283D0F9CE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ye, Zhen;Polhemus, Dan A.;Bu, Wenjun	Ye, Zhen, Polhemus, Dan A., Bu, Wenjun (2014): First record of the genus Baptista Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3811 (3): 301-315, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.3.1
03C987816D6896175FFFF99083E3FB03.text	03C987816D6896175FFFF99083E3FB03.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Baptista hoedli Zettel 2004	<div><p>Baptista hoedli Zettel, 2004</p> <p>(Figs. 3, 4, 5, 11, 15, 18, 22, 29, 30, 31, 46)</p> <p>Baptista hoedli Zettel, 2004: 441.</p> <p>Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Prov.: 10 macropterous males, 5 macropterous females, 1 apterous male, Lincang city, Cangyuan county, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.066666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.283333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.066666/lat 23.283333)">Banhong village</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.066666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.283333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.066666/lat 23.283333)">Nangunhe Natural Reserve</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=99.066666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.283333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 99.066666/lat 23.283333)">Xiyan River</a> (23°17'N, 99°04'E), alt. 613m, 5.V.2011, coll. Zhen Ye.</p> <p>Diagnosis. This species differs from B. collaris in its larger size, darker colouration on the head and the sides of the thorax, more deeply emarginate posterior margin of abdominal segment VIII in the male (Fig 22), and, most distinctly, in the wide distal dilatation of the male paramere (Figs 30, 31).</p> <p>Redescription. Macropterous male (Fig 3). Colour: ground colour dark brown, head blackish, clypeus and pseudocellar spots slightly darker, rostrum yellowish with black apex, buccula yellow; antennal segments I–II yellowish, III–IV brown; pronotum dark brown, area behind head along anterior margin with narrow pruinose mark, covered by silvery patches (except medially); legs mainly yellowish, with apices of femur, tibia, and tarsi weakly infuscated; abdomen dorsally and laterally brown, ventrally varying from orange to brown, laterosternites orange; posterior mediotergites more or less dull orange; forewing dark brown with six white spots; segment VIII, pygophore and proctiger yellowish, each strongly infuscated apically. Structural characteristics: body length: 2.82–2.91; medium-sized for genus, elongate, bearing short, grayish or golden, appressed pubescence. Head about 1.58 times as wide as long, posteriorly inserted into medially concave anterior margin of pronotum, head along inner eye margin with prominent silvery pubescence, labrum angulate, bucculae clearly visible; antennae long and slender, about 0.64 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.38, 0.27, 0.53, 0.67; pronotum width: 1.02–1.04, length: 0.88–0.92, about 1.16 times as wide as long, pentagonal in outline, with anterior margin deeply emarginated; pronotum with paired of patches of dense silvery pilosity behind anterior margin; pronotal collar angularly widened behind eyes, ventrally narrowed. Legs bearing mainly decumbent or suberect setae, femur ventrally with relatively long, erect setae, fore femur simple, slightly incrassate, not curved, without special modifications except for patch of relatively long, erect setae ventrally (Fig 15); fore tibia straight (Fig 15), with conspicuous row of short, black, curved and pointed spines ventrally (Fig 18), grasping comb short, about 0.19 times tibia length; lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia and tarsi): fore leg: 0.79, 0.70, and 0.26, middle leg: 0.86, 0.85, and 0.38 (0.15+0.23), hind leg: 1.04, 1.1, and 0.44 (0.2+0.24); forewing with relatively long, suberect setae along basal longitudinal veins, with some golden, decumbent setae on transverse veins delimiting basal cells; length of forewings slightly surpassing end of abdomen; abdomen pleurally and ventrally without special modifications, except sternite VII with posterior margin bearing a V–shaped incision medially (Fig 11), segment VIII about 1.9 times as long as wide, ventrally without modifications, conspicuously emarginated dorsocaudally (Fig 22). Genital segments: pygophore sub–rectangular; proctiger small, narrow, and elongate, with apex acute (Fig 29); paramere long, symmetrical, strongly widened distally, apex curved, acute (Figs 30, 31).</p> <p>Macropterous female (Fig 4). Similar to male in general structure and coloration but slightly larger; body length: 2.85–3.05, structure of head including antenna as in male, head about 1.56 times as wide as long, antennae about 0.55 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.35, 0.23, 0.49, 0.63; pronotum as in male, width: 1.05–1.16, length: 0.98–1.02, about 1.16 times as wide as long; fore tibia without grasping comb, lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia and tarsi): fore leg: 0.77, 0.63 and 0.31, middle leg: 0.88, 0.80, and 0.41 (0.17+0.26), hind leg: 1.00, 1.08, and 0.50 (0.21+0.29); abdomen pleurally and ventrally without special modifications; connexiva approximately rectangular dorsocaudally; gonocoxa and proctiger relatively small, proctiger with apex acute.</p> <p>Apterous male (Fig 5). Body length 2.80; head about 1.58 times as wide as long, antennae about 0.64 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.36, 0.25, 0.50, 0.68; pronotum hind margin broadly rounded, width: 0.81, length: 0.6, about 1.35 times as wide as long; lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia and tarsi): fore leg: 0.75, 0.63, and 0.29, middle leg: 0.86, 0.80, and 0.38 (0.16+0.22), hind leg: 1.00, 1.07, and 0.48 (0.2+0.28); grasping comb about 0.19 times tibia length; lateral parts of mediotergites V–VI with silvery pubescence, mediotergites VI–VII shiny orange. Other characters as in macropterous male.</p> <p>Notes. This species is recorded for the first time from China.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Yunnan), Laos (Fig 46).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987816D6896175FFFF99083E3FB03	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ye, Zhen;Polhemus, Dan A.;Bu, Wenjun	Ye, Zhen, Polhemus, Dan A., Bu, Wenjun (2014): First record of the genus Baptista Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3811 (3): 301-315, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.3.1
03C987816D6F961B5FFFFADB8508FD36.text	03C987816D6F961B5FFFFADB8508FD36.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Baptista curvicornis Ye & Polhemus & Bu 2014	<div><p>Baptista curvicornis sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs. 6, 12, 16, 19, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34, 46)</p> <p>Type material. Holotype: macropterous male, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Jinghong city, Mengla county, Menglun town, Manzhang village, (21°91'N, 101°20'E), alt. 625 m, 18.VIII.2010, coll. Zhen Ye. Paratype: CHINA, Yunnan Prov.: 1 macropterous male, same data as holotype;</p> <p>Diagnosis. The male of this species can be easily distinguished from all described species of Baptista by having the abdominal segment VIII strongly modified ventrally and laterally, with the medial part bearing a prominent, half-rounded process, and with a pair of curved projections laterally (Figs 24, 25); further differences are found in the shape of the paramere (Figs 33, 34), and in the structure of the abdominal ventrite VII, the posterior margin of which bears a deep, angular incision medially, flanked by a pair (1+1) of lateral depression that extend posteriorly to meet a similar pair of anteriorly curving projections arising on abdominal ventrite VIII (Fig 12).</p> <p>Description. Macropterous male (Fig 6). Colour: ground colour orange, head yellow, clypeus and labrum shining black, pseudocellar spots and median line of head blackish, rostrum yellowish with black apex; buccula yellowish; antennal segments I–II yellowish, III–IV brown; pronotum mainly dull orange, area behind head along anterior margin with a narrow pruinose mark, covered by silvery patches (except medially), posterior portion of pronotum with numerous black punctures; legs mainly yellowish, basal parts of femora almost white, with apices of tarsi weakly infuscated; abdomen dorsally and laterally brown, ventrally dull yellow, laterosternites orange; forewing dark brown with six white spots; segment VIII, pygophore and proctiger yellowish, each strongly infuscated apically. Structural characteristics: body length: 2.88; medium-sized, body elongate, bearing short, grayish or silvery appressed pubescence. Head about 1.36 times as wide as long, posteriorly inserted in medially concave anterior margin of pronotum, head along inner eye margin with slightly silvery pubescence, labrum triangular, buccula clearly visible; antennae long and slender, about 0.58 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.39, 0.22, 0.46, 0.64; pronotum width: 1.01, length: 0.84, about 1.2 times as wide as long, pentagonal in outline, with anterior margin deeply emarginated, area behind anterior margin with paired patches of dense silvery pilosity; pronotal collar angularly widened behind eyes, ventrally narrowed, numerous dark punctures scattered across pronotal lobe. Legs bearing mainly decumbent or suberect setae, ventral part of fore femur with distinct patch of long, erect setae, fore femur simple, incrassate, not curved, without special modifications (Fig 16); fore tibia moderately curved (Fig 16), with conspicuous row of small, stout, black protuberances ventrally (Fig 19), grasping comb short, about 0.18 times tibia length; lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia, and tarsi): fore leg: 0.7, 0.64, and 0.27, middle leg: 0.78, 0.81, and 0.34 (0.11+0.23), hind leg: 0.92, 0.97, and 0.41 (0.17+0.24); forewing with relatively long, suberect setae along basal longitudinal veins, with some golden, decumbent setae on transverse veins delimiting basal cells; abdomen pleurally and ventrally without special modifications, except posterior margin of sternite VII with a deep, angular incision medially, flanked by a pair (1+1) lateral depression that extend posteriorly to meet a similar pair of anteriorly curving projections arising on abdominal ventrite VIII (Fig 12), segment VIII about 1.75 times as long as wide, distinctly protruding behind segment VII, strongly modified ventrally, medial part with a prominent half-rounded process, laterally with a pair of curved projections (Figs 24, 25). Genital segments: pygophore rectangular; proctiger small, narrow, and elongate, with apex acute (Fig 32); paramere long, symmetrical, strongly widened distally, with convergent apex (Figs 33, 34).</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Yunnan) (Fig 46).</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin curvicornis (meaning angular projection), referring to the male abdominal segment VIII with its pair of distinctly curved lateral projections as seen in ventral view.</p> <p>Note. Baptista curvicornis sp. n. is a rare species; only two specimens were collected together with a relatively large number of B. obtusa sp. n. (see below). The general appearance except for the special structure of segment VIII indicates that this new species belongs to the Baptista collaris species group.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987816D6F961B5FFFFADB8508FD36	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ye, Zhen;Polhemus, Dan A.;Bu, Wenjun	Ye, Zhen, Polhemus, Dan A., Bu, Wenjun (2014): First record of the genus Baptista Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3811 (3): 301-315, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.3.1
03C987816D60961E5FFFFC7A822BFBBD.text	03C987816D60961E5FFFFC7A822BFBBD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Baptista obtusa Ye & Polhemus & Bu 2014	<div><p>Baptista obtusa sp. n.</p> <p>(Figs. 7, 8, 9, 13, 17, 20, 23, 35,36,37, 43, 44, 45, 46)</p> <p>Type material. Holotype: macropterous male, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Xishuangbanna, Jinghong city, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.23333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.533333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.23333/lat 22.533333)">Puwen town</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=101.23333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.533333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 101.23333/lat 22.533333)">Cangyang River</a>, (22°32'N, 101°14'E), alt. 885m, 25.IV.2011, coll. Zhen Ye. Paratypes: CHINA, Yunnan Prov.: 6 macropterous males, 4 macropterous females, 2 apterous males, same data as holotype; 4 macropterous males, 2 macropterous females, Xishuangbanna, Jinghong city, Mengla county, Menglun town, Baka village, (21°96'N, 101°21'E), alt. 625 m, 7.VIII.2010, coll. Kai Dang; 1 macropterous male, 1 macropterous female, Xishuangbanna, Jinghong city, Mengla county, Menglun town, Mengkuan River, (21°91'N, 101°09'E), alt. 500–600m, 18.VIII.2010, coll. Min Li.</p> <p>Diagnosis. The male of this new species can be distinguished from B. collaris and B. hoedli by its larger size; the moderately curved fore tibia (Fig 17); the relatively stout spines on the ventral part of the fore tibia (Fig 20); the much more incrassate fore femur; the U–shaped incision medially on the posterior margin of abdominal ventrite VII (Fig 13); in B. collaris and B. hoedli, the posterior margin of ventrite VII has medially a deep, angular concave; the abdominal segment VIII is slightly wider (Fig 23); and most distinctly is the shape of the paramere (Figs 36, 37). The new species differs from B. curvicornis sp. n. in having the ground colour dark brown to blackish (in B. curvicornis sp. n., the ground colour is yellow); by the U–shaped incision medially on the posterior margin of abdominal ventrite VII (in B. curvicornis sp. n., the posterior margin of ventrite VII has a very deep, angular concavity, separating two relatively broad, blunt, concave lateral processes); by the absence of modifications to abdominal segment VIII; and most distinctly in the shape of the paramere.</p> <p>Description. Macropterous male (Fig 7). Colour: ground colour dark brown, head blackish, clypeus and pseudocellar spots slightly darker, rostrum yellowish with black apex, buccula brownish; basal part of antennal segment I dull yellow, antennal segments II–IV dark brown; pronotum blackish, area behind head along anterior margin with narrow pruinose mark, covered by silvery patches (except medially); legs mainly yellowish, with apices of femora, tibiae, and tarsi infuscated; abdomen dorsally and laterally mainly dark brown, ventrally varying from orange to brown, connexiva dull orange, posterior mediotergites more or less dull orange; forewing dark brown with six white spots; segment VIII, pygophore and proctiger yellowish, with each strongly infuscated apically. Structural characteristics: body length: 2.95–3.15 (holotype: 2.98), medium-sized, body elongate, bearing short, grayish or golden, appressed pubescence. Head about 1.56 times as wide as long, posteriorly inserted into medially concave anterior margin of pronotum, head along inner eye margin with slightly silvery pubescence, labrum trianglar, buccula clearly visible; antennae long and slender, about 0.63 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.44, 0.26, 0.53, 0.71; pronotum width: 1.08–1.13, length: 0.95–1.02, about 1.12 times as wide as long, pentagonal in outline, with anterior margin deeply emarginated, area behind anterior margin with paired of patches of dense silvery pilosity; pronotal collar angularly widened behind eyes, ventrally narrowed. Legs bearing mainly decumbent or suberect setae, venter of femur with distinct patch of long, erect setae, fore femur simple, incrassate, not curved, without special modifications (Fig 17); fore tibia moderately curved, with conspicuous row of short, stout, curving black spines ventrally (Fig 20), grasping comb short, about 0.23 times tibia length; lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia and tarsi): fore leg: 0.8, 0.69, and 0.3, middle leg: 0.9, 0.85, and 0.42 (0.15+0.27), hind leg: 1.08, 1.19, and 0.52 (0.22+0.3); forewing with relatively long, suberect setae along basal longitudinal veins, with some golden, decumbent setae on transverse veins delimiting basal cells; abdomen pleurally and ventrally without special modifications, except sternite VII with relatively deep, blunt concave (Ushaped) incision medially on ventral margin (Fig 13), segment VIII about 1.7 times as long as wide, ventrally without modifications, anterior margin medially with deep incision, conspicuously emarginated dorsocaudally (Fig 23). Genital segments: pygophore sub–rectangular; proctiger small, narrow, and elongate, with apex acute (Fig 35); paramere long, symmetrical, slightly curved in middle, apex rounded, blunt (Figs 36, 37).</p> <p>Macropterous female (Fig 8). Similar to male in general structure and colouration, but slightly larger; body length: 3.08–3.17, structure of head including antenna as in male, head about 1.38 times as wide as long, antennae about 0.54 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.36, 0.24, 0.46, 0.63; pronotum as in male, width: 1.15–1.2, length: 0.95–1.02, about 1.19 times as wide as long; fore tibia without grasping comb, lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia, and tarsi): fore leg: 0.85, 0.67, and 0.32, middle leg: 0.90, 0.81, and 0.39 (0.14+0.25), hind leg: 1.10, 1.15, and 0.5 (0.2+0.3); abdomen pleurally and ventrally without special modifications; connexiva dorsocaudally approximately rectangular; gonocoxa and proctiger relatively small, proctiger with apex apex.</p> <p>Apterous male (Fig 9). Similar to macropterous form in general structure and colouration; body length 2.91; head about 1.55 times as wide as long, antennae about 0.67 times as long as body, lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.42, 0.29, 0.53, 0.71; pronotum hind margin broadly rounded, width: 0.93, length: 0.71, about 1.31 times as wide as long; lengths of leg segments (femur, tibia, and tarsi): fore leg: 0.78, 0.68, and 0.29, middle leg: 0.9, 0.84 and 0.43 (0.14+0.29), hind leg: 1.06, 1.18, and 0.51 (0.2+0.31); grasping comb about 0.21 times tibia length; lateral parts of mediotergites I–II and V–VI with silvery pubescence, medial sections of mediotergites varying from brown to orange. Other characters as in macropterous male.</p> <p>Apterous female. Unknown.</p> <p>Distribution. China (Yunnan) (Fig 46)</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin obtusa (meaning blunt), referring to the blunt, Ushaped concavity in the posterior margin of ventrite VII.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C987816D60961E5FFFFC7A822BFBBD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ye, Zhen;Polhemus, Dan A.;Bu, Wenjun	Ye, Zhen, Polhemus, Dan A., Bu, Wenjun (2014): First record of the genus Baptista Distant, 1903 (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3811 (3): 301-315, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.3.1
