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<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF88339EF4FFFBACF410"author="Dallas, W. S."box="[742,1070,2910,2965]"firstAuthor="Dallas"journalOrPublisher="London"page="33"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"refId="ref16746"refString="Dallas, W. S. 1851. List of the specimensof hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London."title="List of the specimensof hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum"type="book"year="1851">Dallas 1851: 33</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF883532F4FFFEEBF44B"author="Walker, F."firstAuthor="Walker"journalOrPublisher="London"page="49"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"refId="ref17377"refString="Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera: Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1. London."title="Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera: Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1"type="book"year="1867">Walker 1867: 49</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF88337AF3DFFC0BF333"author="Distant, W. L."box="[514,905,3198,3254]"firstAuthor="Distant"journalOrPublisher="C. R. Soc. Entomol. Belg. Ser."page="57"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"pagination="56 - 66"part="3"refId="ref16770"refString="Distant, W. L. 1887. Enumeration of the Van Volxem collection of Rhynchota contained in the BrusselsMuseum, pt. I. C. R. Soc. Entomol. Belg. Ser. 3, 31: 56 - 66."title="Enumeration of the Van Volxem collection of Rhynchota contained in the BrusselsMuseum, pt. I."type="journal article"year="1887">Distant 1887: 57</bibRefCitation>
(listed);
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF883515F3DFFD88F375"author="Schouteden, H."firstAuthor="Schouteden"journalOrPublisher="Brussells"page="50"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"refId="ref17198"refString="1904 b. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Scutellerinae. Wytsmann Genera Insectorum, fasc. 24. Brussells."title="Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Scutellerinae"type="book"volumeTitle="Wytsmann Genera Insectorum, fasc. 24"year="1904"yearSuffix="b">Schouteden 1904b: 50</bibRefCitation>
(listed, synonymy);
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF8832B3F318FAEEF375"author="Kirkaldy, G. W."box="[971,1388,3257,3312]"firstAuthor="Kirkaldy"journalOrPublisher="Berlin"page="287"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"refId="ref16954"refString="Kirkaldy, G. W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera), vol. I, Cimicidae. Berlin."title="Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera), vol. I, Cimicidae"type="book"year="1909">Kirkaldy 1909: 287</bibRefCitation>
(listed, synonymy);
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF8833A6F352FB2FF2AF"author="Lattin, J. D."box="[734,1197,3315,3370]"firstAuthor="Lattin"journalOrPublisher="Acta Entomol. Mus. Nat. Pragae"page="188 - 190"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"pagination="187 - 190"part="39"refId="ref16978"refString="Lattin, J. D. 1977. The systematic position of Polytodes ochraceus Horvath, with synonymical notes on the genus Polytes Stal (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Acta Entomol. Mus. Nat. Pragae 39: 187 - 190."title="The systematic position of Polytodes ochraceus Horvath, with synonymical notes on the genus Polytes Stal (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)"type="journal article"year="1977">Lattin 1977: 188-190</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF88304FF23EFD7BF253"author="Kirkaldy, G. W."box="[311,761,3487,3542]"firstAuthor="Kirkaldy"journalOrPublisher="Berlin"page="287"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"refId="ref16954"refString="Kirkaldy, G. W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera), vol. I, Cimicidae. Berlin."title="Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera), vol. I, Cimicidae"type="book"year="1909">Kirkaldy 1909: 287</bibRefCitation>
(listed). (Synonymized by
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF88304FF27BFC9BF195"author="Lattin, J. D."box="[311,793,3546,3600]"firstAuthor="Lattin"journalOrPublisher="Acta Entomol. Mus. Nat. Pragae"page="188 - 190"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"pagination="187 - 190"part="39"refId="ref16978"refString="Lattin, J. D. 1977. The systematic position of Polytodes ochraceus Horvath, with synonymical notes on the genus Polytes Stal (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Acta Entomol. Mus. Nat. Pragae 39: 187 - 190."title="The systematic position of Polytodes ochraceus Horvath, with synonymical notes on the genus Polytes Stal (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)"type="journal article"year="1977">Lattin 1977: 188-190</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF8833D5F1B5FAD6F1CE"author="Schouteden, H."box="[685,1364,3604,3659]"firstAuthor="Schouteden"journalOrPublisher="Bull. Ann. Soc. Roy. Entomol. Belg."page="298 - 299"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"pagination="296 - 303"part="48"refId="ref17221"refString="1904 c. Descriptions de Scutelleriens nouveaux ou peu connus (Pentatomides). Bull. Ann. Soc. Roy. Entomol. Belg. 48: 296 - 303."title="Descriptions de Scutelleriens nouveaux ou peu connus (Pentatomides)"type="journal article"year="1904"yearSuffix="c">Schouteden 1904c: 298-299</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF88304DF1EFFCA9F102"author="Schouteden, H."box="[309,811,3662,3719]"firstAuthor="Schouteden"journalOrPublisher="Brussells"page="50"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"refId="ref17198"refString="1904 b. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Scutellerinae. Wytsmann Genera Insectorum, fasc. 24. Brussells."title="Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Scutellerinae"type="book"volumeTitle="Wytsmann Genera Insectorum, fasc. 24"year="1904"yearSuffix="b">Schouteden 1904b: 50</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9F784B76FFDEFF88322EF129FB7EF147"author="Kirkaldy, G. W."box="[854,1276,3720,3778]"firstAuthor="Kirkaldy"journalOrPublisher="Berlin"page="287"pageId="3"pageNumber="118"refId="ref16954"refString="Kirkaldy, G. W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera), vol. I, Cimicidae. Berlin."title="Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera), vol. I, Cimicidae"type="book"year="1909">Kirkaldy 1909: 287</bibRefCitation>
<paragraphid="FB563687FFDEFF88348CFE98F7A6FD38"blockId="3.[1461,2599,313,3834]"pageId="3"pageNumber="118">Description. Dorsum stramineous to brown with numerous short black fascia or irregular macules; punctation relatively dense, usually darker than surrounding surface, most with greenish sheen. Venter yellow to yellow brown; punctation concolorous to black, most dense on thorax, sparse on abdomen. Length 9.0-12.6.</paragraph>
), 2.7-3.3 long, 3.0-3.6 wide across eyes. Lateral margins of juga rounded; black vitta usually present along sulcus separating each jugum from tylus and continuing to base of head; black vitta extending from each ocellus to lateral margin of corresponding jugum also usually present. Punctation on venter of head mostly concolorous with surrounding surface, black macule present at base of antennae. First antennal segment yellow to light brown, dark brown apically, remaining segments dark brown to black; length of antennal segments 1-5: 0.6-0.8; 0.7-0.9; 0.8-1.0; 1.3-1.7; 1.2-1.6. Rostrum extending onto 3rd visible abdominal sternite, stramineous, brown to dark brown at apex.
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<paragraphid="FB563687FFDEFF883489F9A7F8D3F840"blockId="3.[1461,2599,313,3834]"pageId="3"pageNumber="118">Pronotum 2.7-4.2 long at meson, 5.7-7.9 wide across humeri. Maculation usually consisting of short, black fasciae arranged in distinct longitudinal and transverse rows. Anterolateral margins concave, distinctly carinate; humeral angles slightly produced, obtusely angular. Legs yellow to light brown with variable dark brown maculation; tibiae moderately setose.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="FB563687FFDEFF883497F868F652F585"blockId="3.[1461,2599,313,3834]"pageId="3"pageNumber="118">Scutellum 5.3-7.3 long at meson, 4.9-6.5 broad at widest point; black maculation irregular and variable, forming open inverted "V " in highly colored individuals. Connexiva yellow to orange with black macule on posterior half of each segment; densely punctate. Abdominal sternites with black macule posterad of spiracles on each segment, lateral band of large, black punctures also usually present; last sternite densely setose mesially on posterior margin. Sternites convex. Spiracles pale.</paragraph>
); posterior margin slightly convex (Fig. 6). Parameres hookshaped, head elongate, shank broad with large, subquadrate projection present on ental margin (Fig. 8). First conjunctival diverticula large, sclerotized apices relatively consistent in size, thin (Fig. 1-4). Second conjunctival diverticula variable in size, sclerotized apices small to large, acute apically. Third conjunctival diverticula variable, from small and completely membranous to large with sclerotized apex.
on two specimens. In the BMNH, there are three specimens that match Dallas' description, locality, etc. and were almost certainly in his possession when he described this species. The following are designated:
is located in the RISNB and contains four specimens. The following are designated:
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is the most variable in degree of sclerotization observed in the apices of the conjunctival diverticula. The 3rd conjunctival diverticula are entirely membranous (which is atypical for the genus) in specimens examined from Bolivia, the apices becoming increasingly sclerotized in specimens from more northern collection localities (Fig. 1-4).
is the only species of the genus in which the 1 st conjunctival diverticula are sclerotized apically. Based on male genitalia, this species is not closely related to any other species of
