Review of the Oriental species of the genus Brachycerocoris Costa, 1863 (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea: Pentatomidae: Podopinae s. l.) with description of two new species
Author
Salini, S.
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, 560024, India.
Author
Roca-Cusachs, M.
IRBio. Institut de Recerca a la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-09-23
5040
4
507
527
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.3
1175-5326
5531706
15A052C1-70CA-49C2-82D5-EBB513C8EDD4
Key to the Oriental species of
Brachycerocoris
1
Anterior half of pronotum with well developed, prominent, pointed central tubercle, distinctly longer than width at base (in lateral view) (
Fig. 1b
), with apex truncate.........................................
Brachycerocoris camelus
Costa
- Anterior half of pronotum with central tubercle usually distinctly shorter than width at base (
Fig. 2c
;
Fig. 3b
) and apex of central tubercle distinctly rounded, if as long as width at base, the central tubercle at basal half of scutellum (scutellar tubercle) much elongate (>
2 mm
in height) (
Fig. 4b
).....................................................................
2
2
Central tubercle at basal half of scutellum (scutellar tubercle) much elongate, usually more than
2 mm
in height (
Fig. 4b
).........................................................
Brachycerocoris davidii
Roca-Cusachs & Salini
sp. nov.
-
Central tubercle at basal half of scutellum (scutellar tubercle) short with
1 mm
in height (
Fig. 2c
;
Fig. 3b
).............. 3
3
The central margin connecting base of central tubercle on basal half of scutellum with posteromedial scutellar tubercle, straight (in lateral view) (
Fig. 2c
); Paramere distinctly P-shaped, apex of crown broader than long, crown massive (
Fig. 9 d, e
); stem medially concave on outer margin and not of uniform width throughout...................................................................................................
Brachycerocoris petrii
Salini & Roca-Cusachs
sp. nov
.
- The central margin connecting base of central tubercle on basal half of scutellum with posteromedial scutellar tubercle, Cshaped (in lateral view) (
Fig. 3b
); Paramere distinctly L-shaped, apex of crown semiovate, crown not massive (
Fig. 13 a, b
); stem of uniform width throughout.....................................
Brachycerocoris dromedarius
(Vollenhoven)