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)