Notes on the genus Petascelis Signoret and description of one new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Petascelini) Author Brailovsky, Harry text Zootaxa 2008 1749 18 26 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.181703 c55e1a52-2649-4f96-859e-4d75fd887b2b 1175-5326 181703 Petascelis laminipes Fairmaire ( Figs. 6 , 11 ) Petascelis laminipes Fairmaire, 1858 : 292 . Diagnosis. Male. Easy to recognize by having antennal segment IV fusiform, its apex acute; metasternum armed laterally with medium-sized blunt tubercles ( Fig. 6 ); fore and middle tibiae with outer margin dilated, inner straight; midpoint of abdominal sternite III armed with small tubercle, this conspicuously depressed at center ( Fig. 11 ); and genital capsule simple, with posteroventral edge straight not exposed. The female has antennal segment IV fusiform, its apex acute; metasternum armed laterally with medium-sized blunt tubercles; fore and middle tibiae with outer margin dilated, inner straight; and abdominal sterna unarmed. Type locality. AFRICA: Gabon , 1883, J. Thomson ( MNHN , type male examined) Distribution. This species is recorded from Gabon , and Ivory Coast (Mont Nimba, Yalanzou) ( Fairmaire 1858 , Villiers 1952a , Villiers 1952b ) Material examined. New records. AFRICA: GUINEA : 1 male , Pe´ou La Dou, 17-V-1958 , R. Pujol ( MNHN ).