New subtribes and a new genus of Podopini (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Podopinae)
Author
Gapon, Dmitry A.
Author
TentatDAG
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2008
2008-12-08
48
2
523
532
journal article
4602
10.5281/zenodo.5341658
1631e77c-f93e-4f6c-834a-72243d3f0d52
0374-1036
5341658
Subtribe
Kayesiina
subtrib. nov.
Type
genus.
Kayesia
Schouteden, 1903
.
Diagnosis.
Dorsal surface of head evenly convex. Jugae extended, closed before clypeus. Tooth on anterior part of bucculae present (lost in
Kundelungua
Schouteden, 1951
; present in the
Graphosomatini
). Transverse carina on pronotum absent. Metathoracic scent gland openings located on raised roundish areas (as in
Brachycerocoris
A. Costa, 1863
,
Tholagmus
Stål, 1860
, and the Deroploini). Latero-apical margins of pygophore with sensory projections (
Fig. 2
). Parandria divided into lateral and medial parts (
Figs. 2, 5
) Ventral infolding of pygophore bent dorsad in
Kayesia
(
Fig. 2
) and lost in
Kundelungua
. Sensory process of paramere small. Ventrolateral lobes of conjunctiva (
Figs. 6, 7
) present in different groups of the
Podopinae
, long and membranous (lost in
Kundelungua
). Medial penal plates lying between them, divided into longitudinal bands and apical processes. Body covered with extremely short setae.
Genera included.
Kayesia
Schouteden, 1903
, and
Kundelungua
Schouteden, 1951
.
Distribution.
Subsaharan Africa.