Neotropical Scolopini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae): new taxa, diagnostic characters and a key to the genera of the tribe Author Carpintero, Diego Leonardo División Entomología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, C 1405 DJR, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; e-mail: dcarpint @ macn. gov. ar & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) Author Dellapé, Pablo Matías División Entomología, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata, U. N. L. P. Paseo del Bosque s / n, B 1900 FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; e-mail: pdellape @ fcnym. unlp. edu. ar & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2012 2012-06-30 52 1 49 66 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5330417 0374-1036 5330417 FA105A64-2EC3-49D8-83EF-43751993B808 Key to Neotropical genera of Scolopini 1 Ocelli placed between eyes, before imaginary line that passes through posterior margin of eyes ( Fig. 10 ). Metasternum with median longitudinal carina. Ectospermalege not shaped as copulatory tubes. Subtribe Calliodina . ........................................................ 2 – Ocelli placed behind imaginary line that passes through posterior margin of eyes ( Fig. 9 ). Metasternum without median longitudinal carina. Ectospermalege shaped as copulatory tubes. Subtribe Scolopina . .......................................................................................... 10 2 Ant-mimetic species. Lateral sides of pronotum strongly sinuated ( Figs. 3, 6 , 12 ). Abdomen constricted at base. ................................................................................................ 3 – Not ant-mimetic species. Lateral sides of pronotum straight or only slightly sinuated ( Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 ). Abdomen not constricted at base. .......................................... 4 3 Head before eyes curved downward. Legs long and slender. Dorsal half of metapleura smooth ( Fig. 23 ). Tibiae unarmed. Fossula spongiosa absent. Brazil , Nicaragua . .......... ............................................................................................. Opisthypselus Reuter, 1909 – Head before eyes flat, straight ( Fig. 10 ). Legs short, femora enlarged. Dorsal half of metapleura sculptured. Fore tibiae in males with row of teeth on inner margin ( Fig. 11 ). Fossula spongiosa present. Ecuador . ............................. Guayascoris gen. nov. ( Fig. 3 ) 4 Lateral margins of pronotum and hemelytra explanate. Female with ovipositor reduced..........................................................................................................................................5 – Lateral margins of pronotum and hemelytra not explanate. Female with well developed ovipositor. ...................................................................................................................... 6 5 Pronotum and head with a series of wide and whitish setae ( Fig. 19 ). Ostiolar peritreme curved, apex slender, acute ( Fig. 20 ); metapleura wholly sculptured ( Fig. 21 ). South America. ........................................................... Lepidonannella Poppius, 1913 ( Fig. 4 ) – Pronotum and head without a series of wide and whitish setae. Ostiolar peritreme slightly curved, apically rounded, dorsal margin of metapleura smooth ( Fig. 22 ). North and Central America. ........................................................... Nidicola Harris & Drake, 1941 ( Fig. 5 ) 6 Hemelytra smooth ( Fig. 7 ). Male fore femora armed with a series of long spines ( Fig. 24 ). ..................................................................................... Zopherocoris Reuter, 1871 – Hemelytra punctured. Male fore femora unarmed. ....................................................... 7 7 Eyes large, occupying 3/4 of head length. Hemelytra with only a row of punctures over endo-exocorial suture and claval-endocorial suture. ........................................................ .......................................................................... Eulasiocolpus Champion, 1900 ( Fig. 2 ) – Eyes smaller, occupying no more than 1/2 of head length. Hemelytra with many sparse punctures on clavus, corium and cuneus. ...................................................................... 8 8 Ostiolar peritreme strongly curved in apical quarter. Rostrum slightly surpassing fore coxae. All femora incrassate. ...................................... Lasiocolpoides Champion, 1900 – Ostiolar peritreme curved in all its length ( Fig. 16 ). Rostrum reaching mid coxae. All femora slender ( Fig. 1 ). ............................................................... Calliodis Reuter, 1871 9 All femora armed with spines on inner margin ( Fig. 28 ). Ostiolar peritreme ( Fig. 29, 30 ) very long, folded (as in Xylocoris Dufour, 1831 ) ( Fig. 9 ). .............................................. ............................................................................................ Scolopocoris Carayon, 1972 – Femora unarmed, or only fore femora armed with spines. Ostiolar peritreme shorter, more or less curved. .............................................................................................................. 10 10 Fore femora spinose. Rostrum reaching middle of mesosternum or reaching mid coxae. ..................................................................................................................................... 11 – Fore femora unarmed. Rostrum never reaching fore coxae. ....................................... 12 11 Ostiolar peritreme long and strongly curved; punctures on dorsum deep, evident. ........ ....................................................................................... Lasiochiloides Champion, 1900 – Ostiolar peritreme short and gently curved; finelly punctured on dorsum, appearing to be smooth. .................................................................................... Ameroscolopa gen. nov. 12 Body slender, subparallel-sided. Rostrum stout, nearly reaching the fore coxae. Membrane longer than corium ( Fig. 8 ). .................................................. Scolopella Carayon, 1954 – Body thicker, sinuate-sided. Rostrum slender, not surpassing the base of head. Membrane shorter than corium. .................................................................. Scolopa Carayon, 1954