Revision of Taurocerus (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatomini) Author Jocélia Grazia Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Bloco IV, Prédio 43435, 91501 - 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. jocelia@ufrgs.br Author Aline Barcellos Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 1188, 90001 - 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. alinebar@fzb.rs.gov.br text Iheringia, Série Zoologia 2005 2005-06-30 95 2 173 181 journal article 24227 10.1590/S0073-47212005000200007 a20dc7bd-2f44-4d2e-a5e6-bfd99c1f3b77 3630712 Taurocerus abruptus ( Walker, 1867 ) ( Figs. 2, 3 ) Canaca abrupta WALKER, 1867:404 . Taurocerus abrupta ; DISTANT, 1880:82 , pl. 8, fig. 1 (list). Taurocerus abruptus ; LETHIERRY & SEVERIN, 1893:151 (cat.); KIRKALDY, 1909:150 (cat.). Type-locality. Guatemala. Type material. Holotype , examined, labeled: a) Type; b) Guatimala ( sic ) 52 119; c) Canaca abrupta ( BMNH ) . Dorsal surface reddish-castaneous, abdominal venter castaneous, more reddish on laterals. Humeri directed laterad, tougher than in the other species, apex blackish ( fig. 2 ). Rostrum attaining third sternite. V-shaped callous of scutellum thin. Genitalia ( fig. 3 ). Gonocoxites 8 quadrangular, about one and a half wider than long. Sutural borders contiguous at apical two thirds. Posterior borders of gonocoxites 8 almost rectilineal. Laterotergites 9 almost as long as gonocoxites 8, slightly surpassing the transversal band linking laterotergites 8. Comments. This species, known only from the holotype, may be distinguished from the other congeners by its tougher, laterally directed humeri, and by the shape of gonocoxites 8.