A phylogenetic revision of the true bug genus Heraeus (Hemiptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), with the description of two new genera and 30 new species
Author
Pablo M. Dellapé
Author
María C. Melo
Author
Thomas J. Henry
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2016
177
177
29
134
journal article
10.1111/zoj.12362
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THE
ILLITUS
GROUP
Included species:
Heraeus annulatus
sp. nov.
,
H. antennalis
sp. nov.
,
H. chamamecinus
sp. nov.
,
H. illitus
,
H. inca
sp. nov.
,
H. panamaensis
sp. nov.
,
H. similis
sp. nov.
,
H. spinosus
sp. nov.
,
H. splendens
sp. nov.
, and
H. tiputini
sp. nov.
Diagnosis
Often setose species; head coriaceous, setose; collar without a well-developed furrow posteriorly (except
H. annulatus
sp. nov.
); evaporative area extended, distance from dorsal margin of auricle to dorsal margin of evaporative area subequal to or longer than distance from dorsal margin of evaporative area to dorsal margin of metapleura; hemelytra with heterogeneous colouration pattern; profemur pale brown with dark-brown spots, if predominantly dark, the dorsal region clearly pale; male mesofemur without spines; meso- and metatibia generally with a subproximal dark band; aedeagus with well-developed spines.