Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae Author Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza Author Henry, Thomas J. text Zootaxa 2011 2920 1 41 journal article 46643 10.5281/zenodo.277915 92ace763-4bc6-4137-8373-7a543e718335 1175-5326 277915 Genus Pycnoderes Guérin-Méneville Pycnoderes Guérin-Méneville, 1857 : 404 . Type species: Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857 . Monotypic. Diagnosis. Most species black, often with one to several pale spots along embolium. Compound eyes extending beyond lateral margins of pronotum. Pronotum sharply convex, usually prominent, much higher than hemelytra. Hemelytra with silvery pruinose areas; embolium explanate.