Review and phylogeny of the geniculata group, genus Chinavia (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with notes on biogeography and morphological evolution
Author
Genevcius, Bruno C.
Author
Schwertner, Cristiano F.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3847
1
33
56
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.2
c5576546-f2f0-4c81-8977-0011c8f6cec8
1175-5326
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Chinavia sebastiaoi
Schwertner & Grazia
(
Figs. 4
l,
5i
; table 3)
Chinavia sebastiaoi
Schwertner & Grazia 2006
, 243–246;
Schwertner & Grazia 2007
, 422, 423, 433.
Diagnosis.
Body mostly green, with narrow yellow bands on the lateral margins of the scutellum, pronotum and hemelytra. Abdominal spine surpassing metacoxae, generally reaching mesocoxae.
Adult size.
14–16mm
.
Distribution.
Bolivia
,
Brazil
(Mato Grosso do Sul),
Paraguay
.
Material examined.
Holotype
: Serra da Bodoquena (MS—Brazil), 1941, Ugarte col.,
FIOC
(
1♂
);
Paratypes
: La Paz: Guanay (
Bolivia
), 1996, Steinbaeh col.,
NMNH
(
1♂
); Santa Cruz, Sara, Martinez col.,
NMNH
(1♀); Serra da Bodoquena (MS—Brazil), 1941,
FIOC
(5♀); Carumbé (
Paraguay
), 1966,
MLCN
(1♀).
Comments.
This species is characterized by the absence of black spots on the scutellum, pronotum and connexivum, similar to the species from the
obstinata
group. However, it is included in the
geniculata
group because of the recovered synapomorphies of general and genital morphologies.