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
10.5281/zenodo.277915
92ace763-4bc6-4137-8373-7a543e718335
1175-5326
277915
Genus
Monalonion
Herrich-Schaeffer
Monalonian
Herrich-Schaeffer,
1850
:
168
.
Type
species:
Monalonion parviventre
Herrich-Schaeffer,
1850
. Monotypic.
Diagnosis.
Elongate, shiny, smooth, and glabrous species. Head with a distinct neck; antennal segment II six times longer than segment I. Pronotum clearly narrowed anteriorly; embolium-corial and clavo-corial sutures without punctures. Scutellum smooth (without slender, erect process as in the Old World
Helopeltis
Signoret
); pronotum and hemelytra glabrous; apical angle of areole on membrane rounded.
Carvalho (
1972
) revised this genus. Only one species is known to occur in Minas Gerais.