A revision of Lamprocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)
Author
Rédei, Dávid
Author
Tsai, Jing-Fu
text
Entomologica Americana
2016
2016-05-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1664/15-ra-043
journal article
10.1664/15-ra-043
12785467
SUBGENUS
LAMPROCORIS
S. STR.
Lamprocoris
(subgenus):
Stål (1873)
: 22 (synopsis),
Schouteden (1904)
: 28 (diagnosis, catalogue),
Kirkaldy (1909)
: 301 (catalogue, distribution),
Göllner-Scheiding (2006)
: 197 (catalogue, Palaearctic),
Tsai et al. (2011)
: 176 (diagnostic characters, distribution),
Aukema et al. (2013)
: 435 (catalogue, Palaearctic).
DIAGNOSIS
: Relatively small (8.5–11 mm), brilliant metallic green-blue species with black markings on pronotum and scutellum (
Figs. 1
,
2
). They differ from the subgenus
Sophela
in the following characters: humeri unarmed; basal tumescence of scutellum delimited posteriorly by a distinct transverse furrow; abdominal ventrites weakly tumescent laterally.