The Aradidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina
Author
Contreras, Eugenia Fernanda
Author
Coscarón, María Del Carmen
text
Zootaxa
2012
3500
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.215294
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1175-5326
215294
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Genus
Neuroctenus
Fieber, 1860
Figs 1
F, 9A–D, 10A
Neuroctenus
Fieber, 1860
. Die europ. Hem., p. 34. Type-species:
Neuroctenus brasiliensis
Mayr
, a junior synonym of
Brachyrhynchus punctulatus
Burmeister
, designated by
Van Duzee, 1916
. New York Entomol. Soc., p. 17.
Diagnosis: Body oval, very flattened; surface granular but without pubescence; head slightly wider across eyes, anterior process relatively broad with genae prominent on either side of clypeus, postocular tubercles prominent but short reaching or surpassing level of outer margins of eyes; pronotum a little more than twice as wide as long, lateral margins sinuate; scutellum triangular with the apex rounded, the sides carinate, ventral surface very flattened with coxae widely separated; legs with trochanters distinct, sometimes with the granules even large enough to appear as minutes spines.