New subtribes and a new genus of Podopini (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Podopinae)
Author
Gapon, Dmitry A.
Author
TentatDAG
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2008
2008-12-08
48
2
523
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journal article
4602
10.5281/zenodo.5341658
1631e77c-f93e-4f6c-834a-72243d3f0d52
0374-1036
5341658
Subtribe
Scotinopharina
subtrib. nov.
Type
genus.
Scotinophara
Stål, 1867
.
Diagnosis.
Dorsal surface of head convex along midline. Tooth on anterior part of bucculae lost. Jugae initially not closed before clypeus. Transverse carina present on pronotum. Metathoracic scent gland opening and evaporatorium as in the
Podopina
. Ventral infolding of pygophore bent dorsad (
Fig. 3
). Medial parts of parandria standing apart from their lateral parts and appearing as a large plate lying in frontal plane (
Fig. 3
). Sensory process of paramere short. Ventrolateral lobes of conjunctiva reduced to barely distinguishable vestiges or absent (
Fig. 8
). Medial penal plates not differentiated into longitudinal bands and apical processes, and lying on lateral surfaces of conjunctiva.
The setae covering the dorsal surface of the body of most primitive representatives of the group are as in the Kayesiina; in other genera, the setae are rather long and dense.
Genera included.
The subtribe includes at least nine genera:
Amauropepla
Stål, 1867
;
Aspidestrophus
Stål, 1854
;
Coracanthella
Musgrave, 1930
;
Haullevillea
Schouteden, 1903
;
Gambiana
Distant, 1911
;
Melanophara
Stål, 1876
;
Oncozygidea
Reuter, 1884
;
Scotinophara
Stål, 1867
; and
Storthecoris
Horváth, 1883
.
Distribution.
Mainly in the Indo-Malayan and Ethiopian Regions;
Scotinophara sicula
(A. Costa, 1841)
is distributed in southern Europe and introduced to North America (
ROLSTON et al. 1984
).
Note.
The genera
Moffartsia
Schouteden, 1908
, and
Sepidiocoris
Schouteden, 1903
, belonging to the
Podopini
, and the unplaced genera
Burrus
Distant, 1908
, and
Eobanus
Distant, 1901
, have not been studied in this work.