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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC6FFC1FEE85739FDF8FA7D" box="[337,517,1402,1421]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="376">Polytes discrepans</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC6FFC1FF0A57F3FDA5FA33" authority="Uhler 1875: 282 - 283" authorityName="Uhler" authorityPageNumber="282 - 283" authorityYear="1875" box="[179,600,1456,1475]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Pachycoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discrepans">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC6FFC1FF0A57F3FE71FA33" box="[179,396,1456,1475]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="376">Pachycoris discrepans</emphasis>
Uhler 1875:282-283
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.
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<paragraph id="8BDCD44AFFC6FFC0FF6A57A3FE8CFECD" blockId="0.[179,1011,1504,1550]" lastBlockId="1.[147,980,192,1011]" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="377" pageId="0" pageNumber="376">DIAGNOSIS. Dorsum black with red markings as follows: 4 evenly spaced macules on pronotum (lateral 2 oval, mesial 2 elongate, extending from near posterior pronotal margin to just anterad of cicatrices); cicatrices; two oval macules near lateral margins on anterior half of scutellum. Dorsal punctation concolorous, dense, most dense laterally. Venter entirely black, coxae and rostrum slightly lighter in color than remainder of venter. Posterior margin of last abdominal sternite lacking colored line or macule. Length 8.9.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDCD44AFFC7FFC0FF0A5306FD04FE83" blockId="1.[147,980,192,1011]" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">Head very broadly rounded anteriorly; 2.1 long, 2.5 wide across eyes. Length of antennal segments 1-4 (5 missing): 0.6; 0.4; 0.5; 1.0, respectively.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDCD44AFFC7FFC0FF0A5338FEFCFE2E" blockId="1.[147,980,192,1011]" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">Pronotum 2.7 long mesially, 5.4 wide across humeri. Anterolateral margins slightly convex. Scutellum 5.4 long, 5.0 broad at widest point. Pleura unmarked, densely punctate. Venter of abdomen densely punctate, less so mesially and on striated areas.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDCD44AFFC7FFC0FF0A53A6FDA2FDE3" blockId="1.[147,980,192,1011]" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">Posterior margin of genital cup shallowly concave mesially, convex laterally. Ventrally exposed portion of cup densely punctate.</paragraph>
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TYPE MATERIAL.
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: male, labeled: (a)
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,
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. (b) PR Uhler Collection. (c)
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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FF585076FE44FDB8" box="[225,441,565,584]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">Pachycoris discrepans</emphasis>
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, Peru, Uhler. The type is deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FF0A5029FE9AFD8D" authorityName="Eger J. E." authorityYear="1994" baseAuthorityName="Uhler" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[179,359,618,637]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discrepans">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FF0A5029FE9AFD8D" box="[179,359,618,637]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">Polytes discrepans</emphasis>
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resembles a number of other species in the
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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FCA15028FC83FD8D" box="[792,894,618,637]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. fenestra</emphasis>
Breddin
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species group (
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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FE9C50C5FE76FD68" box="[293,395,645,664]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. bullocki</emphasis>
Eger
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FE7250C5FD84FD68" authority="Distant" authorityName="Distant" box="[459,633,645,664]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicolor">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FE7250C5FDD8FD68" box="[459,549,645,664]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. bicolor</emphasis>
Distant
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FD3A50C5FCF3FD68" authority="Eger" authorityName="Eger" box="[643,782,645,664]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lattini">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FD3A50C5FD25FD68" box="[643,728,645,664]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. lattini</emphasis>
Eger
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FCA150C5FF43FD43" authority="Distant" authorityName="Distant" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leopardinus">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FCA150C5FC58FD68" box="[792,933,645,664]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. leopardinus</emphasis>
Distant
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FF7150E3FE65FD43" authority="Breddin" authorityName="Breddin" box="[200,408,672,691]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="speculiger">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FF7150E3FEBCFD43" box="[200,321,672,691]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. speculiger</emphasis>
Breddin
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FE7250E3FD9FFD43" authority="Breddin" authorityName="Breddin" box="[459,610,672,691]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ruth">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FE7250E3FDF0FD43" box="[459,525,672,691]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. ruth</emphasis>
Breddin
</taxonomicName>
) in having a broadly rounded head. It differs from all of these except
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FE7950F8FDFFFD3D" box="[448,514,698,717]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ruth">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FE7950F8FDFFFD3D" box="[448,514,698,717]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. ruth</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in lacking a large bilobed mesial macule on the posterior margin of the last abdominal sternite. There is a thin pale line on the posterior margin of this sternite in
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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FE7E50B3FDF5FCF3" box="[455,520,752,771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. ruth</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FD8150B3FD4AFCF3" authorityName="Eger J. E." authorityYear="1994" baseAuthorityName="Uhler" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[568,695,752,771]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discrepans">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FD8150B3FDBEFCF2" box="[568,579,752,770]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FDF750B3FD4AFCF3" box="[590,695,752,771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">discrepans</emphasis>
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has no pale markings on this sternite.
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FF555149FE9FFCED" box="[236,354,778,797]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ruth">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FF555149FE9FFCED" box="[236,354,778,797]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">Polytes ruth</emphasis>
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is also larger and is very differently colored than
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FCF45148FC30FCED" authorityName="Eger J. E." authorityYear="1994" baseAuthorityName="Uhler" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[845,973,778,797]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discrepans">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FCF45148FC30FCED" box="[845,973,778,797]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. discrepans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The dorsal coloration of
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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FEC75165FE03FCC8" box="[382,510,805,824]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. discrepans</emphasis>
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is most similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FD415165FCB0FCC8" box="[760,845,805,824]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lattini">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FD415165FCB0FCC8" box="[760,845,805,824]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. lattini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the head of
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FF145103FECDFCA3" authorityName="Eger J. E." authorityYear="1994" baseAuthorityName="Uhler" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[173,304,832,851]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discrepans">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FF145103FECDFCA3" box="[173,304,832,851]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. discrepans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinctly more broadly rounded than that of
<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FC995103FC85FCA3" box="[800,888,832,851]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lattini">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FC995103FC85FCA3" box="[800,888,832,851]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. lattini</emphasis>
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, and the pronotal vittae are longer than those of
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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FDA55118FDDAFC9D" box="[540,551,859,877]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FD8A5119FD8CFC9D" box="[563,625,858,877]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">lattini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDCD44AFFC7FFC0FF0A5136FE0BFC53" blockId="1.[147,980,192,1011]" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">
Because
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<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FEB05135FE74FC78" box="[265,393,885,904]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">P. discrepans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be distinct from all known congeners, I opted not to dissect the unique male
<typeStatus id="54D86AE8FFC7FFC0FE2551D3FE0EFC53" box="[412,499,912,931]" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C63AFC9FFC7FFC0FF0A51E9FE9AFC4D" authorityName="Eger J. E." authorityYear="1994" baseAuthorityName="Uhler" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[179,359,938,957]" class="Insecta" family="Scutelleridae" genus="Polytes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="discrepans">
<emphasis id="B9170858FFC7FFC0FF0A51E9FE9AFC4D" box="[179,359,938,957]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="377">Polytes discrepans</emphasis>
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will key to couplet
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the key by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF2A9BBFFC7FFC0FD7D51E8FCC4FC4D" author="Eger" box="[708,825,938,958]" firstAuthor="Eger" journalOrPublisher="Ann. Entomol. Soc. America" pageId="1" pageNumber="377" pagination="115 - 141" part="83" refId="ref1190" refString="EGER, J. E., JR. 1990. Revision of the genus Polytes Stal (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. America 83 (2): 115 - 141." title="Revision of the genus Polytes Stal (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)" type="journal article" year="1990">Eger (1990)</bibRefCitation>
, but does not fit either option given for this couplet. The following changes to the key will allow recognition of
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:
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