Aulacogenia Stål

Wang, Hesheng, Cai, Wanzhi & Li, Qiang, 2008, Notes on the genus Aulacogenia Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) from China, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 1727, pp. 57-62 : 58

Key to the Chinese species of genus Aulacogenia Stål

1. Humeral angles of pronotum rounded; body length less than 12 mm .........................................................2

-. Humeral angles of pronotum with distinct tubercular processes; body length over 12 mm .......................4

2. Body length over 11.1 mm; posterior angle of each segment of connexivum distinctly protruded in lateral view ................................................................................................................... A. dilatata Cai & Tomokuni

-. Body length less than 11.0 mm; posterior angle of each segment of connexivum not distinctly protruded in lateral view...................................................................................................................................................3

3. Tibia dark except basal portion; body narrower .............................................................. A. corniculata Stål

-. Tibia pale with a darker annulation before middle; body wider ............................... A. errabunda (Distant)

4. Humeral angles of pronotum with tubercular processes ........................................... A. dentata Cai & Zhao

-. Humeral angles of pronotum with papilla-shaped processes.......................................................................5

5. Inner antennal processes distinctly apically reflexed upwards .................................. A. papilla Cai & Zhao

-. Inner antennal processes prostrated and V-shaped separated anteriorly ( Figs. 1 , 2 ) ....... A. zhangi sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Aulacogenia zhangi sp. nov., ♂. 1, Habitus. Scale bar of 1 = 1.7 mm.

FIGURES 2 – 13. Aulacogenia zhangi sp. nov., ♂. 2, Head and pronotum, antennae partly removed; 3 – 5, apical part of abdomen; 6, 7, pygophore; 8 – 10, paramere; 11, phallus; 12 – 13, phallosoma. 4, 12, dorsal view; 2, 3, 7, 11, lateral view; 5, 6, 13, ventral view. Scale bar of 2 – 5 = 1.00 mm; of 6 – 7 = 0.50 mm; of 8 – 13 = 0.25 mm.