Adelphocoridea Poppius, 1912

Chérot, F. & Malipatil, M. B., 2016, A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 4126 (2), pp. 151-206 : 156-157

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1. Adelphocoridea Poppius, 1912

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Adelphocoridea Poppius, 1912: 3 , 47 (as new genus) [type-species by original designation: Adelphocoridea laevigata Poppius, 1912 ]. Adelphocoridea: Schuh 1995: 686 (catalog); Schuh 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Diagnosis. Body sub-oblong, total length 5.5–7, slightly convex to relatively flat viewed from above, brown or dark brown to black, reflective on hemelytra ( Figs 1–2); sulcus of vertex narrow or absent; basal carina of vertex absent; eyes wide, posterior margin contiguous with pronotal collar; first antennal segment elongate; scutellum flat; hemelytra glabrous, punctation reduced and shallow, with some grooves or ridges, veins raised; tibial spines light reddish- brown; tertiary lobe of left paramere absent; secondary gonopore complete, devoid of sclerite or long hairs; phallus devoid of comb, spiculum or phallic support.

Included species. Adelphocoridea brunnea Poppius, 1912 *, A. elongata Poppius, 1912 , A. laevigata Poppius, 1912 *.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Host plants. No data available.