Dichelops Spinola, 1837

Castro-Huertas, Valentina, Grazia, Jocelia, Forero, Dimitri, Fernández, Fernando & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2022, Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Colombia: An annotated checklist of species, Zootaxa 5097 (1), pp. 1-88 : 38

Dichelops Spinola, 1837 [ Fig. 61 ]

The genus can be recognized by having the mandibular plates outlined in black, and longer than the clypeus; the apex of the scutellum is smooth; the posterolateral angles of the pygophore have bristle tufts, the gonocoxite VIII is swollen along sutural margin, the posterior margin of gonocoxites VIII is concave; and the laterotergites VIII are angulate ( Barão et al. 2020).

Figures

FIGURES 48‒63. Edessinae and Pentatominae genera in Colombia. 48. Brachystethus improvisus (MPUJ). 49. Doesburgedessa elongatispina (MZUSP). 50. Edessa rufomarginata (MPUJ). 51. Grammedessa stillativentris (UFRG). 52. Hypoxys sp. (MZUSP). 53. Lopadusa fuscopunctata (ICN). 54. Paraedessa subrectangulata (ICN). 55. Peromatus sp. (MPUJ). 56. Agroecus griseus (ICN). 57. Amauromelpia miri (UFRG). 58. Berecynthus hastator (MPUJ). 59. Cosmopepla cruciaria (MPUJ). 60. Diceraeus melacanthus (MZUSP). 61. Dichelops sp. (MPUJ). 62. Euschistus carbonerus (MPUJ). 63. Galedanta myops (MPUJ). Scale bar: 5 mm.