Stenometapodus, Breddin, 1903

Brailovsky, Harry, 2018, Descriptions of Zygometapodus gen. nov. and a new species of Stenometapodus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 143-149 : 145

Key to the known species of Stenometapodus

1 Clavus yellow. ................................................................. 2

– Clavus black to reddish brown, with or without metallic green reflections. ...................................................... 3

2 Corium unicolorous; antennal segment I black; dorsal face of hind femora with basal third black ( Fig. 2 ). ..... .............................................. S. v-luteum Breddin, 1903

– Corium bicolorous; antennal segment I dark castaneous orange with basal third black; dorsal face of hind femora with basal third pale yellowish orange ( Fig. 3 ). ................................... S. ambiguus Brailovsky, 1984

3 Hind tibiae pale golden-yellowish orange ( Fig. 1 ). ...... ................................................... S. aurantiacus sp. nov.

– Hind tibiae black or reddish brown or dark castaneous. .................................................................................. 4

4 Corium pale castaneous orange with black discoidal spots near middle third; pronotal disk pale castaneous orange with pale yellowish orange spots at each side of middle line; acetabula pale yellowish orange; hind femora unicolorous ( Fig. 4 ). ... S. guttifer (Stål, 1859)

– Corium black to pale brown, with veins dark reddish orange; pronotal disk black or pale reddish orange with or without posterior margin black, and lacking pale yellowish orange spots; acetabula black, with or without metallic green reflections; hind femora bicolorous ( Figs 5–6 ). ............... S. impictus Breddin, 1903

Figures

Figs 1–4. Stenometapodus spp., habitus in dorsal view. 1 – S. aurantiacus sp. nov. (female); 2 – S. v-luteum Breddin, 1903 (female); 3 – S. ambiguus Brailovsky, 1984 (female); 4 – S. guttifer (Stål, 1859) (male).

Figs 5–8. 5–6 – Stenometapodus impictus Breddin, 1903, dorsal view (5 – female, 6 – male). 7–8 – Zygometapodus castaneus (Blöte, 1938), dorsal view (7 – male, 8 – female).