Pactye Stål, 1865

Brailovsky, Harry, 2011, A new species of Pactye from Papua New Guinea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 443-448 : 448

Key to the species of Pactye Stål, 1865

Modified from SCUDDER (1978):

1 Dorsum shining, hemelytra with pale costal margin. ............ P. elegans ( Breddin, 1901)

– Dorsum not fully shining, hemelytra with pale spot. ..................................................... 2

2 Pronotum dark brown to black with posterior margin including the humeral angles yellowish white to pale ochraceous. .................................................................................... 3

– Pronotum completely dark brown to black. .............................. P. izzardi Scudder, 1978

3 Clavus completely dark brown to black; corium without distinct subapical pale spot; femora unarmed. ............................................................................................................. 4

– Clavus bicolored; corium with a subapical pale spot; femora armed with one tubercle. .. ................................................................................................. P. distincta Scudder, 1978

4 Dorsum and legs with long outstanding hairs ( Figs. 2–3 ); neck elongate and slender ( Fig. 2 ). ............................................................................................ P. ciconia Stål, 1867

– Dorsum and legs without long outstanding hairs ( Figs. 1, 4 ); neck short and robust ( Fig. 1 ). ............................................................................................ P. constanti sp. nov.

Figures

Figs. 1–12. Pactye spp. 1–2 – head and pronotum: 1 – P. constanti sp. nov., 2 – P. ciconia Stål, 1867. 3–4 – hind leg: 3 – P. ciconia, 4 – P. constanti sp. nov. 5–8 – paramere: 5–6 – P. ciconia, 7–8 – P. constanti sp. nov. 9–12 – male genital capsule: 9–10 – P. constanti sp. nov. (9 – caudal view, 10 – lateral view), 11–12 – P. ciconia (11 – caudal view, 12 – lateral view).