Pseudoloxopidea and Pseudoloxops species, Hahn, 1831

Kim, Junggon, Jeon, Juhyeon, Jang, Geunho, Phan, Quoc Toan & Jung, Sunghoon, 2024, First record of the genera Pseudoloxopidea Yasunaga, 1999 and Pseudoloxops Kirkaldy, 1905 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Vietnam, Zootaxa 5541 (2), pp. 227-234 : 233

Key to the Pseudoloxopidea and Pseudoloxops species in Vietnam

1. Body almost unicolorous, brown to dark brown tinged with reddish markings; first antennal segment short, subequal to vertex width; scutellum with two indistinct medial stripes, without distinct polygonal marking; left paramere sinuate-shaped, with serrated process; endosoma with curved spicule............................ Pseudoloxopidea ruberuniformis sp. nov.

– Body bicolorous, creamy yellowish brown with sanguineous patterns; first antennal segment long, more than vertex width; scutellum with distinct polygonal marking..................................................... Pseudoloxops 2

2. First antennal segment mostly reddish brown; base of second antennal segment reddish brown; scutellum with one small reddish polygonal marking apically; inner margin of clavus pale brown, without any coloration; corium along claval suture pale brown, without any coloration; left paramere bifurcate, hypophysis originating at middle of sensory lobe; endosoma with long, narrow and sharp spicule...................................................... Pseudoloxops lateralis (Poppius)

– First antennal segment mostly pale brown, with reddish stripe at lateral margin; base of second antennal segment pale brown; scutellum with one reddish rhombic marking medially; inner margin of clavus reddish brown; corium along claval suture reddish brown; left paramere flat with broad sensory lobe, its outer margin blunt and round; endosoma with one club-shaped endosomal process and one short and partly broad spicule......................... Pseudoloxops clavolineatus sp. nov.