Metrocoris compar group

Diagnosis: The venter of the body is black, except the mesosternum mediolaterally with a yellowish-brown mark directed anteriorly and posteriorly (Fig. 1C), the posterior region of the abdominal venter yellowish-brown (Figs. 1C, F); the male fore femur is slender, the flexor region almost medially with a small notch and mostly with a few setae basally; the hind coxa and the hind trochanter of the female sometimes with a setal fringe (Fig. 1I), the flexor region of the hind femur of the female basally or sub-basally rarely with an indistinct setal fringe; the proctiger of the male is elongate, widened before the middle (Fig. 1L); the paramere is falciform, the apex is mostly modified; the proximal region of the dorsal sclerite of the endosoma with a reflex angled process, the ventral sclerite of the endosoma not surpassing the level of the lateral sclerite in lateral view (Fig. 1R); the sternum VII of the female is constricted laterally and is completely covering the genital segments (Figs. 1H, I).

Included species: Metrocoris compar, M. darjeelingensis Basu, Polhemus & Subramanian, 2016, M. hirtus Chen & Nieser, 1993, M. pardus Zettel, 2011, M. sapa Tran & Polhemus, 2017 and M. schillhammeri Chen, 1995 .

Distribution. Bhutan, China (SW), India (N, NE), Malaysia, Vietnam.