Chloropepla luteipennis (Westwood, 1837)

Pentatoma luteipennis Westwood, 1837: 40 .

Loxa luteipennis; Distant, 1901: 821.

Chloropepla luteipennis; Rolston, 1976: 5.

Diagnosis

Larger than C. vigens, less convex, posterior (abdominal) sternites and sutural angles of gonocoxites 8 more rounded (Rolston 1976) (Fig. 14A). Humeral angles produced in a cylindrical spine, laterad directed. Female. Width at base of gonocoxites 9 almost 2.5 times the width at apex; laterotergites 8 with triangular apices. This species is known only from the female holotype (Fig. 14B,C).

Specimens examined

Holotype. ♀, labels (Fig. 14C), deposited at OUMNH.

Distribution

Brazil (restricted to Rio de Janeiro, RJ).