Calliodina Carayon, 1972

Carpintero, Diego Leonardo & Dellapé, Pablo Matías, 2012, Neotropical Scolopini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae): new taxa, diagnostic characters and a key to the genera of the tribe, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 49-66 : 52

Calliodina Carayon, 1972

Calliodina Carayon, 1972: 341 . Type genus: Calliodis Reuter, 1871 .

Diagnostic characters. Body not flattened dorso-ventrally. Ocelli placed between eyes, before imaginary line that passes through posterior margin of eyes. Corium punctured (in Eulasiocolpus is smooth). Metasternum carinated medially. Ectospermalege not shaped as copulatory tube.

Discussion. CARAYON (1972) mentioned the enlarged femora of the Scolopina , usually with an irregular row of spines on their inner margin, as a character that differentiates the two subtribes. This character is variable within the subtribe Calliodina . The femora are enlarged in all legs in Guayascoris gen. nov. and Lasiocolpoides . At least Zopherocoris armatus (Stål, 1860) has a row of spines on the fore femora, and also, unlike the other genera, Opisthypselus lacks fossula spongiosa on both fore and mid tibiae. Despite the characters above, we will retain the Carayon’s subtribes based on the combination of the rest of the characters and the relative position of the ocelli.