Paisana, Dellapé, 2008

Dellapé, Pablo Matías, 2008, Paisana: A new genus of Neotropical Rhyparochromidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) to accommodate Neopamera brachialis (Stål) and four new species, Zootaxa 1958, pp. 17-30 : 20

Key to the species of Paisana

1 Male foretibiae with a row of spines, proximal spine larger. Wings of ejaculatory reservoir reduced ( Figs. 10, 15) ......................................................................................................................................................... 2

1´Male foretibiae unarmed. Wings of ejaculatory reservoir never extremely reduced ( Figs. 20, 25, 30)......3

2 Distiflagellomere with a yellowish band; meso- and metafemora with a dark brown subapical band ( Fig. 1) .............................................................................................................................. Paisana brachialis Stål

2´Distiflagellomere uniformly brown or with a diffuse yellowish band; distal quarter of meso- and metafemora darker, but without a subapical band ( Fig. 2) ................................................. Paisana pampeana n. sp.

3´External corial margin serrated along anterior half. Pygophore: anterior margin of dorsal aperture slightly concave; inner projections without an anterior spine ( Fig. 16) ................................... Paisana lydiae n. sp.

3 External corial margin smooth. Pygophore: anterior margin of dorsal aperture slightly concave or rounded; inner projections with an anterior spine ( Figs. 21, 26).................................................................4

4 Femora mottled ( Fig. 4). Pygophore: anterior margin of dorsal aperture rounded ( Fig. 21) ........................ ................................................................................................................................ Paisana maculata n. sp.

4´Femora uniformly colored ( Fig. 5). Pygophore: anterior margin of dorsal aperture slightly concave ( Fig. 26) ..................................................................................................................... Paisana saopaulensis n. sp.