Podopina Stål, 1872

Gapon, Dmitry A. & TentatDAG, 2008, New subtribes and a new genus of Podopini (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Podopinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2), pp. 523-532 : 524-526

Subtribe Podopina Stål, 1872

Type genus. Podops Laporte, 1833 .

Diagnosis. Dorsal surface of head convex along midline; tooth on anterior part of bucculae present, in other Podopinae lost. Jugae initially not closed before clypeus. Transverse carina present on pronotum. Metathoracic scent gland openings located on small roundish tubercles surrounded by a large evaporatorium. Parandria (which I consider as homologous of lateral parandria of the Kayesiina and Scotinopharina ) very long and pyramidal ( Figs. 1, 4 , 14-16), their articulation with latero-apical margins of pygophore mobile. Medial parandria probably transformed into narrow sclerotized bridge strengthening bases of lateral parandria ( Figs. 1 , 15). Ventral infolding of pygophore not bent dorsad, bearing two acutely angled projections on each side of medial notch ( Fig. 14). Sensory process of paramere long ( Figs. 1 , 15, 17). Large membranous ventrolateral lobes of conjunctiva developed in more primitive representatives ( Fig. 9 ). Medial penal plates lying between them and divided into longitudinal bands and apical processes. The head and the anterior part of pronotum of the Podopina bear rather long setae that are absent in the Kayesiina and most primitive Scotinopharina , but exist in other genera of the Scotinopharina .

Genera included. The subtribe includes 11 genera and consists of four groups of genera: the Podops -group ( Podops Laporte, 1833 ), the Thoria -group ( Crollius Walker, 1867 , Severinina Schouteden, 1903 , and Thoria Stål, 1865 ), the Stysiellus -group ( Stysiellus gen. nov.), and the Amaurochrous -group ( Allopodops Harris & Johnston, 1936 , Amaurochrous Stål, 1872 , Neapodops Slater & Baranowski, 1970 , Notopodops Barber & Sailer, 1953 , Oncozygia Stål, 1872 , and Weda Schouteden, 1905 ). Having as yet no possibility to examine Neapodops and Notopodops , I base their tribal placement on the original descriptions ( BARBER & SAILER 1953, SLATER & BARANOWSKI 1970).

Distribution. Palaearctic Region, Africa, India, Nepal, and North America.

Figures

Figs. 1-12. 1-4 – pygophores (1-3 caudal view, 4 ventral view). 1 – Podops inunctus (Fabricius, 1775); 2 – Kayesia parva Schouteden, 1903; 3 – Scotinophara mixta Linnavuori, 1970; 4 – Crollius conspersus Walker, 1867. 5 – parandria of Kayesia parva (caudal view). 6-12 – aedeagi (6 – apical view; 7-8, 12 – lateral view; 9-11 – ventral view). 6-7 – Kayesia parva; 8 – Gambiana aspera (Walker, 1867); 9 – Podops rectidens Horváth, 1883; 10 – Crollius conspersus; 11-12 – Amaurochrous cinctipes (Say, 1828). a. l – apical lobe of conjunctiva; ap. p – aperture of lateral parandrium; l. prd – lateral parandrium; m. p. p – median penal plates, m. prd – medial parandrium; prm – paramere; s. pr – sensory process of paramere; v. l – lateral membranous parts of conjunctival ventral lobe; vl. l – ventro-lateral lobe of conjunctiva.