Scotinopharina, Gapon & TentatDAG, 2008

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 : 526

Subtribe Scotinopharina subtrib. nov.

Type genus. Scotinophara Stål, 1867 .

Diagnosis. Dorsal surface of head convex along midline. Tooth on anterior part of bucculae lost. Jugae initially not closed before clypeus. Transverse carina present on pronotum. Metathoracic scent gland opening and evaporatorium as in the Podopina . Ventral infolding of pygophore bent dorsad ( Fig. 3 ). Medial parts of parandria standing apart from their lateral parts and appearing as a large plate lying in frontal plane ( Fig. 3 ). Sensory process of paramere short. Ventrolateral lobes of conjunctiva reduced to barely distinguishable vestiges or absent ( Fig. 8 ). Medial penal plates not differentiated into longitudinal bands and apical processes, and lying on lateral surfaces of conjunctiva.

The setae covering the dorsal surface of the body of most primitive representatives of the group are as in the Kayesiina; in other genera, the setae are rather long and dense.

Genera included. The subtribe includes at least nine genera: Amauropepla Stål, 1867 ; Aspidestrophus Stål, 1854 ; Coracanthella Musgrave, 1930 ; Haullevillea Schouteden, 1903 ; Gambiana Distant, 1911 ; Melanophara Stål, 1876 ; Oncozygidea Reuter, 1884 ; Scotinophara Stål, 1867 ; and Storthecoris Horváth, 1883 .

Distribution. Mainly in the Indo-Malayan and Ethiopian Regions; Scotinophara sicula (A. Costa, 1841) is distributed in southern Europe and introduced to North America ( ROLSTON et al. 1984).

Note. The genera Moffartsia Schouteden, 1908 , and Sepidiocoris Schouteden, 1903 , belonging to the Podopini , and the unplaced genera Burrus Distant, 1908 , and Eobanus Distant, 1901 , have not been studied in this work.

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.