Graptophara, : Mayr, 1866

Rédei, Dávid & Tsai, Jing-Fu, 2018, A revision of Graptophara (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), Zootaxa 4407 (3), pp. 346-360 : 348

Key to the species of Graptophara

1 Ground colour of head and pronotum metallic blue-green or purple, scutellum bright orange to reddish ( Figs. 5–8 ); pronotum simple, lacking conspicuous globose swelling between cicatrices (Sundaic Region)....... G. reynaudii (Guérin-Méneville)

- Ground colour of dorsum metallic blue-green, colour of scutellum not markedly different from that of head and pronotum ( Figs. 9–14 ); pronotum with a conspicuous globose swelling medially between cicatrices ( Figs. 10, 13 , 21 : arrow) (Malabar Subregion of the Indian Subcontinent)..................................................... G. anomala sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 5–8. Graptophara reynaudii (Guérin-Méneville, 1834). 5–6, male; 7–8, female. Dorsal (5, 7) and ventral (6, 8) views.Scale in mm.

FIGURES 9–14. Graptophara anomala sp. nov. 9–11, male (holotype); 12–14, female (paratype). Dorsal (9, 12), lateral (10, 13) and ventral (11, 14) views.Scale in mm.

FIGURES 15–28. Graptophara spp., diagnostic characters. 15–20, G. reynaudii (Guérin-Méneville, 1834); 21–28, G. anomala sp. nov. Terminalia of male, lateral (15, 23) and ventral (16, 24) views; genital capsule, dorsal (17, 25), posterodorsal (18) and posterior (26) views, left paramere removed; left paramere, two different aspects (19–20, 27–28); head and anterior portion of pronotum, lateral view (21); left pterothoracic pleuron, most exposed view (evaporatorium densely dotted) (22). Scales in mm.