Aeptini

Faúndez, Eduardo I. & Rider, David A., 2019, A new genus and new species of Aeptini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) from Australia, Zootaxa 4658 (1), pp. 189-192 : 190

Key to the genera of Aeptini

1 Scutellum spatulate, apex broadly rounded................................................................. 2

- Scutellum triangular, apex narrowly rounded............................................................... 3

2 Base of abdomen sulcate................................................................ Aeptus Dallas, 1851

- Base of abdomen not sulcate.............................................................. Eribotes Stål, 1868

3 Antennae 4-segmented............................................................... Aeliosoma Baehr, 1985

- Antennae 5-segmented................................................................................. 4

4 Superior or outer surface of tibiae flattened or rounded, not longitudinally sulcate................. Mariomella new genus

- Superior or outer surface of tibiae longitudinally sulcate...................................................... 5

5 Base of abdomen sulcate............................................................ Pseudaelia Distant,1910

- Base of abdomen not sulcate............................................................................ 6

6 Each anterior angle of pronotum produced cephalad into a distinct spinose tooth.................. Hillieria Distant, 1910

- Each anterior angle of pronotum rounded or acute, but not produced cephalad as a spinose tooth....................... 7

7 Body shape narrowly elongate, paraclypei extend greatly beyond apex of anteclypeus.............. Menestheus Stål, 1868

- Body shape more broadly elongate, paraclypei not greatly extended beyond apex of anteclypeus.................................................................................................. Paramenestheus Breddin, 1900