Laterospinocoris, Henry and Menard, 2020

Henry, Thomas J. & Menard, Katrina L., 2020, Revision and Phylogeny of the Eccritotarsine Plant Bug Genus Caulotops Bergroth, with Descriptions of Four New Genera and 14 New Species (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) Associated with Agave (Agavoideae Asparagaceae) and Related Plant Genera, Zootaxa 4772 (2), pp. 201-252 : 228

Key to the Species of Laterospinocoris

1. Head and pronotum ( Figs. 43–45 ) uniformly red to reddish orange; hemelytra uniformly black, with a strong bluish sheen; legs dark brown to black; distribution: Guatemala and Mexico.................................... cyaneipennis (Reuter)

– Head largely or entirely red, often with the frons becoming brown; pronotum ( Figs. 46–48 ) brown to black on anterior half, red on posterior half; hemelytra black with only a weak bluish sheen and costal margin narrowly pale; legs pale yellowish brown; distribution: Mexico...................................................................... mexicanus , n. sp.

Figures

FIGURES 43–54. Laterospinocoris and Nigrotomocoris spp. 43, L. cyaneipennis (Reuter), male (dorsal aspect). 44, L. cyaneipennis, male (lateral aspect). 45, L. cyaneipennis, female (dorsal aspect). 46, L. mexicanus, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 47, L. mexicanus, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 48, L. mexicanus, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 49, N. keltoni, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 50, N. keltoni, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 51, N. keltoni, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 52, N. longirostris, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 53, N. longirostris, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 54, N. longirostris, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect).