Stalaria

Scudder, G. G. E., 2019, The systematic position of Pamera noctuabunda Bergroth, 1907 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae), with a revised key to the species of Stalaria Harrington, 1980, Zootaxa 4691 (3), pp. 293-296 : 294

A revised key to the species of Stalaria

1. Second and third antennal segments with erect setae which are longer than width of segment; rostrum and femora with longish, erect setae; total length over 6.0mm ( Fig. 1 )................................................. kisseis (Linnavuori)

- Second and third antennal segments without erect setae which are longer than width of segment; total length less than 6.0mm ................................................................................................... 2

2. Pronotum and scutellum with numerous long, erect setae; total length usually over 5.2mm ( Fig. 4 )... noctuabunda (Bergroth)

- Pronotum and scutellum without numerous long, erect setae; total length usually less than 5.2mm ..................... 3

3. Apex of corium with a conspicuous black macula ( Fig. 2 ); scutellum with elongate, yellowish lateral stripe on each side of midline and without a median dark brown triangular area; fourth antennal segment dark brown with a distinct yellow subapical annulus; male total length over 4.75mm ................................................. lestoni Slater and Zheng

- Apex of corium without a conspicuous and well-developed black macula ( Fig. 3 ); scutellum with a median dark brown trian- gular area; fourth antennal segment brown without a distinct yellow subapical annulus; male total length under 4.75mm ....................................................................................... nana Slater and Zheng

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Stalaria spp: 1, S. kisseis (Linnavuori) Uganda, Kawanda [GGES]; 2, S. lestoni Slater & Zheng, Ghana, Tafo [AMNH]; 3, S. nana Slater & Zheng, Tanzania, Ilonga [AMNH]; 4, S. noctuabunda (Bergroth, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinchassa [IRSNB].