Aphelocheirus

Basu, Srimoyee & Saha, Goutam K., 2013, Overview of the species of Aphelocheirus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae) of India, with description of a new species from West Bengal, Zootaxa 3700 (2), pp. 293-299 : 298

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.2.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4E877D66-E27E-4943-A61F-5E71F8C5249A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5672415

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3237878A-FF8A-FFDE-FF1F-FE5CA999C2AE

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Plazi

scientific name

Aphelocheirus
status

 

Key to Indian species of Aphelocheirus View in CoL

1. Substantially larger species, length more than 6.0 mm. (subgenus Aphelocheirus Westwood, 1833 View in CoL )..................... 2

- Relatively smaller species, length less than 5.0 mm. (subgenus Microaphelocheirus Hoberlandt & Stŷs, 1979)........... 3

2. Hemelytra touching each other medially in brachypterous forms................................................4

- Hemelytra widely or narrowly separated from each other medially in brachypterous forms............................ 5

3. Body length not more than 4.0 mm; head 1.3 times as wide as long; hemelytra complete, exceeding tip of abdomen, with welldefined embolium; inner propleural projection broadly triangular; female sub genital plate trapezoidal, broad at basal half, narrowing at apical half, with long laterally short subapical tufts of hairs.................. A. (M.) pygmaeus View in CoL La Rivers, 1971

- Body length more than 4.0 mm.; head 1.35 times as wide as long; hemelytra with little projected corner at embolium; inner propleural projection broadly rounded; female subgenital plate rounded apically and with two small sub apical hair clusters................................................................................. A.(M.) signatus Zettel, 1998 View in CoL

4. Body length 9.8–9.9 mm; head elongated in front beyond the eyes; propleura strongly pointed at medial apex; male right paramere bulged sub-basally and strongly curved distally, apex pointed, left paramere wider and long................................................................................................... A.(A.) boukali Zettel, 2000 View in CoL

- Body length 7.0 – 7.7 mm; head slightly produced beyond the eyes; propleura broadly rounded posteriorly; male right paramere relatively slender, basally acuminated, with an almost uniform width and more concave apically, with six stout spines located medially and with bunch of setae arising from the concave margin; left paramere distinctly wider than the right paramere, stout, gently curved, widened sub-basally, more convex near medial apex, finally tapering towards its apex, with rounded tip and seven spines arranged parallel in two rows......................................... A. (A.) thirumalaii View in CoL sp. nov.

5. Hemelytra widely separated from each other medially in brachypterous forms...................................... 6

- Hemelytra narrowly separated from each other medially in brachypterous forms; body length 7.8–8.8 mm; head 0.95 times as long as wide; propleura rounded bluntly with inner propleural projection notched apically; abdominal ventrites without spinelike bristles.................................................................. A. (A.) pradhanae Zettel, 1998 View in CoL

6. Body length not more than 8.5 mm; body width across 3rd abdominal segment ranges within 5.0– 5.2 mm; head broadly rounded and not elongated.............................................................................. 7

- Body length more than 8.5 mm; body width across 3rd abdominal segment 6.2 mm; head slightly produced ahead of eyes; propleura sharply notched with apices of inner propleural projection rounded; male right paramere sinuate, tapering towards apically and left paramere gently curving with tip rounded............................ A. (A.) nathani View in CoL La Rivers, 1971

7. Body length 7.3–7.9 mm; propleura with pointed tip posteriorly and inner propleural projection acuminate; male right paramere broad sub-medially, gradually tapering towards pointed tip, left paramere broad, curved towards tip................................................................................... A. (A.) narmadaensis Thirumalai, 2008 View in CoL

- Body length 7.8–8.1 mm; propleura notched at 90 degrees, posteromedial corner sharply acuminate; male right paramere with pointed apex and with brush of brown setae laterally, left paramere with mesal surface acetabular................................................................................................ A. (A.) kaygieyess View in CoL Sites et al., 2011

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