Heraeus illitus

Pablo M. Dellapé, María C. Melo & Thomas J. Henry, 2016, A phylogenetic revision of the true bug genus Heraeus (Hemiptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), with the description of two new genera and 30 new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (177), pp. 29-134 : 60

THE ILLITUS GROUP

Included species: Heraeus annulatus sp. nov., H. antennalis sp. nov., H. chamamecinus sp. nov., H. illitus , H. inca sp. nov., H. panamaensis sp. nov., H. similis sp. nov., H. spinosus sp. nov., H. splendens sp. nov., and H. tiputini sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Often setose species; head coriaceous, setose; collar without a well-developed furrow posteriorly (except H. annulatus sp. nov.); evaporative area extended, distance from dorsal margin of auricle to dorsal margin of evaporative area subequal to or longer than distance from dorsal margin of evaporative area to dorsal margin of metapleura; hemelytra with heterogeneous colouration pattern; profemur pale brown with dark-brown spots, if predominantly dark, the dorsal region clearly pale; male mesofemur without spines; meso- and metatibia generally with a subproximal dark band; aedeagus with well-developed spines.