Heraeus plebejus

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 : 77

THE PLEBEJUS GROUP

Included species: Heraeus alvarengai sp. nov., H. apicalis sp. nov., H. bahiensis sp. nov., H. baranowskii sp. nov., H. bolivianus sp. nov., H. brevirostris sp. nov., H. concolor , H. ecuatorianus sp. nov., H. loja sp. nov., H. mesoamericanus sp. nov., H. mexicanus sp. nov., H. morganae sp. nov., H. nicaraguensis sp. nov., H. pacificus , H. pallidinervis sp. nov., H. penai sp. nov., H. plebejus , and H. pulchellus .

Diagnosis

Head rugose, setose; collar with a well-developed posterior furrow; 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 (except H. alvarengai sp. nov. and H. mesoamericanus sp. nov.); hemelytra with a heterogeneous colouration pattern; profemur uniformly dark brown, although in some species the apex is paler; male mesofemora without spines; and aedeagus spined.

Although this group is paraphyletic in our analysis, we are keeping it as a group for identification purposes because the relationships among the species are not well supported and additional characters are needed for better resolution.