Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus)

Faúndez, Eduardo I. & Rocca, Javiera R., 2017, A new species of Oncopeltus Stål, 1868 (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) in the nominate subgenus from Ecuador, Zootaxa 4238 (2), pp. 249-252 : 252

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.4

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6042231

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scientific name

Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus)
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Key to the species of Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) View in CoL present in Ecuador

1 Head unicolored black ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 4. 1, 3, 4 ) .......................................................................................................... Oncopeltus orourkeae View in CoL sp. nov.

1’ Head bicolored black and red (e.g., Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 4. 1, 3, 4 )....................................................................................................................................... 2

2 Scutellum with red patches ............................................................................................................... Oncopeltus femoralis Stål, 1874 View in CoL

2’ Scutellum without red patches ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1 – 4. 1, 3, 4 ) ................................................................................. Oncopeltus varicolor (Fabricius, 1794) View in CoL

Gallery Image

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1, 3, 4. Oncopeltus orourkeae, holotype male. 1. Habitus (Total body length = 15.6 mm), 3. Lateral view of head and thorax. 4. Detail of margin of hemelytra and pilosity .. 2. Oncopeltus varicolor, male, habitus (Total body length = 16.2 mm).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Lygaeidae