Cloresmus Stål, 1860

Type species.

Cloresmus signoreti Stål, 1860.

Revised diagnosis.

Size and colour: Small to medium-sized; dorsum densely punctate; coloration commonly ochraceous, brown, or olivaceous, often with a metallic greenish or brassy lustre.

Head: Somewhat flattened anteriorly; antenniferous tubercles not prominent; eyes prominent; ocelli red or pale; antennal segment I shorter than segment II, II longer than III, and segment IV typically the longest; rostrum short, not extending beyond the mesosternum; rostral segment I not longer than segment II, not exceeding the posterior margin of the head.

Thorax: Pronotum with a distinct collar, posterior angles rounded; lateral margins with verrucous protuberances; scutellum approximately equilaterally triangular; hemelytra with membrane sparsely veined; median fissure and M vein of the corium completely fused; hind coxae widely separated; males with a short spine on the outer edge of the hind coxae; hind femora thickened and ventrally spined, with males bearing a prominent long spine beyond the middle; hind tibiae prismatic.

Abdomen: Connexiva exposed dorsally, commonly with darker spots at the incisures; in the studied species, the male ultimate ventral sternite with a distinct medial incision; female sternite VII with a deep medial incision and fissura.

Distribution and diversity.

India (North Khasia Hills), Myanmar, Sumatra, China (Yunnan), Bangladesh, and Vietnam.