Phthia Stal 1862
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1 Metathoracic peritreme bilobate (Fig. 16); clavus and corium rather dull or scattered with metallic iridescence. ....................................................................................................... 2
– Metathoracic peritreme undivided, not bilobate (Fig. 17); clavus and corium entirely with metallic green iridescence. ........................................................... Phthiadema gen. nov.
2 Body surface entirely rather dull; humeral angles truncate, not exposed (Fig. 19). ......... .................................................................................................... Phthiacnemia gen. nov.
– Body surface scattered with metallic iridescence; humeral angles acute to subacute (Figs. 1, 4). ................................................................................................................................ 3
3 Posttylar depression absent; hind femora dorsally tuberculate; humeral angles remarkably expanded into large and acute spine directed outward and forward (Fig. 4); calli with two conspicuous projections (less developed in females) each lateral to midline. .................. .................................................................................................... Rhytidophthia gen. nov.
– Posttylar depression forming single sulcus; hind femora dorsally smooth; humeral angles tapering into short or medium size acute to subacute spine, directed outward and never forward (Fig. 1, 5); calli without spine projections. ....................................................... 4
4 Dorsal surface of head entirely metallic green; anterolateral borders of pronotum dentate; posterior lobe of pronotal disk without longitudinal medial carinae; abdominal sterna III–VI lateral to midline without yellowish to reddish orange maculae. .......................... ........................................................................................................ Phthiarella gen. nov.
– Dorsal surface of head entirely rather dull; anterolateral borders of pronotum smooth; posterior lobe of pronotal disk with low longitudinal carinae; abdominal sterna III–VI lateral to midline with rectangular yellowish to reddish orange maculae. ........................ ............................................................................................................... Phthia Stål, 1862
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Stal
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Coreidae
- Genus
- Phthia
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Phthia Stal, 1862 sec. Brailovsky, 2009
References
- STAL C. 1865: Hemiptera nova vel minus cognita. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Serie 4: 163 - 188
- SIGNORET V. 1862: Description d'Hemipteres nouveaux de Jurimaguas et Moyabamba (Perou). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Serie 2: 579 - 588.
- DRURY D. 1770: Illustrations of natural history, wherein are exhibited upwards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera. B. White, London, I: i-xxvii, 1 - 130, plates 1 - 50.
- FABRICIUS J. C. 1787: Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper dectas: Adjectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specifis, emendationibus, observationibus. Kiel, 1: 1 - 348; 2: 2 - 382. (Classis VII: Rhyngota 2: 266 - 320, 382).
- STAL C. 1862: Hemiptera mexicana enumeravit speciesque novas descripsit. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 23: 289 - 325.