Cheirochela Hope 1841
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1. Large, robust species, body length usually exceeding 26 mm; overall body form broad (Fig. 2), ratio of total body length/ body width across embolia falling in range of 1.50–1.65/1.00; posterolateral angles of pronotum highly produced and acuminate, ratio of maximum pronotal width/pronotal length along midline in submacropterous individuals falling in range of 3.78–4.21; male paramere shape as in Fig. 8.................................................................................... C. feana Montandon
– Slightly smaller and more elongate species, body length usually less than 26 mm; overall form more elongate (Fig. 2), ratio of total body length/body width across embolia falling in range of 1.74–1.95/1.00; posterolateral angles of pronotum only moderately produced, not highly acuminate, ratio of maximum pronotal width/pronotal length along midline in submacropterous individuals falling in range of 3.15–3.60............................ 2
2. Abdominal sternite V lacking a posteriorly directed medial tubercle; medial tubercle on sternite IV small and flattened, usually not projecting posteriorly over the base of sternite V when viewed laterally; preocular head 0.8 × the inner length of an eye or greater (Fig. 2); male paramere shape as in Fig. 10; northern Vietnam........................ C. tonkina new species
– Abdominal sternite V with a well developed, posteriorly developed medial tubercle, tip of this tubercle sharply angulate (Figs. 5, 6); medial tubercle on segment IV also well developed, raised and angulate (Fig. 6), often projecting over base of sternite V when viewed laterally; preocular head 0.7 X the inner length of an eye or less; Burma, Thailand, or northeastern India.. 3
3. Smaller species, body length less than 22 mm; medial tubercles on abdominal sternites IV and V not strongly produced posteriorly or projecting over basomedial sections of subsequent sternites (Figs. 5, 6); male paramere bearing a short, thumb-like process on basal half separated from main body of paramere by a deep incision (Fig. 7); Bramaputra River basin of northeastern India........................................................ C. assamensis Hope
– Larger species, body length exceeding 23.5 mm; medial tubercles on abdominal sternites IV and V produced posteriorly over bases of following segments when viewed laterally; male paramere lacking a short, thumb-like process on basal half separated from main body of paramere by a deep incision (Figs. 9, 11); Burma, Laos and Thailand........................................ 4
4. Anterolateral angles of pronotum strongly produced and spinose; male paramere lacking a deep notch at apex (Fig. 9); medial process of genital capsule notched at apex (Fig. 13); Burma and Laos.................................... C. birmaniensis Montandon
– Anterolateral angles of pronotum sharply angulate, but not strongly produced and spinose; male paramere bearing a deep notch at apex (Fig. 11); medial process of genital capsule with apex truncate, not notched (Fig. 15); Thailand and Laos............................................................ C. thailandana new species
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Hope
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Naucoridae
- Genus
- Cheirochela
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cheirochela Hope, 1841 sec. Dan, Polhemus, John, Polhemus & Sites, 2008