Kanigara Distant, 1906

Ban, Teruaki, 2022, ThegenusKanigara Distant (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae) from Malay Peninsula and Thailand, with description of a new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 70, pp. 22-29 : 23

Key to the species of Kanigara Distant

1. Scutellum with yellow trifurcate carina. Mesosternum with a pair of tubercles.......................................................................2

– Scutellum without yellow trifurcate carina or with brown trifurcate carina. Mesosternum without a pair of tubercles...3

2. Body length more than 6.0 mm. Width of scutellum more than 1.5 mm, 1.15 times greater than length of antennal segment II................................................... K. flavoscuta Scudder, 1969

– Body length less than 5.0 mm. Width of scutellum 1.0 mm, equal to length of antennal segment II..................................... ................................................... K. tuberculata Scudder, 1969

3. Scutellum with brown trifurcate carina. Lateral margin of scutellum with a pair of yellowish spots at middle................. ...................................................... K. clypeata (Distant, 1904)

– Scutellum without trifurcate carina. Lateral margin of scutellum without yellowish spot ............................................................4

4. Lateral area of posterior half of pronotum with pale yellow spot...........................................................................................5

– Lateral area of posterior half of pronotum without pale yellow spot, pronotum uniform colour ...............................................8

5. Lateral area of anterior lobe of pronotum with distinct yellow longitudinal line. Scutellum with apical and lateral punctures of same size as on pronotum and basal area of scutellum ...... .............................................. K. flavomarginata Distant, 1906

– Lateral area of anterior lobe of pronotum with or without indistinct yellow line. Scutellum with apical and lateral punctures larger than on pronotum and basal area of scutellum............6

6. Head, disc of pronotum and scutellum dull dark brown. Distance between ocelli 1.5 times wider than eye width........................ ....................................................... K. punctata Scudder, 1969

– Head, disc of pronotum and scutellum reddish brown. Distance between ocelli subequal to eye width.....................................7

7. Body length less than 5.5 mm. Maximum width of pronotum less than 2.0 mm. Humeral angle of pronotum with diffused pale yellow colouration.................... K. nebulosa , new species

– Body length more than 6.5 mm. Maximum width of pronotum more than 2.0 mm. Humeral angle of pronotum with distinct yellow line ....................................... K. oculata Scudder, 1969

8. Pronotum shiny, without punctures. Apical half of corium yellowish brown with brown spot on apex .............................. ........................................................ K. virtuosa Scudder, 1969

– Pronotum dull, covered with fine punctures. Apical half of corium brown ..........................................................................9

9. Body length less than 4.5 mm. Corium entirely dark brown. Membrane subhyaline ...................... K. fumosa Scudder, 1969

– Body length more than 6.0 mm. Basal half of corium yellowish brown. Membrane brownish grey....... K. fusca Scudder, 1969