Aneurus (Aneurodes), Heiss, 1998

Shimamoto, Shusuke & Ishikawa, Tadashi, 2022, A new species of the flat bug genus Aneurus from Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera Aradidae), Zootaxa 5141 (4), pp. 385-393 : 392

Key to species of the subgenus Aneurodes

1. Spiracles II and VII lateral, visible in dorsal view, others ventral................................................ 2

- Spiracles II, V–VII lateral, visible in dorsal view, III and IV ventral............................................................................................... Aneurus (Aneurodes) insularis Kormilev, 1971 (Hainan, China)

2. Antenniferous tubercle acute at apex; pygophore pyriform ..................................................... 3

- Antenniferous tubercles rounded; pygophore acorn-shaped................................................................................................... .. Aneurus (Aneurodes) sublobatus Kormilev, 1968 (Hainan, China)

3. Scutellum nearly pentagonal with subparallel lateral margins in front; contergites larger, reaching at least basal half of dorsal external laterotergite III................................................................................ 4

- Scutellum subtriangular; contergites smaller, not reaching 1/3 of dorsal external laterotergite III.................................................................................... Aneurus (Aneurodes) taterasanus sp. nov. ( Japan)

4. Dorsal external laterotergite without sublateral rugose area..................................................................................................... Aneurus (Aneurodes) avenius Dufour, 1833 (western Palaearctic)

- Dorsal external laterotergite with sublateral rugose area.................................................................................................. Aneurus (Aneurodes) tagasastei Enderlein, 1931 (Canary Islands, Spain)