Chloropepla luteipennis ( Westwood, 1837 )

Grevea, Caroline, Schwertnerb, Cristiano F. & Grazia, Jocelia, 2013, Cladistic analysis and synopsis of Chloropepla Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) with the description of three new species, Insect Systematics & Evolution 44, pp. 1-43 : 29-30

Chloropepla luteipennis ( Westwood, 1837)

Pentatoma luteipennis Westwood, 1837: 40 .

Loxa luteipennis ; Distant, 1901: 821.

Chloropepla luteipennis ; Rolston, 1976: 5.

Diagnosis

Larger than C. vigens , less convex, posterior (abdominal) sternites and sutural angles of gonocoxites 8 more rounded ( Rolston 1976) ( Fig. 14A ). Humeral angles produced in a cylindrical spine, laterad directed. Female. Width at base of gonocoxites 9 almost 2.5 times the width at apex; laterotergites 8 with triangular apices. This species is known only from the female holotype ( Fig. 14B,C ).

Specimens examined

Holotype. ♀, labels ( Fig. 14C ), deposited at OUMNH.

Distribution

Brazil (restricted to Rio de Janeiro, RJ).

Figures

Fig. 14. Chloropepla luteipennis. (A) genital plates; (B) female holotype facies; (C) holotype labels. This figure is published in colour in the online version of this journal, which can be accessed via http:// booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/1876312x.