Adoxoplatys, Breddin, 1903

Dellapé, Gimena & Dellapé, Pablo Matías, 2016, A new species of Adoxoplatys Breddin (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Discocephalinae) from Argentina, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60 (1), pp. 15-18 : 17

Key to the species of Adoxoplatys (modified from Kormilev, 1955)

1. Anterior pronotal angles projected anteriorly ( Figs. 1 and 5 )................................................................................................................. 2

1 '. Anterior pronotal angles not projected anteriorly ( Figs. 6 and 7 )............................................................................................................ 5

2. Body oval, stout; anterior pronotal angles broad and stout, sickle shaped, reaching the anterior border of antenniferous tubercles................ A. minax Breddin, 1903

2 '. Body elongate, subparallel sided; anterior pronotal angles narrower........................................................................................................ 3

3. Anterior pronotal angles sickle shaped ........................................................................................................... A. brasiliensis Kormilev, 1951

3 '. Anterior pronotal angles not sickle shaped.................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Anterior pronotal angles straight and placed well alongside the eyes ( Fig. 5 ); posterior margins of the gonocoxites 8 slightly concave ( Fig. 4 ).... A. giaii Kormilev, 1950

4 '. Anterior pronotal angles triangular, shorter and remote from the eyes ( Fig. 1 ); posterior margins of the gonocoxites 8 subrectilinear ( Fig. 3 )....... A. singularis sp. nov.

5. Body elongate, subparallel sided ( Fig. 6 )............................................................................................................ A. willineri Kormilev, 1949

5 '. Body oval, stout ( Fig. 7 )......................................................................................................................................................... 6

6. Jugae as long as clypeus ( Fig. 7 ) ..................................................................................................................... A. gallardoi Kormilev, 1951

6 '. Jugae longer than clypeus...................................................................................................................................................... 7

7. Rostrum reaching the abdominal sternite VI ............................................................................................................ A. comis Breddin, 1903

7 '. Rostrum shorter, not surpassing the abdominal sternite IV................................................................................................................... 8

8. Rostrum reaching the abdominal sternite III or IV in males and females respectively; pygophore with a dentiform process medially........ A. bridarollii Kormilev, 1949

8 '. Rostrum longer, reaching or almost reaching the posterior border of abdominal sternite IV in both sexes; pygophore with a deep narrow sulcus medially.. .............................................................................................................................................................................. A. panamensis Kormilev, 1951

Figures

Figs. 1–7. (1–3) Adoxoplatys singularis sp. nov. (1) Dorsal view. (2) Head and pronotum, lateral view. (3) Female genital plates. (4–5) Adoxoplatys giaii. (4) Female genital plates. (5) Dorsal view. (6) Adoxoplatys willineri, dorsal view. (7) Adoxoplatys gallardoi, dorsal view. Scale: 1 mm.