Phloea Lepeletier and Serville, 1825

López, Guilherme Enrique Luisi & Schwertner, Cristiano Feldens, 2024, Synopsis of the remarkable family Phloeidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea): species identification, chromatic polymorphism and updated distribution, Journal of Natural History 57 (45 - 48), pp. 2083-2113 : 2087

Genus Phloea Lepeletier and Serville, 1825

( Figures 1–4 , 7–14 )

Included species

Phloea corticata ( Drury, 1773) : 76

Phloea subquadrata Spinola, 1837: 276

Diagnosis

Body foliations in contact with each other ( Figures 1–4 , 7–14 ), not bearing setae on outer margins. Foliaceous expansions of head in contact with each other in front of clypeus, presenting one lateral concavity. Eyes not bearing interommatidial sensillae. Rostrum reaching at most base of abdominal segment V ( Figures 9, 10 ). Scutellum triangular, with tongue-like apical lobe reaching middle of abdominal segment IV; scutellum covering a small basal portion of wing membranes. Hemelytral membranes representing about 1/2 of hemelytra length; veins with reticulated pattern at most forming basal cells. In females, expansions of laterotergites VIII do not exceed posteriorly expansions of segment VII ( Figures 1, 3 , 7, 9 ).

Figures

Figures 1–4. Dorsal habitus of Phloea spp., adults. (1) P. corticata, female; (2) P. corticata, male; (3) P. subquadrata, female; (4) P. subquadrata, male. Scale bar = 3 mm.

Figures 7–10. Chromatic variation of Phloea subquadrata, adults. (7) Female, dorsal view; (8) male, dorsal view; (9) female, ventral view; (10) male, ventral view. Scale bars = 3 mm.

Figures 11–14. Dorsal habitus of Phloea spp., nymphs. (11) P. corticata, second instar; (12) P. corticata, fifth instar; (13) P. subquadrata, second instar; (14) P. subquadrata, fifth instar. Scale bars = 3 mm.