Rhyparoclopius

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R., 2012, Rhyparoclopius aokiae sp. nov., a remarkable Stenopodainae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with taxonomical notes on other species of Rhyparoclopius Stål, Zootaxa 3478, pp. 93-104 : 103

Key to Rhyparoclopius species

1. Male and female brachypterous; hind lobe of pronotum approximately half long as fore lobe of pronotum ( Figs. 6–8 , 31 ).............................................................................................. R. aokiae sp. nov.

-. Male and female macropterous; fore and hind lobe of pronotum subequally........................................ 2

2. Integument with dense and long erect bristles, particularly on head, thorax and legs (Figs. 1, 4–5); seventh (sixth visible) abdominal segment of male enlarged and truncate apically, with a median apical notch (Figs. 1–2, 4); total length 16.5–17 mm ........................................................................................ R. annulirostris

-. Integument with much less dense and short erect bristles; seventh (sixth visible) abdominal segment of male ending in two prominences; total length 12.5–13.5 or 19.5–22 mm .......................................................... 3

3. Total length 19.5–22 mm; seventh (sixth visible) abdominal segment of male ending in short prominences ( Figs. 41–42 )............................................................................................... R. desiccatus

-. Total length 12.5–13.5mm; seventh (sixth visible) abdominal segment ending in elongated rounded prominences with a broad sinus in between............................................................................... R.dubius

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 11. Rhyparoclopius aokiae sp. nov., 6, male holotype, dorsal view, 7, male paratype, dorsal view; 8 – 11, male holotype, 8, pronotum, hemelytra and left hind wing exposed, 9, ventral view, 10, abdomen with eighth sternite and pygophore partially exposed, ventral view, 11, distal portion of tergite V, tergites VI – VII and pygophore partially exposed, dorsal view.

FIGURES 31 – 38. Rhyparoclopius aokiae sp. nov., female paratype, 31, dorsal view, 32, ventral view, 33, head, dorsal view, 34, right antenna, the arrow points to the long erect conspicuous bristle, 35, metasternum and abdomen, ventral view, 36 – 38, genitalia, 36, gonocoxite and gonapophysis VIII, 37, gonocoxite IX, 38, gonapophysis IX.

FIGURES 39 – 43. Rhyparoclopius desiccatus, 39 – 40, female holotype and labels (© by Natural History Vienna, Austria, Hemiptera Image Collection, published with permission, courtesy of Harald Bruckner), 39, dorsal view, 40, labels; 41 – 43, specimens from Amazonas State, Brazil, 41 – 42, male, dorsal view, 42, apical portion of hemelytra and abdomen, 43, female, dorsal view.