Neuroctenus Fieber, 1860

Contreras, Eugenia Fernanda & Coscarón, María Del Carmen, 2012, The Aradidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina, Zootaxa 3500, pp. 1-35 : 27

Genus Neuroctenus Fieber, 1860

Figs 1 F, 9A–D, 10A

Neuroctenus Fieber, 1860 . Die europ. Hem., p. 34. Type-species: Neuroctenus brasiliensis Mayr , a junior synonym of Brachyrhynchus punctulatus Burmeister , designated by Van Duzee, 1916. New York Entomol. Soc., p. 17.

Diagnosis: Body oval, very flattened; surface granular but without pubescence; head slightly wider across eyes, anterior process relatively broad with genae prominent on either side of clypeus, postocular tubercles prominent but short reaching or surpassing level of outer margins of eyes; pronotum a little more than twice as wide as long, lateral margins sinuate; scutellum triangular with the apex rounded, the sides carinate, ventral surface very flattened with coxae widely separated; legs with trochanters distinct, sometimes with the granules even large enough to appear as minutes spines.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution map of Argentinian species of Aradidae. A; Aneurosoma. B; Iralunelus. C; Aradus. D; Isodermus. E; Mezira. F; Neuroctenus.