Herrichella, Distant, 1911

Campos, Luiz Alexandre & Roell, Talita, 2018, Nomenclatural changes in Ochlerini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae), Zootaxa 4434 (1), pp. 184-192 : 188

Key to the species of Herrichella

(updated from the key to Alitocoris by Garbelotto et al. 2013)

1. Pronotum irregularly colored, presenting yellowish maculae................................................... 2

- Pronotum uniformly colored, black or brownish, lacking maculae............................................... 3

2. Yellowish maculae forming a transverse line between humeri, connexivum yellowish spotted, legs yellowish, femora with elliptical brownish spots, rostrum surpassing anterior margin of urosternite VII...... H. ornata ( Garbelotto & Campos, 2013)

- Pronotum largely spotted, yellowish maculae not forming a transverse line between humeri, connexivum brownish-black, legs brownish-black, femora without elliptical brownish spots, rostrum not surpassing urosternite IV... H. thoracica Distant, 1911

3. Abdomen with ventral light maculae beside mesial margin of spiracles III–VII..................................... 4

- Abdomen lacking ventral maculae beside mesial margin of spiracles III–VII...... H. lateralis ( Garbelotto & Campos, 2013)

4. Anterolateral angles of pronotum projecting anteriorly; ventral surface glabrous... H. grandis ( Garbelotto & Campos, 2013)

- Anterolateral angles of pronotum projecting laterally; ventral surface with sparse pubescence.... H. schraderi ( Sailer, 1950)