Liocapsus species

Kim, Junggon, Phan, Quoc Toan, Pham, Hong Thai & Jung, Sunghoon, 2024, First record of the genus Liocapsus Poppius, 1915 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5537 (2), pp. 295-300 : 299

Key to the Liocapsus species (updated from Yasunaga & Schwartz (2007))

1. Scutellum laterally pale................................................................................ 2

- Scutellum entirely shiny dark brown...................................................................... 6

2. Body large, length more than 7.4 mm ..................................................................... 3

- Body length less than 7.3 mm ........................................................................... 4

3. Body length more than 7.6 mm from North India........................................... L. brevirostris , female

- Body length about 7.4 mm, from China.......................................................... L. inexpectata

4. Cuneus subhyaline, its apex not triangular, tinged with red................................... L. vietnamensis sp. nov.

- Cuneus not hyaline, its apex distinctly triangular, entirely dark brown............................................ 5

5. Found from Nepal, or south area of Himalayas............................................... L. langtang , female

- Found from Taiwan...................................................................... L. gotohi , female

6. Pronotum almost unicolor, entirely dark brown.............................................................. 7

- Pronotum clearly bicolor, hemelytra glabrous..................................................... L. ochromelas

7. Fore and mid femora mostly dark brown, from India.......................................... L. brevirostris , male

- Fore and mid femora mostly pale brown................................................................... 8

8. Fourth antennal segment more than 1/2 third antennal segment, from Nepal.......................... L. langtang , male

- Fourth antennal segment subequal to 1/2 third antennal segment, from Taiwan.......................... L. gotohi , male