Chinavia cearensis Schwertner & Grazia

Genevcius, Bruno C. & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2014, Review and phylogeny of the geniculata group, genus Chinavia (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with notes on biogeography and morphological evolution, Zootaxa 3847 (1), pp. 33-56 : 43

Chinavia cearensis Schwertner & Grazia

( Figs. 4 a, 5a; table 3)

Chinavia cearensis Schwertner & Grazia 2006 , 238; Schwertner & Grazia 2007, 423, 426.

Diagnosis. Body mostly green, with narrow yellow bands on the lateral margins of the scutellum, pronotum and hemelytra. Very similar to C. nigritarsis but can be distinguished by the narrow red bands on the external margins of the juga. Males with apex of femora colored in red.

Adult size. 14–15mm.

Distribution. Brazil (Ceará).

Material examined. Holotype: Serra do Baturité (CE—Brazil), 1898, Noualhier col., MNHN (1♂); Paratype, Serra do Baturité (CE—Brazil), 1898, Noualhier col., DZRS (1♀).

Comments. This is the only species of Chinavia with distribution in the Brazilian Caatinga. It is morphologically similar to C. nigritarsis , distinguished by the red external margins of juga which are yellow in C. nigritarsis .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Dorsal view of the geniculata group species. A = C. cearensis, B = C. erythrocnemis, C = C. geniculata, D = C. gravis, E = C. immaculata, F = C. nigritarsis, G = C. nigropicta, H = C. panamensis, I = C. pontagrossensis, J = C. rogenhoferi, K = C. rideri, L = C. sebastiaoi, M = C. tuiucauna, N = C. vanduzeei.