Calidea Laporte, 1833

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Calidea Laporte, 1833

Calidea bochemani Stål, 1853 ( Fig. 19 ); Calidea dregii Germar, 1837 ( Fig. 20 );

C entirely coalescent with Sc; hypocostal lamina narrow, inner margin slightly sinuous occupying 3/4 of the length of C+ Sc; distal part of exocorium slightly rounded, gradually turning into membrane; R parallel to C+ Sc, distinctly elevated medially and apically; M coalescent with Cu basally; common basal stem of M+Cu occupying 3/4 of length of mesocorium; apices of M and Cu short, close to each other, slightly diverging, moderately distant; axial cell very narrow, slightly broadened in basal and apical part; cross-vein M-Cu present; anal veins present; distal part of mesocorium with coriaceus area well developed; corium occupying 3/5 of entire length of hemelytron.

Cryptacrus Mayr, 1864

Cryptacrus comes (Fabricius, 1803) ( Fig. 21 ); Cryptacrus novemmaculatus Signoret, 1851 ( Fig. 22 )

C entirely coalescent with Sc; hypocostal lamina broadened basally, inner margin sinuous, occupying 2/3 of length of C+ Sc; distal part of exocorium rounded, gradually turning into membrane; R parallel to C+ Sc, distinctly elevated medially and apically; M coalescent with Cu basally; common basal stem of M+Cu as long as half of length of mesocorium: apices of M and Cu moderately distant, slightly diverging; axial cell broadened medially, narrowed apically; cross-vein M-Cu present; anal veins present; distal part of mesocorium with coriaceus area well developed; corium occupying 3/5 of entire length of hemelytron.

Gonaulax Schouteden, 1903

Gonaulax grandis (Distant, 1899) ( Fig. 23 ); Gonaulax leroyi Schouteden, 1937 ( Fig. 24 ) C entirely coalescent with Sc; hypocostal lamina broadened in basal half, inner margin sinuous, occupying 2/3 of length of C+ Sc; distal part of exocorium slightly broadened, abruptly separated from membrane, border of separation almost straight; R parallel to C+ Sc, distinctly elevated medially and apically; M coalescent with Cu basally; common basal stem of M+Cu as long as half of length of mesocorium: apices of M and Cu moderately distant, slightly diverging; axial cell broadened medially, narrowed apically; cross-vein M-Cu present; anal veins present; distal part of mesocorium with coriaceus area well developed; corium occupying 4/7 of entire length of hemelytron.

Graptocoris Stål, 1865

Graptocoris aulicus (Germar, 1837) ( Fig. 25 )

C entirely coalescent with Sc; hypocostal lamina broadened in basal half, inner margin sinuous, occupying 2/3 of length of C+ Sc; distal part of exocorium slightly broadened, abruptly separated from membrane, border of separation almost straight; R parallel to C+ Sc, distinctly elevated medially and apically; M coalescent with Cu basally; common basal stem of M+Cu as long as half of length of mesocorium: apices of M and Cu moderately distant, slightly diverging; axial cell broadened in medial part, narrowed apically; cross-vein M-Cu present; anal veins present; distal part of mesocorium with coriaceus area well developed; corium occupying 4/7 of entire length of hemelytron.

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 20. Forewing, respectively dorsal and ventral view: 16 — Alphocoris lixoides Germar; 17 — Urothyreus horvathianus Horváth; 18 — Anoplogonius nigricollis (Signoret); 19 — Calidea bochemani Stål; 20 — Calidea dregii Germar.

FIGURES 21 – 25. Forewing, respectively dorsal and ventral view: 21 — Cryptacrus comes (Fabricius); 22 — Cryptacrus novemmaculatus Signoret; 23 — Gonaulax grandis (Distant); 24 — Gonaulax leroyi Schouteden; 25 — Graptocoris aulicus (Germar).