Australocoris, Malipatil, 2012

Malipatil, M. B., 2012, Australocorinae, a new subfamily of Geocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species, Zootaxa 3554, pp. 75-88 : 86

Key to the species of Australocoris

1. Body wider than head across eyes; eyes rather wrapped around anterior margin of pronotum ( Fig. 5) and appearing less prominently stalked; interocular space less than 0.6 times as wide as pronotal posterior margin; spermathecal duct short, without loops or coils (Figs. 16, 18)..................................................................... monticolus

-. Body about as wide as or slightly narrower than head across eyes; eyes not wrapped around anterior margin of pronotum ( Fig. 4, 6), but appearing more prominently stalked; interocular space about 0.7 or more times as wide as pronotal posterior margin; spermathecal duct long and tubular, with about 4 loops or turns (e.g., Fig. 17)..................................... 2

2. Thorax ventrally with one small irregular fuscous spot on each thoracic pleura near coxal acetabula ( Fig. 9); pronotum with a broad fuscous line medially, in females extending narrowly medially to tip of head ( Fig. 6); sublateral fuscous patch on each side covering almost entire length of posterior lobe ( Fig. 6)........................................ fuscomaculatus

- Thorax ventrally without fuscous spot on each thoracic pleura near coxal acetabula ( Fig. 8); pronotum with a narrow fuscous line medially ( Fig. 4), in females not extending onto head; sublateral fuscous patch usually short, not covering almost entire length of posterior lobe ( Fig. 4)................................................................... kurandae