Nematopus, Berthold, 1827

Brailovsky, Harry, 2015, The genus Nematopus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of French Guiana with a description of one new species, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 55 (1), pp. 39-45 : 45

Key to the species of Nematopus known from French Guiana

1 Antennal segment IV black with yellow ring near basal third; antennal segments II and III black with basal joint yellow; connexivum shiny orange; abdominal sterna III to VII shiny orange; male genital capsule and female genital plates black ( Fig. 7 ). ................... ................................................................................................ N. indus (Linnaeus, 1758)

– Not with this combination of characters. ....................................................................... 2

2 Fore and middle femora shiny reddish brown; hind femur shiny reddish brown to black; humeral angles barely exposed, rounded ( Fig. 8 ). ............... N. nervosus Laporte, 1832

– Fore and middle femora yellow with pale green sheen; hind femur yellow with pale green sheen, and with or without posterior third brown; humeral angles conspicuosly expanded into medium size spine directed outward, and clearly upward, ( Fig. 9 ). .......... ....................................................................................................... N. persuasus sp. nov.

Figures

Figs 7–10. Dorsal view of Nematopus spp. 7 – N. indus (Linnaeus, 1758). 8 – N. nervosus Laporte, 1832. 9 – N. persuasus sp. nov. 10 – N. spinulus Brailovsky & Barrera, 2003.