Hypoxys balteatus (Walker, 1868), 2020

Nunes, Benedito Mendes, Campos, Lourival Dias, Mendonca, Maria Thayane Da Silva, Cunha, Eduardo Victor De Paiva & Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marin, 2020, Revision of Hypoxys Amyot & Serville, 1843 stat. rest. (Heteroptera Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 4742 (3), pp. 401-441 : 438-439

Hypoxys balteatus (Walker, 1868) comb. nov.

( Figs. 17 A–D, 22)

Edessa balteata Walker, 1868: 436 ; Kirkaldy, 1909: 154 (catalog)

Lectotype female. Edessa balteata . [ Brazil, Pará], Santarém / 54 63 [blue]/ Type [green circle]/ NHMUK 013585641 ( BMNH). Examined.

Diagnosis. Antennae greenish yellow without stains. Antennomer II longer than III. Pronotum with a light brown posterior band; posterolateral angles somewhat developed, more than eye width, and curved backwards ( Fig. 17A). Anterior part of scutellum with punctures located in dark spots barely larger than punctures ( Fig. 17A). Meso and metapleuron with a pair of faded brown rounded spots on base of each coxae ( Fig. 17B). The excavation of anterior lobes of metasternal process shallow, harboring fourth rostral segment and distal part of third ( Fig. 17B). Brown spots on apex of abdominal sutures faded ( Fig. 17B). Female ( Fig. 17C). Gonocoxites 8 posterior margin sinuous with outer angle slightly projected and rounded; imaginary line tangent to angles reaching middle of gonocoxites 9; gonocoxites 8 covering only base of gonocoxites 9; sutural border with a shallow distal excavation. Gonapophyses 8 barely visible. Laterotergites 9 with base shallowly excavated; apex slightly surpassing band uniting laterotergites 8. Male unknown.

Comments. This species was described from a quick examination of the type in the collection of The Natural History Museum in April, 2019 and photos taken with compact digital camera ( Fig. 17D). A comparative diagnosis will be made with new species that will be described in an upcoming paper.

Distribution ( Fig. 22). BRAZIL: Pará.