Metatropiphorus Reuter, 1872
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Metatropiphorus Reuter, 1872 |
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Genus Metatropiphorus Reuter, 1872 View in CoL
Diagnosis.
Elongate, narrow finely pubescent species having the head behind eyes constricted to form a long cylindrical neck; vertex with two fine median grooves; rostrum reaching front coxae; pronotum about as wide at base as long, strongly constrict ed behind middle, front lobe with a narrow median carina, and side margins distinct; hemelytra surpassing tip of abdomen, membrane large without closed discal cells; fore femora feebly swollen, armed beneath with a number of short distinct spines; fore tibiae setose beneath, apices obliquely truncate.
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