Mictini, Amyot & Serville, 1843

Xun, Harvey, Gao, Hao-Ran & Yin, Zi-Xu, 2024, A remarkable new genus and species of Mictini from southern China (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae), Zootaxa 5555 (1), pp. 105-115 : 106-107

Key to the genera of Tribe Mictini from China

[Modified from Hsiao & Cheng 1977, O’Shea & Schaefer 1980 and Zhu & Bu 2005]

1 Apex of scutellum armed with a small but distinct tubercle.................................................... 2

- Apex of scutellum not armed with a tubercle................................................................ 3

2 Hind tibiae dilated ventrally and dorsally.......................................................... Helcomeria

- Hind tibiae dilated ventrally but not dorsally........................................................ Molipteryx

3 Fore tibiae dilated dorsally.............................................................................. 4

- Fore tibiae not dilated.................................................................................. 6

4 Pronotum produced anteriorly more or less to tip of head, female hind femora with tubercles................. Breddinella

- Pronotum produced anteriorly very markedly beyond tip of head, female hind femora smooth, without tubercles.......... 5

5 Pronotum smooth, without tubercles..................................................... Phyllomictis gen. nov.

- Pronotum with prominent tubercles............................................................... Derepteryx

6 Pronotum extended laterally............................................................................. 7

- Pronotum not extended laterally.......................................................................... 9

7 Hind femora armed with a small tubercle medially on ventral surface.................................... Notopteryx

- Hind femora armed with a sharp curved spine medially on ventral surface........................................ 8

8 Hind tibiae dilated both ventrally and dorsally..................................................... Prionolomia

- Hind tibiae dilated ventrally but not dorsally....................................................... Rhamnomia

9 Hind femora tuberculate on anterior and posterior surfaces............................................ Ochrochira

- Hind femora not tuberculate on anterior and posterior surfaces................................................ 10

10 Hind tibiae dilated both ventrally and dorsally............................................................. 11

- Hind tibiae dilated ventrally and but not dorsally........................................................... 15

11 Common boundary of abdominal segments III and IV produced into a large median tubercle............... Prionomiopsis

- Common boundary of abdominal segments III and IV not produced into a large median tubercle...................... 12

12 Abdomen with four large spines.................................................................. Pternistria

- Abdomen with two spines............................................................................. 13

13 Posterior femora armed with largle tubercle ventrally near middle........................................ Mictiopsis

- Posterior femora without largle tubercle ventrally........................................................... 14

14 Posterior margin of abdominal sternite III produced posteriorly, mesally................................ Pseudomictis

- Posterior margin of abdominal sternite III not produced posteriorly...................................... Aurelianus

15 Abdominal sternite III without lateral spines...................................................... Anoplocnemis

- Abdominal sternite III with two spines................................................................... 16

16 Common boundary of abdominal segments III and IV produced into a large median tubercle...................... Mictis

- Common boundary of abdominal segments III and IV not produced into a large median tubercle.............. Aspilosterna