Clivinematini
Creators: name: Carpintero, Diego Leonardo
name: Dellapé, Pablo Matías
name: Cheli, German
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae

description: Key of the species of Clivinematini from Argentina
1 Pronotum extended over base of head in lateral view ................................................................................. 2
- Pronotum not extended over base of head in lateral view ........................................................................... 5
2 Frons with long prominence between bases of antennae. Hemelytra micropterous ..................................... ........................................................................................................... Valdesiana curiosa n. sp. (Figs.1, 3).
- Frons flat or slightly prominent. Hemelytra always macropterous ............................................................. 3
3 Body with erect or suberect pilosity. Cuneus less than two times longer than wide at base......................... ........................................................................................................... Ambracius dufouri Stål, 1860 (Fig.4).
- Body with short adpressed pilosity. Cuneus two times longer than wide at base. (Ofellus Distant, 1883) 4
4 Dorsal pilosity longer than distance between a seta and base of the adjacent setae. Pronotum slightly sur- passing base of head. Longitudinal furrow on pronotum shallow. Pronotum nearly flat.............................. ............................................................................. Ofellus mantiqueiranus Carvalho & Sailer, 1953 (Fig.5).
- Dorsal pilosity shorter than distance between a seta and base of the adjacent setae. Pronotum arising near
basal line of eyes. Longitudinal furrow on pronotum deep. Pronotum slightly elevated medially............... ................................................................................................ Ofellus guaranianus Carvalho, 1984 (Fig.6). 5 Anterolateral margin of pronotum distinctly emarginate............................................................................... ............................................................................... Bothynotus sulinus (Carvalho & Gomes, 1969) (Fig.7).
- Anterolateral margin of pronotum not emarginated ................................................................................... 6
6 Body vestiture consisting of setae apically curved, usually forming dense pilosity. Frons strongly convex. Embolium-corial suture impunctate ....................... Clivinemidea sulina Carvalho & Gomes, 1970 (Fig.8).
- Body vestiture not apically curved, consisting of adpressed, semi-erect or erect hairs. Frons flat or slightly convex. Embolium-corial suture punctate. (Guanabarea Carvalho, 1948)................................................. 7
7 Pronotum with a dark central spot on basal half............................................................................................ ......................................................................... Guanabarea fasciata Carvalho & Carpintero, 1990 (Fig.9).
- Pronotum uniformly reddish........................................................................................................................ 8
8 Pronotum punctured. Basal reddish band of hemelytra arising at level of center of scutellum .................... ............................................................... Guanabarea bicoloroides Carvalho & Carpintero, 1990 (Fig.10).
- Pronotum impunctate. Basal reddish band of hemelytra only present at tip of base..................................... ...................................................................... Guanabarea mariana Carvalho & Carpintero, 1990 (Fig.11).
description: Published as part of Carpintero, Diego Leonardo, Dellapé, Pablo Matías & Cheli, German, 2008, Valdesiana curiosa: a remarkable new genus and species of Clivinematini (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae) from Argentina, and a key to Argentinean genera and species, pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1672 on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180207