Eccritotarsini
Creators: name: Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra
name: Ferreira, Paulo S. F.
name: Serna, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae

description: Key to the genera of Eccritotarsini from Colombia
1. Dorsum glabrous and shiny, broadly black............................................... Bothrophorella (Fig. 9)
1’. Dorsum neither glabrous nor shiny, color variable........................................................... 2
2. Hemelytra in dorsal view with spatulate, appressed and silvery setae, giving the impression of having a woolly pubescence.................................................................................... Cyrtocapsus (Figs. 10)
2’. Hemelytra lacking such setae............................................................................ 3
3. Embolium in dorsal view with a proximal depression; wider proximally than distally (Fig. 23 arrow).. Emboliocoris (Fig. 21)
3’. Embolium not as above................................................................................ 4
4. Pronotum with anterior margin projected over vertex (Fig. 22 arrow)........................... Eurychilella (Fig. 22)
4’. Pronotum not as above................................................................................. 5
5. Fore tibia on inner side thickened basally................................................. Meridatibius (Fig. 25)
5’. Fore tibia not as above................................................................................. 6
6. Hemelytron in dorsal view with silvery pruinosity; dark brown to black, with white areas........ Pycnoderes (Figs. 35–36)
6’. Hemelytron without silvery pruinosity or, if present, coloration not as above...................................... 7
7. Head with front and vertex strongly convex, giving a globular appearance. Labium length exceeding hind coxae............................................................................................. Stictolophus (Fig. 38)
7’. Head not as above. Labium length variable................................................................. 8
8. Body orange and black with metallic sheen. Vertex top raised and slightly curved forward, giving to head in dorsal view an inverted V-shaped form................................................................ Eurycipitia (Fig. 23)
8’. Body color and vertex not as above....................................................................... 9
9. Head dorsally with longitudinal median sulcus................................................. Sysinas (Fig. 39)
9’. Head without longitudinal median sulcus................................................................. 10
10. Corium with pit-like depression (Fig. 32 arrow)....................................... Pachymeroceroides (Fig. 30)
10’. Corium lacking such depression......................................................................... 11
11. Eyes pedunculate (Figs. 8, 28, 37)....................................................................... 12
11’. Eyes not as above.................................................................................... 14
12. Body less than 5.0 mm. Vertex marginate posteriorly. Eyes, in anterior view, at the same level as or lower than the base of the antennae............................................................................ Agaveocoris (Fig. 9)
12’. Body 5.0 mm length or larger. Vertex not as above. Eyes in anterior view higher than the base of the antennae........... 13
13. Cuneus reaching apex of membrane (Fig. 37 arrow)........................................... Spartacus (Fig. 37)
13’. Cuneus not as above.................................................................... Neoleucon (Fig. 28)
14. Antennal segment II with setae longer than width of segment................................................. 15
14’. Antennal segment II with setae equal to or shorter than width of segment........................................ 16
15. Body oblong in dorsal view; length equal to or less than 3.0 mm. Pronotum punctate. Labium length exceeding hind coxae................................................................................ Pachymerocerista (Fig. 29)
15’. Body oval in dorsal view; length greater than 3.0 mm. Pronotum impunctate. Labium length variable.. Mecolaemus (Fig. 24)
16. Body oval or sub-oval in dorsal view; color mostly yellow or red,.............................................. 17
16’. Body not oval or sub-oval in dorsal view; color variable..................................................... 20
17. In dorsoposterior view of head, eyes emarginate (Fig. 26)........................................ Neella (Figs. 26)
17’. Eyes not as above (Fig. 32)............................................................................ 18
18. Pronotum punctate. Body length less than 5.0 mm............................................ Parafurius (Fig. 33)
18’. Pronotum impunctate. Body length variable............................................................... 19
19. Body longer than 6.0 mm. Hemelytra yellow or yellowish with black. Labium length not exceeding hind coxae................................................................................................. Adneella (Fig. 7)
19’. Body less than 6.0 mm; if larger, Hemelytra with metallic blue areas. Labium length variable..... Tenthecoris (Figs. 40–42)
20. Hemelytron lateral margin straight. Body color variable...................................................... 21
20’. Hemelytron lateral margin slightly convex. Body black or dark brown and white, rarely yellowish; silvery pruinosity may be present......................................................................... Eccritotarsus (Figs. 11–20)
21. Pronotum punctate.................................................................................... 22
21’. Pronotum impunctate. Body brown to black with yellow to red areas............................ Pachypoda (Fig. 32)
22. Body dark brown to black with white areas.......................................... Pachyneurhymenus (Fig. 31)
22’. Body yellow, green or hyaline with brown or black spots....................................... Neofurius (Fig. 27)
description: Published as part of Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, pp. 101-151 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7022163