Slaterocoris  Wagner 1956
Creators: name: Schwartz, Michael D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Slaterocoris

description: CHECKLIST OF SPECIES-GROUP NAMES PROPOSED OR CURRENTLY USED IN SLATEROCORIS   
 (valid species names in Slaterocoris are listed in boldface, junior synonyms are underlined, and species placed in other genera are in italics)   
 alpinus Kelton, 1968   
 ambrosiae (Knight, 1938) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1938)   
 apache Kelton, 1968   
 argenteoides, new species argenteus Kelton, 1968   
 arizonensis Knight, 1970 5 ambrosiae (Knight, 1938)   
 atratus (Uhler, 1894) (Stiphrosoma Fieber, 1861)   
 atritibialis (Knight, 1938) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1840)   
 basicornis Knight, 1970 5 sheridani Knight, 1968   
 bifidus Knight, 1970 5 apache Kelton, 1968 bispinosus Knight, 1970 5 ambrosiae (Knight, 1938)   
 breviatus (Knight, 1938) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1938)   
 burkei Knight, 1970 5 apache Kelton, 1968 clavatus, new species croceipes (Uhler, 1893) (Stiphrosoma Fieber, 1861)   
 custeri Knight, 1970 5 sheridani Knight, 1968   
 dakotae Knight, 1970 5 sheridani Knight, 1968   
 digitatus Knight, 1970   
 elongatus, new species flavipes Kelton, 1968   
 fuscicornis Knight, 1970 5 mohri (Knight, 1941)   
 fuscomarginalis Knight, 1970   
 getzendaneri Knight, 1970 5 stygicus (Say, 1932)   
 grandis Kelton, 1968 5 punctatus (Distant, 1893)   
 hirtus (Knight, 1938) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1938)   
 knowltoni Knight, 1970 5 longipennis Knight, 1968   
 longipennis Knight, 1968   
 maculatus, new species minimus Knight, 1970 5 breviatus (Knight, 1938) mohri (Knight, 1941) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1938)   
 nevadensis Knight, 1970 5 robustus (Uhler, 1895)   
 nicholi Knight, 1970 5 rubrofemoratus Knight, 1968   
 ovatus Knight, 1970 5 ambrosiae (Knight, 1938) pallidicornis (Knight, 1938) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1938)   
 pallipes (Knight, 1926) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1938)   
 pilosus Kelton, 1968   
 punctatus (Distant, 1893) (Jornandes Distant, 1884)   
 rarus Knight, 1970 5 breviatus (Knight, 1938) reinhardi Carvalho and Schaffner, 1973, see Josephinus, new genus robustus (Uhler, 1895) (Stiphrosoma Fieber, 1861)   
 rubrofemoratus Knight, 1968   
 schaffneri Knight, 1970 5 alpinus Kelton, 1968   
 sculleni Knight, 1970 5 flavipes Kelton, 1968 severini Knight, 1970 5 ambrosiae (Knight, 1938)   
 sheridani Knight, 1968   
 simplex Kelton, 1968   
 solidaginis Kelton, 1968   
 sparsus Kelton, 1968   
 stygicus (Say, 1832) (Capsus Fabricius, 1803) subalbicans (Distant, 1893) (Jornandes Distant, 1884)   
 tanydexios, new species texanus Knight, 1970 5 sheridani Knight, 1968 tibialis Knight, 1970   
 uniformis (Van Duzee, 1925) (Strongylocoris Blanchard, 1938) 5 robustus (Uhler, 1895) utahensis Knight, 1968 5 longipennis Knight, 1968   
 woodgatei Knight, 1970 5 sheridani Knight, 1968   
 The key to the species of Slaterocoris utilizes coloration, dorsal vestiture, and male genitalia to separate species. Because the coloration is predominantly black, the placement of pale regions of the head (pls. 1, 2), antennal segments I and II and legs (figs. 12, 13) are significant; allowance is made for the generally more extensive pale coloration in the female. Differences in the dorsal vestiture (pl. 4) hold for both sexes and are best viewed on the corium nearest the clavus in skewed lateral view. Male genitalic diversity, accompanied by illustrations of intraspecific variation, focuses on the two lobes of the endosomal spicule. Attention is given to the ramification and serration of the distal regions. In the right paramere the number and placement of the ventral spines are significant, whereas the length and distal thickness of the left paramere only distinguishes the breviatus species group. As with many other plant bug genera, keys to the included species work best for males; females are sometimes only identifiable when associated with males.
description: Published as part of Schwartz, Michael D., 2011, Revision And Phylogenetic Analysis Of The North American Genus Slaterocoris Wagner With New Synonymy, The Description Of Five New Species And A New Genus From Mexico, And A Review Of The Genus Scalponotatus Kelton (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae), pp. 1-290 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (354) on pages 78-79, DOI: 10.1206/354.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5407316