CHARACTER LIST
0. Body: greatly elongate, parallel sided = 0;
moderately elongate, parallel sided = 1; elongate,
weakly ovoid = 2; weakly elongate, weakly ovoid
= 3; weakly to distinctly ovoid = 4. [additive].
COLORATION
1. General coloration: uniformly dark = 0;
uniformly pale, sometimes green = 1; mostly dark
= 2; pale or pale with red or dark dots or suffusion
= 3; pale with dark marks = 4; dark with pale
markings on corium and cuneus = 5; reddish
brown = 6. [nonadditive].
2. Pronotum and scutellum: concolorous with
remainder of thorax = 0; with median pale
longitudinal line = 1; darker than remainder of
thorax = 2; pronotum lighter than remainder of
thorax = 3
3. and with lateral grey lines on pronotum and
scutellum: absent = 0; present = 1.
4. Tip of scutellum: concolorous with remainder
of thorax = 0; with white tip = 1.
5. Lateral margin of pronotum: concolorous with
remainder of thorax = 0; pale = 1.
6. Costal margin: concolorous with remainder of
corium = 0; pale = 1.
7. Embolium: concolorous with remainder of
hemelytron = 0; with pale mark along claval
commisure = 1; pale mark along claval commisure
restricted to anterior 1/4 = 2. [nonadditive].
SURFACE & VESTITURE
8. Dorsum: with erect or suberect black setae =
0; with black setae intermixed with pale setae on
hemelytra = 1; with reclining simple setae
matching background coloration = 2; with
subadpressed flattened and erect simple pale
setae = 3; with simple pale suberect setae = 4.
[nonadditive].
9. and: without sericeous or woolly setae = 0; with
some sericeous or woolly setae = 1; present,
lanceolate, and appressed, sometimes in rows =
2; with appressed scalelike setae = 3.
[nonadditive].
10. dorsodistal margin of hind femur: without a
row of spicules = 0; with a row of dark spicules =
1.
STRUCTURE
11. Head: elongate, projecting anteriorly = 0;
moderately projecting = 1; somewhat projecting =
2; weakly projecting = 3; barely projecting = 4.
[additive].
12. Antennal fossa: with dorsal margin
somewhat below ventral margin of eye = 0; with
ventral margin of fossa at ventral margin of eye =
1; with ventral margin 1 diameter above ventral
margin of eye = 2; with ventral margin 2 diameters
above ventral margin of eye = 3. [additive].
13. Interocular space: relatively small = 1;
moderate = 2; relatively large = 3; large = 4.
[additive].
14. Eyes: occupying entire height of head in
lateral view = 0; leaving gena moderately exposed
in lateral view = 1; leaving gena broadly exposed
in lateral view = 2. [additive].
MALE GENITALIA
15. Pygophore: without row or tuft of setae on left
side = 0; with dense tuft of setae on left side = 1;
with double row of setae on left side = 2; with tuft
of setae on tubercle on left side = 3. [nonadditive].
16. Endosoma: base very long = 0; base
moderately long = 1; base short = 2. [additive].
17. and: curving, often C- or J- shaped = 0; with a
U-shaped bend = 1; forming a single complete coil
= 2; forming more than one coil = 3. [additive].
18. Endosoma: with two straps = 0; with a single
unified strap, U-shaped in cross section = 1.
19. Body [of endosoma]: with torsion, primary
strap dorsal to secondary gonopore = 0; without
torsion, primary strap ventral to secondary
gonopore = 1.
20. Primary strap: short, ratio length apex
strap/length sec gon 1.00--1.50 = 0; weakly
elongate, length apex strap/length sec gon 1.67-2.00 = 1; elongate, ratio length apex strap/length
sec gon 2.15--2.83 = 2; greatly elongate, length
apex strap/length sec gon 3.00--5.5 = 3;
ending at dorsal margin of sec. gonopore = 4; sec
gonopore obsolete, strap elongate = 5.
[nonadditive].
21. with apex: nearly straight = 0; weakly arcuate
= 1; distinctly curving = 2; truncate = 3.
[nonadditive].
22. and: with one tip = 0; bifid = 1; anchor-shaped
= 2. [nonadditive].
23. Secondary endosomal strap: broad, about
equal in width to primary strap = 0; very slender,
of uniform width from vesical bend to gonopore =
1.
24. Apical process of primary strap: about
equal length of apex = 0; longer than 1.5 times
length of apex = 1.
25. and: slender = 0; flared = 1.
26. Secondary endosomal strap: reaching
midway to gonopore from major bend in vesica =
0; reaching to level of secondary gonopore = 1;
reaching just beyond secondary gonopore as
fingerlike extension = 2; reaching way beyond
gonopore as bladelike extension = 3.
[nonadditive].
27. Secondary gonopore sclerite: absent = 0;
present = 1; absent, but short slender sclerite
close to gonopore = 2. [nonadditive].
28. Secondary gonopore sclerite and
secondary endosomal strap: separated = 0;
apparently fused = 1.
29. Secondary gonopore: seen laterally in lateral
view of vesica = 0; seen frontally (facing up) in
lateral view of vesica = 1; unsclerotized,
orientation unclear = 2; seen in semi frontal view
= 3. [nonadditive].
30. Finger-like protuberance at distal margin of
secondary gonopore: absent = 0; present, short
and membranous = 1; present, elongate and
weakly sclerotized = 2; present, elongate and
distinctly sclerotized = 3. [additive].
31. Spine-like, elongate process arising near
gonopore: absent = 0; present at position of
gonopore = 1; present at more medial position on
strap = 2. [nonadditive].
32. Phallotheca: smoothly curving on dorsal
margin = 0; more or less right angulate = 1; nearly
erect = 2; with dorsal protuberance or process =
3. [nonadditive].
33. Posterior surface: lacking transparent
window = 0; with conspicuous transparent window
= 1.
34. Left Paramere: body
relatively short, just exceeding margin of
pygophore = 0; elongate, somewhat exceeding
pygophore margin = 1; very elongate, greatly
exceeding margin of pygophore = 2; very
elongate, but oriented dorsally, not projecting
laterally = 3. [additive].
35. anterior process: slender in lateral view = 0;
triangular in lateral view = 1; broad in lateral view
= 2; bifid = 3. [nonadditive].
36. posterior process in dorsal view: about
same length as anterior process = 0; slightly
longer than anterior process = 1; much longer
than anterior process = 2. [nonadditive].
37. base of posterior process: without
conspicuous shoulder = 0; with slightly projecting
shoulder = 1; with distinct shoulder = 2.
[nonadditive].
38. base of anterior process: without
conspicous shoulder = 0; with slightly projecting
shoulder = 1; with distinct shoulder = 2.
[nonadditive].
39. anterior rim of body: with simple setae = 0;
with very stout spine-like setea
40. Right Paramere: body: short and broad = 0;
elongate or moderately elongate = 1.
41. apex: blunt = 0; with short fingerlike process =
1; with a very long fingerlike process = 2; with bifid
apex = 3. [nonadditive].
42. posterior surface of apex: smooth = 0; with
distinct serration = 1.
FEMALE
43. Body shape: as in male = 0; distinctly more
ovoid than male = 1; slightly more ovoid than male
= 2; submacropterous = 3. [nonadditive].
44. Coloration: as in male = 0; more vividly red
than male = 1; as in male but with cuneus bright
red = 2; paler than male = 3. [nonadditive].
45. Pronotal and scutellar markings: as in male
= 0; more pronounced than in male = 1.
FEMALE GENITALIA
46. Posterior wall laterally: without interramal
sclerites = 0; with distinct crescent-shaped
interramal sclerites = 1.
47. Posteriorly: without a sclerotized transverse
band = 0; with a broad, sclerotized, transverse
band = 1; most of wall sclerotized except at lateral
margins = 2. [nonadditive].
48. Posterolaterally: without a distinct swelling
covered with microtrichia = 0; with a distinct
swelling covered with microtrichia = 1.
49. Longitudinal midline: undifferentiated = 0;
with a shallow depression along most of length =
1; fold on either side of midline, projecting below
wall = 2; fold on either side of midline with
symmetrical lobes posteriorly = 3. [nonadditive].
50. Posterior margin of posterior wall: without
spicules = 0; ornamented with spicules = 1.
51. Posterior margin of posterior wall: not
reflexed dorsally = 0; reflexed dorsally = 1.
52. interramal lobes: absent = 0; present and
symmetrical = 1; present and asymmetrical = 2.
[additive].
53. Vestibulum comprising: paired, sclerotized
medial plates = 0; paired medial plates and short,
straight, weakly sclerotized tube = 1; paired
medial plates with an sclerotized asymmetrical
"guide" = 2; paired medial plates and a short
coiled tube on left side = 3; paired medial plates
and a long coiled tube on left side = 4.
[nonadditive].
54. Medial plates of vesitubulum: small, nearly
symmetrical = 0; large, nearly symmetrical = 1;
right plate larger, more strongly elongate than left
plate = 2; both plates large, shapes distinct = 3.
[nonadditive].