Description of fifteen new species of the Hypoxys balteatus species group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Mendonca Maria Thayane S., Nunes Benedito M., Fernandes Jose Antonio M.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61(1): 289-318, 2021
Published online: 7th August 2021
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Abstract: Hypoxys Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae:
Edessinae), for a long time considered a synonym or subgenus of Edessa
Fabricius, 1803, was recently revised and reinstated to the generic rank. This
genus comprises 17 described species divided in four species groups: H.
quadridens, H. oxyacanthus, H. triangularis, and H. balteatus species group.
Also, there is a large number of new species yet to be described. The H.
balteatus species group is diagnosed by: pronotum with posterior stripe smoky
brown to black with black punctures within, sometimes these punctures are
surrounded by small dark spots; punctures of the pronotal disc smaller and paler
than those of the posterior stripe; anterolateral margin of pronotum yellow;
anterior half of scutellum with punctures large, sparse, and also on dark spots;
connexivum uniformly green, without dark spots; thorax ventrally with two pairs
of brown to black rounded spots; apex of pseudosutures with black to brown round
spots. This species group included so far only H. balteatus (Walker, 1868). Here
we describe and assign 15 new species to this group: H. amyoti sp. nov.
(Suriname: Powakka; French Guiana), H. aspilogaster sp. nov. (Brazil: Minas
Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro), H. belenensis sp. nov. (Brazil:
Pará), H. bergrothi sp. nov. (Venezuela: Amazonas; French Guiana: Saint-Elie),
H. breddini sp. nov. (Bolivia: Santa Cruz and San Carlos), H. caquetensis sp.
nov. (Colombia: Caquetá), H. favachae sp. nov. (Suriname: Sipaliwini; Brazil:
Amapá and Pará), H. gaucho sp. nov. (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul), H.
hyalinofasciatus sp. nov. (Ecuador: Sucumbíos), H. immaculatus sp. nov.
(Bolivia: Beni), H. nigroantennatus sp. nov. (French Guiana: Roura), H.
santarensis sp. nov. (Brazil: Pará), H. servillei sp. nov. (Brazil: Mato Grosso
and Goiás), H. stysi sp. nov. (Suriname: Coronie, Sipaliwini; French Guiana:
Cayenne), and H. venustus sp. nov. (Bolivia: Cochabamba). Descriptions,
measurements, photos of dorsal and ventral view of each species, and of external
genitalia of both sexes, an identification key, and distributional maps are
presented.
Key words: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Edessinae, stink bugs, new species, taxonomy, Neotropical Region
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