Ammianus junodi, : Drake & Ruhoff, 1965

Lis, Barbara & Lis, Jerzy A., 2021, Ammianus pericarti sp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae), the first strictly Palaearctic representative of the genus with a key to the species of the Ammianus junodi group, Zootaxa 4985 (3), pp. 432-438 : 437

Key to species of the Ammianus junodi species group

1. Pronotal hood sharply triangular in lateral view, with anterior margin broadly angularly insinuated ( Fig. 5 ); subcostal area composed of three rows of areolae, with two rows conspicuously larger............................. Ammianus aeneas

-. Pronotal hood regularly triangular in lateral view, with anterior margin straight ( Fig. 6 ); subcostal area composed of 4–5 rows of areolae, with 3–4 rows relatively larger..................................................................2.

2. Hypocostal lamina composed of one row of areolae on its entire length........................... Ammianus vanderijsti

-. Hypocostal lamina composed of two rows of small areolae on its entire length or, at least, in its median part............ 3.

3. Antennal tubercles stout, directed forward ( Fig. 3 ); body length over 5.0 mm.................. Ammianus pericarti sp. n.

-. Antennal tubercles more delicate, bent outward ( Fig. 4 ); body length less than 4.5 mm ................. Ammianus junodi

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Ammianus pericarti sp. n., holotype female (1–3, 6), A. junodi (4), A. aeneas (5). 1—Habitus, dorsal view. 2—Hood, median carina, and paranotum, lateral view. 3–4—Head, dorsal view (antennal tubercles indicated by the arrows). 5–6—Hood and median carina, lateral view (anterior margin of the hood indicated by the arrow). Figure 5—modified from Linnavuori, 1977.