Chloropepla, Stal, 1867

Grevea, Caroline, Schwertnerb, Cristiano F. & Grazia, Jocelia, 2013, Cladistic analysis and synopsis of Chloropepla Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) with the description of three new species, Insect Systematics & Evolution 44, pp. 1-43 : 22-23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1163/1876312X-04401002
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3665157
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scientific name	Chloropepla
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Key to Chloropepla species

1 Humeral angles produced into spines ( Fig. 1C View Fig ) ................................................. 2

- Humeral angles acute but not produced into spines ( Fig. 1E View Fig )............................ 4

2 Humeral angles outlined in black ( Fig. 1D View Fig )....................................................... 3

- Humeral angles not outlined in black ( Fig. 1C, E View Fig ) .......................................... 12

3 Lateral margin of each jugum uniformly convex towards apex ( Fig. 1A View Fig ), bordered in black; dorsum of each tibia outlined in black ................ C. aurea ( Pirán, 1963)

- Lateral margins of juga sinuous ( Fig. 1B View Fig ), not bordered in black; dorsum of tibia not outlined in black .............................................. C. pirani Grazia-Vieira, 1971

4 Apices of femora with conspicuous spine ( Fig. 2G View Fig ) ........................................... 5

- Apices of femora with reduced spine ( Fig. 2F View Fig ) ................................................... 6

5 Hypandrium with 1+ 1 broad expansions flanking segment X, each expansion bearing an elongated outgrowth on dorsal surface ( Fig. 11A View Fig ); posterior margin of gonocoxites 9 straight ( Fig. 12A View Fig ) ...................................... Chloropepla rideri sp.n. - Hypandrium with 1 +1 narrow expansions flanking segment X, without outgrowth on dorsal surface ( Fig. 8A View Fig ); posterior margin of gonocoxites 9 convex ( Fig. 8B View Fig ).......................................... C. paveli Grazia, Schwertner & Greve, 2008

6 Medial excavation in ventral rim of pygophore “V”-shaped ( Fig. 4F View Fig ); marginal process of dorsal rim of pygophore triangular ( Fig. 4A, B View Fig ); gonocoxites 9 strongly convex, with lateral margins nearly parallel ( Fig. 16A View Fig ) ....................................... 7

- Medial excavation in ventral rim of pygophore “U”-shaped ( Fig. 4G View Fig ); marginal process of dorsal rim of pygophore digitiform ( Fig. 4C-E View Fig ), gonocoxites 9 slightly convex, with lateral margins convergent ............................................................ 8

7 Apex of hypandrium rounded, without process ( Fig. 8C View Fig ); apex of laterotergites 8 and 9 acute ( Fig. 8D View Fig ) .......................................................... C. lenti Grazia, 1968

- Apex of hypandrium with 1+1 narrow, rectangular process ( Fig. 15A View Fig ); apex of laterotergites 8 and 9 obtuse ( Fig. 16A View Fig ) ................................. C. costaricensis sp.n.

8 Humeral angles outlined in black ...................................................................... 9

- Humeral angles not outlined in black.............................................................. 10

9 Dorsal expansions of hypandrium broad, with 1 +1 laminar processes with quadrangular form along dorsal surface, near apex ( Fig. 17A View Fig ) ...... C. caxiuanensis sp.n.

- Dorsal expansion of hypandrium narrow. Without process on dorsal surface ( Fig. 4E View Fig )............................................................... C. rolstoni Grazia-Vieira, 1973

10 Ventral process of hypandrium digitiform ( Fig. 8F View Fig )........ C. dollingi Grazia, 1987

- Ventral process of hypandrium bilobate ( Fig. 8G View Fig ) ........................................... 11

11 Ventral surface of hypandrium mesially bearing 1+ 1 laminar process, oblique to the longitudinal axes of the hypandrium ( Fig. 8G View Fig ); parameres short, not reaching the margin of pygophore ( Fig. 9A View Fig ); posterior margin of gonocoxites 8 strongly angulate ( Fig. 9B View Fig ).................................. C. tucuruiensis Grazia & Teradaira, 1980

- Ventral surface of hypandrium without mesially process ( Fig. 9C View Fig ); parameres long, almost surpassing the margin of pygophore ( Fig. 9D View Fig ); posterior margin of gonocoxites 8 slightly convex.............. C. stysi Grazia, Schwertner & Greve, 2008

12 Width at base of gonocoxites 9 almost 2.5 times the width at apex; laterotergites 8 with triangular apices ( Fig. 14A View Fig ); males unknown ............................................ .......................................................................... C. luteipennis ( Westwood, 1837)

- Width at base of gonocoxites 9 nearly two times the width at apex; laterotergites 8 strongly acute at apices, almost spine like ( Fig. 9E View Fig ); pygophore strongly excavated dorsally, reducing the dorsal wall of pygophore to nearly half of the total length of pygophore; parameres long, surpassing segment Xin length ( Fig. 9F View Fig ) ................. ............................................................................................ C. vigens ( Stål, 1860)