Agaveocoris, Henry & Menard, 2020

Henry, Thomas J. & Menard, Katrina L., 2020, Revision and Phylogeny of the Eccritotarsine Plant Bug Genus Caulotops Bergroth, with Descriptions of Four New Genera and 14 New Species (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) Associated with Agave (Agavoideae Asparagaceae) and Related Plant Genera, Zootaxa 4772 (2), pp. 201-252 : 210

Key to the Genera of the Agaveocoris Complex of Eccritotarsini

1. Male genital capsule with a stout, apically rounded tubercle on left side, tubercle rarely more spinelike, but never visible in dorsal aspect; body oval to elongate oval................................................................... 2

– Male genital capsule with an elongate apically pointed spine on left side, often visible in dorsal aspect; body elongate oval. 4

2. Uniformly dull black, often flattened, species ( Figs. 50, 53 , 56 ); right paramere broadly rounded or spatulate apically ( Figs. 106, 108, 110, 112 )................................................................. Nigrotomocoris , n. gen.

– Multicolored species, head and pronotum often yellow or orange, contrasting with a darker hemelytron, often with a bluish sheen; right paramere never spatulate apically................................................................3

3. Mostly elongate-oval species; eyes substylate ( Figs. 11–42 ), inner margin of eye level with outer anterior margin of pronotum; calli prominent ( Figs. 2–4 ), strongly raised with a depression between; right paramere with a distinct upturned hook at apex ( Figs. 72, 74, 76 , 79).................................................................... Agaveocoris , n. gen.

– Mostly short, round species; eyes less produced, level of inner margin of each eye well inside outer anterior margin of prono- tum; calli flat, not strongly raised; apex of right paramere acute, without an upturned process....... Halticotoma Townsend

4. Hemelytra (1s. 43–48) dark brown to fuscous, often with a bluish sheen; basal half of antennal segment II thicker than apical half; left paramere U- or C-shaped ( Figs. 100, 102 )....................................... Laterospinocoris , n. gen.

– Hemelytra ( Figs. 62–66 ) pale to red or reddish brown; antennal segment II uniformly slender, left paramere L-shaped ( Figs. 113, 115, 117 ).................................................................... Schaffnerocoris , n. gen.

Figures

FIGURES 43–54. Laterospinocoris and Nigrotomocoris spp. 43, L. cyaneipennis (Reuter), male (dorsal aspect). 44, L. cyaneipennis, male (lateral aspect). 45, L. cyaneipennis, female (dorsal aspect). 46, L. mexicanus, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 47, L. mexicanus, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 48, L. mexicanus, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 49, N. keltoni, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 50, N. keltoni, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 51, N. keltoni, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 52, N. longirostris, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 53, N. longirostris, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 54, N. longirostris, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect).

FIGURES 55–66. Nigrotomocoris and Schaffnerocoris spp. 55, N. nigrus (Carvalho), male (dorsal aspect). 56, N. nigrus, male (lateral aspect). 57, N. nigrus, female (dorsal aspect). 58, N. tibiopallidus (Carvalho), male (dorsal aspect). 59, N. tibiopallidus, male (lateral aspect). 60, N. tibiopallidus, female (dorsal aspect). 61, S. fuscotibialis, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 62, S. fuscotibialis, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 63, S. pallipes, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 64, S. pallipes, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 65, S. similis, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 66, S. similis, n. sp., male (lateral aspect).

FIGURES 104–112. Male genitalia of Nigrotomocoris spp. N. keltoni, n. sp.: 104, endosoma. 105, left paramere. 106, right paramere. N. longirosris, n. sp.: 107, left paramere. 108, right paramere. N. nigrus: 109, left paramere. 110, right paramere. N. tibiopallidus: 111, left paramere. 112, right paramere.

FIGURES 8–20. Caulotops and Agaveocoris spp. 8–10, Caulotops platensis. 8, male (dorsal aspect). 9, male (lateral aspect). 10, female (dorsal aspect). 11–20. Agaveocoris spp. 11, A. agavis (Reuter), male (dorsal aspect). 12, A. agavis, male (lateral aspect). 13, A. agavis, female (dorsal aspect). 14, A. barberi (Knight), male (dorsal aspect). 15, A. barberi, female (dorsal aspect). 16, A. barrerai, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 17, A. barrerai, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 18, A. bimaculatus, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 19, A. bimaculatus, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 20, A. bimaculatus, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect).

FIGURES 21–31. Agaveocoris spp. 21, A. dimidiatus, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 22, A. dimidiatus, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 23, A. dimidiatus, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 24, A. distanti (Reuter), male (brown color form, dorsal aspect). 25, A. distanti (Reuter), male (brown color form, lateral aspect). 26, A. distanti, female (brown color form, dorsal aspect). 27, A. distanti, male (reddish-orange color form, dorsal aspect). 28, A. distanti, female (reddish-orange color form, dorsal aspect). 29, A. marginalis, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 30, A. marginalis, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 31, A. roseus, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect).

FIGURES 32–42. Agaveocoris spp. 32, A. roseus, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 33, A. roseus, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 34, A. roseus, female (dorsal aspect). 35, A. rostratus, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 36, A. rostratus, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 37, A. rostratus, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 38, A. schaffneri, n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 39, A. schaffneri, n. sp., male (lateral aspect). 40, A. schaffneri n. sp., female (dorsal aspect). 41, A. scutellatus n. sp., male (dorsal aspect). 42, A. scutellatus, n. sp., female (dorsal aspect).

FIGURES 2–7. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs of Agaveocoris agavis. 2, head and pronotum, dorsal aspect. 3, head and pronotum, lateral aspect. 4, head, frontal aspect. 5, metathoracic scent gland opening and ostiolar evaporative area. 6, genital capsule, showing right and left paramere and tubercle, caudal aspect. 7, genital capsule, showing right paramere and tubercle, lateral aspect.

FIGURES 67–77. Male genitalia of Caulotops and Agaveocoris spp. Caulotops platensis: 67, genital capsule. 68, left paramere. 69, right paramere. Agaveocoris agavis: 70, endosoma. 71, left paramere. 72, right paramere. A. barberi: 73, left paramere. 74, right paramere. A. barrerai, n. sp.: 75, left paramere. 76, right paramere. A. bimaculatus, n. sp.: 77, endosoma. 78, left paramere. 79, right paramere.

FIGURES 94–103. Male genitalia of Agaveocoris and Laterospinocoris spp. A. schaffneri, n. sp.: 94, endosoma. 95, right paramere. 96, left paramere. A. scutellatus, n. sp.: 97, endosoma. 98, left paramere. 99, right paramere. L. cyaneipennis: 100, right paramere. 101, left paramere. L. mexicanus, n. sp.: 102, left paramere. 103, right paramere.

FIGURES 113–118. Male genitalia of Schaffnerocoris spp. S. fuscotibialis, n. sp.: 113, right paramere. 114, left paramere. S. pallipes, n. sp.: 115, left paramere. 116, right paramere. S. tibiopallidus, n. sp.: 117, left paramere. 118, right paramere.