Heterobarcinus, Heiss, 2010

Heiss, E., 2010, Review of the Barcinus complex with description of new taxa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae), Zootaxa 2448, pp. 1-25 : 6

Heterobarcinus new genus

Type species: Barcinus bhoutanensis Usinger & Matsuda 1959

Diagnosis: Larger specimens of 10.4–13.8 mm, distinguished from Barcinus by the pronotum being laterally distinctly bilobate ( bhoutanensis ) or forming a single broad sinuate anterolateral lobe ( kormilevi and n. sp.); the genae shorter than ½ of antennal segment I; postocular spines directed laterally and by the legs uniformly brown, only sometimes with a fading lighter broad median ring on the femora and tibiae.

Etymology: From> heteros <(Greek) different and Barcinus the closest related genus.