Florus Distant, 1884

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza, Martins, David Dos Santos, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza & Fornazier, Maurício José, 2024, Synopsis of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Atlantic Forest Dominion, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: keys, diagnoses, new species, plant associations, and geographic distribution. Part I: Bryocorinae, Cylapinae and Deraeocorinae., Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 201-254 : 245

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Genus Florus Distant View in CoL

Type species: Florus insolitus Distant, 1884:301 . Monotypic. Florus : Carvalho 1957:46 (catalog); Schaffner & Carvalho 1985 A:312 (key to species).

Diagnosis. Small species with an oval or rounded shape and a very broad lateral embolium. Antennal segment I with the same length as the vertex width. Pronotum conspicuously convex and curled towards the head and lateral margins.

Remarks. Schaffner & Carvalho (1985) produced a key to the six known species of Florus . Florus peruanus Carvalho, 1985 , and F. panamensis Carvalho & Costa, 1995 , were added later.