Hypoxys balteatus ( Walker, 1868 )

Mendonca, Maria Thayane S., Nunes, Benedito M. & Fernandes, Jose Antonio M., 2021, Description of fifteen new species of the Hypoxys balteatus species group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 61 (1), pp. 289-318 : 300-301

Hypoxys balteatus ( Walker, 1868)

Edessa balteata Walker, 1868: 436 (original description).

Edessa balteata : KංඋΚൺඅൽඒ (1909): 154 (catalog); Nඎඇൾඌ et al. (2020): 438 (diagnosis, distribution).

Diagnosis. See Nඎඇൾඌ et al. (2020).

Differential diagnosis. Hypoxys balteatus resembles H. breddini sp. nov. and H. santarensis sp. nov. with all three presenting posterior margin of valvifers 8 slightly projected posteriorly, with the tangent line at distal margins of valvifers 8 not reaching middle of valvifers 9. The species H. balteatus and H. santarensis sp. nov. can be separated from H. breddini sp. nov. by distal margin of valvifers 8 without small tooth-like projections (toothed in H. breddini sp. nov.). Hypoxys balteatus differs from H. santarensis

sp. nov. in rounded distal margins of valvifers 8 (straighter in H. santarensis sp. nov.); as a consequence, valvulae 8 are almost completely covered in H. balteatus and widely exposed in H. santarensis sp. nov. Excavation of valvifers 8 is much bigger in H. santarensis sp. nov. than in H. balteatus . Also, a closer look at the genital plates shows that in H. balteatus laterotergites 8 are almost level with apices of the abdominal segment VII (clearly surpassing them in H. santarensis sp. nov.); also apices of laterotergites 9 just surpass the band connecting laterotergites 8 in H. balteatus (clearly surpassing the band in H. santarensis sp. nov.). Other difference can be found in the humeral angles of the three species; H. balteatus has the angle developed and curved backwards, H. breddini sp. nov. has the angle developed and straight, and H. balteatus shows less developed straight angle.

Distribution. Brazil: Pará (WൺඅΚൾඋ 1868, Nඎඇൾඌ et al. 2020).