Collaria, Provancher, 1872

Barreto-Triana, Nancy, Ferreira, Paulo Sergio F., Osorio-Mejía, Pablo Andrés & Fiuza Ferreira, Luciano S., 2018, Plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) associated with pastures in Colombia, Zootaxa 4441 (2), pp. 390-400 : 392

Key to the species of Collaria associated with Poaceae in Colombia

(adapted from Carvalho & Fontes (1981) and Morales et al. (2016)

1 Head with a V-shaped pale stripe behind posterior margin of eyes or with a transverse black stripe between eyes; head wholly black on sides and inferiorly; endosoma with row of about six thick spines apically, and field of spicules next to secondary gonopore ( Figs. 9–12 )......................................................................... C. scenica

- Head without a V-shaped pale stripe; head pale, or when black, mandibular plate (lora) pale; endosoma without row of thick spines apically, and field of spicules next to secondary gonopore............................................... 2

2 Clypeus with a black spot; hemelytra with two lateral pale round spots near middle of corium; cuneus mostly pale; endosoma with a brush of long filaments below secondary gonopore ( Figs. 1–4 ).................................. C. boliviana

- Clypeus without a black spot; hemelytra without a pair of lateral pale round spots; cuneus mostly dark; endosoma with a tongue-like area covered by micro spines rising next base of secondary gonopore ( Figs. 5–8 )................... C. oleosa

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Collaria scenica: (9) habitus (dorsal view). 10–12: male genitália: (10) aedeagus; (11) left paramere; (12) right paramere (redrawn from Carvalho & Fontes, 1981).

FIGURES 1–4. Collaria boliviana: (1) habitus (dorsal view). 2–4: male genitalia: (2) aedeagus; (3) left paramere; (4) right paramere (redrawn from Carvalho, 1990).

FIGURES 5–8. Collaria oleosa: (5) habitus (dorsal view). 6–8: male genitalia: (6) aedeagus; (7) left paramere; (8) right paramere (redrawn from Carvalho & Fontes, 1981).