Petersitocoroides

Cruces, Luis & Brailovsky, Harry, 2014, A new species of Petersitocoroides Brailovsky (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreini) from Peru, Zootaxa 3847 (4), pp. 590-594 : 594

Key to known Petersitocoroides species (males)

1. Body large, exceeding 11 mm. Pygophore with two large concave sides lateral to the middle line and a thin mesial triangular projection.................................................................................... P. latifrons

1’ Smaller species, less than 11 mm. Pygophore different than described above....................................... 2

2. Rostrum short, not projecting beyond the anterior margin of metasternum................................... P. similis

2’ Rostrum reaching the posterior margin of metasternum........................................................ 3

3. Hemelytral membrane lacking a longitudinal brown stripe between the outer and the half margin...................... 4

3’ Hemelytral membrane with a longitudinal brown stripe between the outer and the half margin......................... 5

4. Posteroventral margin of the male genital capsule in dorsal view has a wide median projection, conspicuously elongated, reaching one third of the total length................................................................ P. saphis

4’ Posteroventral margin of the male genital capsule in dorsal view with a narrow median projection, triangular and shorter............................................................................................. P. membraneus

5. Stripe of the hemelytral membrane, elongated. Parameres with anterior lobe small, posterior lobe short and stout..................................................................................................... P. longirostris

5’ Stripe of the hemelytral membrane, short. Parameres with anterior lobe embossed and folded on itself; posterior lobe elongate, triangular with an acute tip...................................................................... P. vergarae