SOPHELA WALKER, 1867

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SUBGENUS SOPHELA WALKER, 1867

Sophela Walker, 1867: 17 . Type species by monotypy: Callidea spinigera Dallas, 1849 . Downgraded to subgenus of Lamprocoris by Stål (1873: 22), synonymized by Distant (1899: 49).

Sophela (subgenus of Lamprocoris ): Stål (1873): 22 (synopsis), Atkinson (1887): 181 (listed), Schouteden (1904): 28 (diagnosis, catalogue), Kirkaldy (1909): 301 (catalogue, distribution), Göllner-Scheiding (2006): 198 (catalogue, Palaearctic), Tsai et al. (2011): 176 (diagnostic characters, distribution).

DIAGNOSIS: Large (12–16 mm), brilliant metallic species without black markings on dorsum ( Fig. 3 ). Differs from the nominotypical subgenus in the following characters: pronotum with humeral spine; basal tumescence of scutellum indistinctly delimited posteriorly; ventrites III– VII with large, conspicuous anterolateral and posterolateral tubercles submarginally.

Figures

Fig. 3. A–B. Lamprocoris roylii (Westwood, 1837), female from Nepal: Arun Valley (NHMW) (A. dorsal view; B. ventral view). C–D. Lamprocoris spiniger (Dallas, 1849), female from China: Yunnan, Lüchun (NKUM) (C. dorsal view; D. ventral view). Scale bars in mm.