Stenolemus Signoret

Mukherjee, Paramita, Ambrose, Dunston P., Hassan, M. E. & Biswas, B., 2015, A new species of Stenolemus Signoret (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India, Zootaxa 3904 (1), pp. 116-122 : 121

Key to the species of genus Stenolemus Signoret from India

1. Petiole about as long as fore- and hind lobes of pronotum....................................... S.atkinsoni Distant

- Petiole shorter than fore- and hind lobes of pronotum......................................................... 2

2. Hind lobe of pronotum tricarinated........................................................................ 3

- Hind lobe of pronotum either not carinated or with less than three carinae......................................... 4

3. Anterior lobe of pronotum with three pale striations; hind tibia multiannulated......................... S. greeni Distant

- Anterior lobe of pronotum not striated; hind tibia with a basal black annulation....................... S. hirtipes Distant

4. First antennal segment with five annulations ( Fig. 3 ); hind lobe of pronotum not carinated ( Fig. 3 ); forecoxae shorter than hind lobe of pronotum ( Fig. 1 )............................................................... S. annulatus sp. nov.

- First antennal segment with two or three faint annulations; hind lobe of pronotum with 1+1 faint carinae; forecoxae about as long as hind lobe of pronotum..................................................... S. susainathani Wygodzinsky

Figures

FIGURE 1. Stenolemus annulatus sp. nov. holotype male, dorsal habitus.

FIGURES 2 – 7. Stenolemus annulatus sp. nov. holotype male: 2, head and rostrum; lateral view; 3, head, pronotum and forelegs, lateral view; 4, head with rostrum, ventral view; 5, forewings with colour pattern; 6, spine below anterior lobe of pronotum; 7, apical half of abdomen.