Elemana Distant, 1912

WALL, MICHAEL A., 2007, A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae), Zootaxa 1539 (1), pp. 1-84 : 44

Elemana Distant, 1912

Type species Elemana propria Distant, 1912 , by original monotypy.

Elemana Distant, 1912: 593 ; Gross, 1976: 254 (Descriptive note, taxonomic status).

Redescription. Head punctate, vertex flat. Juga acute apically, rounded, reflexed laterally. Antennifers stout, acute, visible from above. Antennal segment I surpassing apex of head, distal third wider than proximal portion; remaining segments of antennae terete. Compound eye subglobose, slightly stalked; ocelli located posterior to imaginary line between posterior margins of eyes. Pronotum punctate; anterolateral margins roughly straight; posterolateral margin roughly straight; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum elongate, triangular without low median raised longitudinal line; apex rounded. Forewings just surpassing abdomen; corium shallowly punctuate. Laterotergites not visible from above, posterior angle not produced.

Bucculae parallel-sided, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae acute, directed ventrally; labium just reaching anterior portions of metacoxae. Prosternum sulcate; mesosternum slightly depressed without obvious median raised carina, posterior margin shallowly bilobed; metasternum shallowly sulcate, swollen laterally, posterior margin concave. Ostiole of metathoracic scent gland lenticulate; peritreme strap–shaped, curved slightly anteriorly, apically rounded, 4X longer than wide, reaching less than half of distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral metapleural margin; evaporative area covering much of meso- and metapleura. Posterior margin of metapleura straight to slightly curved, posterolateral lobe absent. Venter of abdomen with posterior margin of sixth sternite (fifth visible) “V”-shaped; trichothoria paired, transverse, posterior to spiracles.

Male. Pygophore with dorsolateral lobes short, rounded; basal plate of proctiger rectangular; proctiger hooded, posterior margin subterminal.

Comments. The pygophore of Elemana is similar to that of several species of the Brizica . However, Elemana possesses a several characters (e.g., head much broader than long, anterolateral margins of pronotum roughly straight, and a relatively short labium) that distinguish it from all other members of the Solomonius - group.