Parathyginus, Dellape & Henry, 2021

Malipatil, M. B., 2021, Revision of Australian Parathyginus with description of two new species, along with first detailed description of aedeagus in the family Heterogastridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea), Zootaxa 5016 (4), pp. 503-522 : 519

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.4.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5222527

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scientific name

Parathyginus
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Key to Australian species of Parathyginus View in CoL

1. Tibiae with three equidistant fuscous annulations ( Figs. 23, 25 View FIGURES 21–25 )........................... P. kurandae ( Distant, 1918) View in CoL

-. Tibiae without annulations, at most with basal and apical fuscous areas (e.g., Figs. 5 –7 View FIGURES 5–7 )............................ 2

2. Head length subequal to pronotal length; male with a median pointed process on posterior margin of pygophore (visible in undissected specimen) ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 49–55 ); [usually inhabiting dry interior Australia]....................... P. acuminatus View in CoL sp. nov.

-. Head length shorter than pronotal length; male without median process on posterior margin of pygophore ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 8–13 )....... 3

3. Female scutellum with three ochraceous spots on Y- carina, one round spot on each basal arm and one narrow elongate spot covering apical part of apical arm ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 29–33 ); male abdominal venter predominantly bright ochraceous ( Figs. 33 View FIGURES 29–33 , 35 View FIGURES 34–37 ); paramere blade sub-basally with one minute dark-tipped tooth on inner surface ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 38–42 ); [usually inhabiting rainforest and at relatively higher altitudes]....................................................................... P. australis View in CoL sp. nov.

-. Female scutellum with one large ochraceous patch covering almost entire Y- carina ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–4 ); male abdominal venter predominantly fuscous ( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 5–7 , 9 View FIGURES 8–13 ); paramere blade without sub-basal tooth ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 8–13 )................... P. signifer ( Walker, 1872) View in CoL

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