Coridiellus J.A. Lis, 1990

Kocorek, Anna, 2020, New Afrotropical species of the genus Coridiellus J. A. Lis, 1990 with a key to its species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dinidoridae), Zootaxa 4767 (1), pp. 193-200 : 194

Genus Coridiellus J.A. Lis, 1990

Diagnostic characters. Body elongated ovoid, black, brown or reddish brown, sometimes with darker or pale band in anterior margin of pronotum, along costal border and sometimes along lateral margin of abdomen, sometimes legs and 5 th antennal segment pale, parameres with characteristic thumb-like processus.

Key to the species of the genus Coridiellus

1. body dark brown, brownish black or black..................................................................... 2

- body light brown or reddish brown........................................................................... 4

2. scutellum with yellow apex ( Fig. 13 ), paramere as in Fig. 14..................................... C. patruelis (Stål, 1853)

- scutellum uniformly colored................................................................................. 3

3. fifth antennal segment yellow ( Fig. 1 ), paramere as in Fig. 2................................ C. pseudocyclopeltus sp. nov.

- fifth antennal segment the same color as the rest of antennal segments (Fig. 3), paramere as in Fig. 4................................................................. C. cyclopeltus (Distant, 1890)

4. pronotum uniformly colored................................................................................ 5

- anterior border of pronotum lighter than rest part of pronotum (Fig. 11), paramere as in Fig. 12.......................................................... C. mayumbensis (Schouteden, 1910)

5. Connexivum yellow ( Fig. 9 ), paramere as in Fig. 10....................................... C. lenoiri (Schouteden, 1909)

- conexivum red........................................................................................... 6

6. head black, legs brown ( Fig. 5 ), paramere as in Fig. 6........................................ C. bechynei (Villiers, 1956)

- head as the rest of body (Fig. 7), paramere as in Fig. 8....................................... C. figlinus (Distant, 1900)

Figures

FIGURE 1. Coridiellus pseudocyclopeltus sp. nov.—dorsal view. FIGURE 2. Coridiellus pseudocyclopeltus sp. nov.—paramere. FIGURE 3. Coridiellus cyclopeltus (Distant, 1890)—dorsal view. FIGURE 4. Coridiellus cyclopeltus (Distant, 1890)— paramere.

FIGURE 5. Coridiellus bechynei (Villiers, 1956)—dorsal view. FIGURE 6. Coridiellus bechynei (Villiers, 1956)—paramere. FIGURE 7. Coridiellus figlinus (Distant, 1900)—dorsal view. FIGURE 8. Coridiellus figlinus (Distant, 1900)—paramere.

FIGURE 9. Coridiellus lenoiri (Schouteden, 1909)—dorsal view. FIGURE 10. Coridiellus lenoiri (Schouteden, 1909)—paramere. FIGURE 11. Coridiellus mayumbensis (Schouteden, 1910)—female in dorsal view. FIGURE 12. Coridiellus mayumbensis (Schouteden, 1910)—paramere.

FIGURE 13. Coridiellus patruelis (Stål, 1853)—dorsal view. FIGURE 14. Coridiellus patruelis (Stål, 1853)—paramere. FIG- URE 15. Distribution of the genus Coridiellus J. A. Lis, 1990.