Euscopus Stål, 1870

Zhao, Ping, Ou, Minmin, Cao, Liangming, Liu, Huaiyu & Wang, Jianyun, 2024, One new species and two new records of Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from China, ZooKeys 1210, pp. 273-286 : 273-286

Genus Euscopus Stål, 1870

Euscopus Stål, 1870: 102: Distant 1903: 105; Liu 1981 a: 231. Type species by monotypy: Euscopus rufipes Stål, 1870.

Generic character.

Body oblique and covered with dense, short setae. Head length approximately equal to width, its apical part downward declining, slightly bulging at top, head width approximately equal to width of anterior pronotal lobe; labium extending to or over coxae of the middle leg, first segment not longer than head; antennae slightly thicker and shorter, first segment longest, second to fourth segments approximately equal in length; pronotum wider than long, lateral margin slightly upward upturned, transversal constriction obviously continuous. Costal margin of corium of the fore wing nearly straight; fore femora slightly thickened, subapical part of the ventral surface with two or three small spines; intersegmental sulcus of the fourth and fifth segments of abdominal sterna obviously bent forward, not straight to its lateral margin.

Remark.

A total of 16 species are currently recognized worldwide ( Zhao et al. 2022), with four species reported in China. A new record species is reported from China in this paper.

Distribution.

Oriental region.