Sinervus Stål

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza, Martins, David Dos Santos, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza & Fornazier, Maurício José, 2024, Synopsis of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Atlantic Forest Dominion, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: keys, diagnoses, new species, plant associations, and geographic distribution. Part I: Bryocorinae, Cylapinae and Deraeocorinae., Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 201-254 : 225

Genus Sinervus Stål

Type species: Sinervus baerensprungi Stål, 1860:56 . Monotypic.

Sinervus Stål 1860: 56 ; Carvalho 1957:124 (catalog); Odhiambo 1962: 248 (diagnosis); Ferreira & Henry 2011:25 (diagnosis, key to Minas Gerais spp.); Schuh 2003-2013 (online catalog); Henry & Howard 2016 (review of genus).

Diagnosis. Head triangular, wider than long, with deeply sunken concave vertex; eyes strongly stalked, extending upward and posteriorly. Hemelytra parallel-sided, hyaline, sparsely setose; embolium narrow; cuneus long, tapering, somewhat curved toward the apex of membrane; legs elongated and slender.

Remarks. Henry & Howard (2016) reviewed the genus Sinervus and described Sinervaspartus , n. gen. A diagnosis, illustrations of species, and keys to the species of the genus are presented. A key to distinguishing the Sinervus-Spartacus complex ( Sinervus , Spartacus , and Sinervaspartus ) has also been made ( Henry & Howard 2016). Most specimens of the genus Sinervus were taken on the undersides of broad leaves.