Dinomachus, , Distant, 1901

Ban, Teruaki, 2018, The lygaeoid bug family Heterogastridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea) from Laos and Thailand, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4446 (1), pp. 51-67 : 53

Key to species of Dinomachus from Laos, Thailand and adjoining countries

1 Basal half of corium grey or brown....................................................................... 2

- Basal half of corium white or subhyaline................................................................... 3

2 Labium attaining mesocoxae, apex of segment III attaining midpoint between procoxae and mesocoxae; lateral margin of anterior lobe of pronotum almost straight; pale spot on apical part of scutellum obscured........................ D. rhacinus

- Labium attaining sternite V, apex of segment III attaining metacoxae; lateral margin of anterior lobe of pronotum weakly convex; pale spot on apical part of scutellum distinct................................................. D. sikhimensis

3 Body covered with long erect setae; posterior pronotal width as wide as width between apex of corium........... D. indicus

- Body covered with short decumbent setae; posterior pronotal width 1.5 times wider than width between apex of corium.... 4

4 Body length less than 8.0 mm................................................................. D. bengalensis

- Body length more than 8.0 mm.................................................................. D. superbus