Dindymus Stål, 1861

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 Dindymus Stål, 1861

Dindymus Stål, 1861: 196; Liu 1981 a: 228; Rédei et al. 2009: 23. Type species by subsequent designation ( Distant 1903: 110): Dysdercus thoracicus Stål, 1855 (= Pyrrhocoris bicolor Herrich-Schäffer, 1840).

Generic character.

Body medium-sized, smooth. Head triangular, vertex bulged, posterior lobe of head quickly constricted into the neck, head not wider than anterior pronotal lobe, apical part of head slightly declined downward; first antennal segment longest, fourth separately longer than second and third segment, second slightly longer than third; eyes sessile, protruded laterally; apical part of labium usually extending beyond base of abdomen, first labial segment slightly thickened. Pronotum trapezoidal, lateral pronotal margins strongly reflexed. Inter-segmental sutures of third to fifth abdominal segments moderately curved laterally.

Distribution.

Oriental and Australian region.

Remark.

There are six species of the genus Dindymus reported from China prior to this study. Dindymus brevis Blöte, 1931 was reported in Taiwan Province ( Rédei et al. 2009), D. medogensis Liu, 1981 was reported from Xizang Autonomous Region ( Liu 1981 b), D. (Dindymus) chinensis Stehlík & Jindra, 2006 was described based on materials from Hubei Province ( Stehlík and Jindra 2006 b), D. lanius Stål, 1863 , D. rubiginosus (Fabricius, 1787) , and D. sanguineus (Fabricius, 1794) in China are widespread species in continental areas of Oriental region. Herein, we found seventh species from Yunnan Province of China, reported below.