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Afrius Stål, 1870

Cimex subgenus Afrius Stål, 1870: 44.

Type Species: Pentatoma purpurea Westwood, 1837 (= Pentatoma yolofa Guérin-Méneville, 1831), by subsequent designation (Schouteden, 1907).

Subgenus Subafrius Schouteden, 1907

Afrius (Subafrius) Schouteden, 1907: 51.

Type species: Picromerus flavirostrum Signoret, 1861, by monotypy.

Included Species:

Subgenus Afrius:
kolleri
Schouteden, 1907 - Tropical Africa
marmoratus (Dallas, 1851) - South Africa

     annulipes (Dallas, 1851)
rubromarginatus Bergroth, 1903 -
Botswana, Djibouti, Mozambique, Tanzania.
yolofa (Guérin-Menéville, 1831 - subsaharan Africa
     purpurea (Westwood, 1837)
     figuratus (Germar, 1838)
     marginella (Dallas, 1851)
     caerulea (Dallas, 1851)
     miniatescens (Stål, 1854)

Subgenus Subafrius:
flavirostrum
(Signoret, 1861) - Madagascar
migratorius (Distant, 1913) - Seychelles

williamsi Miller, 1951 - Mauritius

Key to Species

1     Scutellum equilateral; males lacking setose patches on abdominal venter (subgenus Subafrius)

2

-      Scutellum slightly longer than width at base; males with pair of distinct setose patches on abdominal venter (subgenus Afrius)

4
   

2(1)  Distribution: Madagascar

flavirostrum (Signoret)

-       Not from Madagascar

3
   

3(2)  Distribution: Seychelles

migratorius (Distant)

-       Distribution: Mauritius

williamsi Miller
   

4(1)  Pronotum transversely strongly constricted; humeral angles produced (South Africa)

marmoratus (Dallas)

-       Pronotum not or less strongly constricted

5
   

5(4)  Humeral angle not produced, rounded or obtusely truncate; punctures dense, rugulose

rubromarginatus Bergroth

-       Humeral angles often produced, distinctly emarginate, usually anteriorly prominent, punctures more remote

yolofa (G.-M.)

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David A. Rider
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North Dakota State University
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updated: 28 Nov 2008 

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