Proxys Spinola, 1837
Proxys
Spinola, 1837: 325-326.
Type Species:
Cimex victor Fabricius,
1775, by monotypy.
Included Species:
albopunctulatus (Palisot de Beauvois)
obtusicornis Stål
punctulatus (Palisot de Beauvois)
victor (Fabricius)
Comments:
Key to species of Proxys Spinola
1
Bucculae completely black; pro-, meso-, and metafemora each usually banded
with black apically (U.S., Mexico, Central America, northwestern South
America) |
punctulatus
(Palisot de Beauvois) |
-
Ventral margins of bucculae narrowly yellow, especially anteriorly and
posteriorly; pro-, and mesofemora never banded with black apically,
sometimes metafemora each with black apical band |
2 |
|
|
2(1)
Metafemora lacking apical black bands; ventral margin of male pygophore
distinctly inflated, produced posteroventrad; lateral wall of pygophore
with 20 or more longitudinal ridges (South America) |
albopunctulatus (Palisot de
Beauvois |
-
Metafemora each usually banded with black apically; ventral margin of male
pygophore not inflated or produced; lateral wall of pygophore with 15 or
less longitudinal ridges |
3 |
|
|
3(2)
Each humeral angle obtusely rounded or somewhat truncate with posterior
margin produced into short, caudoventrally directed spine (Colombia) |
obtusicornis StDl |
–
Each humeral angle acuminately spinose |
4 |
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4(3)
Evaporatoria bicolored, elevated rugae between black punctures yellow to
brown; ridges on lateral wall of male pygophore of equal prominence (West
Indies) |
victor "b" |
–
Evaporatoria usually unicolorously fuscous to black; subdorsal ridge on
lateral wall of male pygophore prominent, produced into prominent ridge or
tubercle (Mexico, Central America, northern South America) |
victor "a" |
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