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Schyzops Spinola, 1837


 

Schyzops Spinola, 1837: 297-298.

Type Species: Pentatoma aegyptiaca Lefebvre, 1831, by original designation.

Included Species:

aegyptiaca aegyptiaca (Lefebvre)
aegyptiaca arabica Ghauri
insignis (Walker)
intermedius Kamaluddin & Ahmad
nepalensis Distant
pakistanica Ghauri

Tribal Placement: Linnavuori (1982) included this genus in its own group, but Ahmad & Kamaluddin (1990) included it in the Phyllocephalini.

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Key to Species of Schyzops

(from Ghauri, 1969)

1      Small size, length of body 12.5 mm

minor Jensen-Haarup

-       Large size, length of body at least 16 mm

2
   

2(1)  Pronotum with a transverse callous fascia

3

-       Pronotum without a transverse callous fascia

5

 

 

3(2)  Pronotum with a broad callous fascia

4

-       Pronotum with a narrow callous fascia

pakistanica Ghauri

 

 

4(3)    Membrane of hemelytra with black dots

insignis (Walker)

-       Membrane of hemelytra without black dots

nepalensis Distant

 

 

5(2)   Paramere with only a shallow 'channel' on dorsal surface

aegyptiaca aegyptiaca (Lefebvre)

-        Paramere with a deep 'channel' on dorsal surface

aegyptiaca arabica Ghauri

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

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