Dendrocoris uariegatus Nelson 1955

Dendrocoris uariegatus Nelson 1955

( Figure 3)

Diagnosis. Vertex of head flat. Apices of juga contiguous before tylus; in males, anterior margin of juga is denticulate. In females head across anteocular angles wider than length from tip of juga to an imaginary line connecting the ocelli ( Fig. 3). Dorsal color typically mottled in appearance with many dark punctations in irregular clusters. Cicatrices concolorous with pronotal disk. Anterolateral pronotal margins concave in dorsal view; humeral angles prominent. Legs immaculate. Veins ofhemelytral membrane not reticulate. Abdominal tubercle present in female, absent in male. Posterior aspect of male pygophore with a pair of tiny black teeth attending medial emargination.

Distribution. MEXICO: Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas, Michoacan, San Luis Potosi, Colima, Morelos, Puebla, Mexico D. F.

Remarks. The presence of denticles on the margins of the juga in males is a neotenic character. I t is a feature of the nymphal stage in other species. Nelson (1955) reports this species intercepted on orchids.