Dendocoris suffultus ( Distant 1893 )

Dendocoris suffultus ( Distant 1893)

( Figure 10)

Diagnosis. Vertex of head flat. Juga contiguous before tylus. Cicatrices concolorous with pronotal disk. Anterolateral pronotal margins weakly concave in dorsal view. Tubercle present at base of abdomen in both sexes but weak in males. Legs immaculate. Abdominal spiracles ringed in black. Veins of hemelytral membrane simple or furcate, not reticulate. Male paramere symmetrically bicapitate ( Fig. 10). Mesial emargination of pygophore not attended by small, black, teeth.

Distribution. MEXICO: Morelos, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Queretaro, Oaxaca, Puebla, Zacatecas.

Remarks. The symmetrical form of the inale parainere is the primary characterwhich separates this species from D. arizonensis . As noted by Nelson (1955), some specimens have markedly produced humeri.