Paratibraca Campos & Grazia, 1995

Grazia, Jocelia, Barão, Kim R. & Barros, Lurdiana D., 2022, New combinations on Paratibraca Campos & Grazia, 1995 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), with description of a new species, Entomological Communications 4, pp. 1-4 : 1-2

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec04001
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scientific name	Paratibraca Campos & Grazia, 1995
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Treatment

Paratibraca Campos & Grazia, 1995 Figs. 1 A-C, 2A-K

Type-species. Paratibraca infuscata Campos & Grazia, 1995 , by monotypy.

Paratibraca Campos & Grazia, 1995: 163-171 , figs 1-15; Barros et al. 2020b: 321, 353-355, tabs. 1, 2.

Glyphepomis Berg, 1891 (partim); Campos & Grazia 1998; 205-207, figs 1, 3-6, 19, 24-26, 36, 40; Bianchi et al. 2016: 445-450, figs 1-3, 5a-f, 6a-b, 7a, c, tab. 1.

Diagnosis. Anterolateral margins of pronotum flat; posterior margin of pronotum slightly convex, humeral angles produced, acute or rounded apically. Ostiole of external scent efferent system ( ESES) elliptical;peritreme spout or bean-shaped;outer margin of metapleural evaporatorium convex or concave. Scutellum as wide as long. Apex of radial vein calloused. Spiracles not visible in abdominal sternite 2. Superior layer of ventral rim covering parameres; lateral margin of each projection of superior layer of ventral rim of pygophore entire; ventral rim with one or a pair of processes, of variable size, visible in lateral view ( Figs. 2 C, 2 H), segment X quadrangular or rectangular. Processus capitati short or long in relation to phallotheca distal margin; conjunctiva with a pair of processes truncate apically, and lateral lobes present or not. Mesial margins of valvifers 8 reflected or not; posterior margins of valvifers 9 convex, with or without processes. Median wall of vesicular area cylindrical sub-proximally; ductus receptaculi into vesicular area rectilinear or coiled; distal ductus receptaculi short or long; diameter of anterior annular flange equal to pars intermedialis length; pars intermedialis enlarged or fanfolded.

Distribution. Panama (Chiriqui); Trinidad and Tobago (Curepe); Colombia (Meta, Tolima, Santander, and Valle del Cauca); Suriname (Clevia and Paramaribo); Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Goiás, and São Paulo); Peru (Loreto) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz).

Included species

Paratibraca infuscata Campos & Grazia, 1995: 165-171 [original description].

Paratibraca spinosa ( Campos & Grazia, 1998) comb. n. ( Fig. 1 A).

Glyphepomis spinosus Campos & Grazia, 1998: 205-207 [original description].

Paratibraca dubia (Campos & Souza, 2016) comb. n. ( Fig. 1 B).

Glyphepomis dubia Campos & Souza, 2016: 445-447 [original description].

Paratibraca amazonica (GonÇalves & Campos, 2016) comb. n. ( Fig. 1 C).

Glyphepomis amazonica GonÇalves & Campos, 2016: 447- 450 [original description].

Paratibraca rideri Barros, Barão & Grazia sp. nov. ( Fig. 2).