Amyotea Ellenrieder, 1862

Amyotea Ellenrieder, 1862

Asopus Burmeister, 1834: 292 – 293 ; Amyotea Ellenrieder, 1862: 137 . (Synonymized by Stål, 1870).

Type species: Amyotea dystercoides Ellenrieder, 1862 (= Cimex malabaricus Fabricius, 1775 ), by subsequent designation ( Schouteden, 1907).

Redescription. Structure. Head slightly inclined downwards, distinctly wider than long. Mandibular plates straight, together wider than distance between ocelli, apex of each rounded, as long as clypeus ( Fig. 7 View Figs ); lateral margins of mandibular plates slightly sinuate in front of compound eyes; clypeus not narrowing (opened anteriorly) anteriorly; dorsal surface of head more or less flattened. Compound eyes moderately large, rounded, protruding out of the head outline in most of their width. Postgenae behind eyes, not surpassing eyes laterally. Ocelli situated just before the posterior margin of head submedially. Antenniferous tubercles small, sessile, pointed apically, hardly visible from above. Antennae five segmented, slender. Antennal segment I shortest and segment II longest, segment III second shortest and segments IV and V subequal; antennal segment I cylindrical and stoutest; segments II to V slender and cylindrical. Bacculae reduced and confined mainly to base of first labial segment; labial segment I stoutest and passing anterior prosternal margin ( Fig. 9 View Figs ); apex of labium reaching between hindcoxae.

Pronotum. Anterior pronotal margin deeply concave; anterolateral angles rectangular, unarmed; anterolateral margins slightly concave especially towards humeral angles, not smooth, not reflexed, with indistinct serrations. Humeri slightly angulate, not sharp rather rounded; posreolateral margin obliquely straight; posterior margin straight. Pronotal disc more or less flat with slight transverse impression medially.

Scutellum triangular, longer than wide at base, lateral margins slightly convex in frenal portion, incised at 1/3 rd from apex; apex of scutellum rounded; scutellum distinctly shorter than anterodistal angles of corium. Disc of scutellum mor or less flat.

Hemelytra. Clavus narrowly triangular, uniformly and coarsely punctuate, extending beyond frena. Corium gradually widening towards distal end; anterodistall angles rounded apically, much surpassing apex of scutellum. Membrane translucent, widely rounded apically, extending much beyond apex of abdomen. Membrane with 9-11 simple, parallel veins, without reticulate venation.

Thoracic pleuron and sternum. Forecoxae located away from mid and hind coxae, mid and hind coxae closely placed; mesosternum with narrow, median longitudinal carina. Peritreme modified into peritremal disc ( Fig. 8 View Figs ); evaporatorium not distinctly delineated, metathoracic spiracle not distinct.

Legs. Fore femora as long as mid femora but shorter than hindfemora; foretibiae as long as midtibiae but shorter than hindtibiae. Femora unarmed. All tibiae with segment II shortest, segment I subequal to combined length of segment II and III; all tarsal segments regularly rounded, not grooved.

Pregenital abdomen broadly semiovate. Connexivum narrow and sometimes exposed; antero lateral angles and posterolateral angles of sternites rounded or slightly angulate, lacking tooth. Abdominal sternites slightly convex medially, neither grooved nor keeled. Sternites III (basal abdominal sternite) neither spinose nor depresses medially. Spiracle on sternite II covered by metapleuron. A pair of trichobothria placed posteriad to spiracle on each sternite III-VII. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 12 View Figs ) in male short, roughly trapezoidal and partially covering the genital capsule ventrally from proximal end.

Genitalia. Genital capsule of male roughly quadrangular; dorsal rim broadly concave with narrow median emargination.; ventral rim slightly wavy with slight concavity medially. Paramere small, roughly sickle-shaped Phallotheca with two halves due to transverse constriction; a pair of membranous conjunctival processes; processes of aedeagus sclerotized; aedeagus erect, short and tubular. Female genitalia with valvifers VII subquadrate; valvifers IX fused to single quadrate plate; laterotergite IX finger-like, laterotergite VIII medially fused. Ring sclerites absent. Spermatheca with balloon-like median dilation; apical receptacle large orbicular, without any finger-like processes.