Peritropis Uhler, 1891

Genus Peritropis Uhler, 1891 View in CoL

Peritropis Uhler 1891: 121 View in CoL . Type species: Peritropis saldaeformis Uhler, 1891 View in CoL . Peritropis Bergroth 1925: 159 View in CoL ; Carvalho 1956: 9; Schmitz 1970: 504; Gorczyca 2000: 111; Yasunaga 2000: 191; Gorczyca 2006: 402; Moulds & Cassis 2006: 173; Wolski & Henry 2012: 215; Namyatova & Cassis 2022: 489; Gorczyca et al. 2024: 169.

Mevius Distant, 1904: 453 (syn. by Poppius 1909: 24). Type species: Mevius lewisi Distant, 1904 View in CoL .

Key to the Peritropis View in CoL species from the Indochina Peninsula (updated from Gorczyca (2006))

1. Membrane with spots or patches.......................................................................... 2

– Membrane without spots or patches ( P. suturella View in CoL group sensu Gorczyca (2006)).....................................5

2. Hemelytra with brownish patches and stripes; cuneus elongate inwardly ( P. poppiana View in CoL group sensu Gorczyca (2006))...... 3

– Hemelytra without brownish stripes, but with small spots; cuneus triangular....................................... 4

3. First antennal segment shorter than 1/3 the length of second segment; second antennal segment clavate, with clear pale ring at middle; third antennal segment length subequal to length of fourth segment; endosoma with numerous setae-like spicules... P. similis Poppius, 1909 View in CoL

– First antennal segment longer than 1/3 the length of the second segment; second antennal segment linear, without pale spot in male, only small pale spots at middle in female; third antennal segment clearly shorter than fourth segment; endosoma with two long and straight spicules................................................................ P. andrzeji sp. nov.

4. Antennae mostly dark brown; scutellum entirely dark brown except for pale small marking at apex; corium entirely brown with tiny pale spots.................................................................... P. popovi Gorczyca, 2006 View in CoL

– Antennae mostly pale brown; scutellum mostly dark brown with pale spots and with a large pale spot at apex; corium mostly brown with dark spot at inner area................................................. P. thailandica Gorczyca, 2006 View in CoL

5. Body large, more than 4 mm; second antennal segment thinner than first segment; embolium entirely brownish; cuneus entirely dark brown.................................................................... P. seticornis Bergroth, 1920

– Body small, less than 3.5 mm; second antennal segment as thick as first segment; embolium mostly brownish except for pale apex; cuneus with pale circular marking at inner angle.......................................... P. cheroti sp. nov.