taxonID	type	description	language	source
1B4C1A0FFF941C1BFF7ADA9EFE41F802.taxon	description	Female. Head length 1.06; width across eyes 1.42; interocular space 0.88; interocellar space 0.40; preocular distance 0.64; antennal segment length I, 1.64, II, 1.96, III, 1.80, IV 1.48; pronotum length 1.92; width across humeral angles 4.48; scutellar length 1.24; width 1.44; maximum width of abdomen 4.08; total body length 8.50. Coloration similar to male. Connexival segments VIII and IX pale yellow, posterior border pale brown; dorsal abdominal segments II to IX pale yellow, suffused with pale brown; genital plates yellow. Structure. — Abdominal sternite VII with plica and fissura; plica reduced, occupying anterior border of sternite, concave; fissura covering 2 / 3 or more of total length of sternite; gonocoxae I short, enlarged anteroposteriorly, in caudal view closed, in lateral view convex, entire; paratergite VIII conspicuously reduced, almost hidden by outer margin of abdominal sternite VII; paratergite IX broad, foliate, larger than gonocoxa I. Variation. 1. Ocellar tubercle black. 2. Middle third of anterior lobe of pronotal disk with irregular black spot on each side. 3. Propleuron, mesopleuron, metapleuron pale yellow, heavily punctate with dark brown punctures. 4. Mesosternum pale yellow, pale brown laterally. 5. Abdominal sternites III and IV with short and wider black diagonal stripe. 6. Abdominal sterna III to VII with four incomplete rows of pale brown spots (usually hard to see). 7. Posterior border of connexival segment III pale brown.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF941C1BFF7ADA9EFE41F802.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Mackay (BMNH, examined).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF941C1BFF7ADA9EFE41F802.taxon	distribution	Distribution. AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Mackay (NE coastal). Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Maluku, and Sulawesi. Papua New Guinea (Blőte 1935, and Cassis and Gross 2002).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF941C1BFF7ADA9EFE41F802.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. New records. AUSTRALIA: 1 male, 1 female, Queensland, 4 mi SSE of Yeppoon, 2 - II- 1970, I. F. B. Common (ANIC); 1 female, Central Queensland, Boyne Island via Gladstone, 23 ° 55 ’ S 151 ° 20 ’ E, 1995 (without date) (QMBA); 1 female, Northern Territory, 5 mi SSE of Auvergne HS (East Barne River Bank), 15 ° 46 ’ S 130 ° 02 ’ E, 28 - V- 1968, M. Mendum (ANIC).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF941C1BFF7ADA9EFE41F802.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species is easily distinguished by having the antenniferous tubercles armed, the posterior angles of connexival segments IV to VI produced into short obtuse projections, the apical edge of the corium with a whitish callose transverse stripe, paratergite VIII reduced, the pronotal disk clearly bicolorous (pale yellow with posterior margin dark yellow to pale brown), and each humeral angle tapering into a large acute spine (Fig. 5).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF921C1EFF7ADA11FC2EFECA.taxon	description	Description. Holotype female. Head length 0.80; width across eyes 1.12; interocular space 0.64; interocellar space 0.28; preocular distance 0.48; antennal segment length I, 0.84, II, 1.28, III, 1.24, IV 0.78; pronotum length 1.20; width across humeral angles 2.44; scutellar length 0.80; width 0.92; maximum width of abdomen 2.56; total body length 5.70. Overall coloration yellowish, punctures dark orange, surface tinged with pink marks; head, pronotum, scutellum with whitish medial longitudinal stripe; antennal segments I to III pale yellowish orange, IV pale brown; hemelytral membrane translucent, veins and basal angle pale yellowish brown; apex of rostral segment IV, prosternum, mesosternum, metasternum, and irregular spot on abdominal sterna V and VI black; coxae and trochanter yellow with pink discoidal marks; femora yellow suffused with pale brown marks, tibiae yellow with three incomplete pale brown rings, tarsi pale yellowish orange. Structure. — Head. — Subquadrate, obliquely bent; antenniferous tubercles widely separate, outer border armed with medium-sized single acute spine; antennal segment I uniformly stout, wider, granulate, segments II and III slender, cylindrical, IV fusiform; rostrum reaching middle third of metasternum. Thorax. — Pronotum. — Humeral angle each tapering to medium-sized acute spine directed outward (Fig. 6). Legs, abdomen, genital plates as in Cletomorpha mackayensis Distant. Male. Unknown. Types. Holotype female, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Tooloom Scrub via Urbenville, 8 - I- 1977, B. K. Cantrell (DPI). Paratype. AUSTRALIA: 1 female, Queensland, Bunya Mts., 19 – 21 - XI- 1967, J. and M. Sedlacek (BPBM).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF921C1EFF7ADA11FC2EFECA.taxon	discussion	Comments. This new species is distinguished from C. mackayensis Distant by a combination of characters: total body length shorter than 6.00 mm, head, pronotum, and scutellum with whitish median longitudinal stripe, each humeral angle tapering into a medium-sized acute spine (Fig. 6), connexival segment V yellow, and corium lacking a transverse whitish callose band. In C. mackayensis the total body length is greater than 8.00 mm, head, pronotum, and scutellum lack a whitish longitudinal stripe, each humeral angle tapers into a remarkably large acute spine (Fig. 5), connexival segment V is pale brown with yellow and pink marks, and the corium has distinct transverse and wide whitish callose band.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF921C1EFF7ADA11FC2EFECA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the Greek adjective, saphis, meaning distinct, referring to the distinctly delimited colour pattern on head, pronotum, and scutellum.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1EFF7ADDEEFD20FC77.taxon	description	Its occurrence outside of the Indian subcontinent must be confirmed. Therefore for the moment I assume that the Australian records of C. bipunctatus (Westwood 1842) actually belong to C. saucius Stål (! 873).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1EFF7ADDEEFD20FC77.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. INDIA.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1EFF7ADDEEFD20FC77.taxon	distribution	Distribution. AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney; Queensland, Brisbane. BURMA (= Myanmar). INDIA. INDONESIA: Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Timor. PAKISTAN. TAIWÁN. JAPAN. (Westwood 1842, and Cassis and Gross 2002).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1EFF7ADDEEFD20FC77.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. No available specimens.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1FFF7ADF9CFEF2FB22.taxon	description	Female. Head length 1.00; width across eyes 1.34; interocular space 0.80; interocellar space 0.32; preocular distance 0.62; antennal segment length I, 1.36, II, 1.76, III, 1.64, IV 1.12; pronotum length 1.86; width across humeral angles 3.32; scutellar length 1.20; width 1.24; maximum width of abdomen 2.96; total body length 8.05. Coloration similar to male. Connexival segments VIII and IX pale yellow with pale brown punctures; dorsal abdominal segments VIII and IX, and genital plates pale yellow. Structure. — Genital plates: Abdominal sternite VII with plica and fissura; plica reduced, occupying anterior border of sternite, and barely concave; fussura covered 2 / 3 or more of total length of sternite; gonocoxae I wide, enlarged anteroposteriorly, in caudal view closed, in lateral view convex, entire; paratergite VIII triangular, small, with visible spiracle; paratergite IX broad, squarish. Variation: 1. Propleuron and metapleuron with or without small black discoidal spot. 2. Abdominal sterna II to IV with wide and irregular black lateral stripe. 3. Abdominal sterna II to IX suffused with tiny pink discoidal marks.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1FFF7ADF9CFEF2FB22.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Peak Downs (RMNH, examined).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1FFF7ADF9CFEF2FB22.taxon	distribution	Distribution. AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Peak Downs (NE coastal). (Blőte 1935, and Cassis and Gross 2002).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1FFF7ADF9CFEF2FB22.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. New records. AUSTRALIA: 3 males, 1 female, Queensland, Selwyn Mine, 160 km SE of Mt. Isa, 7 – 14 - III- 1991, T. Woodgen (AMUS); 1 male, Western Australia, Sir Graham Moore ID, 20 - II- 1945, B. Malkin (USNM); 1 female, Northern Territory, Katherine, 17 - IV- 1962, L. F. B. Common (ANIC).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF901C1FFF7ADF9CFEF2FB22.taxon	discussion	Comments. Blöte (1935) described this species based on only one male (holotype), and mentioned in the original description that is very small (6 mm long), the antennal segments I to III are about equal in length, the humeral angles of pronotum are acute and directed outward, the black punctures on the head and pronotum form indistinct markings, ventrally the pro- and mesopleura each have two black discoidal spots on each side, the metapleuron has one black discoidal spot on each side, and abdominal sterna III to VII have six black rows of discoidal spots. In this study, I examined not only the male holotype (deposited in RMNH), but also 4 males and 2 females clearly belonging to this species. In these each humeral angle of the pronotum tapers into a large acute spine directed outward and slightly upward (Fig. 7), and the head and pronotum have indistinct black stripes.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF911C11FF7AD976FCB8FC4A.taxon	description	Female. Head length 1.24; width across eyes 1.58; interocular space 0.82; interocellar space 0.38; preocular distance 0.70; antennal segment length I, 2.00, II, 2.00, III, 1.60, IV 1.96; pronotum length 2.10; width across humeral angles 5.04; scutellar length 1.48; width 1.56; maximum width of abdomen 3.72; total body length 10.37. Coloration similar to male. Connexival segments VIII and IX and dorsal abdominal segments VIII and IX shiny yellowish orange; genital plates pale yellow. Structure. — Head: antennal segment I longest or equal than II, and III shorter than IV. Variation. 1. Ventral surface of body pale yellow, densely suffused with pale shiny reddish orange marks. 2. Apical margin and apical angle of corium reddish. 3. Costa border of corium with yellowish white teeth. 4. Tibiae pale yellow, apical third reddish, and 2 or 3 dark brown rings, these sometimes hard to see. 5. Middle third of abdominal sterna III to VII with irregular black longitudinal stripe.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF911C11FF7AD976FCB8FC4A.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. N AUSTRALIA (as Australia Borealis).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF911C11FF7AD976FCB8FC4A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Gayndah, and SE coastal; Queensland, NE coastal. (Blőte 1935, and Cassis and Gross 2002).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF911C11FF7AD976FCB8FC4A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. New records. AUSTRALIA: 1 male, New South Wales, Bellinger River, 3 km W Thora, 12 - I- 1990, B. y M. Baher (ZSMC); 1 male, 1 female, Queensland, Brisbane, 3 - VII- 1911, 20 - IV- 1912, H. Hacker (BMNH); 1 female, SE Queensland, Mt. Maroon, S. Rathdownes, 27 - I- 1973, M. Baher (ZSMC); 1 female, Queensland, Broken R, Eungella, 8 - XII- 1961, McAlpine and Lossin (AMUS); 1 male, Queensland, Edge Hill, NW of Cairns, 6 - IX- 1969, J. E. Tobler (UNAM); 1 male, 2 females, Queensland, Baldwin Swamp, E of Bundaberg, 31 - X- 1977, 2 – 19 - XI- 1977, H. Frauca (ANIC); 1 male, New South Wales, Hawkesbury Reserve, 19 - VII- 1980, R. Patterson (ANIC).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF911C11FF7AD976FCB8FC4A.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species is recognized by having outer border of antenniferous tubercles armed, humeral angle of pronotum tapering into large acute spine directed outward, and slightly backward (Fig. 8), apical third of tibiae and tarsi shiny reddish, and by the shape of the posteroventral edge of male genital capsule (Fig. 22). Additionally in C. saucius Stål (1873) the apical edge of the corium lacks an ivory to whitish discoidal spot, and the anterior half of pronotal disk, as well as the propleuron, mesopleuron, and metapleuron, lack a black discoidal spot In C. minutus Blöte (1935) and C. similis Bl öte (1935) the antenniferous tubercles are unarmed, the humeral angles obtuse or subacute (Figs. 7, 9), the apical edge of corium has an ivory to whitish discoidal spot, and the anterior half of pronotal disk, as well as the propleuron (sometimes hard to see to absent), mesopleuron, and metapleuron each has a black discoidal spot.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9F1C14FF7ADF9BFBC1FBAA.taxon	description	Female. Head length 1.04; width across eyes 1.28; interocular space 0.76; interocellar space 0.33; preocular distance 0.64; antennal segment length I, 1.20, II, 1.44, III, 1.32, IV 0.92; pronotum length 1.64; width across humeral angles 2.80; scutellar length 0.96; width 1.16; maximum width of abdomen 2.92; total body length 7.05. Coloration similar to male. Connexival segments III to VI pale brown, anterior margin pale yellow, VII pale yellow with pale brown punctures, VIII and IX pale yellow; dorsal abdominal segments VIII and IX yellow, suffused with pale brown marks; genital plates yellow. Structure. — Genital plates: abdominal sternite VII with plica and fissura; plica reduced, occupying anterior border of sternite, concave; fissura covering 2 / 3 or more of total length of sternite; gonocoxae I wide, enlarged anteroposteriorly, in caudal view closed, in lateral view convex, entire; paratergite VIII triangular, spiracle visible; paratergite IX broad, squarish, shorter than gonocoxae I. Variation. 1. Head dorsally pale yellow with two black longitudinal stripes lateral to middle line. 2. Ocellar tubercle black. 3. Antennal segments I to III pale yellow, IV dark hazel brown. 4. Pronotal disk pale yellow with two black longitudinal stripes lateral to middle line and reaching humeral third. 5. Propleuron with small black discoidal spot. 6. Metapleuron with or without a black discoidal spot. 7. Femora with reddish brown granules. 8. Claval and corial veins suffused with pink marks. 9. Apical margin of corium reddish. 10. Connexivum yellow with reddish brown punctures. 11. Dorsal abdominal segments II to V yellowish orange, laterally dark brown. 12. Ventral surface heavy suffused with pink marks. 13. Coxae with one or two black discoidal spots.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9F1C14FF7ADF9BFBC1FBAA.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. AUSTRALIA: New South Wales. (RMNH, examined).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9F1C14FF7ADF9BFBC1FBAA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Murray-Darling basin, Barraba, Deniliquin, and Mullaley; Northern Territory, N coastal, W Plateau, Alice Springs, Darwin, and Yuendumu; Queensland, Murray- Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal, Cairns, Cunnamulla, Mitchell, Normanton, and Rockhampton; Southern Australia, Murray-Darling basin, S. Gulfs, W Plateau, Arden Vale, and Coongie Lakes; Victoria, SE coastal; Western Australia, N coastal, W Plateau, Gill Pinnacle; Victoria, SE coastal, Bamawn. INDONESIA. (Blőte 1935, and Cassis and Gross 2002).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9F1C14FF7ADF9BFBC1FBAA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. New records. AUSTRALIA: 1 male, S Queensland, Bunya Mt., 40 km E Dalby, 12 - VIII- 1972, M. Baehr (ZSMC); 2 males, 3 females, Queensland, Vandyke, 23 - XI- 1971, O. G. Roche (BMNH); 2 males, 1 female, Queensland, Townsville, June 1903, F. O. Dodd (CAS), 9 - I- 1945, B. Malkin (USNM); 1 male, Queensland, Malanda, Mjoberg (without date) (NHRM); 2 females, Queensland, N Pine Dam, 20 km NW Brisbane, 8 - XI- 1989, L. B. and C. W. O’Brien (UNAM); 2 males, 1 female, Northern Territory, Alice Springs, 16 – 21 - IX- 1972, M. Baehr (ZSMC); 1 male, Northern Territory, 4 km W Katherine, 15 - VIII- 1996, R. Fricke (ZSMC); 3 males, 2 females, Northern Territory, Maggie Springs at Uluru National Park, 4 - IV- 1980, G. F. Hevel and J. A. Fortin (USNM); 2 males, Northern Territory, 4 m W of Coolibah, 15 ° 34 ’ S 130 ° 54 ’ E, 1 – 4 - VII- 1968, M. Mendum (ANIC); 2 males, Northern Territory, Cooper Ck, 19 km by S of Mt., Borradaile, 12 ° 06 ’ S 133 ° 04 ’ S, 10 - XI- 1972, 5 June 1973, R. L. Kitching, and D. H. Colless (ANIC); 1 female, NW New South Wales, Narrabri, 15 - III- 1960, M. Nikitir (ZSMC); 1 female, New South Wales, Casula, 19 - I- 1958, N. Nikitin (USNM); 1 male, Western Australia, Broome, 13 - X- 1962, E. S. Ross and D. Q. Cavagnaro (CAS); 1 female, Western Australia, Kimberley Res. Station, Wyndham, 4 - XII 1953, A. Szito DAWA); 1 female, Western Australia, Kununurra, 21 - XII- 1988, B. Wykstra (DAWA).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9F1C14FF7ADF9BFBC1FBAA.taxon	discussion	Comments. Cletus similis Blöte (1935) resembles C. minutus Blöte in its total body length being less than 8.25 mm, the antenniferous tubercles unarmed, the apical edge of corium with an ivory to whitish discoidal spot, and the anterior half of pronotal disk, as well as the mesopleuron, with a small black discoidal spot. C. similis differs in that each antennal segment is conspicuously shorter (see measurements) and in having black to reddish brown spots on the head, the pronotal disk forming a wide stripe that usually reaches the base of the scutellum, and the humeral angles tapering into short subacute spines, directed outward (Fig. 9). In C. minutus the humeral angles are larger, acute, and also directed outward (Figs. 7, 9).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9A1C16FF7AD8CEFA8DFB92.taxon	description	Description. Holotype male. Head length 1.60; width across eyes 1.92; interocular space 0.94; interocellar space 0.44; preocular distance 0.82; antennal segment length I, 2.16, II, 3.16, III, 2.08, IV 2.84; pronotum length 2.36; width across humeral angles 4.12; scutellar length 1.76; width 1.82; maximum width of abdomen 4.08; total body length 13.30. Dorsal coloration. — Head shiny dark reddish, with lateral margin near eyes and ocellar tubercle shiny black; antennal segments I to III black, IV black, dark orange apically; pronotum dark brown to black with wide U-shaped inverted yellow mark; humeral spine pale brownish orange; scutellum dark brownish orange, apex dark brown; clavus and corium dark orange; hemelytral membrane dark yellow, basal angle dark brown; connexival segment II pale orange, III to VII pale orange with posterior third black; dorsal abdominal segments II to VI pale orange, VII dark brown. Ventral coloration. — Head shiny dark reddish, with lateral margin shiny black; rostral segment I pale yellow, II black with basal third pale yellow, III to IV entirely black; thorax shiny orange, acetabulae pale brown, following areas shiny black; large discoidal spot at metapleuron and near meta-acetabula, one elongate spot at upper margin of pro-, meso-, metapleura; legs shiny black to reddish brown; abdominal sterna shiny orange, with small pale brown spot at sternite IV; pleural margin shiny orange with posterior half or posterior third black; genital capsule shiny orange with two black elongate spots, lateral to middle line. Structure. — Head. — Pentagonal, elongate, surpassing the antenniferous tubercles; antenniferous tubercles unarmed; antennal segment I thicker than segments II and III, base slender, gradually incrassate apically, curved outward, longer than head, granulate; segments II and III slender, cylindrical, apically slightly broad, IV fusiform, slightly thicker than I; segments II> IV> I> III; rostrum reaching posterior border of metasternum (Figs. 2, 10,15). Thorax. — Pronotum. — Humeral angles thick at base, projection conspicuously large, narrow, acute, directed upward (Fig. 4). Legs. — Unarmed; femora, tibiae finely granulate. Abdomen. — Connexivum with posterior angles unarmed. Genital capsule. — Posteroventral edge with prominent medial lobe, differentiated in two symmetrical secondary lobes directed laterally, with medial open concavity (Fig. 17). Female. Head length 1.84; width across eyes 2.20; interocular space 1.16; interocellar space 0.60; preocular distance 1.18; antennal segment length I, 2.52, II, 3.72, III, 2.36, IV 3.24; pronotum length 2.72; width across humeral angles 5.52; scutellar length 1.92; width 2.00; maximum width of abdomen 4.76; total body length 15.90. Coloration similar to male. Connexival segments VIII and IX orange with posterior half black; dorsal abdominal segments VIII and IX black; genital plates shiny orange with black elongate spot at gonocoxae I. Structure. — Abdominal sternite VII with plica and fissura; plica reduced, occupying anterior border of sternite; fissura overlapping, covering 2 / 3 or more of total length of sternite; gonocoxae I quadrate, enlarged anteroposteriorly, overlapping in caudal view; paratergite VIII triangular with spiracle visible; paratergite IX broad, squarish. Variation. Colour markings vary considerably among the specimens examined. 1. Head, pronotum, scutellum, clavus, corium with greenish-blue reflections. 2. Head entirely pale reddish. 3. Antennal segments I to IV pale yellowish orange. 4. Antennal segment I shiny orange, II and III shiny orange with apical third black, and IV reddish orange. 5. Pronotum pale yellowish orange, with anterior margin, humeral section, and middle third of posterior margin pale brown to black. 6. Humeral spine of pronotum pale yellow. 7. Pro-, meso-, and metapleura shiny black and anterior and posterior borders shiny orange. 8. Legs pale yellowish orange or dark orange. 9. Scutellum pale yellowish orange, pale brown apically. 10. Clavus and corium shiny reddish. 11. Clavus pale yellowish orange. 12. Corium entirely pale yellowish orange, or with costal margin and exocorium pale brown. 13. Dorsal abdominal segments II to VI shiny orange and laterally black. 14. Paratergite IX black with posterior third shiny orange. 15. Female genital plates pale yellow. Types. Holotype male, AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Townsville, 28 - II- 1968, P. Ferrar (ANIC). Paratypes. AUSTRALIA: 2 females Queensland, Booby Island, 10 º 36 ’ S 141 º 54 ’ E, 3 – 4 - III- 1978, and 9 – 10 - VII- 1978 (without collector) (ANIC); 1 female, S Queensland, I- 1967, E. Stutton (ANIC); 1 female, Queensland, Biggenden, 30 - IV- 1973, H. Frauca (ANIC); 1 female, Queensland, 27 - V- 1960, P. Aitken and N. Tindale (SAMA); 1 female, Queensland, Selwyn Mine, 160 km SE Mt. Isa, 10 – 23 - VIII- 1990, T. Woodger (AMUS).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9A1C16FF7AD8CEFA8DFB92.taxon	discussion	Comments. Considerable variation in colour markings occurs even within a single population. This variation is found on either the dorsal or ventral surface. Plinachtus refulgens is easily distinguished from other species by its elongate head, its humeral angles being thick basally, and the humeral spine being remarkably large, narrow, acute, and directed upward (Fig. 4), and by the shape of the posteroventral edge of the genital capsule (Fig. 17).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF9A1C16FF7AD8CEFA8DFB92.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the unusually bright and shining coloration of this species.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF981C08FF7AD8A6FC43FAF2.taxon	description	Description. Holotype male. Head length 1.52; width across eyes 1.68; interocular space 0.90; interocellar space 0.42; preocular distance 0.96; antennal segment length I, 1.90, II, 2.48, III, 1.74, IV 1.60; pronotum length 2.32; width across humeral angles 3.76; scutellar length 1.32; width 1.36; maximum width of abdomen 3.40; total body length 11.10. Dorsal coloration. — Head and pronotum pale yellowish orange with following areas black to reddish brown: two longitudinal stripes on either side of midline and near eyes, ocellar tubercle, space between antenniferous tubercles and eyes, inner face of postocular tubercle, anterolateral margins of pronotum, humeral projection, a few punctures at posterior lobe of pronotal disk; antennal segments I to III shiny orange, IV dark brown but basally and apically paler; scutellum pale yellowish orange, punctures pale reddish brown, apex pale brown; clavus pale yellowish orange, punctures pale reddish brown; corium pale yellowish orange, punctures pale reddish brown, apical margin and apical angle reddish, anterior 2 / 3 of costal margin with pale yellow longitudinal stripe, narrow basally and widened apically; hemelytral membrane translucent, basal angle pale brown; connexival segments III to V pale yellow, VI and VII pale yellow with dark brown spot at anterior margins, occupying only inner third; dorsal abdominal segments II to VI shiny yellowish orange, VII dark reddish brown, posterior margin dark brown. Ventral coloration. — Pale yellow with small black discoidal spot on metapleuron; rostral segment I and II pale yellow, III and IV shiny orange (apex of IV dark brown). Structure. — Head. — Pentagonal, elongate, surpassing antenniferous tubercles; antenniferous tubercles unarmed; antennal segment I somewhat triquetral, stouter than others, with small denticles, slightly curved outward; antennal segment II gradually incrassate, segment III narrowly expanded, elliptical, IV fusiform (Fig. 1); segments II> I> III> IV; rostrum reaching middle third of metasternum. Thorax. — Pronotum. — Humeral angle thick at base, humeral spine tapering, short and acute pointing outward and slightly upward (Fig. 3). Genital capsule. — Posteroventral edge with medial lobe protruding, prominent, lateral lobes symmetrical, stout, space between them slightly concave to straight (Fig. 18). Female. Head length 1.60; width across eyes 1.84; interocular space 1.02; interocellar space 0.48; preocular distance 1.02; antennal segment length I, 1.92, II, 2.60, III, 1.84, IV 1.66; pronotum length 2.60; width across humeral angles 4.12; scutellar length 1.52; width 1.56; maximum width of abdomen 3.88; total body length 12.18. Coloration similar to male holotype. Connexival segments VIII and IX pale yellow; dorsal abdominal segments II to VII shiny yellowish orange, VIII to IX shiny yellowish orange, laterally pale brown; genital plates pale yellow. Structure. — Genital plates: abdominal sternite VII as in Plinachtus refulgens. Gonocoxae I enlarged anteroposteriorly, in caudal view opened, upper third with inner margin rounded and clearly overlapping, outer margin barely convex; paratergite VIII triangular, spiracle visible; paratergite IX broad, squarish. Variation. 1. Antennal segment IV pale orange, basal joint and apex pale yellow. 2. Mesopleuron and metapleuron with wide reddish discoidal spot. 3. Coxae, posterior third of femur, basal and apical third of tibiae, and tarsi pale reddish. Types. Holotype male, AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Biggenden, Mt. Walsh Nat. Pk., Bluff Range 10 - VIII- 1971, H. Frauca (ANIC). Paratypes. AUSTRALIA: 2 females, N Queensland, Townsville, G. F. Hill (without date) (SAMA); 1 female, Queensland, Townsville, 24 - III- 1968 (light trap), P. Ferrar (ANIC); 1 female, Queensland, 8 mi NW of Mt. Molloy, 19 - IX- 1956, M. J. D. White (ANIC); 1 male, NE Queensland, McLeod River, crossing Mt. Carbine, Mt. Spurgeon Rd., 16 ° 28 ’ S 145 ° 09 ’ E, 19 - XI- 1997, C. J. Burnwell (QMBA).	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF981C08FF7AD8A6FC43FAF2.taxon	discussion	Comments. This new species is related to P. refulgens Brailovsky in having the head elongate and surpassing the antenniferous tubercles, the later unarmed, and the abdominal sternite VII of female with the plica reduced and occupying the anterior border of the sternite, and the fissura covering most of the total length. Plinachtus melinus n. sp., is a relatively narrower and shorter species, less than 12.50 mm long; its humeral spine tapers into a short acute spine pointing outward and slightly upward (Fig. 3); its antennal segment I is somewhat triquetral, and segment III is narrowly elliptical and expanded (Fig. 1); the new species’ costal margin of corium has a pale yellow longitudinal stripe, narrow on the basal third and expanded apically; its rostral segments I and II are pale yellow and III and IV are shiny orange; its metapleuron have a single small black discoidal spot; and its gonocoxae I in caudal view is clearly open. Plinachtus refulgens, is a robust species, longer than 13.00 mm; humeral projection clearly longer, narrowed, acute, and directed upward (Fig. 4); costal margin of corium without a pale yellow longitudinal stripe; antennal segment I not triquetral, and III cylindrical and not expanded (Fig. 2); rostral segment I yellow, segment II black to pale brown, basal joint yellow, III to IV black to pale brown; metapleuron with large black discoidal spot; and gonocoxae I in caudal view closed.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
1B4C1A0FFF981C08FF7AD8A6FC43FAF2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the Latin adjective, melinus, meaning quince yellow, and referring to the yellow mark on the costal margin of the corium.	en	Brailovsky, Harry (2007): A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Zootaxa 1530: 1-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177705
