taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CA8F0F9164774FFF1D7E11D8D5FE9E.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Anchises sulcicornis Stål, 1869 (= Halys parvulus Westwood, 1837), by subsequent monotypy.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9164774FFF1D7E11D8D5FE9E.taxon	description	Redescription. Head slightly longer than broad, punctate; vertex flat; juga acute apically, rounded laterally; antennifers stout, acute, visible from above. Antennal segment I subequal with apex of head, distal third wider than proximal portion; remaining segments of antennae slightly dorsoventrally compressed. Compound eye subglobose, slightly stalked; ocelli posterior to imaginary line between posterior margins of eyes. Pronotum deeply punctuate; disc slightly depressed; gibbosities of callus areas hardly raised; anterolateral margins sinuate, denticulate; lateral angles acute; posterolateral margin smoothly transitioning into posterior margin. Scutellum elongate, triangular, with low, median, raised longitudinal line; apex acute. Forewings just surpassing abdomen; corium shallowly punctuate. Laterotergites totally exposed from above; posterior angle slightly produced. Bucculae parallel-sided, becoming obsolete upon reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae acute, directed anteroventrally. Labium elongate, surpassing metacoxae. Prosternum sulcate; mesosternum slightly depressed with median raised carina, posterior margin shallowly bilobed. Metasternum shallowly sulcate, swollen laterally, posterior margin concave; peritreme elongate, curved anteriorly. Posterior margin of metapleura straight to slightly curved, posterolateral lobe absent. Legs unarmed. Abdomen with venter primarily convex, flattened to slightly sulcate medially, posterior margin of sixth sternite (fifth visible) “ V ” - shaped; trichothoria paired, transverse, posterior to spiracles. Males. Dorsolateral lobes of pygophore weakly developed. Proctiger with anus at apex. Paramere reduced, fused to interior portions of proctiger. Proctiger with an apical anus; basal sclerite well-developed. Females. Secondary thickening of vaginal intima long, conical. Comments. Anchises is the only Australian member of the Solomonius - group. The male and female genitalia of the group are reminiscent of Brizica, although the proctiger does possess an apical anus. However, the shape of the peritreme, the lack of woolly pubescence on the dorsum, and the compression of the antennal segments make this genus distinct from Brizica.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91657741FF1D7B6ED9CAFCEE.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 A, 3 A-D, 4)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91657741FF1D7B6ED9CAFCEE.taxon	description	Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 2 A). Tylus surpassing juga, slightly dilated apically. Posterior margins of eyes convex. Labium reaching abdominal fifth sternite (fourth visible); ratios 1: 1.8: 1.4: 1. Ostiole of metathoracic scent gland lenticulate; peritreme strap – shaped, curved anteriorly, apically rounded, apex deflexed away from pleura, 7 – 8 X longer than wide, reaching 2 / 3 of distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral metapleural margin; evaporative area covering much of meso- and metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous with black punctures. Entire body with piceous lateral bands. Antennae with segment I with piceous longitudinal dorsal marking; segments II – V straminous proximally becoming castaneous distally. Pronotum with triangular dark markings on posterior margin formed by high concentrations of punctures; scutellum with two dark lateral longitudinal bands. Legs mostly straminous with castaneous speckling, tibiae with two testaceous bands. Antennae with segments I – II waxy with sparse vestiture, segments III – V with dense short pile. Male. Outer ventral rim of pygophore posteriorly produced; dorsolateral lobes short, broadly curved apically (Fig. 3 B – D). Proctiger as wide as long; basal sclerite wider than long, posterior margin concave (Fig. 3 D). Female. Eighth gonocoxa broadly triangular, rounded apically, leaving most of ninth gonocoxae exposed. Ninth laterotergites elongate, distally surpassing posterior margin of eighth tergite (Fig. 3 A). Measurements. Males (n = 3): body length 16.4 SD 1.1 (15.5 – 17.6), anterior pronotal width 4.1 SD 0.2 (3.9 – 4.2), humeral width 8.6 SD 0.3 (8.3 – 9.0), scutellar length 5.8 SD 0.4 (5.4 – 6.2), medial length of sixth sternite (sixth visible) 0.9 SD 0.4 (0.7 – 1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.8 SD <0.1 (2.8 – 2.8). Females (n = 3): body length 17.3 SD 0.2 (17.1 – 17.6), anterior pronotal width 4.2 SD 0.1 (4.1 – 4.2), humeral width 9.3 SD 0.6 (8.8 – 9.9), scutellar length 6.0 SD 0.2 (5.9 – 6.2), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.3 SD 0.04 (1.3 – 1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.1 SD 0.2 (2.0 – 2.3). Appendages in Table 1. Specimens examined. Australia: Queensland, - 1 ♀ (AM); Brisbane, [27 ° 30 ' S, 153 ° 1 ' E], 1 July 1915, coll. Bridwell - 1 ♀ (USNM); Cairns, [16 ° 55 ' S, 145 ° 46 ' E], coll. A. M. Lea - 1 ♂ (SAMA); Cape York, [10 ° 43 ' S, 142 ° 28 ' E], 16 – 17 August 1973, coll. G. B. Monteith - 1 ♂ (QM); Collitsville (10 mi. SSE), [20 ° 33 ' S, 147 ° 51 ' E], 14 September 1950 - 1 ♂ (ANIC); Goodnight, Scrub & Burnett R., [24 ° 46 ' S, 152 ° 25 ' E], 1 – 30 September 1987, coll. W. Horton - 1 ♂ (QM); Magnetic Island, [19 ° 8 ' S, 146 ° 50 ' E], coll. A. M. Lea - 1 ♀ (AM); Melville Island, [11 ° 40 ' S, 131 ° 00 ' E], coll. W. D. Dodd (SAMA) - 1 ♀; Townsville, [19 ° 15 ' S, 146 ° 48 ' E], coll. G. Hill - 1 ♀ (AM); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Central Province, Laloki R., [9 ° 8 ' S, 146 ° 57 ' E], 25 May 1967, coll. R. Blackheath - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Port Moresby, Boroko, [9 ° 28 ' S, 147 ° 11 ' E], 6 – 7 November 1960, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); SE: Brown River, [9 ° 15 ' S, 147 ° 4 ' E], 21 – 25 May 1956, coll. E. Ford - 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Coastal Queensland and Papua New Guinea (Fig. 4).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91697744FF1D7A84DBC0FEB6.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Auxentius integer Horváth, 1915, by monotypy.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91697744FF1D7A84DBC0FEB6.taxon	description	Redescription. Head punctate; vertex flat; juga acute apically, rounded laterally; tylus just surpassing juga; antennifers stout, acute, visible from above. Antennal segment I with distal third wider than proximal portion; remaining segments of antennae terete. Compound eyes large, subglobose, slightly stalked; ocelli posterior to imaginary line between posterior margins of eyes. Pronotum deeply punctate, rugose; anterolateral angle developed as small acute lateral lobe; anterolateral margins sinuate; posterolateral margin smoothly transitioning into posterior margin. Scutellum elongate, triangular with low median raised longitudinal line. Forewings just surpassing abdomen; corium shallowly punctuate; membrane with highly branched anastomotic veins. Laterotergites totally exposed from above. Bucculae parallel-sided, becoming obsolete upon reaching posterior margin of head. Labium elongate, surpassing metacoxae. Prosternum sulcate. Mesosternum slightly depressed, median carina absent, posterior margin shallowly bilobed. Metasternum shallowly sulcate, swollen laterally, posterior margin concave. Ostiole of metathoracic scent gland lenticulate; peritreme strap – shaped, slightly curved anteriorly, apically rounded; evaporative area covering much of meso- and metapleura. Posterior margin of metapleura straight to slightly curved, posterolateral lobe absent. Abdominal venter primarily convex below; flattened to slightly sulcate medially, posterior margin of sixth sternite (fifth visible) “ V ” - shaped; trichothoria paired, transverse, posterior to spiracles. Male. Pronotum and anterior portion of scutellum extremely swollen dorsally (except in A. nigriculus), giving males characteristic “ humpbacked ” appearance (Fig. 5 A). Dorsolateral lobes elongate, as long or longer than dorsal length of the pygophore (excluding lobes). Posterior half of proctiger sharply curved ventrally, thus appearing to be composed of two sclerites. Parameres reduced, fused to interior portions of proctiger. Median penile plates fused, semicircular. Females. Posterior margin of seventh sternite (sixth visible) with narrow medial “ U ” – shaped emargination. Eighth gonocoxae small, contained almost entirely within emargination of seventh sternite (sixth visible). Comments. Species in the genus Auxentius can be distinguished from those in other genera in the Solomo- nius - group by the combination of elongate dorsal lobes on the pygophore, a sharply curved proctiger, and the presence of reduced eighth gonopophyses in the female. Species in this genus can be distinguished from one another with the key below.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F916E7758FF1D7CA1D8F3FABA.taxon	description	(Figs. 6 A, 7 A, 8 A-C, 10 A, 11) Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Province, Wau: Namie Road, elev. 1240 m, [7 ° 20 ' S, 146 ° 43 ’ E], 21 June 1984, coll. W. C. Gagné. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Distinguished from congeners by stout dorsal and ventral barbs on profemora, well-developed bilobed ventral projection of pygophore (Fig. 8 A), dorsal lobes of pygophore distally swollen and convergent (Fig. 8 A), and eighth gonocoxa of female almost obsolete (Fig. 10 A). Description. Body longer than broad (Fig. 6 A). Head as long as breadth across eyes. Antennal segment I reaching apex of head. Posterior margins of compound eyes convergent towards midline. Pronotum with gibbosities of callus areas distinct but low; anterolateral margins weakly denticulate; lateral angles subspinose. Scutellum with apex rounded, not dorsally reflexed. Posterior angle of laterotergites produced as small lobe. Anterior angle of bucculae obtusely angled. Labium reaching abdominal fourth sternite (third visible); ratios 1: 1.4: 1.2: 0.8. Peritreme 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Profemora armed with two ventral and one dorsal rows of spines; anteroventral row composed of three developed distal ventral spines and 2 – 3 proximal tubercles; posteroventral row composed of 2 – 3 small distal tubercles; dorsal row composed of 3 – 4 small distal tubercles. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous to testaceous with piceous punctures. Antennal segments I – II with testaceous longitudinal dorsal marking, distal 3 / 4 of segments III – V testaceous. Pronotum with five faint piceous longitudinal bands. Scutellum with castaneous marking on each side of anterior bulge; tongue with two faint lateral longitudinal bands Corium mottled straminous and testaceous patches. Legs mostly straminous, spines / tubercles of profemora castaneous; tibiae with two castaneous bands. Lateral portions of abdomen with castaneous band along spiracular line in males or with castaneous patches around spiracles in females. Male. Pygophore with median narrow ventral process on ventral rim; lateral lobes of dorsal rim elongate, slightly clubbed distally, convergent before diverging distally (Fig. 8 A – C). Proctiger hemispherical, broadly sulcate medially; basal sclerite subquadrate, posterior margin slightly undulate (Fig. 8 C). Female. Eighth gonocoxa small, almost obsolete, apically rounded. Ninth laterotergites broader than long, distally obtuse; medial margin strongly lobed, sometimes covering portions of the ninth gonocoxae (Fig. 10 A). Measurements. Males (n = 3): body length 15.1 SD 0.3 (14.8 – 15.4), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.2 (2.9 – 3.4), humeral width 7.4 SD 0.2 (7.1 – 7.6), scutellar length 5.7 SD 0.1 (5.5 – 5.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.2 SD <0.1 (1.2 – 1.2), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6 SD <0.1 (2.5 – 2.6). Females (n = 2): body length 15.8 SD 0.2 (15.6 – 15.9), anterior pronotal width 3.1 SD 0.1 (3.0 – 3.2), humeral width 7.4 SD 0.1 (7.3 – 7.4), scutellar length 5.7 SD 0.2 (5.5 – 5.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD <0.1 (1.3 – 1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.4 SD <0.1 (2.3 – 2.4). Appendages in Table 2. Etymology. From the Latin word clandestinus — hidden or concealed; reflecting the cryptic coloration of the species. Paratypes. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Province, Wau Ecology Institute, elev. 1100 – 1300 m, [7 ° 20 ' S, 146 ° 43 ’ E], 9 May 1973, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Wau: Namie Road, elev. 1240 m, [7 ° 20 ' S, 146 ° 43 ’ E], 21 June 1984, coll. W. C. Gagné - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 23 June 1984, coll. W. C. Gagné - 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Upper Papuan peninsula (Fig. 11)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9171775BFF1D7A84DB19F85A.taxon	description	(Figs. 6 B, 7 C, 8 D-F, 10 B, 12)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9171775BFF1D7A84DB19F85A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Recognized by well-developed flanged carina on episternal ridge; dorsal lobes of pygophore, narrow, distally turned ventrally (Fig. 8 E) and convergent (Fig. 8 F); and the absence of stout dorsal barbs on profemora. Redescription. Body 2.2 X longer than broad (Fig. 6). Head as long as breadth across eyes. Antennal segment I surpassing apex of head. Posterior margins of compound eyes straight. Pronotum with gibbosities of callus areas distinct, raised; anterolateral margins distinctly denticulate; lateral angles subspinose. Scutellum with apex angulate, dorsally reflexed. Posterior angles of laterotergites produced as distinct lobe. Anterior angle of bucculae acute, angled ventrally. Labium reaching abdominal fourth sternite (third visible); ratios 1: 1.6: 1.6: 1. Peritreme 2 / 5 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Profemora armed with anteroventral row of 3 – 4 small distal tubercles. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous with piceous punctures. Antennal segment I with piceous longitudinal dorsal marking; distal 3 / 4 of segments II – V piceous. Posterior margin of pronotum with five faint piceous triangular spots along posterior margin. Scutellum with castaneous marking on each side of anterior bulge; tongue with two faint lateral longitudinal bands. Corium of mottled straminous and rubignaceous patches. Legs mostly straminous with piceous speckling, tibiae with two castaneous bands. Lateral portions of abdomen with interrupted irregular castaneous band along spiracular line or with castaneous patches around spiracles. Male. Pygophore with ventral rim produced posteriorly, ventrally concealing median ventral process; process low, deeply emarginate medially; lateral lobes of dorsal rim long, not swollen distally, tip curved venterolaterally (Fig. 8 D – F). Proctiger hemispherical, sulcate medially; basal sclerite with posterior margin slightly broader than anterior margin (Fig. 8 F). Female. Eighth gonocoxa small, apically rounded, located in a shallow emargination of seventh sternite (sixth visible). Ninth laterotergites longer than broad, hatchet – shaped (Fig. 10 B). Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 16.1 SD 0.6 (15.4 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.1 (3.0 – 3.4), humeral width 7.9 SD 0.3 (7.4 – 8.4), scutellar length 5.9 SD 0.1 (5.8 – 6.1), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.3 SD 0.1 (1.1 – 1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.5 SD 0.1 (2.3 – 2.8). Females (n = 5): body length 17.2 SD 0.3 (16.9 – 17.7), anterior pronotal width 3.4 SD <0.1 (3.4 – 3.5), humeral width 8.2 SD 0.2 (7.9 – 8.6), scutellar length 6.2 SD 0.1 (6.0 – 6.3), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD 0.1 (1.3 – 1.5), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.4 SD 0.1 (2.2 – 2.6). Appendages in Table 2. Specimens examined. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Wisselmeren, Enarotali, elev. 1800 – 1900 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 21 ’ E], 27 July 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Wisselmeren, Itouda, Kamo V., elev. 1500 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 15 ’ E], 16 – 19 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Wisselmeren: Okaitadi, elev. 1600 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 15 ’ E], 8 September 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: [likely in the Madang Province], 1898, coll. Biro - 1 ♂ (holotype); Eastern Highlands, Aiyura, elev. 1700 – 1800 m, [6 ° 19 ' S, 145 ° 53 ’ E], 9 January 1965, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Purosa, 20 – 26 km SE Okapa, elev. 1800 – 2020 m, [6 ° 31 ' S, 145 ° 37 ’ E], 28 – 29 August 1964, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Madang Province, Finisterre Range, Saidor: Kiambavi Vill., [5 ° 37 ' S, 146 ° 27 ’ E], 22 – 29 July 1958, coll. W. W. Brandt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Morobe Province, Wau Ecology Institute, elev. 1100 – 1300 m, [7 ° 20 ' S, 146 ° 43 ’ E], 28 March 1963, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 16 August 1964, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 25 August 1964, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 27 September 1965, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Western Highlands, Banz, Wahgi Valley, elev. 1500 m, [5 ° 47 ' S, 144 ° 37 ’ E], 11 July 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 28 – 29 June 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Nondugl, elev. 1600 m, [5 ° 52 ' S, 144 ° 46 ’ E], 9 July 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM). Distribution. Mid-elevational areas within central mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya (Fig. 12).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9176775DFF1D79BFD9FFFDF6.taxon	description	(Figs. 6 C, 8 G – I, 10 C, 11) Holotype. Male. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Wisselmeren: Waghete, Tigi L., elev. 1700 m, [4 ° 3 ' S, 136 ° 11 ’ E], 17 August 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Recognized by predominately black coloration of body; weakly developed lateral angles of pronotum; stout dorsal lobes of pygophore (Fig. 8 G) and protruding bilobed process of inner ventral rim of pygophore (Fig. 8 G). Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 6 C). Head slightly broader across eyes than long. Antennal segment I surpassing apex of head. Posterior margins of compound eyes convergent towards midline. Pronotum with gibbosities of callus areas obscure, low; anterolateral margins distinctly denticulate; lateral angles subspinose. Scutellum with apex angulate, dorsally reflexed weakly. Posterior angle of laterotergites produced as small lobe. Anterior angle of bucculae acute, angled ventrally. Labium reaching abdominal fifth sternite (fourth visible); ratios 1: 1.9: 1.6: 1.1. Peritreme 2 / 5 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Profemora armed with ventral row of 3 – 4 small distal tubercles. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous to castaneous with piceous punctures. Antennal segments I – II testaceous; distal 3 / 4 of segments III – V testaceous. Pronotum posterior margin castaneous with five piceous triangular markings. Scutellum with castaneous marking on each side of anterior bulge and medially on tongue. Corium of mottled castaneous and testaceous patches. Femora mostly castaneous, spines / tubercles castaneous; distal 1 / 3 of tibiae castaneous. Lateral and medial portions of abdomen with castaneous bands. Male. Pygophore with median narrow ventral process interior to outer ventral rim; process broad, deeply emarginate medially; lateral lobes of dorsal rim long but stout, slightly swollen distally, slightly angled ventrally (Fig. 8 G – I). Proctiger hemispherical, broadly sulcate medially; basal sclerite subquadrate, posterior margin slightly concave (Fig. 8 I). Female. Eighth gonocoxa small, apically rounded. Ninth laterotergites longer than broad, distally obtuse (Fig. 10 C). Measurements. Male (n = 1): body length 14.9, anterior pronotal width 3.4, humeral width 7.4, scutellar length 5.5, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.9, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6. Female (n = 1): body length 16.3, anterior pronotal width 3.5, humeral width 7.9, scutellar length 6.3, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.0, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.7. Appendages in Table 2. Etymology. From the Latin word nigriculus — blackish; reflecting the species’ predominately black body. Comments. This species, although very similar to A. vulgaris in many respects, is the only species in the genus whose males lack a swollen pronotum. Paratype. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Wisselmeren: Waghete, Tigi L., elev. 1700 m, [4 ° 3 ' S, 136 ° 11 ’ E], 17 August 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM). Distribution. Mid-elevational ranges of western Irian Jaya (Fig. 11).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9177775DFF1D788CD9FFF868.taxon	description	(Figs. 6 D, 9 A-C, 11) Holotype. Male. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Wisselmeren, Enarotali, elev. 1800 – 1900 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 21 ’ E], 27 July 1962, coll. J. Sedlacek. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Distinguished from congeners by the presence of a pygophore with elongate, clubbed dorsal lobes which converge distally (Fig. 9 A), but not dramatically turned ventrally (Fig. 9 B). Bilobed extension of the inner ventral rim of the pygophore obsolete, not surpassing margin of outer ventral rim (Fig. 9 A). Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 6 D). Head as long as breadth across eyes. Antennal segment I surpassing apex of head. Posterior margins of compound eyes convex. Pronotum with gibbosities of callus areas clearly raised; anterolateral margins denticulate; lateral angles spinose. Scutellum with apex slightly angulate, lateral portions dorsally reflexed. Posterior angle of laterotergites slightly produced. Anterior angle of bucculae obtuse, directed anteroventrally. Labium reaching third abdominal sternite (second visible); ratios 1: 1.6: 1.5: 1. Peritreme 2 / 5 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 3 / 4 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Profemora armed with two minute distoventral spines. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous with testaceous punctures. Antennal segment I with piceous longitudinal dorsal marking, segments II – III straminous proximally becoming castaneous distally, segments IV – V primarily castaneous. Pronotum with castaneous dark markings surrounding gibbosities of callus area. Scutellum with two dark lateral longitudinal bands. Corium of mottled straminous and castaneous patches. Legs mostly straminous, tibiae with two castaneous bands. Lateral portions of abdomen with interrupted irregular band along spiracular line. Male. Outer ventral rim of weakly convex; lateral lobes of dorsal rim elongate, sinuate broadly curved, converging distally, club – shaped (Fig. 9 A – C). Proctiger hemispherical, medially sulcate; basal sclerite posteriorly bilobed (Fig. 9 C). Measurements. Males (n = 2): body length 15.8 SD 0.2 (15.6 – 15.9), anterior pronotal width 3.1 SD 0.1 (3.0 – 3.2), humeral width 8.1 SD 0.2 (7.9 – 8.3), scutellar length 6.0 SD <0.1 (6.0 – 6.0), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.1 SD <0.1 (1.1 – 1.2), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.5 SD 0.1 (2.5 – 2.6). Appendages in Table 2. Etymology. Noun in apposition based on Quasimodo, the “ hunchback ” from Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame; reflecting the swollen pronotum of the males. Paratype. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Wisselmeren, Enarotali, elev. 1800 – 1900 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 21 ’ E], 1 – 30 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Mid-elevational ranges of western Irian Jaya (Fig. 11).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9174775FFF1D7A84DB18F9CE.taxon	description	(Figs. 5 A-B, 6 E, 7 A, 9 D-F, 10 D, 13) Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Province, Mt. Kaindi, elev. 2350 m, [7 21 ' S, 146 41 ’ E], 10 – 11 January 1965, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♀. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Distinguished from congeners two ventral rows of barbs on profemora. Pygophore with a well-developed bilobed ventral projection of pygophore (Fig. 9 D); and dorsal lobes of pygophore stout and oriented ventrally (Fig. 9 E). Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 6 E). Head as long as breadth across eyes. Antennal segment I surpassing apex of head. Posterior margins of eyes converging toward midline. Pronotum with gibbosities of callus areas low; anterolateral margins denticulate; lateral angles spinose. Scutellum with apex slightly angulate, lateral portions dorsally reflexed. Posterior angle of laterotergites thinly produced. Anterior angle of bucculae acute, almost spinose, directed anteroventrally. Labium reaching third abdominal sternite (second visible); ratios 1: 1.7: 1.6: 1. Peritreme 2 / 5 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located more than 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Profemora armed with two ventral rows of spines; anteroventral row composed of 4 – 5 developed distal ventral spines; posteroventral row composed of 2 – 3 small distal tubercles. Meso- and metafemora armed with two short ventral rows of tubercles; rows composed of 2 – 3 small distal tubercles Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous with piceous punctures. Antennal segment I with piceous longitudinal dorsal marking; segments II – V primarily piceous. Pronotum with piceous dark markings surrounding gibbosities of callus area, posterior margin with five piceous triangular markings along posterior margin. Scutellum with two dark lateral longitudinal bands. Corium of mottled straminous and castaneous patches. Legs mostly straminous with piceous speckling; tibiae with two castaneous bands. Lateral portions of abdomen with interrupted irregular band along spiracular line, often restricted to patches around spiracles. Male. Pygophore with broad, emarginate, median ventral process on ventral rim; lateral lobes of dorsal rim stout, slightly converging distally (Fig. 9 D – F). Proctiger hemispherical, sulcate medially; posterior margin of basal sclerite broader than anterior margin, concave (Fig. 9 F) Female. Eighth gonocoxa small, apically rounded, located in emargination of seventh sternite (sixth visible). Ninth laterotergites longer than broad, distally obtuse (Fig. 10 D). Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 16.7 SD 0.3 (16.1 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 3.5 SD 0.1 (3.2 – 3.5), humeral width 8.7 SD 0.3 (8.3 – 9.1), scutellar length 6.9 SD 0.2 (6.8 – 7.3), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.2 SD 0.1 (1.1 – 1.3), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.8 SD 0.1 (2.6 – 2.9). Females (n = 5): body length 18.2 SD 0.3 (17.9 – 18.7), anterior pronotal width 3.5 SD 0.1 (3.4 – 3.7), humeral width 8.9 SD 0.1 (8.8 – 9.1), scutellar length 7.0 SD 0.1 (6.8 – 7.1), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD 0.1 (1.3 – 1.6), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.3 SD 0.1 (2.1 – 2.5). Appendages in Table 2. Etymology. From the Latin word vulgaris — common; reflecting the widespread distribution of the species and its numerical abundance in collections. Paratypes. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Swart Vale: W. Ridge, elev. 1800 – 2000 m, [3 36 ' S, 138 28 ’ E], 19 November 1958, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Wisselmeren, Enarotali, elev. 1800 – 1900 m, [3 55 ' S, 136 21 ’ E], 1 – 30 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Wisselmeren, Itouda, Kamo V., elev. 1500 m, [3 55 ' S, 136 15 ’ E], 16 – 19 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Wisselmeren, Moanemani, Kamo V., elev. 1500 m, [7 3 ' S, 139 45 ’ E], 19 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Central Province, Mt. St. Mary, elev. 1900 m, [8 8 ' S, 146 58 ’ E], 15 – 31 July 1968, coll. Tawi Mena - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); Chimbu Province, Chimbu Valley, elev. 1800 m, [6 1 ' S, 144 56 ’ E], 16 May 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Mt. Karimui, elev. 1810 m, [6 31 ' S, 144 48 ’ E], 16 – 20 April 1977, coll. N. Nadkarni - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Enga Province, Lake Sirunki, elev. 2570 m, [5 24 ' S, 143 26 ’ E], 17 June 1963, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Yaibos, elev. 2150 – 2200 m, [5 34 ' S, 143 50 ’ E], 10 June 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Madang Province, Finisterre Range, Saidor: Matoko Vill., [5 43 ' S, 146 15 ’ E], 6 September 1958 - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Morobe Prov., Garaina, elev. 800 m, [7 52 ' S, 147 7 ’ E], 16 January 1968, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Morobe Province, Arabuka, elev. 2000 m, [7 56 ' S, 147 3 ’ E], 7 January 1968, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Mt. Kaindi, elev. 1900 – 2400 m, [7 21 ' S, 146 41 ’ E], coll. Tawi Bukam - 3 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, coll. J. Ku - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 10 – 11 January 1965, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 16 April 1965, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 23 March 1966, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 6 – 30 April 1966, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 6 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 15 April 1966, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 17 June 1966, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 19 March 1968, coll. P. Colman - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 7 – 10 May 1968, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 4 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 16 September 1968 - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 24 April 1970, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 3 ♀♀, 19 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 1 – 4 September 1970, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 7 June 1971, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 7 – 29 June 1971, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 10 September 1971, coll. Tawi Mena - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 19 November 1971, coll. W. C. Gagn - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 2 April 1973, coll. J. Ku - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 4 May 1973, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 23 – 30 July 1973, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 3 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 13 August 1973, coll. Tawi Bukam - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 4 February 1974, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 26 March 1974, coll. Tawi Bukam - 3 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 8 April 1974, coll. A. Hart - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 26 March 1976, coll. Tawi Bukam - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 1 January 1977, coll. Ateng - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Watut – Aseki Div., elev. 1800 m, [6 39 ' S, 146 32 ’ E], 1 – 30 April 1974, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Wau Ecology Institute, elev. 1100 – 1300 m, [7 20 ' S, 146 43 ’ E], 28 January 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 16 – 18 September 1964, coll. J Sedlacek - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 4 March 1974, coll. H. Szent – Ivany - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Wau. Edie Creek, elev. 2100 – 2300 m, [7 17 ' S, 146 43 ’ E], 7 August 1963, coll. P. Shanahan - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 2 – 3 October 1964, coll. J Sedlacek - 4 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 5 April - 6 May 1965, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 17 – 18 August 1965, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 31 March 1966, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Northern Province, Sangara, [8 48 ' S, 148 14 ’ E], 31 August - 2 September 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Southern Highlands, Dimifa SE of Mt. Giluwe, elev. 2200 m, [6 3 ' S, 143 52 ’ E], 9 – 12 October 1958, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (BPBM); Mt. Giluwe, elev. 2400 – 3000 m, [6 3 ' S, 143 53 ’ E], 30 May 1961, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 5 June 1963, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Western Highlands, Kepilam, elev. 2450 – 2600 m, [5 36 ' S, 143 33 ’ E], 22 June 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Korn Farm, elev. 1580 m, [5 51 ' S, 144 18 ’ E], 19 October 1958, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Western Province, Kiunga, elev. 30 m, [6 7 ' S, 141 18 ’ E], 1 – 31 January 1970, coll. O. K. McCaw - 1 ♀ (AM). Distribution. Generally high and mid-elevational areas along central mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya, with one notably low elevational outlier in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea (Fig. 13).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91757751FF1D7CD9DF39FE7E.taxon	description	(Figs. 6 F, 9 G-I, 10 E, 13) Holotype. Male. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Wisselmeren, Itouda, Kamo V., elev. 1500 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 15 ’ E], 18 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♀. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Distinguished from congeners by pygophore with elongate, clubbed dorsal lobes which converge distally (Fig. 9 A) and dramatically turn ventrally (Fig. 9 H). Bilobed extension of the inner ventral rim of the pygophore small, just surpassing margin of outer ventral rim (Fig. 9 A). Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 6 F). Head as long as breadth across eyes. Antennal segment I surpassing apex of head. Posterior margins of compound eyes straight. Pronotum with gibbosities of callus areas clearly raised; anterolateral margins denticulate; lateral angles subspinose. Scutellum with apex slightly angulate, lateral portions dorsally reflexed. Posterior angle of laterotergites produced as small lobe. Anterior angle of bucculae obtusely angled. Labium reaching third abdominal sternite (second visible); ratios 1: 1.5: 1.4: 0.9. Peritreme 2 / 5 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 3 / 4 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Profemora armed with three minute distal ventral spines. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous with piceous punctures. Antennal segment I with piceous longitudinal dorsal marking; distal 3 / 4 of antennal segments II – V piceous. Posterior margin of pronotum with five faint piceous triangular markings along posterior margin; scutellum with two faint lateral longitudinal bands. Corium of mottled straminous and rubignaceous patches. Legs mostly straminous with piceous speckling, tibiae with two castaneous bands. Lateral portions of abdomen with interrupted irregular castaneous band along spiracular line or with castaneous patches around spiracles. Male. Pygophore with median ventral process narrowly emarginate, emerging from within weakly concave outer ventral rim; lateral lobes of dorsal rim elongate, distally clubbed, parallel before becoming divergent distally (Fig. 9 G – I). Proctiger hemispherical, medially sulcate; basal sclerite posteriorly subquadrate (Fig. 9 I). Female. Eighth gonocoxa small, apically rounded. Ninth laterotergites longer than broad, distally acute; medial margin extremely lobed, sometimes covering portions of ninth gonocoxae (Fig. 10 E). Measurements. Males (n = 2): body length 17.0 SD 0.3 (16.7 – 17.2), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD <0.1 (3.2 – 3.2), humeral width 8.3 SD 0.3 (8.1 – 8.6), scutellar length 6.4 SD 0.1 (6.3 – 6.5), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.5 SD 0.2 (1.3 – 1.7), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.5 SD 0.1 (2.4 – 2.6). Females (n = 3): body length 16.8 SD 0.3 (16.4 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.1 (3.0 – 3.4), humeral width 8.2 SD 0.1 (8.1 – 8.3), scutellar length 6.2 SD 0.1 (6.0 – 6.3), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.3 SD 0.1 (1.2 – 1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.4 SD <0.1 (2.4 – 2.4). Appendages in Table 2. Etymology. From the Latin word zephyrius — of or belonging to the west wind; reflecting the species’ western distribution within the range of the genus. Paratypes. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Vogelkop: Sururai SW of Lake Anggi Giji, elev. 2000 – 2100 m, [1 ° 22 ' S, 133 ° 52 ’ E], 4 – 5 March 1963, coll. R Straatman - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Wisselmeren, Itouda, Kamo V., elev. 1500 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 15 ’ E], 16 – 19 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Wisselmeren, Moanemani, Kamo V., elev. 1500 m, [7 ° 3 ' S, 139 ° 45 ’ E], 19 August 1962, coll. J Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Wisselmeren: Okaitadi, elev. 1600 m, [3 ° 55 ' S, 136 ° 15 ’ E], 7 August 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM). Distribution. Mid-elevational areas in western Irian Jaya and the Vogelkop peninsula (Fig. 13).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F917B7751FF1D7809D9A7F9DB.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Babylas bihamatus Horváth, 1915, by original monotypy.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F917B7751FF1D7809D9A7F9DB.taxon	description	Redescription. Head coarsely punctate; vertex flat; juga acute apically, rounded laterally; antennifers stout, acute, visible from above. Antennae with segment I surpassing apex of head, distal third wider than proximal portion, remaining segments of antennae terete. Compound eye subglobose, slightly stalked; ocelli located posterior to imaginary line between posterior margin of eyes. Pronotum deeply punctuate, subrugose, collar formed by constriction just behind anterior margin; anterolateral margins sinuate; posterolateral margin sinuate; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum elongate, triangular with low median raised longitudinal line; apex acute, dorsally reflexed. Forewings just surpassing abdomen; corium shallowly punctuate. Laterotergites narrowly visible from above, posterior angle slightly produced. Bucculae parallel-sided, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae acute, directed anteroventrally; labium elongate, just surpassing metacoxae. Prosternum sulcate. Mesosternum slightly depressed without obvious median raised carina, posterior margin shallowly bilobed. Metasternum shallowly sulcate, swollen laterally, posterior margin concave. Ostiole of metathoracic scent gland circular; peritreme strap – shaped, curved anteriorly, apically rounded, 5 – 6 X longer than wide, reaching over half of distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral metapleural margin; evaporative area covering much of meso- and metapleura. Posterior margin of metapleura straight to slightly curved, posterolateral lobe absent. Venter of abdomen with posterior margin of sixth sternite (fifth visible) “ V ” - shaped; trichobothria paired, transverse, posterior to spiracles. Males. Pygophore with elongate narrow dorsal lobes Paramere reduced, fused to interior portions of proctiger. Females. Posterior margin of seventh sternite (sixth visible) with broad medial “ U ” – shaped emargination. Eighth gonocoxae broadly triangular with a distal lobe. Comments. Among genera in the Solomonius - group, Babylas is most similar to Auxentius. Babylas is distinguished by its robust, projecting inner and outer ventral rims on the pygophore (Fig. 14 B). Unlike Auxentius, the eighth gonocoxa in females is well-developed in Babylas.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F917B7753FF1D7CDED927FC36.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 B, 14 A-D, 15)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F917B7753FF1D7CDED927FC36.taxon	description	Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 2 B). Head slightly longer than broad; tylus and juga subequal in length. Posterior margins of eyes converging toward pronotal margin. Pronotum with disc slightly depressed; callus areas with distinctly raised gibbosities; lateral angles approximately 90 º. Labium reaching second to third abdominal sternite (first or second visible); ratios 1: 1.6: 1.6: 1. Peritreme 2 / 3 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex, median flattened to slightly sulcate medially. Profemora unarmed. Color and vestiture. Ground color testaceous with black to green metallic punctures. Antennae with segment I piceous dorsally; segments II – V completely piceous. Legs mostly straminous, tibiae becoming testaceous distally; abdomen with piceous spiracles, sometimes with piceous areas behind trichobothria. Dorsum covered with short stiff upright hairs; antennal segments I – II shiny with sparse vestiture, segments III – V clothed in short pile with interspersed longer stiff bristles. Male. Outer ventral rim of pygophore posteriorly produced, emarginated medially; inner ventral rim projecting, acutely bilobed medially; lateral lobes of dorsal rim elongate, curved dorsally (Fig. 14 A – C). Proctiger hemispherical, distal portion membranous; basal sclerite wider than long, posterior margin with median lobe (Fig. 14 C). Female. Eighth gonocoxa roughly triangular, lateral margin emarginate. Ninth laterotergites distally swollen, almost clubbed. (Fig. 14 D). Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 16.2 SD 0.3 (15.8 – 16.5), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.1 (3.1 – 3.3), humeral width 8.3 SD 0.2 (8.0 – 8.5), scutellar length 6.4 SD 0.3 (6.0 – 6.7), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.9 SD 0.2 (0.7 – 1.1), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.7 SD 0.2 (2.5 – 2.9). Females (n = 5): body length 37.2 SD 27.6 (16.8 – 67.6), anterior pronotal width 3.3 SD 0.1 (3.1 – 3.4), humeral width 8.6 SD 0.2 (8.3 – 8.8), scutellar length 6.7 SD 0.1 (6.5 – 6.7), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD 0.1 (1.3 – 1.5), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.1 SD 0.1 (2.0 – 2.2). Appendages in Table 1. Specimens examined. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: New Britain, 1912 - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gazelle Pen., Bainings; St. Paulís, elev. 350 m, [4 ° 15 ' S, 151 ° 45 ’ E], 6 September 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Gazelle Pen., Kerawat, elev. 60 m, [4 ° 19 ' S, 151 ° 59 ’ E], 3 September 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Gazelle Pen., Talliligap, elev. 300 m, [4 ° 19 ' S, 152 ° 10 ’ E], 17 – 18 December 1962, coll. J. Sedlacek - 4 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ (BPBM); Gazelle Pen., Upper Warangoi, elev. 250 – 600 m, [4 ° 29 ' S, 152 ° 9 ’ E], 28 – 30 November 1962, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 5 December 1962, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Kerauat, [4 ° 21 ' S, 152 ° 2 '], 30 January 1976, coll. F. Hela - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Rabaul, [4 ° 12 ' S, 152 ° 11 ’ E], 8 November 1932, coll. J. Froggatt - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 13 October 1940, coll. B. O’Connor - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); same locality, 1 – 30 October 1968, coll. N. L. H. Krauss - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Vunekanau, Gazelle Pen., [4 ° 19 ' S, 152 ° 8 ’ E], 11 May 1956, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM). New Ireland, Lavongai, Danatam, [2 ° 40 ' S, 150 ° 17 ’ E], 25 March 1962, coll. Noona Dan Exp - 1 ♂ (BMNH). Distribution. New Britain and New Ireland (Fig. 15).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91797754FF1D7CD8D9CDFBFE.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Brizica: Brizica alacris Walker, 1867, by monotypy. Neoptolemus: Coctoteris exiguus Distant, 1893, by original designation.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91797754FF1D7CD8D9CDFBFE.taxon	description	Redescription. Head slightly longer than broad; antennifers stout, acute, visible from above. Distal third of antennal segment I wider than proximal portion; remaining segments terete. Compound eye subglobose; ocelli located posterior to imaginary line between posterior margin of eyes. Pronotum deeply punctuate with collar formed by constriction just behind anterior margin; disc slightly depressed; anterolateral margins sinuate, posterior margin smoothly rounded. Scutellum elongate, triangular with low median raised longitudinal line. Forewings just surpassing abdomen; corium shallowly punctuate. Laterotergites narrowly visible from above. Bucculae parallel-sided. Prosternum sulcate. Mesosternum slightly depressed with median raised carina; posterior margin deeply bilobed. Metasternum deeply sulcate, swollen laterally; posterior margin concave. Metapleuron with circular ostiole of metathoracic scent gland; peritreme parallel-sided, apically rounded; evaporative area covering much of meso- and metapleura; posterior margin straight to slightly curved; posterolateral lobe absent. Profemora armed with row of ventral spines. Posterior margin of abdominal sixth sternite (fifth visible) “ V ” - shaped; trichobothria paired, transverse, posterior to spiracles. Color and vestiture. Generally dull straminous to testaceous with black to metallic green punctures and maculations. Head, pronotum, scutellum, and corium covered in short woolly pile. Antennal segments III – V clothed in short pile with interspersed longer stiff bristles. Males. Pygophore variously modified; proctiger posteriorly lobed with anus subapical, ventral portion of lobe with minute strigil-like files; paramere reduced, fused to interior portions of proctiger; median penile plates distally fused, not elongate; conjunctiva obsolete. Females. Ninth gonocoxae roughly triangular; secondary thickening of vagina intima elongate, tubular, 2 – 3 X longer than broad, surrounding aperture of spermathecae. Comments. Species previously described in the genera Neoptolemus and Brizica share a dorsum covered in dense woolly vestiture and ventrally armed profemorae. Furthermore, the variation in male and female genitalia between the two genera is small relative to differences between other genera in the Solomonius - group. Brizica Walker (1867) has priority over Neoptolemus Horváth (1915).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F917C776AFF1D78E4DF25F860.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 A, 18 A-C, 20 A, 21)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F917C776AFF1D78E4DF25F860.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by a relatively short labium and an episternal ridge developed as a distinct carina. Small relative to congeners. Redescription. Body 2.1 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 A). Vertex of head flat, punctate. Juga slightly convergent anteriorly; apices acute, slightly overlapping tylus. Juga and tylus subequal in length, depressed relative to remainder of head. First antennal segment subequal with apex of head. Eyes slightly stalked; posterior margins converging toward pronotal margin. Pronotum subrugose; lateral angles approximately 90 º. Scutellum slightly swollen anteriorly; apex acute, pointed. Laterotergites with posterior angle slightly produced. Bucculae weakly produced, becoming obsolete before reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle obtuse. Labium reaching second abdominal sternite (first visible); ratios 1: 1.6: 1.6: 1. Peritreme 2 / 5 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flattened to slightly sulcate medially. Profemora with 3 – 4 large ventral spines on distal third, proximal portion with 2 – 3 small ventral pointed tubercles; meso- and metafemora sometimes with one small distal sharp tubercle. Color and vestiture. Ground color testaceous with black shining punctures; antennal segments 1 – 2 testaceous with piceous markings, antennal segments 3 – 5 piceous; legs mostly straminous, tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges; spiracles black. Antennal segments 1 – 2 shiny with sparse vestiture; antennal segments 3 – 5 with dense short pile. Male. Ventral rim of pygophore thinly produced posteriorly, divided medially although lobes in contact for much of their length (Fig. 18 A – C). Proctiger hemispherical; basal sclerite shallowly bilobed posteriorly, anterior margin straight (Fig. 18 C). Female. Eighth gonocoxa large, roughly trapezoidal, subdistally swollen, covering ninth laterotergites and gonocoxae (Fig. 20 A). Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 14.8 SD 0.2 (14.5 – 15.2), anterior pronotal width 2.8 SD 0.1 (2.8 – 2.9), humeral width 7.1 SD 0.1 (6.8 – 7.2), scutellar length 5.2 SD 0.2 (4.9 – 5.5), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.0 SD 0.1 (0.9 – 1.1), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 1.9 SD 0.1 (1.8 – 2.0). Females (n = 5): body length 14.5 SD 2.3 (10.6 – 16.5), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.1 (2.9 – 3.3), humeral width 7.5 SD 0.3 (7.2 – 8.0), scutellar length 5.6 SD 0.3 (5.2 – 6.0), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.3 SD 0.2 (0.9 – 1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 1.8 SD 0.1 (1.6 – 2.0). Appendages in Table 3. Specimens examined. INDONESIA: Propinsi Maluka, Aru Islands, [5 ° 46 ' S, 1340 ° 13 ’ E] coll. A. R. Wallace - 1 ♀ (BPBM - holotype) - Irian Jaya, Star Mts., Sibil Val., elev. 1245 m, [4 ° 54 ' S, 140 ° 40 ’ E], 18 October - 8 November 1961, coll. S. Quate - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Star Range, Sibil, elev. 1260 m, [4 ° 54 ' S, 140 ° 40 ’ E], 18 April 1959 - 1 ♂ (RMNH – Leiden); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Central Province, Bisianumu, E. of Port Moresby, elev. 500 m, [9 ° 24 ' S, 147 ° 24 ’ E], 22 September 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Bisianumu, Sogeri Plateau, elev. 550 m, [9 ° 25 ' S, 147 ° 25 ’ E], 11 May 1959, coll. C. Michener - 1 ♀ (BPBM); SE: Brown River, [9 ° 15 ' S, 147 ° 4 ’ E], 12 – 23 October 1968, coll. Tawi Mena - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Eastern Highlands, NE: Karimui, South of Goroka, elev. 1000 – 1080 m, [6 ° 30 ' S, 144 ° 51 ’ E], 8 – 12 July 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Morobe Province, Aseki, elev. 1200 – 1300 m, [7 ° 21 ' S, 146 ° 53 ’ E], 3 December 1974, coll. R. Sakomdaro - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Western Highlands, Korgua, elev. 1450 m, [5 ° 57 ' S, 144 ° 12 ’ E], 30 June 1963, coll. H Clisssold - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Western Province, Kiunga, elev. 30 m, [6 ° 7 ' S, 141 ° 18 ’ E], 1 – 30 August 1969, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Low to middle elevations of New Guinea and neighboring islands of Aru (Fig. 21).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9141776CFF1D79EFDF65FBFE.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 B, 17 A, 18 D – F, 20 B, 23)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9141776CFF1D79EFDF65FBFE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively large size and distally bilobed proctiger in males. Females with eighth gonocoxa low and broadly triangular. Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 B). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Juga apices acute becoming rounded laterally. Juga and tylus subequal in length, depressed relative to remainder of head. First antennal segment barely surpassing apex of head. Eyes slightly stalked; posterior margins convex. Pronotum subrugose; anterolateral margins vaguely crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex broadly rounded, somewhat dorsally reflexed. Laterotergites with posterior angle produced into small thornlike tubercles. Bucculae produced, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae distinct, acute, directed anteroventrally. Labium reaching abdominal second sternite (first visible); ratios 1: 1.75: 1.5: 1. Peritreme 1 / 4 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flattened to slightly sulcate. Profemora with 8 – 9 ventral thorn – shaped spines; spines becoming larger on distal portions. Color and vestiture. Ground color testaceous to rubignaceous with black shining punctures. Antennal segments I – III testaceous with piceous markings, segments IV – V piceous. Legs mostly straminous; tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Spiracles black. Antennal segments I – II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture; remainder of segment III and segments IV – V with dense short pile. Male. Ventral rim of pygophore thickly produced posteriorly, deeply divided medially (Fig. 18 D – F). Proctiger elongate, distinctly bilobed distally, lateral margins concave; basal sclerite shallowly bilobed posteriorly, anterior margin straight (Fig. 18 F). Female. Eighth gonocoxa low, broadly triangular, not covering much of ninth laterotergites and gonocoxae (Fig. 20 B); lateral margins of ninth laterotergites slightly emarginate. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 17.6 SD 0.9 (16.5 – 18.7), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.3 (2.9 – 3.6), humeral width 9.3 SD 0.6 (8.5 – 10.1), scutellar length 6.4 SD 0.5 (5.7 – 7.0), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.6 SD 0.2 (1.4 – 1.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.3 SD 0.1 (2.1 – 2.4). Females (n = 5): body length 18.0 SD 0.6 (17.1 – 18.6), anterior pronotal width 3.4 SD 0.2 (3.1 – 3.6), humeral width 9.4 SD 0.3 (9.1 – 9.9), scutellar length 6.4 SD 0.3 (6.0 – 6.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.7 SD 0.1 (1.5 – 1.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.3 SD 0.2 (2.0 – 2.4). Appendages in Table 3. Specimens examined. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Dafo, 30 km W of Hollandia, elev. 120 m, [2 ° 21 ' S, 140 ° 42 ’ E], 12 November 1961, coll. S. Quate - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Hollandia area, W. Sentani, Cyclops Mtns, elev. 150 – 250 m, [2 ° 32 ' S, 140 ° 42 ’ E], 17 – 24 June 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Swart Val., Karubaka, elev. 1450 m, [3 ° 36 ' S, 138 ° 28 ’ E], 7 – 18 November 1958, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Western Highlands, Baiyer R., elev. 1150 m, [5 ° 25 ' S, 144 ° 4 ’ E], 19 October 1958, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 24 August 1970, coll. K. R. Norris - 1 ♂ (ANIC); Jimi River, elev. 1432.56 m, [5 ° 16 ' S, 144 ° 14 ’ E], 16 July - 21 September 1961, coll. W. W. Brandt - 1 ♂ (ANIC); Tsenga, Upper Jimmi V., elev. 1200 m, [5 ° 16 ' S, 144 ° 14 ’ E], 15 July 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Low and middle elevational areas in mountain ranges of northern New Guinea (Fig. 21).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9146776DFF1D7EB4DE73FDDE.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 C, 18 G-I, 23) Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Western Province, Middle Fly River, elev. 250 – 300 m, [8 ° 30 ' S, 143 ° 41 ’ E], 1 – 30 July 1928, coll. Pemberton. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively long labium, densely punctate pronotum, wedge – shaped proctiger in males, and proctiger with outer ventral rim equal in length to posterior of dorsal margin of pygophore (Fig. 18 H). Description. Body 2.2 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 C). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Jugal apices acute becoming rounded laterally. Juga and tylus subequal in length, depressed relative to remainder of head. First antennal segment surpassing apex of head. Eyes slightly stalked; posterior margins forming right angle with lateral margin of head. Pronotum with anterolateral margins crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex broadly rounded, somewhat dorsally reflexed. Laterotergites with posterior angle slightly produced. Bucculae slightly produced, becoming obsolete upon reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle obtuse. Labium reaching abdominal fifth sternite (fourth visible); ratios 1: 1.5: 1.5: 1. Peritreme 1 / 3 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flattened to slightly sulcate medially. Profemora with 8 ventral thorn – shaped spines, spines becoming larger on distal portions. Color and vestiture. Ground color testaceous with black to green metallic shining punctures. Antennal segments I – III testaceous with piceous markings; segments IV – V piceous. Anterior portion of scutellum darker than remainder. Legs mostly straminous; tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Spiracles black. Antennal segments I – II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture; remain- der of segment III and segment IV – V with dense short pile. Male. Outer ventral rim of pygophore posteriorly produced; interior ventral rim deeply emarginated medially; dorsal rim with two short lateral lobes (Fig. 18 G – I). Proctiger elongate, wedge – shaped; dorsolateral surfaces concave. Basal sclerite shallowly bilobed posteriorly, anterior margin convex (Fig. 18 I). Measurements. Male (n = 1): body length 16.0, anterior pronotal width 3.3, humeral width 9.0, scutellar length 6.4, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.1, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.5. Appendages in Table 3. Etymology. Fly (as in the Middle Fly River) plus the Latin suffix - ensis (“ belonging to ”). Distribution. Low elevational southern plateau of Papua New Guinea (Fig. 23).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9147776EFF1D78D4D9C7F8DE.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 D, 18 J-L, 20 C, 22 A-B, 23) 1915 Neoptolemus humeralis Horváth, 244 – 245, figs. 11 a, b. (keyed) Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively short labium, profemora armed with 7 + ventral barbs (distal two distinctly larger than proximal members of series), proctiger of male broadly inflated distally (Fig. 18 J). Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 D). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Juga apically pointed, swollen laterally. Juga and tylus subequal in length, depressed relative to remainder of head. First antennal segment surpassing apex of head. Eyes stalked; posterior margins converging with head at right angle. Pronotum rugose; anterolateral margins crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex broadly rounded, somewhat angulate, dorsally reflexed. Laterotergites with posterior angle produced into small thorn-like tubercles. Bucculae produced, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle acute. Labium reaching abdominal third sternite (second visible); ratios 1: 1.75: 1.5: 1. Peritreme 1 / 4 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flattened to slightly sulcate. Profemora with 7 – 8 ventral thorn – shaped spines, spines becoming larger on distal portions. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous to testaceous with black shining punctures. Antennal segments I – III testaceous with piceous markings; segments IV – V piceous. Legs mostly straminous, tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Abdomen mostly straminous; lateral portions of abdominal second sternite (first visible) with dark metallic area surrounding spiracles; remainder of spiracles black; intersegmental sutures laterally black. Antennal segments I – II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture, remainder of segment III and segments IV – V with dense short pile. Male. Ventral rim of pygophore slightly emarginate; dorsal rim produced as short lateral lobes (Fig. 18 J – L). Proctiger elongate, broadly dilated distally, distal portion wider than total length of proctiger; ventral surface sclerotized with microsculptured ridges (Fig. 22); basal sclerite with posterior and anterior margins roughly straight (Fig. 18 L). Female. Eighth gonocoxa triangular, narrowly acute and falcate apically. Ninth laterotergites swollen, almost cylindrical in cross section, narrowed apically (Fig. 20 C). Variation. Specimens vary in ground coloration from straminous to testaceous to olivaceous. Measurements. Males (n = 4): body length 16.9 SD 0.7 (16.1 – 17.8), anterior pronotal width 3.0 SD 0.2 (2.8 – 3.3), humeral width 9.5 SD 0.5 (8.8 – 9.8), scutellar length 6.5 SD 0.2 (6.2 – 6.7), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.2 SD <0.1 (1.1 – 1.2), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6 SD 0.05 (2.6 – 2.7). Females (n = 5): body length 17.9 SD 0.6 (17 – 18.7), anterior pronotal width 3.0 SD 0.3 (2.6 – 3.4), humeral width 9.3 SD 0.6 (8.3 – 9.8), scutellar length 6.5 SD 0.5 (5.9 – 6.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 3.9 SD 5.5 (1.4 – 13.9), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6 SD 0.1 (2.4 – 2.8). Appendages in Table 3. Specimens examined. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Central Province, Daradae, nr. Javarere, Musgorve R., elev. 100 m, [9 ° 27 ' S, 147 ° 37 ’ E], 3 October 1958, coll. J. L. Gressitt – sex not recorded (BPBM); Koitaki, elev. 1000 m, [9 ° 22 ' S, 147 ° 26 ’ E], 1 October - 30 November 1928 - sex not recorded (BPBM); Laloki, nr. Port Moresby, [9 ° 23 ' S, 147 ° 18 ’ E], 30 August - 2 September 1959, coll. T. Maa - sex not recorded (BPBM); Owen Stanley Range; Goilala: Loloipa, [8 ° 26 ' S, 146 ° 56 ’ E], 1 – 15 January 1958, coll. W. W. Brandt - sex not recorded (BPBM); Rigo District, [9 ° 48 ' S, 147 ° 33 ’ E], 1 – 30 September 1928 - sex not recorded (BPBM); SE: Brown River, [9 ° 15 ' S, 147 ° 4 ’ E], 12 – 23 October 1968, coll. Tawi Mena - sex not recorded (BPBM); SE: Vanapa River, [9 ° 5 ' S, 146 ° 58 ’ E], 29 February 1960, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); St. Joseph’s River, [8 ° 50 ' S, 146 ° 34 ’ E], coll. W. MacGregor - 2 ♀♀ (AM); Eastern Highlands, Kundiawa, [6 ° 1 ' S, 144 ° 58 ’ E], 3 December 1964 - 1 January 1965, coll. J. Sedlacek - (BPBM); NE: Karimui, South of Goroka, elev. 1000 – 1080 m, [6 ° 30 ' S, 144 ° 51 ’ E], 7 June 1961, coll. J. L. Gressitt - sex not recorded (BPBM); same locality, 13 August 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); Milne Bay Province, Milne Bay, 10 ° 22 ' S, 150 ° 30 ’ E], 14 – 23 February 1969, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); Morobe Province, Aseki, elev. 1200 – 1300 m, [7 ° 21 ' S, 146 ° 53 ’ E], 1 – 28 February 1972 - 1 ♂ (UQIC); Garaina, elev. 800 m, [7 ° 52 ' S, 147 ° 7 ’ E], 15 January 1968, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); Mt. Missim, elev. 1050 – 1100 m, [7 ° 13 ' S, 146 ° 48 ’ E], 1 October 1964, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); Wau Ecology Institute, elev. 1100 – 1300 m, [7 ° 20 ' S, 146 ° 43 ’ E], 1 January 1961 - 31 December 1974 - sex not recorded (BPBM); same locality, 23 January 1974, coll. Bishop Acc 1982.491 - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Northern Province, Mt. Lamington, [8 ° 56 ' S, 148 ° 10 ’ E], 1 January - 28 February 1929, coll. C, McNamara - 5 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (AM); same locality, 1 – 30 June 1966, coll. S. Lippert - sex not recorded (BPBM); Sangara, [8 ° 48 ' S, 148 ° 14 ’ E], 31 August - 2 September 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM). Distribution. Primarily confined to the Papuan peninsula (Fig. 23).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91457760FF1D7E12D805FA8E.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 E, 17 B, 19 A-C, 20 D, 21)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91457760FF1D7E12D805FA8E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively short labium, profemora armed with 7 + ventral barbs, proctiger of male narrowly wedge – shaped (Fig. 19 B), outer ventral rim of pygophore bearing large medial process (Fig. 19 A). Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 E). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Juga apically pointed, swollen laterally. Juga and tylus subequal in length, depressed relative to remainder of head. First antennal segment surpassing apex of head. Eyes stalked; posterior margins convex. Pronotum deeply punctuate; anterolateral margins crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex broadly rounded, somewhat angulate; dorsally reflexed. Laterotergites with posterior angle produced as small lobes. Bucculae produced, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae distinct, acute, directed anteroventrally. Labium reaching third abdominal sternite (second visible); ratios 1: 1.5: 1.5: 1. Peritreme 1 / 4 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flattened to slightly sulcate. Profemora with 7 – 8 ventral thorn – shaped spines; spines becoming larger on distal portions. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous to testaceous with black shining punctures. Antennal segments I – II testaceous with piceous markings, segments III – V piceous. Legs mostly straminous; tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Abdomen mostly straminous; lateral portions of second abdomi- nal sternite (first visible) with dark metallic area surrounding spiracles; remainder of spiracles black; intersegmental sutures laterally black. Antennal segments I – II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture, remainder of segment III and segments IV – V with dense short pile. Male. Ventral rim of pygophore with single large medial tubercle, tubercle shallowly bilobed; dorsal rim produced as lateral lobes (Fig. 19 A – C). Proctiger elongate, wedge – shaped (Fig. 19 B); ventral surface sclerotized with microsculptured ridges; basal sclerite with posterior margin, anterior margin straight (Fig. 19 C). Female. Eighth gonocoxa broadly triangular at base, quickly becoming acute posteriorly, swollen along medial margin. Ninth laterotergites, large, subrectangular, broadened posteriorly (Fig. 20 D). Variation. Specimens vary in coloration. Darker specimens with castaneous lateral bands on venter. Ventral lobe of pygophore varying in breadth, and in depth of emargination. Measurements. Males (n = 2): body length 16.5 SD 1.0 (15.8 – 17.3), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.3 (2.9 – 3.4), humeral width 8.8 SD 0.5 (8.5 – 9.1), scutellar length 6.0 SD 0.2 (5.9 – 6.2), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.0 SD <0.1 (1.0 – 1.1), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.4 SD <0.1 (2.4 – 2.4). Females (n = 4): body length 17.6 SD 0.8 (17.1 – 18.7), anterior pronotal width 3.3 SD 0.3 (2.9 – 3.7), humeral width 9.4 SD 0.6 (8.8 – 10.1), scutellar length 6.5 SD 0.5 (6.2 – 7.3), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.5 SD 0.1 (1.4 – 1.7), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.2 SD 0.1 (2.1 – 2.4). Appendages in Table 3. Specimens examined. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Morobe Province, Bulolo, elev. 700 m, [7 ° 12 ' S, 146 ° 39 ’ E], 28 November 1959, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 27 March 1969, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Huon Pen., Pindiu, elev. 870 – 1300 m, 21 – 22 April 1963, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Lae, [6 ° 44 ' S, 147 ° 0 ’ E], 18 January 1961, coll. R. Ferraria - 1 ♂ (UQIC); same locality, 2 June 1969, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); New Britain, Gazelle Pen., Kerawat, elev. 60 m, [4 ° 19 ' S, 151 ° 59 ’ E], 29 August 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Gazelle Pen., Upper Warangoi, elev. 250 – 600 m, [4 ° 29 ' S, 152 ° 9 ’ E], 28 – 30 November 1962, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); New Ireland, Camp Bishop, 12 km up Kait R., elev. 240 m, [4 ° 27 ' S, 152 ° 29 ’ E], 16 July 1956 - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Schleintiz Mts., Lelet Plateau, [3 ° 20 ' S, 152 ° ', 1 – 30 October 1959, coll. W. W. Brandt - 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Middle elevational areas of New Britain, New Ireland, and the upper portions of the Papuan peninsula (Fig. 21). Comments. Holotypes of B. proximus and N. assimilis appear conspecific with only some minor variation in size. B. proximus has priority.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F914A7761FF1D7F84DBE2FC86.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 F, 19 D-F) Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rosenti - Dorich. Deposited in Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively short labium, profemora armed with 7 + ventral barbs, proctiger of male slightly swollen distally (Fig. 19 F), outer ventral rim of pygophore without medial process (Fig. 19 D). Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 F). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Juga apically acute, rounded laterally, swollen. Juga slightly longer than tylus. First antennal segment surpassing apex of head. Eyes stalked; posterior margins convex. Pronotum subrugose; anterolateral margins crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex narrowly pointed. Laterotergites with posterior angles weakly produced into small rounded tubercles. Bucculae produced, becoming obsolete before reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae acute, directed anteroventrally. Labial ratios 1: 1.5: 1.5:? (segment IV broken off). Peritreme 1 / 4 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flat on segments II – III. Profemora with 7 – 8 ventral thorn – shaped spines; spines becoming larger on distal portions. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous to testaceous with black shining punctures. Antennal segments I – III testaceous with piceous markings, segments IV – V piceous. Legs mostly straminous; tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Abdomen mostly straminous, spiracles black. Antennal segments I – II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture; remainder of segment III and segments IV – V with dense short pile. Male. Ventral rim of pygophore posteriorly produced, convex; dorsal rim with two short lateral lobes (Fig. 19 D – F). Proctiger elongate, becoming narrowed distally though distal portion slightly expanded; basal sclerite sinuate on posterior margin, anterior margin convex (Fig. 19 F). Measurements. Male (n = 1): body length 17.4, anterior pronotal width 3.4, humeral width 8.8, scutellar length 6.0, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.3. Appendages in Table 3. Etymology. From the Latin adjective sphaeroides — round, spherical; referring to the spherical shape of the pygophore. Distribution. New Guinea	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F914B7762FF1D799CD834FC4E.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 G, 19 G-I, 20 E, 23) Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Province, Kar Kar, Kurum, Bagiai Crater Trail, elev. 240 – 750 m, [4 ° 51 ' S, 145 ° 42 ’ E], 1 – 30 August 1968, coll. N. L. H. Krauss. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively short labium, profemora armed with 7 + ventral barbs, proctiger of male swollen and bilobed distally (Fig. 19 G), outer ventral rim of pygophore bearing medial process, inner ventral rim darkly sclerotized and emarginate (Fig. 19 G). Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 G). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Juga apices acute becoming rounded and swollen laterally. Juga and tylus subequal in length, depressed relative to remain- der of head. First antennal segment surpassing apex of head. Eyes stalked; posterior margins converging toward pronotal margin. Pronotum deeply punctuate; anterolateral margins crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex narrowly rounded. Laterotergites with posterior angle slightly produced. Bucculae produced, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae distinct, acute, directed anteroventrally. Labium reaching third abdominal sternite (second visible); ratios 1: 1.5: 1.75: 1. Peritreme 1 / 4 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median flattened to slightly sulcate. Profemora with 7 – 8 ventral thorn – shaped spines, spines becoming larger on distal portions. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous to testaceous with black shining punctures. Antennal segments I – III testaceous with piceous markings; segments IV – V piceous. Legs mostly straminous; tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Spiracles black. Antennal segments I – II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture; remainder of segment III and segments IV – V with dense short pile. Males. Ventral rim of pygophore with single large medial tubercle; dorsal rim produced as large lateral lobes; lobes meeting medially in heavily schlerotized / melanized area (Fig. 19 G – I). Proctiger elongate, lateral margins concave, broadened and bilobed distally; ventral surface sclerotized with microsculptured ridges; posterior and anterior margins of basal sclerite convex (Fig. 19 I). Females. Eighth gonocoxa broadly triangular with acute distal hook. Ninth laterotergites rectangular, distally swollen (Fig. 20 E). Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 16.5 SD 0.7 (15.5 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 3.0 SD 0.1 (2.9 – 3.1), humeral width 8.9 SD 0.4 (8.2 – 9.1), scutellar length 6.2 SD 0.3 (5.9 – 6.5), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD 0.1 (1.2 – 1.5), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.2 SD 0.1 (2.1 – 2.3). Females (n = 4): body length 17.1 SD 0.7 (16.6 – 18.1), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD 0.2 (3.1 – 3.4), humeral width 8.9 SD 0.4 (8.5 – 9.3), scutellar length 6.1 SD 0.5 (5.7 – 6.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 2.1 SD 1.4 (1.3 – 4.2), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.2 SD 0.2 (2.0 – 2.4). Appendages in Table 3. Etymology. From the Latin tubercularis — having tubercles, because of the presence of a large medial tubercle on the venter of the pygophore. Paratypes. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Hollandia, elev. 0 – 50 m, [2 ° 32 ' S, 140 ° 42 ’ E], 23 July 1938, coll. L. Toxopeusleg - 2 ♀♀ (RMNH); Hollandia area, W. Sentani, Cyclops Mtns, elev. 150 – 250 m, [2 ° 32 ' S, 140 ° 42 ’ E], 17 – 24 June 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bernhard Camp, elev. 50 m, 1 – 31 July 1938, coll. J. Olthof - 1 ♂ (RMNH); Eliptamin Valley, elev. 1200 – 1350 m, 16 – 31 July 1959, coll. W. W. Brandt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Madang Province, Madang, elev. 5 m, [5 ° 13 ' S, 145 ° 48 ’ E], 28 October 1958, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Finisterre Mts., Damanti, elev. 1082 m, [5 ° 55 ' S, 145 ° 58 ’ E], 2 – 11 October 1964, coll. M Bacchus - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Morobe Province, Sangan, [6 ° 21 ' S, 146 ° 19 ’ E], 16 December 1959, coll. J. Ardley - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Sanduan Province, Torricelli Mts., Nangian Vill., [3 ° 23 ' S, 142 ° 15 ’ E], 17 – 24 November 1958, coll. W. W. Brandt - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH). Distribution. Low and middle elevational areas of the Finisterre, Torricelli, and Cyclops mountain ranges in northern New Guinea (Fig. 23).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91487763FF1D7E44DAD9FC86.taxon	description	(Figs. 16 H, 19 J-L, 19 F, 21) Holotype. Male. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Mamberamo, [1 26 ' S, 137 53 ’ E], 1926. Deposited in Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Diagnosis. Distinguished by relatively long labium, sparsely punctate pronotum, wedge – shaped proctiger in males, and pygophore with outer ventral rim surpassing posterior of dorsal margin (Fig. 19 K). Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 16 H). Vertex of head slightly convex, punctate. Juga apically acute, rounded laterally. Juga and tylus subequal in length. First antennal segment subequal with apex of head. Eyes stalked; posterior margins converging with head at right angle. Pronotum rugose; anterolateral margins crenulate; lateral angles acute. Scutellum swollen anteriorly; apex broadly rounded, somewhat angulate, dorsally reflexed. Laterotergites with posterior angles weakly produced into small rounded tubercles. Bucculae produced, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae acute, directed anteroventrally. Labium reaching seventh abdominal sternite (sixth visible); ratios 1: 1.75: 1.8: 1. Peritreme 2 / 5 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex; median distinctly sulcate. Profemora with 7 – 8 ventral thorn – shaped spines; spines becoming larger on distally portions. Color and vestiture. Ground color straminous to testaceous with black shining punctures. Antennal segments I – III testaceous with piceous markings; segments IV – V piceous. Legs mostly straminous; tibiae with two castaneous bands on longitudinal ridges. Abdomen mostly straminous, spiracles surrounded by black spot. Antennal segments I – II and proximal portion of segment III shiny with sparse vestiture; remainder of segment III and segments IV – V with dense short pile. Male. Ventral rim of pygophore thickly produced posteriorly, shallowly emarginated medially (Fig. 19 J – L). Proctiger elongate, wedge – shaped; basal sclerite shallowly trilobed posteriorly, anterior margin straight (Fig. 19 L). Female. Eighth gonocoxa triangular, extremely concave medially. Ninth laterotergites swollen almost cylindrical in cross section, narrowed throughout (Fig. 20 F). Measurements. Males (n = 1): body length 18.3, anterior pronotal width 3.3, humeral width 9.6, scutellar length 6.7, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.1, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6. Females (n = 2): body length 19.7 SD 0.2 (19.6 – 19.9), anterior pronotal width 3.5 SD 0.1 (3.4 – 3.6), humeral width 9.4 SD 0.1 (9.3 – 9.5), scutellar length 7.6 SD 0.3 (7.3 – 7.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.8 SD 0.0 (0.8 – 0.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 1.2 SD 0.1 (1.2 – 1.3). Appendages in Table 3. Etymology. Named in honor of Pieter H. van Doesburg, who was a kind host to the author during a stay at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Paratypes. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 1 ♀ (AM); Central Province, St. Joseph’s River, [8 ° 50 ' S, 146 ° 34 ’ E], coll. W. Macgregor - 1 ♀ (AM). Distribution. Low elevational areas in northwestern Irian Jaya and southeastern Papua New Guinea (Fig. 21).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91497763FF1D799CDAFFF818.taxon	materials_examined	Type species Elemana propria Distant, 1912, by original monotypy.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91497763FF1D799CDAFFF818.taxon	description	Redescription. Head punctate, vertex flat. Juga acute apically, rounded, reflexed laterally. Antennifers stout, acute, visible from above. Antennal segment I surpassing apex of head, distal third wider than proximal portion; remaining segments of antennae terete. Compound eye subglobose, slightly stalked; ocelli located posterior to imaginary line between posterior margins of eyes. Pronotum punctate; anterolateral margins roughly straight; posterolateral margin roughly straight; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum elongate, triangular without low median raised longitudinal line; apex rounded. Forewings just surpassing abdomen; corium shallowly punctuate. Laterotergites not visible from above, posterior angle not produced. Bucculae parallel-sided, becoming obsolete prior to reaching posterior margin of head; anterior angle of bucculae acute, directed ventrally; labium just reaching anterior portions of metacoxae. Prosternum sulcate; mesosternum slightly depressed without obvious median raised carina, posterior margin shallowly bilobed; metasternum shallowly sulcate, swollen laterally, posterior margin concave. Ostiole of metathoracic scent gland lenticulate; peritreme strap – shaped, curved slightly anteriorly, apically rounded, 4 X longer than wide, reaching less than half of distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral metapleural margin; evaporative area covering much of meso- and metapleura. Posterior margin of metapleura straight to slightly curved, posterolateral lobe absent. Venter of abdomen with posterior margin of sixth sternite (fifth visible) “ V ” - shaped; trichothoria paired, transverse, posterior to spiracles. Male. Pygophore with dorsolateral lobes short, rounded; basal plate of proctiger rectangular; proctiger hooded, posterior margin subterminal. Comments. The pygophore of Elemana is similar to that of several species of the Brizica. However, Elemana possesses a several characters (e. g., head much broader than long, anterolateral margins of pronotum roughly straight, and a relatively short labium) that distinguish it from all other members of the Solomonius - group.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F914E7764FF1D7A84D8ADF92B.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 E, 24 A-B, 21)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F914E7764FF1D7A84D8ADF92B.taxon	description	Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 2 E). Head broader than long. Juga longer than tylus. Posterior margins of eyes slightly concave. Pronotum with disc slightly depressed; callus areas with low, gibbosities practically obsolete; lateral angles acute. Labium barely reaching anterior margin of metacoxae; ratios 1: 1.6: 1.7: 1. Peritreme 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 3 / 4 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Venter of abdomen primarily convex, median flattened to slightly sulcate medially. Profemora armed with five small ventral barbs. Meso- and metafemora unarmed. Color and vestiture. Ground color testaceous with some black punctures. Antennae with segment I laterally castaneous; segment II testaceous; and segments III – IV primarily castaneous with small proximal castaneous portions. Legs mostly straminous, tibiae becoming castaneous distally; abdomen with piceous spiracles. Dorsum nude; antennal segments I – II shiny with sparse vestiture, segments III – IV clothed in short pile with interspersed longer stiff bristles. Male. Ventral rim of pygophore posteriorly produced, broadly truncate, shallowly emarginate; lateral lobes of dorsal rim short, rounded (Fig. 24 A – B). Proctiger broad, hooded; basal sclerite 2 X wider than long, (Fig. 24 B). Female. Unknown. Measurements. Males (n = 1): body length 14.0, anterior pronotal width 3.4, humeral width 7.6, scutellar length 5.7, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.7, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.1. Appendages in Table 1. Specimens examined. INDONESIA: Irian Jaya, Mimika River, [4 42 ' S, 136 28 ’ E], 1911, coll. A. F. R. Vollaston - 1 ♂ (BMNH – holotype). Distribution. Western Irian Jaya (Fig. 21)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F914E7765FF1D7CEED8D2FA3D.taxon	description	Description. Head broader than long. Juga as long as tylus, separated anteriorly, rounded and obtuse apically; antennifers visible from above; vertex convex. Eyes slightly stalked; ocelli located posterior of imaginary drawn through posterior margins of eyes. Antennae 4 – segmented; segment I surpassing apex of the head. Pronotum distinctly hexagonal, anterior margin linear becoming concave medially, anterolateral margins slightly sinuate, posterior margin straight, anterolateral angle produced laterally, lateral angles produced into acute angle. Scutellum subtriangular, slightly swollen basally; midline narrowly raised. Laterotergites visible from above. Posterior margin of bucculae acuminate. Labium long, reaching fourth abdominal sternite (third visible). Prosternum sulcate; anterior margin concave; posterior margin anterior to posterior margin of coxal cavity. Mesosternum with low median keel; posterior margin bilobed. Posterolateral angle of mesopleuron posteriorly produced as narrow lobe. Metasternum hexagonal, lateral margins swollen. Posterolateral angle of metapleuron entire. Ostiole of metathoracic scent gland lenticulate; peritreme longer than distance between episternal ridge and peritreme, longer than distance from peritreme to lateral margin of metapleuron, its breadth equal throughout its length, rounded distally. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second and fourth visible) sulcate. Trichobothria transverse, coincident with spiracular line, just posterior to pseudosuture. Posterior margin of S 6 distinctly ‘ V’ – shaped. Tarsi 3 – segmented. Profemora with ventral row of stout distally hooked spines, dorsally unarmed. Mesofemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Metafemora unarmed. Male. Pygophore subglobular with elongate posteriorly directed dorsolateral lobes, ventral margin lobed. Dorsolateral lobes longer than chamber portion of pygophore, posteriorly swollen, anteriorly with earlike dorsal flange. Basal sclerite of proctiger well developed, fused with reduced parameres Proctiger heavily sclerotized, apically deeply emarginate. Medial penile plates of aedeagus fused with single tubercle. Female. Gonocoxa of eighth segment roughly semicircular. Gonocoxa of ninth segment with posterior margin carinate; large lateral scrotum-like lobes extend from base. Laterotergites of ninth segment elongate, apically triangular, surpassing posterior margin of abdominal tergite VII. Secondary thickening of vagina intima hemispherical, surrounding pore to ductus recepticali. Etymology. From the Greek noun epitoxis — the slot in a catapult in which the arrow lies; and koris — bug. During World War II, the New Georgia Sound was referred to as “ The Slot ” by Allied Forces. The two species in this genus are each endemic to the islands, Bougainville and Guadalcanal, at opposing ends of ‘ The Slot’. The gender of the name should be considered male. Comments. This genus shares several key characters with genera from mainland New Guinea that are missing in Solomonius, the other Solomon Islands genus. Whereas the dorsolateral lobes and laterally free basal sclerite are shared with Solomonius, the smaller medial penile plates and the secondary thickenings of the vagina intima are more like those of the genera from mainland New Guinea. This is the only genus within the group with four – segmented antennae. Type species. Epitoxicoris allisonae sp. nov.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F914F7767FF1D7FC1D8CDFE16.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 C, 25 A-C, 26 A-C, 27) Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal, Highway 50, Themeda, 10 December 1962, coll. M. McQuillan. Deposited in The Natural History Museum - London. Diagnosis. Distinguished by olivaceous coloration and male proctiger with distal margin triangularly emarginated (Fig. 25 A). In females the posterior margin of ninth gonocoxae is smoothly convex. Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 2 C). Anteroventral margin of bucculae strongly produced dorsally. Labium elongate; segment ratios 1: 1.6: 1.6: 1. Pronotum with anterolateral margins subentire, some vague crenulations anteriorly; anterolateral margins slightly carinate. Lateral margins of scutellum constricted distally before expanding into flattened disc. Mesosternum slightly sulcate. Metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Color. Ground color straminous with rusty, black, and pale green mottling. Antennal segments I – II dorsolaterally testaceous; segments III – IV testaceous throughout. Posterior half of pronotum dark with median pale band. Anterolateral excavations of scutellum black. Membrane of forewing clear to dusky. Labium straminous to testaceous; apical portion of 4 th segment castaneous. Venter of abdomen pale with dark spiracles. Legs pale green; tubercles of profemora testaceous. Male. Ventral margin of pygophore trilobed, middle lobe smaller than laterals (Fig. 25 A). Basal sclerite of proctiger elongate, rectangular, over half length of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 25 C). Proctiger apically emarginate with triangular emargination (Fig. 25 A). Tubercle of medial penile plates on proximal margin (Fig. 26 A – B). Female. Eighth gonocoxa roughly semicircular. Posterior margin of ninth gonocoxae smoothly rounded. Ninth laterotergites longer than broad, distally acute, surpassing posterior margin of eighth tergite (Fig. 26 C). Measurements. Males (n = 3): body length 13 SD 0.1 (12.9 – 13.2), anterior pronotal width 3 SD <0.1 (3.0 – 3.1), humeral width 6.9 SD 0.1 (6.8 – 7.0), scutellar length 4.8 SD 0.1 (4.7 – 5.0), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.8 SD <0.1 (0.8 – 0.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.5 SD <0.1 (2.5 – 2.6). Females (n = 1): body length 13.7 SD, anterior pronotal width 3.2, humeral width 7.4, scutellar length 4.6, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.1, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.0. Appendages in Table 4. Etymology. The species is named for Ms Allison Teem, the author's best friend, companion, and supporter. The epithet is formed as a noun in the genitive. Paratypes. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal, Mt. Austen, [9 ° 28 ' S, 159 ° 59 ’ E], 13 November 1964, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (BMNH). Distribution. Central Guadalcanal (Fig. 27).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91527779FF1D7F76D9DCFC4E.taxon	description	(Figs. 2 D, 25 D-F, 26 D-F, 27) Holotype. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville Is., Kokure, elev. 690 m, [6 ° 25 ' S, 155 ° 43 ’ E], 8 – 12 June 1956, coll. E. Ford. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Distinguished by piceous coloration and male pygophore with distal margin with quadrate emargination. In females the posterior margin of the ninth gonocoxae is straight to slightly concave. Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 2 D). Bucculae with anteroventral margin rounded. Labium elongate; ratios 1: 1.7: 1.5: 0.9. Pronotum with anterolateral margins crenulate, explanate. Lateral margins scutellum becoming briefly parallel prior to apex. Mesosternum slightly convex. Spines of profemora 7 – 8 in number. Metafemora unarmed. Color. Ground color bronze to piceous with some straminous and testaceous areas. Antennal segments I – III entirely castaneous, segment IV testaceous. Pronotum almost entirely bronze. Scutellum with three creamy maculations on anterolateral corners and apex, anterolateral excavations black. Membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of segment IV castaneous. Venter of abdomen pale with dark spiracles. Legs testaceous; tubercles of profemora castaneous. Male. Ventral margin of pygophore bilobed (Fig. 25 D). Basal sclerite of proctiger roughly circular in outline, less than half as long as dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 25 F). Proctiger apically with quadrate emargination (Fig. 25 D). Tubercle of medial penile plates on center of disc (Fig. 26 D – E). Female. Eighth gonocoxa roughly semicircular. Posterior margin of gonocoxa of ninth segment straight to slightly emarginated. Ninth laterotergites longer than broad, distally acute, surpassing posterior margin of eighth tergite (Fig. 26 F). Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 15.8 SD 0.4 (15.4 – 16.6), anterior pronotal width 3.8 SD <0.1 (3.7 – 3.9), humeral width 7.8 SD 0.3 (7.3 – 8.1), scutellar length 5.9 SD 0.2 (5.5 – 6.1), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.9 SD <0.1 (0.8 – 0.9), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 3.0 SD <0.1 (3.0 – 3.1). Females (n = 5): body length 16.9 SD 0.3 (16.6 – 17.4), anterior pronotal width 3.8 SD <0.1 (3.7 – 3.9), humeral width 8.1 SD 0.2 (7.8 – 8.3), scutellar length 6.2 SD 0.1 (6.0 – 6.5), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD <0.1 (1.3 – 1.5), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.4 SD <0.1 (2.3 – 2.6). Appendages in Table 4. Etymology. From the Latin trias — three and macula — stain or spot; in reference to the three pale spots in each corner of the scutellum. Paratypes. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville Is., Kieta, [6 ° 13 ' S, 155 ° 38 ’ E], 1 September - 30 October 1937, coll. J. Froggatt - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Kokure, elev. 690 m, [6 ° 25 ' S, 155 ° 43 ’ E], 8 – 12 June 1956, coll. E. Ford - 13 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Kokure, nr. Crown Prince Ra., elev. 900 m, [6 ° 25 ' S, 155 ° 43 ’ E], 10 June 1956, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 4 ♀♀ (BPBM); Kukugai Vill, elev. 150 m, 1 – 30 November 1960, coll. WW Brandt - 5 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Mumurai, 6 June 1956, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); NE Mutahi, 15 km SE Tinputz, elev. 700 m, [5 ° 33 ' S, 155 ° 2 ’ E], 1 – 31 March 1968, coll. R. Straatman - 7 ♀♀ (BPBM). Distribution. Northeastern coastal area of Bougainville (Fig. 27).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9153777BFF1D7E6CDF34FE16.taxon	description	Description. Head with antennifers visible from above; vertex convex. Juga separated anteriorly, rounded and obtuse apically. Antennae 5 - segmented; antennal segment 1 surpassing apex of head. Eyes slightly stalked. Ocelli located posterior of imaginary line drawn through posterior margins of eyes. Pronotum distinctly hexagonal; anterolateral margins slightly sinuate. Scutellum subtriangular, basally slightly swollen, with a narrow longitudinal raised area along median. Wings reaching or slightly surpassing end of abdomen. Laterotergites visible from above. Bucculae posterior margin acuminate. Prosternum sulcate; anterior margin concave; posterior margin of prosternum not reaching posterior margin of first coxal cavity. Mesosternum slightly sulcate with low median keel; posterior margin bilobed; posterolateral angle of mesopleuron posteriorly produced as narrow lobe. Metasternum hexagonal; lateral margins swollen between second and third coxal cavities; posterolateral angle of metapleuron entire; ostiole of metathoracic scent gland lenticulate; peritreme of equal breadth throughout its length, rounded distally. Abdomen medially flattened, sometimes sulcate; trichobothria transverse, coincident with spiracular line, on or just posterior to pseudosuture. Posterior margin of sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible) distinctly “ V ” - shaped in males, less so in females. Legs with profemora with tubercles, stout spines, or unarmed; meso- and metafemora with tubercles or unarmed. Male. Pygophore subglobular with elongate posteriorly directed dorsolateral lobes; ventral margin variable. Dorsolateral lobes longer than chamber portion of pygophore, often lobed posteriorly and / or anterodorsally. Proctiger heavily sclerotized, broadly ovoid globular; anus apical. Basal sclerite of proctiger well developed, fused with reduced parameres. Medial penile plates of aedeagus fused, equal to or longer than phallotheca. Female. Posterior margin of abdominal seventh sternite (sixth visible) deeply emarginate medially. Gonocoxa of eighth segment variable. Gonocoxa of ninth segment with large lateral scrotum-like lobes. Laterotergites of ninth segment elongate, apically triangular, surpassing posterior margin of abdominal tergite VII. Secondary thickening of vagina intima tubular (Fig. 35 A), sometimes bilobed distally (Fig. 35 B), surrounding pore to ductus recepticali. Etymology. A latinized form of the proper noun Solomon in reference to the Solomon Islands in which this genus is quite diverse. The genus name should be considered male in gender. Type species. Solomonius malaitaensis sp. nov. Comments. Member of the genus Solomonius are relatively large for the Solomonius - group. The male genitalia are distinctive in possessing elongate, robust, dorsolateral lobes. This is the only genus in the Solomonius - group in which the medial penile plates of the aedeagus are elongate and protrude outside of the genital capsule. Species in this genus can be distinguished from one another with the following key.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91587777FF1D7C3AD9D3FECE.taxon	description	(Figs. 28 A, 30 A-C, 33 A, 36 A, 37) Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita, Nuna Lava, 25 km NE Dala, elev. 200 m, [8 ° 35 ' S, 160 ° 40 ’ E], 16 July 1964, coll. J. Sedlacek. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Straminous to testaceous in color with black metallic markings. Labium reaching fifth abdominal sternite (fourth visible). Profemora with ventral series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with narrowly bilobed process. Medial penile plates unevenly carinate medially and 2 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female with deeply emarginate posterior margin. Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 28 A). Head broader than long. Juga shorter than the tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin concave; anterolateral angle entire; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), explanate; lateral angles produced into an acute angle; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins becoming briefly parallel prior to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced anteriorly. Labium reaching fifth abdominal sternite (fourth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 1.7: 1. Peritreme less than 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 5 / 7 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through sixth abdominal sternites (second and fifth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of stout distally hooked spines; dorsal surface unarmed. Mesofemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Color. Ground color straminous to testaceous with black to metallic markings and punctations. Antennal segment I – II dorsolaterally testaceous; segments III – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum with heavy metallic punctation. Scutellar bulge laterally bronze with medial straminous area; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs testaceous with castaneous speckling; tubercles on profemora castaneous; tarsi distally and ventrally dark Venter of abdomen almost entirely castaneous; medial area castaneous, labial sulcus testaceous. Male. Pygophore slightly constricted around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 30 A – C). Ventral rim with median narrowly bilobed process (Fig. 30 A). Dorsolateral lobes with anterior flange obscurely contorted or absent (Fig. 30 C); posterior lobes absent; posteroventral lobes rounded apically, directed laterally (Fig. 30 A – C). Medial penile plates narrow, 2 X longer than broad, slightly emarginate distally, unevenly carinate medially (Fig. 33 A). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment broad, laterally with blunt lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment deeply emarginate on posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment broad; posterior margin entire. Laterotergites of ninth segment subtriangular, rounded apically (Fig. 36 A). Secondary thickening of vagina intima stout, hemispherical, pore to ductus recepticali opening at apex. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 20.3 SD 3.4 (16.6 – 23.6), anterior pronotal width 4.9 SD 0.6 (4.0 – 5.3), humeral width 10.2 SD 1.4 (8.7 – 11.7), scutellar length 7.1 SD 1 (5.6 – 7.9), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.1 SD 0.1 (1.0 – 1.3), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 3.2 SD 0.4 (2.6 – 3.6). Females (n = 4): body length 19.0 SD 4.1 (16.5 – 25.2), anterior pronotal width 4.4 SD 0.5 (4.1 – 5.2), humeral width 9.5 SD 1.4 (8.7 – 11.7), scutellar length 6.7 SD 1.1 (6.0 – 8.4), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.6 SD 0.3 (1.4 – 2.1), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6 SD 0.3 (2.4 – 3.2). Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. Named in honor of E. S. Brown, who collected extensively in the Solomon Islands. Paratypes. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita, E. of Kwalo (E. of Auki), elev. 350 m, [8 ° 46 ' S, 160 ° 42 ’ E], 29 September 1957, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Rai’ako, [8 ° 51 ' S, 160 ° 48 ’ E], 27 May 1955, coll. E. Brown - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); Su’u, [9 ° 7 ' S, 160 ° 56 ’ E], coll. W. Mann - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (AMNH); Tangtalau, elev. 150 – 200 m, 23 – 26 September 1957, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Eastern coast of Malaita, Solomon Islands (Fig. 37).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F915D7709FF1D7F29D848FB5E.taxon	description	(Figs. 29 A, 30 D-F, 33 B, 36 B, 15)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F915D7709FF1D7F29D848FB5E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Olivaceous in color with spinose lateral angles on the pronotum. Labium reaching fourth abdominal sternite (third visible). Profemora with ventral series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with large quadrate process. Medial penile plates curving and narrowed distally and 5 – 6 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female large triangular with undulating posterior margin. Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 29 A). Head broader than long; juga shorter than the tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin concave; anterolateral angle entire; anterolateral margins serrate, slightly carinate; lateral angles spinose; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins becoming briefly parallel prior to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced dorsally. Labium reaching fourth abdominal sternite (third visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.6: 1.5: 0.9. Peritreme 2 / 3 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second through fourth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of small stout tubercles; dorsal surface unarmed. Mesofemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Metafemora unarmed. Color. Ground color testaceous to pale olivaceous with black to metallic markings and punctations. Antennal segment I dorsolaterally testaceous; segments II – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum marked with four dark triangular maculations on the posterior margin. Scutellar bulge with dark maculations on the posterolateral portion; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous with lateral dark maculations. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles or profemora castaneous. Tibiae appearing to have three (premedial, postmedial, and distal) castaneous bands on exterior surface; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band. Male. Pygophore constricted dorsolaterally around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 30 D – F). Ventral rim with large quadrate median process (Fig. 30 D). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobes auriculate; concavity oriented entad; posterior lobes slightly produced as stout heavily sclerotized acute tubercles, directed ectad; posteroventral lobe absent (Fig. 30 D – F). Medial penile plates narrow, 5 – 6 X longer than broad, curving and narrowing distally (Fig. 33 B). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment slightly longer than broad with pair of narrowly acute subtriangular lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment large, triangular with undulating posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment hidden by gonocoxa of eighth segment. Laterotergites of ninth segment elongate, triangular (Fig. 36 B). Secondary thickening of vagina intima compressed, elongate, 6 – 7 X longer than broad, acuminate, curved; pore to ductus recepticali at apex. Measurements. Males (n = 6): body length 15.4 SD 0.4 (14.7 – 16.1), anterior pronotal width 3.2 SD <0.1 (3.2 – 3.4), humeral width 9.1 SD 0.1 (9.1 – 9.5), scutellar length 5.7 SD 0.1 (5.5 – 6.0), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.8 SD 0.1 (0.7 – 1.0), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.8 SD 0.1 (2.7 – 3.1). Females (n = 4): body length 16.9 SD 0.5 (16.1 – 17.5), anterior pronotal width 3.4 SD 0.1 (3.3 – 3.5), humeral width 9.7 SD 0.2 (9.5 – 10), scutellar length 6.6 SD 0.1 (6.5 – 6.7), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.3 SD 0.1 (1.2 – 1.5), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.1 SD <0.1 (2.0 – 2.2). Appendages in Table 5. Specimens examined. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Central Province, 12 mi. E Port Moresby, [9 ° 28 ' S, 147 ° 11 ’ E], 1 February 1969, coll. R. Lossin - 1 ♂ (AM); Bisianumu, E. of Port Moresby, elev. 500 m, [8 ° 43 ' S, 147 ° 25 ’ E], 22 September 1955, coll. J. L. Gressitt - sex not recorded (BPBM); Iorabaiwa, Urikiteer, [9 ° 16 ' S, 147 ° 30 ’ E], 21 June 1921, coll. E. Pockley - 1 ♀ (AM); Mamai Plt’n nr Port Glasgow, elev. 60 m, [10 ° 18 ' S, 149 ° 32 ’ E], 1 – 31 January 1965, coll. P. Shanahan - sex not recorded (BPBM); same locality, 1 – 31 January 1965, coll. P. Shanahan - sex not recorded (BPBM); Otomata Plantation, 1 m [i], E. of Moresby, [9 ° 27 ' S, 147 ° 11 ’ E], 2 November 1960, coll. J. L. Gressitt - sex not recorded (BPBM); Owen Stanley Range; Goilala: Loloipa, [8 ° 26 ' S, 146 ° 56 ’ E], 1 – 15 January 1958, coll. W. W. Brandt - sex not recorded (BPBM); Port Moresby, elev. 30 m, [9 ° 28 ' S, 147 ° 11 ’ E], 27 February 1964, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); same locality, 2 January 1969, coll. R. Lossin - 1 ♂ (AM); SE: Brown River, [9 ° 15 ' S, 147 ° 4 ’ E], 23 October 1960, coll. J. L. Gressitt - (BPBM); same locality, 12 – 23 October 1968, coll. Tawi Mena - sex not recorded (BPBM); SE: Vanapa River, [9 ° 5 ' S, 146 ° 58 ’ E], 29 February 1960, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); Sogeri, elev. 600 m, [9 ° 25 ' S, 147 ° 25 ’ E], 27 October - 3 November 1968, coll. Tawi Mena - sex not recorded (BPBM); St. Joseph’s River, [8 ° 50 ' S, 146 ° 34 ’ E], coll. W. Macgregor - 2 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂ (AM); Milne Bay Province, Bupuleta, [10 ° 15 ' S, 150 ° 25 ’ E], 29 June 1970, coll. B. Gray - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Dogura, [10 ° 6 ' S, 150 ° 4 ’ E], 28 December 1954, coll. E. Cassidy - sex not recorded (BPBM); Esa’ala, [9 ° 43 ' S, 150 ° 48 ’ E], 30 July 1960, coll. A. Mann - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Milne Bay, [10 ° 22 ' S, 150 ° 30 ’ E], 14 – 23 February 1969, coll. J. Sedlacek - sex not recorded (BPBM); Woodlark I. (Murua); Kulumadau Hill, [9 ° 3 ' S, 152 ° 43 ’ E], 3 February - 12 March 1957, coll. W. W. Brandt - sex not recorded (BPBM); Northern Province, between Buna and Gona, [8 ° 36 ' S, 148 ° 23 ’ E], 1 March 1943 - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (AMNH); Mt. Lamington, [8 ° 56 ' S, 148 ° 10 ’ E], 1 January - 28 February 1929, coll. C, McNamara - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (AM); same locality, 1 – 30 June 1966, coll. S. Lippert - sex not recorded (BPBM); Sangara, [8 ° 48 ' S, 148 ° 14 ’ E], 19 March 1956, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 1 – 30 June 1966, coll. S. Lippert - sex not recorded (BPBM); Sanduan Province, NE: Torricelli Mts.; Wantipi Vill., [3 ° 19 ' S, 141 ° 57 ’ E], 30 November - 8 December 1958, coll. W. W. Brandt - 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. New Guinea, primarily Papuan peninsula (Fig. 15). Comments. As it possesses reduced parameres which are fused with the proctiger, as well as elongate median penile plates which are fused together, Bromocoris foetidus is transferred to Solomonius. The remaining species of the genus Bromocoris Horváth remain in that genus because they possess relatively well-developed claspers which are free from the proctiger. Signoret’s (1861 in: Montrouzier, 1861) original description of S. foetidus does not designate a type specimen. Schouteden (1907) later implies that a specimen now held in Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brusseles (IRSNB) is the ' type' of S. foetidus. The Schouteden specimen has a ' type' label with no determiner given. It is assumed the type label was placed by Schouteden because the label places it in the genus, Coctotheris [sic], a genus not used by Signoret and Montrouzier in the original description. Horváth (1915) redescribes the species and comments on the type which he looked at in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. The specimen referred to by Horváth in Vienna bears the label " foetidus det. Signoret. " Both specimens have labels indicating they are from " Woodlark, " and no other data. The Schouteden specimen does not fit the original description or subsequent descriptions of S. foetidus. Given that the Vienna specimen bears a Signoret determination label and that the specimen matches with the original description, it is here considered to be part of the original material upon which Signoret based his description. The specimen deposited in Naturhistorische Museum Wien which bears the labels “ Woodlark ” and " foetidus det. Signoret " is here designated as the lectotype of S. foetidus (Signoret).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9123770BFF1D7F54DB19FEE6.taxon	description	(Figs. 29 B, 30 G-I, 33 C, 35 A, 36 C, 37) Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: St. Ysabel, Nagolau, [8 ° 26 ' S, 159 ° 49 ’ E], 28 May 1963, coll. M. McQuillan. Deposited in The Natural History Museum - London. Diagnosis. Testaceous to pale olivaceous with dark markings. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible). Profemora with ventral and dorsal series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with broadly bilobed process. Medial penile plates medially carinate and swollen apically and 2 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female with posterior margin extremely sinuate. Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 29 B). Head broader than long; juga shorter than tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin linear becoming concave medially; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), explanate; lateral angles produced into an acute angle; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins changing angle but not becoming parallel. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced anteriorly. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 1.9: 1. Peritreme less than 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through sixth abdominal sternites (second through fifth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of stout distally hooked spines; dorsal surface armed with small stout tubercles. Mesofemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Color. Ground color testaceous to pale olivaceous with castaneous markings and punctations. Antennal segment I straminous; segment II dorsolaterally testaceous; segments III – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum marked with four dark triangular maculations on the posterior margin. Scutellar bulge with dark maculations on the posterolateral portion; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous with lateral dark maculations. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles or profemora castaneous. Tibiae with postmedial dark band; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band; medial area with wide longitudinal castaneous band, labial sulcus of ground color. Male. Pygophore slightly constricted dorsolaterally around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 30 G – I). Ventral rim with median broadly bilobed process (Fig. 30 G). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobe poorly developed as small rounded carina (Fig. 30 I); posterior lobes absent; posteroventral lobes acute, rounded, directed laterally (Fig. 30 G – I). Medial penile plates little more than 2 X longer than broad; basal half or medial area carinate; distal portion slightly swollen with small medial carina (Fig. 33 C). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment with small pair of lobes. Posterior margin of gonocoxa of eighth segment extremely sinuate. Gonocoxa of ninth segment narrow; posterior margin distinctly emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment elongate, triangular apically (Fig. 36 C). Secondary thickening of vagina intima short, 1.5 – 2 X longer than broad, broadly bilobed distally, pore to ductus recepticali opening between lobes (Fig. 35 A). Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 15.7 SD 0.4 (15.1 – 16.4), anterior pronotal width 3.8 SD 0.1 (3.6 – 4.1), humeral width 7.9 SD 0.1 (7.8 – 8.2), scutellar length 5.5 SD 0.1 (5.4 – 5.7), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.8 SD 0.1 (0.7 – 1.0), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.7 SD 0.1 (2.6 – 3.0). Females (n = 5): body length 16.6 SD 0.3 (16.2 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 4 SD 0.1 (3.9 – 4.2), humeral width 8.5 SD 0.2 (8.2 – 8.9), scutellar length 6 SD 0.1 (5.9 – 6.2), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD 0.2 (1.2 – 1.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.3 SD 0.1 (2.2 – 2.6). Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. Named in honor of Gordon Gross, who has worked extensively with Australasian Halyini and was a gracious host during the author’s visit to the South Australian Museum. Paratypes. SOLOMON ISLANDS: 1 July - 30 August 1909, coll. W. Froggart - 1 ♂ (AM); 11 May 1922, coll. E. Armytage - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gizo Island, Tanaru, [8 ° 6 ' S, 156 ° 51 ’ E], 17 March 1955, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Guadalcanal, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Betikama R., [9 ° 24 ' S, 160 ° 2 ’ E], 15 August - 30 September 1960, coll. W. W. Brandt - 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Bonegi R, [9 ° 22 ' S, 159 ° 52 ’ E], 13 December 1934, coll. R. Lever - 2 ♂♂ (BMNH); Gallego camp 1, Umasani River, 5 – 6 mi [le] s inland, [9 ° 21 ' S, 159 ° 44 ’ E], 1 – 10 July 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gallego camp 2, [9 ° 21 ' S, 159 ° 44 ’ E], 11 – 14 July 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ (BMNH); Honiara, [9 ° 26 ' S, 159 ° 57 ’ E], 24 April 1964 - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Kukum, [9 ° 26 ' S, 159 ° 59 ’ E], 29 March - 1 May 1965, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Mt. Austen, [9 ° 28 ' S, 159 ° 59 ’ E], 18 January 1963, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 11 February 1963, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 4 March 1963, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 12 June 1963, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 24 August 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); Tenaru, [9 ° 26 ' S, 160 ° 5 ’ E], 15 September 1957, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); St. Ysabel, Hageula, 10 km SWof Tatamba, elev. 400 – 650 m, [8 ° 21 ' S, 159 ° 44 ’ E], 1 – 3 September 1964, coll. native collector - 1 ♀ (BPBM); same locality, 11 September 1964, coll. R. Straatman - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Rasa, [8 ° 26 ' S, 159 ° 46 ’ E], 9 March 1964, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 26 April 1965 - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Tamatahi, Molao Maringe Dist., [8 ° 10 ' S, 159 ° 35 ’ E], 28 – 30 June 1960, coll. C. W. O’Brien - 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Tatamba, [8 ° 23 ' S, 159 ° 48 ’ E], 28 September - 7 October 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH). Distribution. Southern St. Ysabel and northern Guadalcanal with an outlier in the New Georgia Group (Fig. 37).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9121770CFF1D7BBCD957FE46.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Choiseul Island, [no specific locality or collector]. Deposited in the American Museum of Natural History. Diagnosis. Testaceous to pale olivaceous with dark markings. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible). Profemora with ventral and dorsal series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with broadly bilobed process. Medial penile plates medially carinate and swollen apically and 2 X longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female with posterior margin extremely sinuate. Description. Body 2.2 X longer than broad (Fig. 29 C). Head longer than broad; juga equal to tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin concave; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), explanate; lateral angles produced into acute angle; posterior margin straight. Scutellum with lateral margins changing angle but not becoming parallel. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced anteriorly. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.6: 2: 1.1. Peritreme 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through sixth abdominal sternites (second through fifth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of small stout tubercles; dorsal surface unarmed. Mesofemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Color. Ground color testaceous to pale olivaceous with black to metallic markings and punctations. Antennal segments I – II dorsolaterally testaceous; segment III straminous; segments IV – V not observed. Pronotum marked with four dark triangular maculations on the posterior margin. Scutellar bulge with dark maculations on posterolateral portion; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous with lateral dark maculations. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles or profemora castaneous. Tibiae with postmedial dark band; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band; medial area with wide longitudinal castaneous band, labial sulcus of ground color. Male. Pygophore slightly constricted dorsolaterally around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 30 J – L). Ventral rim with median broadly bilobed process (Fig. 30 J). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobes auriculate, posterior margin acute with concavity oriented ectad (Fig. 30 K – L); posterior lobes absent; posteroventral lobes acute, rounded, directed laterally (Fig. 30 J – L). Medial penile plates little more than 2 X longer than broad; basal half or medial area extremely carinate (Fig. 33 D). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment with small pair of lobes. Posterior margin of gonocoxa of eighth segment extremely sinuate. Gonocoxa of ninth segment narrow; posterior margin acutely emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment elongate, triangular apically (Fig. 36 D). Secondary thickening of vaginal intima short, 1.5 – 2 X longer than broad, broadly bilobed distally, pore to ductus recepticali opening between lobes. Measurements. Males (n = 2): body length 17.2 SD 0.3 (17.0 – 17.5), anterior pronotal width 3.7 SD <0.1 (3.7 – 3.7), humeral width 8.5 SD <0.1 (8.5 – 8.6), scutellar length 6.2 SD 0.2 (6.0 – 6.4), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.0 SD n / a (1.0 – 1.0), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 3 SD <0.1 (3.0 – 3.1). Female (n = 1): body length 17.6, anterior pronotal width 4, humeral width 8.8, scutellar length 6.7, medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.5, medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6. Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. Combination of the Latin words lamina (“ blade ”), and phallicus (of or belonging to the symbol of human male reproduction carried during the festival of Bacchus); reflecting the bladelike carina on the aedeagus of this species. Paratypes. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Choiseul Island, [no specific locality or collector] - 1 ♂ (AMNH); Wagina, [7 ° 26 ' S, 157 ° 46 ’ E], 26 August 1964, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♂ (BMNH). Distribution. Choiseul and associated islands (Fig. 37).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9126770DFF1D785CD9EAFBC6.taxon	description	(Figs. 29 D, 31 A-C, 33 E, 36 E, 37) Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal, Kukum, [9 ° 26 ' S, 159 ° 59 ’ E], 8 February - 27 March 1965, coll. P. Greenslade. Deposited in The Museum of Natural History - London. Diagnosis. Testaceous to pale olivaceous with dark markings. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible). Profemora with ventral and dorsal series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with shallowly bilobed process. Medial penile plates simple and 3 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female roughly quadrate with weakly concave posterior margin. Description. Body longer than broad (Fig. 29 D). Head broader than long; juga equal to tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin linear becoming concave medially; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins crenulate, explanate; lateral angles produced into an acute angle; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins changing angle but not becoming parallel. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced anteriorly. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.9: 2: 1.2. Peritreme less than 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 4 / 5 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through sixth abdominal sternites (second through fifth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of small stout tubercles; dorsal surface armed with small stout tubercles. Mesofemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Metafemora unarmed. Color. Ground color testaceous to pale olivaceous with castaneous markings and punctations. Antennal segments I – II dorsolaterally testaceous; segments III – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum marked with four dark triangular maculations on the posterior margin. Scutellar bulge of ground color; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous with lateral dark maculations. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles on profemora castaneous; tarsi mostly straminous, segment III testaceous apically. Venter of abdomen with heavy castaneous speckling around the spiracles’ lateral margins; medial area straminous medially. Male. Pygophore constricted around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 31 A – C). Ventral rim with median shallowly bilobed process (Fig. 31 A). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobes auriculate, posterior margin acute with concavity oriented ectad (Fig. 31 B); posterior lobes absent; posteroventral lobes acute, directed laterally (Fig. 31 A – C). Medial penile plates 3 X longer than broad (Fig. 33 E). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment slightly longer than broad, with pair of blunt subtriangular lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment large, roughly quadrate with concave posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment with posterior margin slightly emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment acute apically (Fig. 36 E). Secondary thickening of vagina intima long, 3 X longer than broad, slightly bilobed distally, pore to ductus recepticali opening between lobes. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 13.6 SD 0.1 (13.4 – 13.9), anterior pronotal width 3.7 SD 0.1 (3.6 – 3.9), humeral width 7.1 SD 0.2 (6.7 – 7.3), scutellar length 5.2 SD <0.1 (5.2 – 5.3), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.7 SD <0.1 (0.7 – 0.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.4 SD <0.1 (2.3 – 2.5). Females (n = 5): body length 15.1 SD 0.1 (14.9 – 15.4), anterior pronotal width 3.9 SD 0.1 (3.7 – 4.0), humeral width 7.5 SD 0.1 (7.3 – 7.6), scutellar length 5.6 SD 0.1 (5.5 – 5.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.2 SD 0.1 (1.1 – 1.3), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 1.9 SD <0.1 (1.8 – 2.0). Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. Named in honor of the late Dennis Leston, who planned to revise the Australasian Halyini and sorted most of the Australasian halyine specimens in The Natural History Museum (London). Paratypes. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville Is., Togerao, elev. 600 m, 15 – 21 April 1968, coll. R Straatman - 1 ♂ (BPBM); PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: Luzon, Los Banos, 19 – 20 September 1959, coll. L. W. Quate - 1 ♂ (BPBM); SOLOMON ISLANDS: - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Guadalcanal, Bonegi R, [9 ° 22 ' S, 159 ° 52 ’ E], 13 December 1934, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Kukum, [9 ° 26 ' S, 159 ° 59 ’ E], 18 April 1956, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 8 February - 27 March 1965, coll. P. Greenslade - 2 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ (BMNH); Lavoro Pltn., [9 ° 19 ' S, 159 ° 36 ’ E], 18 April 1925 - 1 ♂ (AM); same locality, 21 – 27 September 1942, coll. C. Hart - 5 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ (AM); Luvla, - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Paripao, [9 ° 32 ' S, 160 ° 22 ’ E], 22 May 1960, coll. C. W. O’Brien - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Ruavatu, [9 ° 28 ' S, 160 ° 24 ’ E], 18 August 1955, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 9 November 1955, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Sahuluatea, elev. 200 – 400 m, 1 – 31 January 1973, coll. N. L. H. Krauss - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Suta, [9 ° 41 ' S, 160 ° 8 ’ E], 27 June 1956, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Tambalia, 30 km W Honiara, [9 ° 17 ' S, 159 ° 44 ’ E], 22 – 26 May 1964, coll. R Straatman - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Tenaru, [9 ° 26 ' S, 160 ° 5 ’ E], 16 December 1934, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Malaita, Maka, [9 ° 36 ' S, 161 ° 24 ’ E], 28 November 1965 - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Nggela, Small Nggela, [9 ° ' S, 160 ° 10 ’ E], 15 September 1960, coll. C. W. O’Brien - 1 ♂ (BPBM); St. Ysabel, Fatura, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Kolotuve, 15 – 21 June 1960, coll. C. W. O’Brien - 1 ♀ (BPBM). Distribution. Guadalcanal, Malaita, Nggela, and St. Ysabel (Fig. 37).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F9127770EFF1D7F54D904F946.taxon	description	(Fig. 28 B, 31 D-F, 33 F, 36 F, 38) Holotypes. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita, Auki, [8 ° 46 ' S, 160 ° 42 ’ E], coll. W. Mann. Deposited in American Museum of Natural History. Diagnosis. Straminous with metallic green and bronze maculations. Labium reaching fifth abdominal sternite (fourth visible). Profemora with ventral series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with narrowly bilobed process. Medial penile plates slightly swollen distally and 2 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female symmetrically convex. Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 28 B). Head broader than long; juga shorter than tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin concave; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), slightly carinate; lateral angles produced into an acute angle; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins becoming briefly parallel prior to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle rounded. Labium reaching abdominal fifth sternite (fourth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 1.7: 1. Peritreme less than 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 5 / 7 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second through fourth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of small stout tubercles; dorsal surface unarmed. Meso- and metafemora unarmed. Color. Ground color straminous with metallic green and bronze maculations. Antennal segments I – III castaneous; segments IV – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum with anterior portion bronze, posterior margin marked with four dark triangular maculations. Scutellar bulge bronze metallic; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles or profemora testaceous; distal portion of tibiae darker than remainder; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band; medial area straminous medially. Male. Pygophore with relatively lightly sclerotized dorsolateral areas associated with bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 31 D – F). Ventral rim with median narrowly bilobed process (Fig. 31 D). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobes auriculate; concavity oriented posteriorly (Fig. 31 E – F); posterior lobes rounded, directed entad; posteroventral lobes narrowly acute, directed anterolaterally (Fig. 31 D, F). Medial penile plates 2 X longer than broad, curving and slightly swollen distally (Fig. 33 F). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment broad, laterally with small subtriangular lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment with convex posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment narrow; posterior margin slightly emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment rounded apically (Fig. 36 F). Secondary thickening of vagina intima stout, subquadrate, hemispherical, pore to ductus recepticali opening between lobes. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 15.7 SD 0.1 (15.5 – 15.9), anterior pronotal width 3.7 SD 0.1 (3.4 – 3.8), humeral width 8.0 SD 0.1 (7.8 – 8.1), scutellar length 5.4 SD 0.1 (5.2 – 5.7), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.9 SD 0.1 (0.8 – 1.0), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.8 SD 0.1 (2.7 – 3.0). Females (n = 5): body length 17.0 SD 0.1 (16.8 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 4.3 SD 0.4 (3.8 – 5.0), humeral width 8.4 SD 0.1 (8.2 – 8.7), scutellar length 5.9 SD 0.1 (5.6 – 6.1), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.4 SD <0.1 (1.3 – 1.5), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.1 SD <0.1 (2.1 – 2.3). Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. Malaita (in the Solomon Islands) plus the Latin suffix – ensis (“ belonging to ”). Paratypes. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita, Araki, [8 ° 31 ' S, 160 ° 10 ’ E], 24 September 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Auki, [8 ° 46 ' S, 160 ° 42 ’ E], coll. W. Mann - 8 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ (AMNH); same locality, 21 – 22 September 1957, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 4 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 10 April 1964, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Baunani, [9 ° 8 ' S, 160 ° 51 ’ E], 6 September 1964, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Dala, [8 ° 35 ' S, 160 ° 40 ’ E], 5 June 1964, coll. R. Straatman - 1 ♀ (BPBM); E. of Kwalo (E, of Auki), elev. 350 m, [8 ° 46 ' S, 160 ° 42 ’ E], 29 September 1957, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Hulo, [9 ° 5 ' S, 160 ° 50 ’ E], 2 June 1965, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Nuna Lava, 25 km NE Dala, elev. 200 m, [8 ° 35 ' S, 160 ° 40 ’ E], coll. R. Straatman - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 16 July 1964, coll. J. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Rai’ako, [8 ° 51 ' S, 160 ° 48 ’ E], 27 May 1955, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Su’u, [9 ° 7 ' S, 160 ° 56 ’ E], coll. W. Mann - 1 ♂ (AMNH); same locality, 10 September 1928, coll. R. Paine - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 15 August 1934, coll. H. Pagden - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 1 July 1965, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Tangtalau, elev. 150 – 200 m, 23 – 26 September 1957, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 4 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂ (BPBM); Ulawa, [9 ° 46 ' S, 161 ° 57 ’ E], 27 April 1965, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH). Distribution. Eastern Malaita and Ulawa (Fig. 38)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91257700FF1D7EA3DF0FF8AE.taxon	description	(Fig. 28 C, 31 G-I, 34 A, 36 G, 27) Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: New Georgia, Munda, elev. 0 – 200 m, [8 ° 19 ' S, 157 ° 15 ’ E], 1 – 30 November 1970, coll. N. Krauss. Deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Metallic green with some straminous and testaceous maculations. Labium fourth abdominal sternite (third visible). Profemora with ventral and dorsal series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with ventral rim appearing entire, hiding sunken narrowly bilobed medial process. Medial penile plates broadly carinate medially and 2.8 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female with undulating posterior margin. Description. Body 1.8 X longer than broad (Fig. 28 C). Head broader than long; juga equal to tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin linear, becoming concave medially; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), slightly carinate; lateral angles rounded to truncate; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins smoothly angled to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced dorsally. Labium reaching fourth abdominal sternite (third visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 1.6: 1. Peritreme 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second through fourth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of stout distally hooked spines; dorsal surface armed with small stout tubercles. Meso- and metafemora each with row of small ventral tubercles. Color. Ground color metallic green with some straminous and testaceous areas. Antennal segments I – III castaneous; segments IV – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum metallic green with orange gibbose areas. Scutellar bulge laterally green with medial straminous area; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs straminous with testaceous speckling; tubercles or profemora castaneous. Tibiae with postmedial dark band; tarsi mostly straminous, segments I and III testaceous apically. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band; medial area straminous medially. Male. Pygophore slightly constricted ventrolaterally around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 31 G – I). Ventral rim appearing entire with median narrowly bilobed process concealed by ventral rim of pygophore (Fig. 31 G). Dorsolateral lobes without anterior flange (Fig. 31 H, I); posterior lobes slightly developed, subangulate, directed entad; posteroventral lobes narrowly acute, directed posterolaterally (Fig. 31 G – I). Medial penile plates narrow, 2.8 X longer than broad, broadly carinate medially; carina most developed basally (Fig. 34 A). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment broad, lobes obsolete. Gonocoxa of eighth segment with undulating posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment broad; posterior margin deeply emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment slightly hooked apically (Fig. 36 G). Secondary thickening of vagina intima tubular, 4 – 5 X longer than broad, pore to ductus recepticali opening at apex. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 14.6 SD 0.6 (14.1 – 15.8), anterior pronotal width 3.5 SD <0.1 (3.5 – 3.7), humeral width 7.6 SD 0.1 (7.5 – 7.9), scutellar length 5.3 SD 0.1 (5.2 – 5.5), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.6 SD <0.1 (0.6 – 0.7), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.6 SD 0.1 (2.5 – 2.8). Females (n = 5): body length 15.7 SD 0.4 (15.1 – 16.1), anterior pronotal width 3.6 SD <0.1 (3.5 – 3.7), humeral width 8.3 SD <0.1 (8.2 – 8.4), scutellar length 6.0 SD 0.1 (5.8 – 6.2), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.3 SD <0.1 (1.2 – 1.4), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.0 SD 0.1 (1.9 – 2.2). Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. From the Greek word mikro — small; and the Latin metallicus — metallic; this is the smallest and most brilliantly metallic green species of its genus.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91257700FF1D7EA3DF0FF8AE.taxon	materials_examined	FIJI ISLANDS: Labeti, coll. W. Mann - 1 ♂ (AMNH); SOLOMON ISLANDS: Arindal Is. ???, 4 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Kolombangara, [8 ° ' S, 157 ° 5 ’ E], 4 May 1922, coll. E. Armytage - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 6 June 1922, coll. E. Armytage - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 9 June 1922 - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 10 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♀ (BMNH); base camp, 1 mi. inland from Kuzi by Kolombara R., 2 September 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Kan Kana, 14 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); New Georgia, [specific locality unknown] - 1 ♂ (AMNH); 5 km S of Munda, [8 ° 19 ' S, 157 ° 15 ’ E], 19 November 1963, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Marovo, [8 ° 30 ' S, 158 ° ‘ E], 30 December 1964, coll. P. Greenslade - 3 ♀♀ (BMNH); Munda, elev. 0 – 200 m, [8 ° 19 ' S, 157 ° 15 ’ E], 14 – 15 July 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 14 – 15 July 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 14 – 20 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 6 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (BMNH); same locality, 4 September 1964, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 1 – 30 November 1970, coll. N. Krauss - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 1 – 30 November 1975, coll. N. Krauss - 4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 1 – 30 November 1976, coll. N. Krauss - 5 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂ (BMNH, BPBM); same locality, 1 – 30 October 1980, coll. N. Krauss - 2 ♀♀ (AMNH); same locality, 1 – 30 November 1980, coll. N. Krauss - 1 ♀ (AMNH); same locality, 1 – 28 February 1984, coll. N. Krauss - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Pailou, 14 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Wanawana, [8 ° 15 ' S, 157 ° 5 ’ E], 16 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Rendova, [8 ° 26 ' S, 157 ° 20 ’ E], 7 October 1954, coll. E. Brown - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH). Distribution. Confined to New Georgia Group (Fig. 27) with a single suspicious record from Fiji.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F912B7702FF1D7A84D8CCF80E.taxon	description	(Fig. 1, 28 D-F, 31 J-L, 34 B, 36 H, 38)	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F912B7702FF1D7A84D8CCF80E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Coloration extremely variable. Labium reaching fifth abdominal sternite (fourth visible). Profemora with ventral series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with narrowly bilobed process. Medial penile plates slightly swollen distally and 3.5 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female with undulating posterior margin. Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 28 D – F). Head broader than long; juga shorter than tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin concave; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), slightly carinate; lateral angles produced into an acute angle; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins becoming briefly parallel prior to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced anteriorly. Labium reaching fifth abdominal sternite (fourth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.8: 1.7: 1. Peritreme 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second through fourth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of small stout tubercles; dorsal surface unarmed. Mesofemora and metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles, dorsally unarmed. Color. Coloration extremely variable (Fig. 28 D – F). Ground color generally bronze with some straminous and testaceous areas. Antennae castaneous. Pronotum almost entirely bronze or metallic purple. Scutellar bulge of ground color; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations, sometimes with a metallic green sheen; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles or profemora castaneous. Proximal and distal third of tibiae darker than medial third; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming wide continuous castaneous band; medial area straminous medially. Male. Pygophore with relatively lightly sclerotized dorsolateral areas associated with bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 31 J – L). Ventral rim with median narrowly bilobed process (Fig. 31 J). Dorsolateral lobes with anterior flange absent; posterior lobes rounded, directed entad; posteroventral lobes narrowly acute, directed anterolaterally (Fig. 31 J – L). Medial penile plates narrow, 3.5 X longer than broad, curving and slightly swollen distally (Fig. 34 B). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment broad with pair of small subtriangular lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment with undulating posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment broad; posterior margin slightly emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment rounded apically (Fig. 36 H). Secondary thickening of vagina intima tubular, 2 X longer than broad, pore to ductus recepticali opening in medial canal. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 16.6 SD 0.3 (16.2 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 3.9 SD <0.1 (3.8 – 4.0), humeral width 8.5 SD 0.1 (8.4 – 8.7), scutellar length 5.9 SD 0.2 (5.5 – 6.3), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.7 SD 0.1 (0.6 – 0.9), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 3.3 SD 0.2 (3.0 – 3.5). Females (n = 5): body length 17.3 SD 0.6 (16.6 – 18.2), anterior pronotal width 4.0 SD <0.1 (4.0 – 4.2), humeral width 8.8 SD 0.1 (8.7 – 9.0), scutellar length 6.5 SD 0.3 (6.2 – 7.0), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.5 SD 0.1 (1.3 – 1.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.2 SD <0.1 (2.2 – 2.3). Appendages in Table 5. Specimens examined. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: Luzon, Los Banos, 19 – 20 September 1959, coll. L. W. Quate - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); SOLOMON ISLANDS: - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); 1 – 31 December 1931, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Choiseul Island, Wagina, [7 26 ' S, 157 46 ’ E], 26 March 1957, coll. P. Fenemore - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Guadalcanal, coll. L. Jarcho - 1 ♂ (AMNH); coll. R. Lever - 1 ♀ (BMNH); 23 July 1945, coll. F. Cilley - 4 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (AMNH); 13 km SE Honiara, elev. 50 – 100 m, [9 ° 26 ' S, 159 ° 57 ’ E], 1 November 1970, coll. N. L. H. Krauss - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Berande, [9 ° 25 ' S, 160 ° 16 ’ E], 27 November 1954, coll. E. S. Brown - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Betikama R., [9 24 ' S, 160 2 ’ E], 15 August - 30 September 1960, coll. W. W. Brandt - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); Doma, [9 19 ' S, 159 48 ’ E], 1 – 30 March 1933, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Gallego camp 1, Umasani River, 5 – 6 mi. inland, [9 21 ' S, 159 44 ’ E], 1 – 10 July 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gold Ridge, [9 35 ' S, 160 8 ’ E], 22 June 1956, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 3 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 20 September 1958, coll. P. Fennemore - 3 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂ (BMNH); same locality, 20 March 1965, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Honiara, [9 26 ' S, 159 57 ’ E], 1 May 1964, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Jonapau, [9 38 ' S, 160 7 ’ E], 22 March 1955, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Koilotumaria, [9 28 ' S, 160 26 ’ E], 7 April 1965, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Kukum, [9 26 ' S, 159 59 ’ E], 28 June 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 8 February - 27 March 1965, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 29 March - 1 May 1965, coll. P. Greenslade - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); same locality, 29 March - 1 May 1965, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Lavoro Pltn., [9 19 ' S, 159 36 ’ E], 27 September 1927, coll. C. Hart - 10 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂ (AM); same locality, 18 February 1936, coll. C. Hart - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Lunga, [9 25 ' S, 160 2 ’ E], 27 September 1944, coll. HE Milliron - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 3 September 1960, coll. C. W. O’Brien - 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂ (BPBM); same locality, 1 – 30 July 1963, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Mt. Austen, [9 28 ' S, 159 59 ’ E], 5 September 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 13 November 1964, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Ngalivavatu, [9 30 ' S, 160 11 ’ E], 8 August 1963, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (BMNH); Nuhu, [9 22 ' S, 159 35 ’ E], 27 October 1965 - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Ruavatu, [9 28 ' S, 160 24 ’ E], 18 August 1955, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Suta, [9 41 ' S, 160 8 ’ E], 24 March 1955, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); same locality, 5 April 1963, coll. P. Greenslade - 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ (BMNH); same locality, 23 March 1965 - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Sutakiki R., elev. 2000 m, [9 40 ' S, 160 6 ’ E], 23 – 27 June 1956, coll. E. Brown - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); same locality, 5 April 1963, coll. P. Greenslade - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Tambalia, 30 km W Honiara, [9 17 ' S, 159 44 ’ E], 22 – 26 May 1964, coll. R Straatman - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); Tapenanje, elev. 1100 m, [9 26 ' S, 159 50 ’ E], 16 December 1953 - 20 December 1963, coll. J. Bradley - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Tasavtonga, [9 22 ' S, 159 52 ’ E], 1 – 30 March 1933, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Tenaru, [9 26 ' S, 160 5 ’ E], 7 November 1954, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Malaita, Poaunani, 5 September 1954, coll. E. Brown - 1 ♀ (BMNH); Su’u, [9 ° 7 ' S, 160 ° 56 ’ E], coll. W. Mann - 1 ♂ (AMNH); Nggela, Haleta, elev. 0 – 300 m, [9 5 ' S, 160 7 ’ E], 2 – 16 October 1964, coll. R. Straatman - 4 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ (BPBM); Russells, Karamula I., Cape Marsh, [9 4 ' S, 159 12 ’ E], coll. N. Hefferman - 3 ♀♀ (AM, BMNH); Somata, [9 4 ' S, 159 12 ’ E], 22 February 1934, coll. R. Lever - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Sikaiana, [8 25 ' S, 162 52 ’ E], 1 – 31 December 1972, coll. N. L. H. Krauss - 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂ (BPBM); St. Cristobal, camp 2, confluence of Warachito & Pagato Rivers, 6 – 7 mis. inland, [10 36 ' S, 162 3 ’ E], 24 July 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 1 ♀ (BMNH); St. Ysabel, coll. N. Hefferman - 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂ (AM); Fulakora, [8 21 ' S, 159 51 ’ E], coll. W. Mann - 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂ (AMNH); Kolotuve, 15 – 21 June 1960, coll. C. W. O’Brien - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); Rasa, [8 26 ' S, 159 46 ’ E], 20 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Tatamba, [8 23 ' S, 159 48 ’ E], 25 April 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); same locality, 24 May 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 7 February 1964, coll. M. McQuillan - 2 ♀♀ (BMNH); same locality, 28 September - 7 October 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Sule, Mboromole, elev. 200 m, [9 3 ' S, 160 18 ’ E], 29 – 30 October 1981, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Takopekope, [9 6 ' S, 160 14 ’ E], 12 September 1960, coll. C. W. O’Brien - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); Vella Lavella, Ulo Crater, elev. 10 m, [7 45 ' S, 156 40 ’ E], 7 – 21 December 1963, coll. P. Shanahan - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Widespread in Solomon Islands (Fig. 38) with a suspicious record from the Philippines. Comments. As it possesses reduced parameres which are fused with the proctiger, as well as elongate median penile plates which are fused together, Austromalaya ornatula is transferred to Solomonius. The remaining species of the genus Austromalaya Kirkaldy possess relatively well-developed claspers which are free from the proctiger and remain in that genus.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91297704FF1D7A84DB52FECE.taxon	description	(Figs. 28 G, 32 A-C, 34 C, 36 I, 37) Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville Is., Mutahi, elev. 1100 m, [5 ° 33 ' S, 155 ° 2 ’ E], 15 February 1968, coll. Tawi Bukam. Deposited in Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Testaceous with metallic green and white maculations. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible). Profemora with no series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with narrowly bilobed process. Medial penile plates medially with large tubercle and 1.5 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female deeply emarginate along posteromedial margin. Description. Body about 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 28 G). Head slightly longer than broad; juga shorter than tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin concave; anterolateral angle produced laterally as a small tubercle; anterolateral margins crenulate, carinate anteriorly; lateral angles produced into acute angle; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins scarcely becoming parallel prior to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced anteroventrally. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 2.1: 1. Peritreme 1 / 3 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 5 / 7 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through sixth abdominal sternites (second through fifth visible) sulcate. Femora unarmed. Color. Ground color testaceous with metallic green and white maculations. Antennal segment I dorsolaterally castaneous; segments II – V castaneous, sometimes testaceous basally. Pronotum with anterior portion testaceous with metallic green punctations, posterior portion creamy between metallic green punctations. Scutellar bulge dark / green metallic; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge testaceous. Forewing with mottling of ground color and creamy maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles on profemora castaneous; distal portion of tibiae darker than remainder; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen castaneous; labial sulcus testaceous. Male. Pygophore constricted around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 32 A – C). Ventral rim with median narrowly bilobed process (Fig. 32 A). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobes developed as small rounded carina, convexity directed dorsolaterally (Fig. 32 B, C); posterior lobes absent; posteroventral lobes apically acute, directed laterally (Fig. 32 A – C). Medial penile plates 1.7 X longer than broad, slightly swollen distally, medially with large tubercle (Fig. 34 C). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment broad, laterally with rounded lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment deeply emarginate on posterior margin. Gonocoxa of ninth segment narrow; posterior margin abruptly sinuate. Laterotergites of ninth segment subtriangular, rounded apically (Fig. 36 I). Secondary thickening of vagina intima tubular, 4 – 5 X longer than broad, pore to ductus recepticali opening at apex. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 22.0 SD 0.6 (21.3 – 22.8), anterior pronotal width 5.4 SD 0.2 (5.0 – 5.7), humeral width 10.7 SD 0.1 (10.5 – 10.9), scutellar length 7.6 SD <0.1 (7.6 – 7.8), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.2 SD <0.1 (1.1 – 1.3), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 3.6 SD 0.1 (3.5 – 3.9). Females (n = 5): body length 24.5 SD 0.5 (23.6 – 25.2), anterior pronotal width 5.8 SD 0.1 (5.7 – 6.0), humeral width 11.4 SD 0.4 (10.9 – 11.8), scutellar length 8.4 SD 0.1 (8.3 – 8.6), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.9 SD <0.1 (1.8 – 1.9), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.9 SD <0.1 (2.8 – 3.0). Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. Named in honor of David Rider, who graciously shared information with the author and patiently answered many questions about stink bugs. Paratypes. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville Is., - 1 ♂ (SAMA); Kokure, elev. 690 m, [6 ° 25 ' S, 155 ° 43 ’ E], 8 – 12 June 1956, coll. E. Ford - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Kokure, nr. Crown Prince Ra., elev. 900 m, 10 June 1956, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Kukugai Vill, elev. 150 m, 1 – 31 December 1960, coll. W. W. Brandt - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); Mt. Balbi, elev. 2000 – 2400 m, [5 ° 55 ' S, 154 ° 59 ’ E], 1 – 30 March 1968, coll. R. Straatman - 1 ♀ (BPBM); NE Mutahi, 15 km SE Tinputz, elev. 700 m, [5 ° 33 ' S, 155 ° 2 ’ E], 1 – 7 March 1968, coll. R. Straatman - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); same locality, 1 – 31 March 1968, coll. R. Straatman - 1 ♂ (BPBM); PHIL- IPPINE ISLANDS: Luzon, Los Banos, 19 – 20 September 1959, coll. L. W. Quate - 1 ♀ (BPBM). Distribution. Middle and upper elevational areas of Bougainville (Fig. 37), with a suspicious locality in the Philippines.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F912E7705FF1D7BC4DF37FDDE.taxon	description	(Fig. 27, 28 H, 32 D-F, 34 D, 36 J) Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Vella Lavella, Ulo Crater, elev. 10 m, 7 – 21 December 1963, coll. P. Shanahan. Deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Diagnosis. Metallic green with testaceous and red maculations. Labium reaching fourth abdominal sternite (third visible). Profemora with ventral series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with median bilobed process. Medial penile plates simple and 1.5 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female subquadrate, posterior margin becoming laterally lobed. Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 28 H). Head broader than long; juga shorter than the tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin linear, becoming concave medially; anterolateral angle entire; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), slightly carinate; lateral angles rounded to truncate; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins changing angle but not becoming parallel. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced dorsally. Labium reaching fourth abdominal sternite (third visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 1.7: 1. Peritreme 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 5 / 7 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second through fourth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of stout distally hooked spines; dorsal surface unarmed. Mesofemora and metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles; dorsally unarmed. Color. Ground color metallic green with testaceous and red maculations. Antennal segments I – II dorsolaterally testaceous; segment III with distal half castaneous; segment IV castaneous; segment V straminous. Pronotum metallic green, red medially. Scutellar bulge with dark maculations on the posterolateral portion; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge red. Forewing primarily of ground color; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs straminous with testaceous speckling; tubercles or profemora castaneous; tibiae with postmedial dark band; tarsi mostly straminous, segments I and III testaceous apically. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings discontinuous, restricted to area surrounding spiracle; medial area straminous. Male. Pygophore slightly constricted around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 32 D – F). Ventral rim with median bilobed process (Fig. 32 D). Dorsolateral lobes with anterior flange absent (Fig. 32 E, F); posterior lobes well developed, rounded, directed entad; posteroventral lobes narrowly acute, directed anterolaterally (Fig. 32 D – F). Medial penile plates relatively broad for genus, 1.5 X longer than broad (Fig. 34 D). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment broad, lobes obsolete. Gonocoxa of eighth segment subquadrate with low, broad lateral lobe. Gonocoxa of ninth segment broad; posterior margin deeply emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment slightly triangular apically (Fig. 32 J). Secondary thickening of vagina intima subquadrate, semihemispherical, pore to ductus recepticali opening at apex. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 18.5 SD 2.4 (15.6 – 21.3), anterior pronotal width 4.5 SD 0.6 (3.7 – 5.3), humeral width 9.4 SD 1.1 (8.0 – 10.7), scutellar length 6.6 SD 0.8 (5.5 – 7.6), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.8 SD 0.1 (0.6 – 1.0), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 3.5 SD 0.4 (3.1 – 4.0). Females (n = 5): body length 23.9 SD 0.6 (23.1 – 24.7), anterior pronotal width 5 SD 0.1 (4.8 – 5.2), humeral width 10.7 SD 0.2 (10.4 – 11), scutellar length 7.7 SD 0.2 (7.4 – 7.9), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.7 SD <0.1 (1.7 – 1.8), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.2 SD 0.1 (2.0 – 2.3). Appendages in Table 5. Etymology. Named in honor of Carl W. Schaefer, the author’s adviser, in appreciation of his sage advice, rosemary wit, thymely counsel, and good-hearted friendship during the course of this study. Ρaratype ⁵ ̣ SOLOMON ISLANDS: Gizo Island, elev. 1 – 120 m, [8 ° 6 ' S, 156 ° 51 ’ E], 11 July 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 16 – 26 April 1964, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Guadalcanal, 1927 - 1 ♂ (holotype) (AMNH); Vella Lavella, [7 ° 45 ' S, 156 ° 40 ’ E], 15 November 1927 - 1 ♂ (AMNH); Kow, elev. 30 m, 25 November 1963, coll. P. Shanahan - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BPBM); Pusisama, 14 – 29 November 1963, coll. P. Shanahan - 8 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂ (BPBM); Ulo Crater, elev. 10 m, 7 – 21 December 1963, coll. P. Shanahan - 22 ♀♀, 26 ♂♂ (BPBM). Distribution. Northern New Georgia Group, and a single specimen from Guadalcanal (Fig. 27).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F912F7706FF1D78D4D8D4F9B6.taxon	description	(Figs. 29 E, 32 G-I, 34 E, 35 B, 36 K, 38) Holotype. SOLOMON ISLANDS: Kolombangara, [no specific locality given], 6 June 1922, coll. E. Armytage. Deposited in British Museum of Natural History. Diagnosis. Testaceous to pale olivaceous with dark sometimes metallic markings. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible). Profemora with ventral and dorsal series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with median bilobed process. Medial penile plates distally with small median carina and 2.4 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female with deeply emarginate posterior margin. Description. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 29 E). Head broader than long; juga shorter than tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin linear becoming concave medially; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), explanate; lateral angles rounded to truncate; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins changing angle but not becoming parallel. Bucculae with anteroventral angle acute, produced dorsally and acute, produced anteriorly. Labium reaching sixth abdominal sternite (fifth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 1.8: 1. Peritreme less than 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 5 / 7 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through sixth abdominal sternites (second through fifth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of small stout tubercles; dorsal surface armed with small stout tubercles. Meso- and metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Color. Ground color testaceous to pale olivaceous with black to metallic markings and punctations. Antennal segment I straminous; segments II – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum marked with four dark triangular maculations on the posterior margin. Scutellar bulge with dark maculations on posterolateral portion; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous with lateral dark maculations. Forewing with mottling of ground color and darker maculations; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs of ground color; tubercles or profemora castaneous; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band; medial area straminous. Male. Pygophore constricted around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 32 G – I). Ventral rim with median bilobed process (Fig. 32 G). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobes auriculate, posterior margin rounded with concavity oriented ectad (Fig. 32 H, I); posterior lobes absent; posteroventral lobes acute, apically rounded, directed laterally (Fig. 32 G – I). Medial penile plates 2.4 X longer than broad; distal tip with small medial carina (Fig. 34 E). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment with small pair of blunt lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment deeply emarginate medially, anterior and lateral portions sometimes covered by seventh sternite (sixth visible), making gonocoxa appear as narrow fingerlike lobes. Gonocoxa of ninth segment narrow; posterior margin entire to slightly emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment appearing relatively elongate because of emargination of gonocoxa of eighth segment; apex subtriangular, rounded (Fig. 36 K). Secondary thickening of vagina intima tubular, 3 – 4 X longer than broad, compressed, pore to ductus recepticali opening at apex (Fig. 35 B). Measurements. Males (n = 8): body length 16.4 SD 0.4 (15.6 – 17.1), anterior pronotal width 4.0 SD <0.1 (3.9 – 4.2), humeral width 8.2 SD 0.3 (7.6 – 8.6), scutellar length 5.9 SD 0.4 (5.2 – 6.4), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.0 SD 0.1 (0.9 – 1.2), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.7 SD 0.2 (2.4 – 3.0). Females (n = 5): body length 16.5 SD 0.9 (15.5 – 17.9), anterior pronotal width 4.1 SD <0.1 (4.1 – 4.3), humeral width 8.3 SD 0.3 (7.9 – 8.9), scutellar length 5.8 SD 0.3 (5.5 – 6.3), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.5 SD 0.2 (1.3 – 1.9), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.3 SD 0.1 (2.2 – 2.7). Appendages in Table 5. Variation. Venter of abdomen sometimes with lateral markings forming an undulating castaneous stripe joining the spiracles. Etymology. From the Latin word viatorius — of or belonging to a journey; reflecting the broad distribution of this species within the New Georgia Group in the Solomon Islands. Paratypes. SOLOMON ISLANDS: 10 May 1922 - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gizo Island, [8 ° 6 ' S, 156 ° 51 ’ E], - 1 ♂ (AMNH); same locality, 21 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♂ (BMNH); 16 – 26 April 1964, coll. J. & M. Sedlacek - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Kolombangara, base camp, 1 mi. inland from Kuzi by Kolombara R., 2 September 1965, coll. Royal Society Expedition - 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Gollifer’s Camp, elev. 100 m, 22 – 24 January 1964, coll. P. Shanahan - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Hunda (Pokoroko), ridge, [8 ° 3 ' S, 157 ° ‘ E], 19 March 1992, coll. D. Fisher - 1 ♂ (AM); Kukundum SW coast, elev. 1 – 12 m, [8 ° 1 ' S, 156 ° 57 ’ E], 10 July 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 2 ♂♂ (BPBM); Pepele, elev. 30 m, [8 ° 3 ' S, 156 ° 58 ’ E], 7 February 1964, coll. P. Shanahan - 1 ♂ (BPBM); New Georgia, - [no specific locality] 1 ♀ (BMNH); Barike River, 19 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 uncertain (BMNH); Munda, elev. 0 – 200 m, [8 ° 19 ' S, 157 ° 15 ’ E], 14 – 15 July 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); same locality, 14 – 20 August 1963, coll. M. McQuillan - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); same locality, 1 – 30 November 1975, coll. N. Krauss - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Rendova, [8 ° 26 ' S, 157 ° 20 ’ E], 7 October 1954, coll. E. S. Brown - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Buruku, summit of Rendova Pk., elev. 1050 m, [8 ° 28 ' S, 157 ° 21 ’ E], 17 July 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Egolo, elev. 1 – 10 m, [8 ° 24 ' S, 157 ° 22 ’ E], 16 July 1959, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Vangunu, [8 ° 38 ' S, 158 ° ‘ E], 20 July 1925 - 1 ♂ (AMNH); Vella Lavella, Pusisama, [7 ° 45 ' S, 156 ° 40 ’ E], 14 – 29 November 1963, coll. P. Shanahan - 3 ♀♀ (BPBM); Ulo Crater, elev. 10 m, [7 ° 45 ' S, 156 ° 40 ’ E], 7 – 21 December 1963, coll. P. Shanahan - 1 ♀ (BPBM). Distribution. New Georgia Group (Fig. 38).	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F912C7718FF1D7C4CD9AFFE9E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Metallic green to bronze with some straminous and testaceous markings. Labium reaching fifth abdominal sternite (fourth visible). Profemora with ventral series of tubercles. Ventral rim of pygophore with narrowly bilobed process. Medial penile plates distally swollen with small median carina and 2 x longer than broad. Eighth gonocoxae of female broadly subtriangular. Redescription. Body 2 X longer than broad (Fig. 28 I). Head broader than long; juga shorter than tylus. Pronotum with anterior margin linear becoming concave medially; anterolateral angle produced laterally as small tubercle; anterolateral margins subentire (some vague crenulations anteriorly), explanate; lateral angles produced into acute angle; posterior margin slightly concave. Scutellum with lateral margins becoming briefly parallel prior to apex. Bucculae with anteroventral angle rounded and acute, produced anteriorly. Labium reaching fifth abdominal sternite (fourth visible); ratios of labial segments 1: 1.7: 1.6: 1. Peritreme less than 1 / 2 as long as distance from ostiole of metathoracic scent gland to lateral margin of metapleuron. Episternal ridge located 2 / 3 of distance between ostiole of metathoracic scent gland and lateral margin of metapleuron. Third through fifth abdominal sternites (second through fourth visible) sulcate. Profemora with ventral row of stout distally hooked spines or small stout tubercles; dorsal surface unarmed. Mesofemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Metafemora with row of small ventral tubercles. Color. Ground color bronze with some straminous and testaceous areas. Antennal segments I – III castaneous; segments IV – V with distal half castaneous. Pronotum almost entirely bronze. Scutellar bulge of ground color; anterolateral excavations black; median longitudinal ridge straminous. Forewing primarily of the ground color, sometimes with straminous proximal and distal areas; membrane testaceous. Labium straminous to testaceous, apical portion of labial segment IV castaneous. Legs testaceous with castaneous speckling; tubercles or profemora castaneous. Tibiae uniformly castaneous; tarsi distally and ventrally dark. Venter of abdomen with lateral markings forming a wide continuous castaneous band; medial area testaceous medially. Male. Pygophore constricted around bases of dorsolateral lobes (Fig. 32 J – L). Ventral rim with median narrowly bilobed process (Fig. 32 J). Anterior flange of dorsolateral lobes developed as small rounded carina, convexity directed dorsally (Fig. 32 K, L); posterior lobes present, rounded, directed entad; posteroventral lobes narrowly acute, directed anterolaterally (Fig. 32 J – L). Medial penile plates little more than 2 X longer than broad; distal portion slightly swollen with small medial carina (Fig. 34 F). Female. Laterotergites of eighth segment broad with small pair of lobes. Gonocoxa of eighth segment broadly subtriangular, exposing all of gonocoxa of ninth segment. Gonocoxa of ninth segment broad; posterior margin distinctly emarginate. Laterotergites of ninth segment broad with undulate anterolateral carina, triangular apically. Gonopophyses of ninth segment with small median pore of unknown homology located between scrotumlike lobes of gonocoxa of ninth segment (Fig. 36 L). Secondary thickening of vagina intima short, as long as broad, distally bilobed, pore to ductus recepticali opening in distal emargination. Measurements. Males (n = 5): body length 17.3 SD 0.7 (16.4 – 18.3), anterior pronotal width 4.1 SD <0.1 (4.0 – 4.2), humeral width 8.6 SD 0.2 (8.2 – 8.9), scutellar length 6.3 SD 0.5 (5.5 – 6.7), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 0.8 SD 0.1 (0.7 – 1.0), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 3.1 SD 0.1 (2.9 – 3.2). Females (n = 5): body length 18.0 SD 0.2 (17.7 – 18.3), anterior pronotal width 4.1 SD <0.1 (4.1 – 4.2), humeral width 8.8 SD 0.1 (8.7 – 9.1), scutellar length 6.8 SD 0.3 (6.3 – 7.1), medial length of sixth sternite (fifth visible) 1.5 SD 0.1 (1.4 – 1.7), medial length of seventh sternite (sixth visible) 2.1 SD <0.1 (2.0 – 2.2). Appendages in Table 5. Specimens examined. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bougainville Is., 1 – 30 November 1928 - 2 ♂♂ (AMNH); Boku, [6 ° 34 ' S, 155 ° 21 ’ E], 4 June 1956, coll. E. Ford - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Kokure, elev. 690 m, [6 ° 25 ' S, 155 ° 43 ’ E], 8 – 12 June 1956, coll. E. Ford - 7 ♀♀ (BPBM); Kukugai Vill, elev. 150 m, 1 – 31 December 1960, coll. W. W. Brandt - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Mt. Balbi, elev. 2000 – 2400 m, [5 ° 55 ' S, 154 ° 59 ’ E], 1 – 30 March 1968, coll. R. Straatman - 2 ♀♀ (BPBM); NE Mutahi, 15 km SE Tinputz, elev. 700 m, [5 ° 33 ' S, 155 ° 2 ’ E], 1 – 31 March 1968, coll. R. Straatman - 5 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂ (BPBM); Simba Mission, 2 July 1956, coll. E. Ford - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Togerao, elev. 600 m, 15 – 21 April 1968, coll. R Straatman - 1 ♂ (BPBM); Buka, Gagan, elev. 40 m, [5 ° 14 ' S, 154 ° 37 ’ E], 4 – 16 June 1956, coll. J. L. Gressitt - 4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂ (BPBM); Kehisa, 35 km NE of Sohano Bay, [5 ° 27 ' S, 154 ° 40 ’ E], 17 – 18 December 1964, coll. R. Straatman - 1 ♀ (BPBM); Solomon Islands: - 1 ♂ (BMNH); Shortlands Il., [6 ° 55 ' S, 155 ° 53 ’ E], coll. C. Ribbe - 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (BMNH); Nila, [7 ° 5 ' S, 155 ° 52 ’ E], 24 February 1962, coll. M. McQuillan - 2 ♀♀ (SAMA). Distribution. Bougainville and Shortlands Islands (Fig. 38). Comments. As it possesses reduced parameres which are fused with the proctiger, as well as elongate median penile plates which are fused together, Dalpada viridula is transferred to Solomonius. The remaining species of the genus Dalpada Amyot and Serville possess relatively well-developed claspers which are free from the proctiger, and therefore those species remain in that genus.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
03CA8F0F91327718FF1D7BC1D98BFA73.taxon	discussion	Comments. Examination of the female holotype of this species revealed that it is clearly not a member of the genus Auxentius or of any genus within the Solomonius - group. The eighth gonocoxae are extremely large and foliaceous compared to the almost obsolete eighth gonocoxae of Auxentius. Male specimens matched to the holotype have apparent parameres that are large and produced outside of the pygophore. The species is tentatively placed in the genus Baracellus based on the female genitalia. Biogeography of the Solomonius - group. Most contemporary geological analyses suggest that the geological history of the Indo – Pacific area is a complex assemblage of multiple island arc systems that have on occasion accreted onto continental plates. Northern New Guinea exemplifies this type of geological phenomenon, being composed of a several waves of overthrusted and onramped terranes associated with island arc systems (Polhemus 1996, and Polhemus and Polhemus 1998). This mobilistic interpretation (Hamilton 1988) of the region has helped make plausible the distribution patterns of some taxa (see Polhemus 1996 for a review) whose distribution seemed inexplicable under a stabilist interpretation. Most genera within the Solomonius - group are restricted to specific island arc terranes, a pattern characteristic of taxa whose distribution is heavily influenced by Indo – Pacific tectonics. Solomonius is restricted to the Solomons Arc with one unusual species, S. foetidus, associated with the Papuan Ophiolite (Figs. 15, 37, 38). Auxentius is almost entirely restricted to the Sepik Arc of New Guinea (Figs. 11 – 13). Brizica is distributed across both the Sepik Arc and North New Guinea Terranes, but individual species are generally restricted to one or the other (Figs. 21, 23). The genus Anchises is the only member with continental distribution, restricted to the Australian continental craton (Fig. 4). Additional investigation into the phylogeny of this group is essential to understanding its origins and historical biogeography.	en	WALL, MICHAEL A. (2007): A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1539 (1): 1-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1539.1.1
