Paralygocoris, Yasunaga, 2024

Yasunaga, Tomohide, 2024, New genera and species of the ‘ Lygus-complex’ ranging from the Himalaya-Oriental to the Wallacea region (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 72, pp. 371-423 : 408

Key to species of Paralygocoris , new genus

1. Vertex pale, without significant dark pattern; labium exceeding apex of mesocoxa, reaching middle or apex of metacoxal ...2

– Vertex with a pair of dark, symmetrical striae; labium shorter, not reaching apex of mesocoxa ..............................................3

2. Body larger, more than 4.9 mm in total length; antennomere II fuscous; scutellum distinctly darkened mesally; currently considered endemic to Sulawesi ............................................... ...................... P. vittulatus ( Poppius, 1914) , new combination

– Body shorter than 4.5 mm; antennomere II and scutellum creamy yellow; Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sumatra ..... ........... P. alboscutellatus ( Carvalho, 1987) , new combination

3. Antennomere II almost uniformly fuscous; clavus entirely darkened; apical part of corium with dark V-shaped macula; S. China, Indochina, W. Malaysia............................................ ......... P. meridionalis (Lu & Zheng, 2004) , new combination

– Basal part of antennomere II pale; inner part of clavus darkened; apical part of corium with a brown ovoid spot; Bali .............. ............................................................. P. balicus , new species