identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
33319D3BFFFF1A2DFF55CA834F43FCB7.text	33319D3BFFFF1A2DFF55CA834F43FCB7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops graziae Brailovsky 2021	<div><p>Petalops graziae sp. nov.</p> <p>(Fig. 13)</p> <p>Description. Female. Dorsal coloration. Head black with tylus, antenniferous tubercle, space close to eyes and discoidal spot at midline of vertex yellow; preocular space black; postocular space yellow with upper border black; antennal segment I black, II–III black with basal ring yellow and IV black with subbasal ring yellow; pronotum dark brown with bluish green reflections; upper border of collar and anterior half of anterolateral borders yellow; scutellum dark brown with bluish green reflections and apex yellow; clavus and corium dark brown with bluish green reflections; claval and corial veins, reddish brown; hemelytral membrane pale brown with basal angle darker; connexival segments III–VII almost black, with some yellow reflections. Ventral coloration. Head including the buccula pale yellow with two narrow lateral pale brown stripes close to eyes; rostral segments I–II dark castaneous, III–IV pale castaneous; pro-, meso-, and metasternum pale yellow; pro-, meso-, and metapleuron pale yellow with a shiny dark brown longitudinal stripe running on outer face of sternum and covering the pro-, meso-, and metaacetabulae; anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme yellow; coxae yellow with upper margin shiny brown; trochanters, femora, tibiae and tarsi dark reddish castaneous with spines black; abdominal sterna and genital plates pale yellow; pleural margins yellow, with upper borders black, leaving a narrow yellow stripe parallel to anterior margins of sternites. Structure. Rostrum reaching anterior border of abdominal sternite III; humeral angles with acute spine directed backward; posterolateral borders of pronotum with four, short, stout spines; hind femora are not incrassate.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Measurements (mm). Female. Body length 18.30; head length 1.98; head width across eyes 2.66; interocular distance 1.00; preocular distance 0.92; interocellar distance 0.43; antennal segments: I 4.15, II 4.03, III 2.98, IV 5.78; rostral segments: I 1.50, II 1.52, III 1.57, IV 1.15; pronotum: total length 3.28; maximum width across humeral angles including the spine 5.33; scutellum: length 2.41, width 1.92.</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE female: BRAZIL: Rondonia, 62 km SE Ariquemes, 7–18-XI-1995, W. F. Hanson (UNAM).</p> <p>Discussion. This species is included in the “ thoracicus ” group and is distinguished by having the head, thorax, abdominal sterna and genital plates almost entirely pale yellow; the connexival segments III–VII black with a narrow vertical yellow stripe parallel to anterior margin of sternites; and pronotal disk dark brown with bluish green reflections and only anterior border of collar and anterior half of anterolateral borders yellow. It resembles P. ambiguus in having the hind femora unicolored, pronotal calli black, abdominal sterna III–VII pale yellow to pale yellowish orange, dorsal abdominal segments III–IV and basal half of V black and apical half of V and VI–VII shiny orange (posterior margin of VII black). In P. graziae sp. nov., the thorax is yellow with shiny dark brown longitudinal stripe running across outer face of sternum and covered pro-, meso-, and meta-acetabulae; the connexival segments III–VII black with narrow vertical yellow stripe parallel to anterior margin of sternites; and anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme pale yellow. In P. ambiguus the thorax is reddish orange with bluish green reflections; the connexival segments III–VII pale yellowish orange; and anterior and posterior lobe of metathoracic peritreme black.</p> <p>Distribution. Known only from Brazil</p> <p>Etymology. This species is named in honor of Dra. Jocelia Grazia, distinguished Brazilian hemipterist, friend for many years and leading worker on Pentatomidae with several seminal papers.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFF1A2DFF55CA834F43FCB7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFFC1A2CFF55CDDF4EECFEF7.text	33319D3BFFFC1A2CFF55CDDF4EECFEF7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops jactatus Brailovsky 2021	<div><p>Petalops jactatus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Fig. 14)</p> <p>Description. Female. Dorsal coloration. Head and antennal segments I–II pale orange; III–IV missing; pronotum pale orange with posterior margin dark orange with bluish green reflections; scutellum dark brown, with bluish green reflections and lateral margins and apex pale yellow; clavus brown, vein pale orange and surface with bluish green reflections; corium pale brown, costal and apical borders and veins pale orange and surface scattered with bluish green reflections; hemelytral membrane pale brown with basal angle darker; connexival segments III–VII pale orange with posterior border of VI–VII black; segments VIII–IX dark orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, VII black with middle third of anterior margin pale orange and VIII–IX black. Ventral coloration. Head, rostrum, thorax, anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme, fore and middle legs, and coxae, trochanters, tibiae and tarsi of hind leg shiny pale orange; hind femora pale reddish orange with most of the spines black; abdominal sterna III–VI pale shiny orange, VII black with lateral margins pale shiny orange, gonocoxa I and paratergite IX black, and paratergite VIII with anterior half pale orange and posterior half black; pleural abdominal margins III–VII pale yellowish orange with posterior angle of VI and VII black. Structure. Rostrum reaching anterior border of abdominal sternite III; humeral angles with stout spine directed outward and slightly backward; posterolateral borders of pronotum with four, short, stout spines; hind femora slightly incrassate.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Measurements (mm). Female. Body length 18.06; head length 1.98; head width across eyes 2.17; interocular distance 0.93; preocular distance 0.97; interocellar distance 0.30; antennal segments: I 2.72, II 3.10, III–IV missing; rostral segments: I 1.40, II 1.45, III 1.73, IV 1.10; pronotum: total length 3.47; maximum width across humeral angles including the spine 5.70; scutellum: length 2.35, width 2.08.</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE female: ECUADOR: Oriente, San Pablo de Kantesiya, 17-IV-1985, G. Couturier (UNAM).</p> <p>Discussion. This new species belong to “ distinguendus “ group and is related to P. proletarius and P. virago by having antennal segments I–II pale orange to castaneous orange, hind femora unicolored, and pronotal disk without wide yellow to orange transverse band running below calli. Petalops jactatus sp. nov. differs from other species by having the head dorsally and meta-acetabulae pale orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, VII black with middle third of anterior margin pale orange, and VIII–IX black. In P. proletarius and P. virago the head dorsally is black with the space between eye and ocelli and short longitudinal stripe between ocelli pale yellow; meta-acetabulae black to dark castaneous with bluish-green reflections; and dorsal abdominal segments III–IX black with pale yellow median longitudinal stripe running from III to middle third of VII segment.</p> <p>Distribution. Only known from Ecuador.</p> <p>Etymology. From the Latin “ jacto-tatus ” meaning boasting, bragging; make gestures, display ostentatiously.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFC1A2CFF55CDDF4EECFEF7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFFD1A2BFF55CF1F488AFF3E.text	33319D3BFFFD1A2BFF55CF1F488AFF3E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops lautus Brailovsky 2021	<div><p>Petalops lautus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Fig. 5)</p> <p>Description. Female. Dorsal coloration. Head pale castaneous orange; dorsal face of antennal segment I pale castaneous orange and ventral face pale orange, II–III pale castaneous orange (IV missing); ocellar tubercle and pit black; pronotum dark castaneous orange; calli and collar pale orange; punctures dark reddish castaneous with posterior margin including the humeral spine and posterolateral margins darker; scutellum dark brown with lateral margins, apex, and wide longitudinal stripe running across middle third pale yellow; clavus and corium brown; costal and apical borders, and claval and corial veins pale yellow; hemelytral membrane brown; basal angle darker; scutellar disk, clavus and corium with bluish green reflections; connexival segments III–VII pale yellow with apical angle of segment VI–VII and segments VIII–IX black; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale yellowish orange, VII black with anterior margin at midline pale yellowish orange and VIII–IX black. Ventral coloration. Head pale orange; rostral segments I–IV pale yellow (apex of IV brown); thorax shiny orange; pro-, meso-, meta-acetabulae, posterior half of propleuron, posterior margin of meso-, and metapleuron, and anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme yellow; meta-acetabulae and posterior margin of pro-, and metapleura scattered with bluish green reflections; fore and middle leg pale yellowish orange; hind leg with coxae and trochanters pale yellowish orange; femora tricolored with basal half pale yellowish orange, posterior half shiny orange with distal joint and wide ring near middle third black; tibiae pale shiny orange with apical third and tarsi pale yellow; abdominal sterna III–VI pale shiny orange, VII pale shiny orange with posterior margin black; paratergite VIII–IX dark yellow with posterior border black; gonocoxa I black with lateral angle yellowish orange. Structure. Rostrum reaching anterior border of abdominal sternite III; humeral angles with stout spine directed outward and slightly backward; posterolateral borders of pronotum with four, short, stout spines.</p> <p>Male. Unknown.</p> <p>Measurements (mm). Female. Body length 18.67; head length 2.10; head width across eyes 2.23; interocular distance 0.98; preocular distance 1.05; interocellar distance 0.32; antennal segments: I 2.60, II 3.03, III 2.66, IV missing; rostral segments: I 1.25, II 1.25, III 1.55, IV 1.05; pronotum: total length 3.22; maximum width across humeral angles including the spine 5.89; scutellum: length 2.23, width 2.17.</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE female: COLOMBIA: Meta, Parque Nacional La Macarena, Bocas, Rio Guajar, I – IV-1988, A. Medina (UNDC).</p> <p>Distribution. Only known from Colombia.</p> <p>Discussion. Petalops lautus is included in the “ distinguendus ” group and distinguished from other species by having antennal segments I–III pale castaneous orange (IV missing); hind femora tricolored, basal half pale yellowish orange, posterior half shiny orange with distal joint and wide ring near midline black; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale yellowish orange, VII black with anterior margin at middle third pale yellowish orange, and VIII–IX black; pronotal disk castaneous orange; calli and collar pale orange; posterior margin darker, without yellow transverse band and lacking bluish green reflections.</p> <p>In P. thoracicus resembling the new species both the hind femora are bicolored, yellow with two black rings, one near midline, the second at apex; dorsal abdominal segments III–IX pale yellow; antennal segment I with basal half or more yellow and apical half or less black, and segments II–III black to dark brown with or without basal joint pale yellow; pronotal disk with yellow transversal band which spreads anteriorly along anterolateral margins.</p> <p>Petalops occulta has the hind femora bicolored with anterior half black and posterior half shiny orange with apex black; and pronotal disk and meta-acetabulae densely tinged with bluish green reflections. In P. distinguendus Breddin and P. necopinus the hind femora are also bicolored but with anterior half yellow and posterior half black. Petalops distinguendus is separated by having the dorsal abdominal segments III–IX black with yellow longitudinal stripe running from III to anterior third of VIII; and P. necopinus is segregated by having on the pronotal disk a yellow transverse band which spreads anteriorly along anterolateral margins.</p> <p>Distribution. Only known from Colombia.</p> <p>Etymology. From the Latin, “ lauta-us”, meaning washed, neat, elegant.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFD1A2BFF55CF1F488AFF3E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFFA1A2BFF55CF5749CEF8C2.text	33319D3BFFFA1A2BFF55CF5749CEF8C2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops necopinus Brailovsky 2021	<div><p>Petalops necopinus sp. nov.</p> <p>(Fig. 6)</p> <p>Description. Male. Dorsal coloration. Head yellowish orange with two broad longitudinal black stipes running lateral to midline; inner angle of antenniferous tubercles, preocular area, ocellar tubercles, upper border of postocular area and neck black; antennal segment I pale yellowish orange with basal joint and narrow apical ring black; segments II and III pale yellowish orange with basal joint creamy yellow and narrow apical ring black; segment IV missing; pronotum brown with bluish green reflections; pronotal disk with a yellow transverse band which spreads anteriorly along the anterolateral margins; scutellum brown with bluish green reflections; lateral margins and apex yellow; clavus and corium brown with bluish green reflections; costal and apical margin, and claval and corial veins yellow; hemelytral membrane brown with basal angle darker; connexival segments III–VII pale orange with upper border yellow; dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, VII pale orange with posterior margin black. Ventral coloration. Head including the buccula brownish orange with pale yellow stripes behind eyes; rostral segments I–II pale castaneous, III–IV yellow (apex of IV brown); pro-, and metasternum castaneous; mesosternum pale orange; proacetabulae black with bluish-green reflections and anteriorly with yellow short, narrow longitudinal stripe; meso- and meta-acetabulae including the supracoxal spine black with bluish-green reflections; propleuron and mesopleuron reddish orange with upper margin darker and tinged with bluish-green reflections; metapleuron reddish orange; anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme black; coxae shiny black; fore and middle trochanter yellow; hind trochanter shiny black; fore and middle femora, tibiae and tarsi pale yellowish orange with femoral spines brown; hind femur with anterior half pale yellow and posterior half shiny black; spines and tubercles black; hind tibiae pale yellowish orange with anterior third dark shiny brown, and spines brown except the posterior spines yellowish orange; hind tarsi pale yellowish orange; abdominal sterna II–VI pale yellowish orange, VII pale yellowish orange with posterior border black; pleural abdominal margins III–VII and rim of abdominal spiracles pale yellowish orange; genital capsule black. Structure. Rostrum reaching anterior margin of abdominal sternite III; humeral angles with acute spine directed backward; posterolateral borders of pronotum with small tubercles; hind femora incrassate, with two rows of acute and strong spines; basal third with three rows of short tubercles, and near basal angle with one stout and short spine.</p> <p>Female. Unknown.</p> <p>Measurements (mm). Male. Body length 20.45; head length 2.29; head width across eyes 2.66; interocular distance 1.00; preocular distance 1.00; interocellar distance 0.42; antennal segments: I 3.59, II 3.53, III 2.91, IV missing; rostral segments: I 1.50, II 1.50, III 1.94, IV 1.30; pronotum: total length 3.65; maximum width across humeral angles including the spine 6. 13; scutellum: length 2.66, width 2.17.</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE male: PERU: Department of Loreto, 100 mi NE Iquitos, Explornapo Camp, 23–30-VI-1991, S. W. Dunkle (UNAM).</p> <p>Discussion. This species is included in the “ distinguendus ” group and recognized by having the hind femur bicolored with anterior half pale yellow and posterior half black; pronotal disk brown with bluish-green reflections, and a yellow transverse band, which spreads anteriorly along lateral margins; and abdominal sterna pale yellowish orange with posterior border of sternite VII and genital capsule black. Petalops distinguendus, a closely related species has also the hind femur bicolored with anterior half yellow and posterior half black, but the pronotal disk is pale castaneous orange with bluish-green reflections, without yellow transverse band which spreads anteriorly along anterolateral margins.</p> <p>Distribution. Only known from Peru.</p> <p>Etymology. From the Latín, “unexpected”.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFA1A2BFF55CF5749CEF8C2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CEAE4A8EFDB6.text	33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CEAE4A8EFDB6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops ambiguus Brailovsky 1991	<div><p>Petalops ambiguus Brailovsky, 1991</p> <p>(Fig. 9)</p> <p>Petalops ambiguus Brailovsky, 1991: 454–458.</p> <p>General distribution. Previously known only from Colombia (Villavicencio and Meta) (Brailovsky 1991, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2019, ITIS 2019).</p> <p>Material examined. New country records: ECUADOR: 1 female, Sucumbios, Cuyabeno, 300 m, 25-XII- 1994, I. Wart (CMNH); 1 female, Sucumbios, Rio Aguarico, Sacha Pacha, IX-1991, E. S. Ross (CASC); 1 male, Napo, Yasuni, 250 m, 29-XI-1997 (PUCE). PERU: 1 female, Loreto Prov., Explorama Inn, 25 mi NE Iquitos, 25- VI-1990, S. Dunkle (UNAM).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CEAE4A8EFDB6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CCDC4E59FBED.text	33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CCDC4E59FBED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops bellator Brailovsky 1991	<div><p>Petalops bellator Brailovsky, 1991</p> <p>(Fig. 4)</p> <p>Petalops bellator Brailovsky, 1991: 458–459.</p> <p>General distribution. Previously known only from Ecuador (Tena, Puerto Misahualli) (Brailovsky 1991, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2019, ITIS 2019).</p> <p>Material examined. New records: COLOMBIA: 1 male, Boyaca (Casanare) Aguaclara, Hcda. Don Antonio, 600 m, 15–20-III-1970 (UNAM); 1 female, Meta, Caño Grande, 500 m, I-1941, L. Richter (UNDC). ECUADOR: 1 female, Pastaza Prov., Shell, Unidad Militar Amazonas, Descanso Iwia, 19-XII-2001, R. Diaz (UNAM).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CCDC4E59FBED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CA294A62FA67.text	33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CA294A62FA67.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops luteomaculosus Brailovsky 1991	<div><p>Petalops luteomaculosus Brailovsky, 1991</p> <p>(Fig. 15)</p> <p>Petalops luteomaculosus Brailovsky, 1991: 459–461.</p> <p>General distribution. Previously known only from Brazil (Para, Santarem) (Brailovsky 1991, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2019, ITIS 2019).</p> <p>Material examined. New country records: COLOMBIA: 1 male, Mitu Vaupes, 6–17- VII- 1990, L. Peña (UNAM).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CA294A62FA67	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CBAE4F01F86A.text	33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CBAE4F01F86A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops occulta Brailovsky 1991	<div><p>Petalops occulta Brailovsky, 1991</p> <p>(Fig. 7)</p> <p>Petalops occulta Brailovsky, 1991: 464.</p> <p>General distribution. Previously known only from French Guiana (St. Jean du Maroni) (Brailovsky 1991, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2019, ITIS 2019).</p> <p>Material examined. New country records: ECUADOR: 1 female, Napo, SC Yasuni, 3-VI-1997, G. Onore (PUCE); 1 female, Oriente, San Carlos de Coca, 24-IV-1985, G. Couturier (MHNP). FRENCH GUIANA: 1 female, Chuttes Voltaire, 10-XII-1996, R. Garrouste (MHNP); 1 female, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-53.209446&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=3.622778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -53.209446/lat 3.622778)">Belvedere de Saül</a>, 250 m, 3°37’22’’N – 53°12’34’’W, 17-I-2011, P. H. Dalens, S. Brülle, S. Fernandes (MNHP). VENEZUELA: 1 female, Barinas, Reserva Forestal, Caparo Camp, 100 m, 6–14-VIII-1969, J. Salcedo, F. Zambrano (UNAM).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFFB1A2AFF55CBAE4F01F86A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFF61A27FF55CEE64E35FDFE.text	33319D3BFFF61A27FF55CEE64E35FDFE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops thoracicus (Thunberg 1783)	<div><p>Petalops thoracicus (Thunberg)</p> <p>(Fig. 8)</p> <p>Cimex thoracicus Thunberg, 1783: 39.</p> <p>General distribution. Recorded from Bolivia, Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, French Guiana, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela (Brailovsky 1991, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2019, ITIS 2019).</p> <p>Material examined. New country records: ECUADOR: 1 female, Sucumbios, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-76.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-0.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -76.5/lat -0.5)">Sacha Lodge</a>, 260 m, 0.5°S – 76.5°W, 4–14-III-1994, P. Hibbs (LACM); 1 male, Rio Zamora (PUCE). PANAMA: 2 females, Panama Pr., P. N. Darien, Pirre, Est. Rancho Frio, 80 m, 20-III–5-IV-2000, Cambra, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.66505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.503366" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.66505/lat 9.503366)">Santos</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.66505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.503366" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.66505/lat 9.503366)">Bermudez</a> (MIUP; 1 female, Colon Pr., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-79.66505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=9.503366" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -79.66505/lat 9.503366)">Rio Guanche</a>, 5 km S. Portobello, 100 ft, 9°30.202’N – 79°39.903’W, 18-VII-1999, J. C. Schaffner (TAMU).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFF61A27FF55CEE64E35FDFE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
33319D3BFFF61A26FF55CC174EF9FE91.text	33319D3BFFF61A26FF55CC174EF9FE91.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843	<div><p>Key to known species of Petalops</p> <p>1 Antennal segments I–III black with or without basal joint of segments II–III pale yellow; antennal segment IV black with subbasal pale yellow ring or pale yellow with apical third black (thoracicus group)................................... 2</p> <p>- Antennal segments I–IV castaneous orange or pale yellowish orange (distinguendus group).......................... 9</p> <p>2 Antennal segment IV pale yellow with apical third black; hind femora yellow with two black rings, one near midline, the second at apex; anterior lobe of pronotal disk with yellow transverse band which spreads along anterolateral margins (Fig. 8)...................................................................................... P. thoracicus (Thunberg)</p> <p>- Antennal segment IV black with subbasal yellow ring........................................................ 3</p> <p>3 Hind femora bicolored................................................................................. 4</p> <p>- Hind femora unicolored................................................................................ 5</p> <p>4 Hind femora with anterior half black, and posterior half yellowish orange; head dorsally pale yellow with antenniferous tubercles black; head ventrally, thorax, abdominal sterna and genital plates entirely pale yellow (Fig. 4)...................................................................................................... P. bellator Brailovsky</p> <p>- Hind femora with anterior half yellowish orange and posterior half black; head dorsally almost entirely black; head ventrally, thorax, abdominal sterna and genital plates almost black to reddish brown; pleural margin of abdominal sterna III–VII yellow with anterior third black (Fig. 3)....................................................... P. azureus (Burmeister)</p> <p>5 Pronotal calli yellow to castaneous orange................................................................. 6</p> <p>- Pronotal calli black with bluish green reflections............................................................ 7</p> <p>6 Abdominal sterna III–VII orange to yellowish orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–IV and basal half of V black and apical half of V and VI–VII shiny orange (Fig. 12)................................................. P. fortunatus Dallas</p> <p>- Abdominal sterna III–VI reddish brown to black with upper pleural margins yellow; dorsal abdominal segments III–VII black with scars of segments IV–V and V–VI yellow (Fig. 11).................................... P. distinctus Montandon</p> <p>7 Abdominal sterna III–VII black to reddish brown with pleural margins yellow; dorsal abdominal segments III–VII black with scars of segments IV–V and V–VI yellow (Figs. 1, 16)..................................... P. napoensis Brailovsky</p> <p>- Abdominal sterna III–VII pale yellow to pale yellowish orange; dorsal abdominal segments III–IV and basal half of V black and apical half of V and VI–VII shiny orange (posterior margin of VII black)..................................... 8</p> <p>8 Thorax reddish orange with bluish green reflections; connexival segments III–VII pale yellowish orange; anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme black (Fig. 9)............................................. P. ambiguus Brailovsky</p> <p>- Thorax pale yellow with shiny dark brown longitudinal stripe running on outer face of sternum and covering pro-, meso-, and meta-acetabulae; connexival segments III–VII black with narrow vertical yellow stripe parallel to anterior margins of sternites; anterior and posterior lobes of metathoracic peritreme pale yellow (Fig. 13)......................... P. graziae sp. nov.</p> <p>9 Hind femora bicolored or tricolored..................................................................... 10</p> <p>- Hind femora unicolored.............................................................................. 13</p> <p>10 Hind femora tricolored with basal half pale yellowish orange, posterior half shiny orange with distal joint and wide ring near midline back; head dorsally entirely pale castaneous orange (Fig. 5)................................ P. lautus sp. nov.</p> <p>- Hind femora bicolored; head dorsally black with the space between eyes and ocelli and longitudinal stripe between ocelli pale to dark orange to yellowish orange...................................................................... 11</p> <p>11 Hind femora with anterior half black and posterior half shiny orange with apex black (Fig. 7)....... P. occulta Brailovsky</p> <p>- Hind femora with anterior half yellow and posterior half black............................................... 12</p> <p>12 Pronotum pale castaneous orange with bluish green reflections (Figs. 2, 10)................... P. distinguendus Breddin</p> <p>- Pronotum brown with bluish green reflections and disk with yellow transverse band which spreads anteriorly along anterolateral margins (Fig. 6)................................................................... P. necopinus sp. nov.</p> <p>13 Pronotal disk castaneous orange with bluish green reflections and wide transverse yellow or orange band running below calli (Fig. 15)..................................................................... P. luteomaculosus Brailovsky</p> <p>- Pronotal disk pale orange or castaneous orange or reddish brown with bluish green reflections and without yellow or orange transverse band...................................................................................... 14</p> <p>14 Dorsal abdominal segments III–VI pale orange, VII black with middle third of anterior margin pale orange and VIII–IX black; head dorsally pale orange; meta-acetabulae pale orange (Fig. 14)................................. P. jactatus sp. nov.</p> <p>- Dorsal abdominal segments III–IX black with pale yellow median longitudinal stripe running from III to middle third of segment VII; head dorsally black with the space between eye and ocelli and short longitudinal stripe between ocelli pale yellow; meta-acetabulae black to dark castaneous with bluish green reflections......................................... 15</p> <p>15 Pronotal disk reddish brown to black with bluish green reflections; hind femora shiny black to reddish brown or with dorsal face shiny black and ventral face shiny reddish brown (Fig. 18)........................................ P. virago Breddin</p> <p>- Pronotal disk orange to dark castaneous orange with posterior margin dark with bluish green reflections; hind femora shiny castaneous orange (Fig. 17)............................................................ P. proletarius Breddin</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/33319D3BFFF61A26FF55CC174EF9FE91	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Brailovsky, Harry	Brailovsky, Harry (2021): Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes. Zootaxa 4985 (4): 564-573, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.9
