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Issue: Vol. 5701 No. 5: 7 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.3
Page range: 531-546
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Review of Placocoris Mayr, 1864 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae: Ochlerini)

1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Biociências; Departamento de Zoologia; Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500; 91501- 970 Porto Alegre; RS; Brazil
1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Biociências; Departamento de Zoologia; Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500; 91501- 970 Porto Alegre; RS; Brazil
Hemiptera moneda bug stink bug taxonomy

Abstract

Placocoris Mayr, 1864 (Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae) is a Neotropical genus with two known species, Placocoris viridis Mayr, 1864 and Placocoris albovenosus Kormilev, 1949. Placocoris is easily distinguished from other Neotropical pentatomids by having a strongly flat body, and armed femora. The genus was recently transfered to the tribe Ochlerini based on morphological similarities with the genera in the Janeirona Distant, 1911 clade. In this study we review Placocoris, describing for the first time the internal genitalia of the two species. We highlight the peculiar sexual dimorphism of the hind femora in both species. A distribution map is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Sampaio, V.G. & Campos, L.A. (2025) Review of Placocoris Mayr, 1864 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae: Ochlerini). Zootaxa, 5701 (5), 531–546. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.3