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Title: Resurrection of the genera Crophius Stal and Mayana Distant from synonymy under Anomaloptera Amyot and Serville, description of a new genus, and key to the New World Oxycarenid genera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Oxycarenidae)

Author
item Henry, Thomas
item DELLAPE, P. - National University Of La Plata And Museum
item SCUDDER, G. G. - University Of British Columbia

Submitted to: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/30/2015
Publication Date: 8/28/2015
Citation: Henry, T.J., Dellape, P.M., Scudder, G.E. 2015. Resurrection of the genera Crophius Stal and Mayana Distant from synonymy under Anomaloptera Amyot and Serville, description of a new genus, and key to the New World Oxycarenid genera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Oxycarenidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 117(3).

Interpretive Summary: The nine genera of seed bugs treated in this paper belong to a worldwide group containing 23 genera and about 150 species, several of which, such as the cottonseed bug, cause million of dollars in damage to cotton each year. The largely Mediterranean and North African cottonseed bug, has become established in South American and the West Indies, and now threatens to invade the United States. In this paper, we clarify and resurrect from synonymy the names of two genera, one containing 14 species occurring from North to South America and one containing three species from the United States and Mexico; establish a new genus for two species found in the United States and Mexico; and provide an identification key to help distinguish the nine genera found in the Western Hemisphere. This information will be of wide interest to researchers working in pest management, biological control, and plant pest quarantine.

Technical Abstract: The largely New World genus Crophius Stal, revised status, and Mayana Distant, revised status, are resurrected from synonymy with the genus Anomaloptera Amyot and Serville, which is restricted to contain only the type species, A. helianthemi Amyot and Serville, from the western Mediterranean Region. Mayana, previously also considered a junior synonym of Crophius, is resurrected to contain M. costatus Distant, the type species, M. diruptus Distant, and M. formosus (Van Duzee), new combination, transferred from Crophius. Neocrophius, new genus, is established to accommodate Neocrophius heidemanni (Van Duzee), new combination, the type species, transferred from Crophius, and Neocrophius singularis (Brailovsky and Barrera), new combination, transferred from Anomaloptera. The genera Crophius, Mayana, and Neocrophius are described, the remaining six genera are diagnosed, and dorsal habitus images and a key are provided to help distinguish the nine New World oxycarenid genera.