Neottiglossa Kirby, 1837

Neottiglossa Kirby, 1837: 276.

Aelioides Dohrn, 1860: 101. (syn. by Stål, 1872)

Platysolen Fieber, 1860: 82. (new name for Aelioides Dohrn, 1860; see note under comments)

Subgenus Texas Kirkaldy, 1904

Neottiglossa (Melanostoma) Stål, 1872: 18. (junior homonym of Melanostoma Schiner, 1860, Diptera)

Neottiglossa (Texas) Kirkaldy, 1904: 280. (new name for Melanostoma Stål, 1872)

Type Species: Neottiglossa: Pentatoma (Neottiglossa) trilineata Kirby, 1837, by monotypy. Aelioides: Cydnus inflexus Wolff, 1811 (= Cimex pusillus Gmelin, 1790), by monotypy.  Melanostoma: Neottiglossa sulcifrons StDl, 1872, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909).

Tribal Placement: This genus has always been considered to be related to Aelia.

Included Species:
    Subgenus Neottiglossa:
bifida (Costa, 1847)
flavomarginata (Lucas, 1849)
leporina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1830)
lineolata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
metallica Jakovlev, 1876
pusilla (Gmelin, 1790)
trilineata (Kirby, 1837)
undata (Say, 1831)
    Subgenus Texas:
cavifrons Stål, 1872
sulcifrons Stål, 1872
tumidifrons Downes, 1928

Key to New World Species
Key to Old World Species

Comments: Fieber (1860) proposed Platysolen as a replacement name for Aelioides Dohrn (1860), and so must take the same type as that genus (Cydnus inflexus Wolff, 1811); Kirkaldy (1909) believed this to be a new generic name and erroneously designated Platysolen griseus Fieber, 1861 as type species.  The New World species were recently revised by Rider (1989).

Reference:

Rider, D. A. 1989. Review of the New World species of the genus Neottiglossa Kirby (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97(4):394-408.

David A. Rider
Associate Professor of Entomology
North Dakota State University
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Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: David.Rider@ndsu.nodak.edu

 
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