Taxonomic updates on the Mecocephala group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): redescription of Mecocephala Dallas and Paramecocephala Benvegnú

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article de Barros, Lurdiana Dayse, Barão, Kim Ribeiro, Grazia, Jocelia (2022): Taxonomic updates on the Mecocephala group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): redescription of Mecocephala Dallas and Paramecocephala Benvegnú. Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 55 (43 - 44): 2691-2747, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.2013970, URL: doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.2013970 ABSTRACT We present here the taxonomic revision of Mecocephala Dallas, 1851 and Paramecocephala Benvegnú, 1968 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae), updating the genitalic terminology.

A differential diagnosis of each genus and all of its members is provided, and a new species of Paramecocephala is described from a female: P. helenae sp. nov. from Brazil. Photographs of type specimens and genitalia, species occurrence maps with new records, and an updated key for species of both genera are also provided. ARTICLE HISTORY Received 29 April 2021 Accepted 26 November 2021 KEYWORDS Pentatominae; Carpocorini; head morphology; diversity; taxonomy urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6D63D5B2-55A2-4465-852F-EEDA37FEF12B