GHILIANELLA ASSASSIN BUGS — MALDONADO-CAPRILES 



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Table 1. — Checklist of species of Ghilianella, origin of the holotype, and the sexes 



knoivn — Continued 



Specie* > 

 perversa McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 productilis Barber, 1914 

 puncticauda Maldonado, 1953 

 recondita McAtee and Malloch, 1 925 

 rhabdita, new species 

 semipallida Bergroth, 190G 

 servillei (Spinola), 1837 

 signala McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 signoreti (Dohrn), 1860 

 similata McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 si m ill i ma McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 spinata, new species 

 spinicaudata, new species 

 sipinolae Dohrn, 1860 

 stipitata McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 strigata McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 subglobulata McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 succincta McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 sulcata Maldonado, 1953 

 truncata McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 uncinate McAtee and Malloch, 1925 

 varicomis (Dohrn), 1860 

 1 Unless otherwise noted, all species are of the subgenus Ghilianella. 



Keys to the Speeies of Ghilianella 



MALES 



1 Mesothorax distinctly longer than prothorax; shape of abdomen 



various 2 



Mesothorax little if any longer than prothorax; abdomen usually 

 gradually widening from base 29 



2(1) Abdomen with an abrupt bulbous swelling behind middle .... 3 

 Abdomen without bulbous swelling 22 



3(2) Interantennal spine well developed, acute; head and prothorax 

 usually distinctly granulose; claspers of hypopygium with upper 

 and lower margins in most species without a rounded notch 

 above or below; metathorax usually much attenuated anteriorly . 4 

 Interantennal spine not developed, a mere wart, blunt; head and 

 prothorax but little granulose; claspers of hypopygium long, 

 obtriangular with at least the upper margin notched 19 



4(3) Hypopygium with a large apical hooklike process which has an 



('marginatum or concavity on each side of hook, not entirely filled 



by claspers 17 



Hypopygium with a small process visible only under high magnifica- 

 tion; the upper margin of hypopygium but little concave; the 

 claspers entirely filling the space between the margin and the 

 process 5 



