GHILIANELLA ASSASSIN BUGS — MALDONADO-CAPRILES 



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43(41) Apex of ninth tergum decurved 44 



Apex of ninth tergum straight 45 



IliC'ii Apex of ninth tergum distinctly decurved, Longitudinally stri 



and with a strong median carina, the lateral margins depressed 



(fig. 144) succinta 



Apex of ninth tergum slightly decurved, the Lateral margins strongly 



elevated, depressed median area with a carina that extends from 



the upper transversely corrugated third of tergum (fig. 117) . uliena 



l."ni:;) Ninth tergum with strong posterolateral fingerlike elevation or 



projection (fig. 140) signoreti 



Ninth tergum without projection on posterolateral angles .... 46 



46(45) Short species, under 13.0 mm. long nanna 



Long species, over 19.0 mm. long 47 



47(46) Hind margin of seventh sternum concave and with a rectangular 



median projection; ninth tergum pointed apically; length 23 mm. 



brasiliensis 



Hind margin of seventh sternum with a large median concavity and 



with a sharp short median projection inside; ninth tergum truncate 



apically; length 19.5 mm neivai 



48(36) Eighth sternum visible only as two small rounded laterally situated 

 protuberances below apex of seventh tergum, not continued down- 

 ward in center over base of ninth tergum alveola 



Eighth tergum covering base of ninth tergum 49 



49(48) Sixth tergum with a prominent protuberance; seventh with a smaller 



median one on middle of hind margin 50 



Sixth tergum without a prominent protuberance 51 



50(49) Abdomen parallel sided, long and slender; ninth tergum with a short 



apical projection on either side (fig. 138) varicornis 



Abdomen clavate; ninth tergum rounded apically, the depressed 



apex overlaid by two short tapering ridges perversa 



51(49) Apex of ninth tergum with a strong bidentate tubercle on each side 



(fig. 143) bicaudata 



Ninth tergum different 52 



52(51) Abdomen clavate; posterolateral angles of fifth tergum Laterally 



produced over margin; short species 11.5 mm mariae 



Abdomen parallel sided; angles of fifth tergum not produced . . 53 

 53(52) Sixth sternum a third longer on sides than in middle .... pascoei 



Sixth sternum not so deeply emarginate posteriorly 54 



54(53) Apex of ninth tergum overlaid by two strong fingerlike processes; 



length over 30 mm lonjiula 



Apex of ninth tergum with a low median carina; length less 20 mm. 



minim ula 



Ghiliant'Uu bicandtita McAteeand Malloch 



Figures 9, 53, 143 



Ghilianella bicaudata McAtee and Malloch, 1925, pp. 101-102 (female). — 

 Wygodzinsky, 1953, p. 291, 



Male: Head, thorax, leys, and antenna yellowish brown, legs paler. 

 Head laterally, mesothorax and metathorax laterally and ventrally 

 brownish. Forefemur with two rows of blackish dots on upper surface; 



