Chinavia montivaga (Distant)

Chlorochroa montivaga Distant, 1890: 333.

Nezara majuscula Distant, 1890: 339, fig. 20 (synonymized by Rolston 1976).

Coloration. Predominantly green. The lateral margins of juga and pronotum are black, followed by a red band. End of tibiae red. Connexivum yellow and urosternites orange. Black macula in the posterolateral angles of connexivum and urosternite. Head. Margins of juga with a strong concavity in front of eyes, apex of head broadened and semicircular. Proportion of antennal segments: I<II<III≈IV<V. Rostrum surpasses the mesocoxae but doesn’t reach metacoxae. Proportion of rostral segments: I<II>III>IV. Thorax. Anterolateral margins of pronotum without a submarginal dorsal depression. Hemelytra with costal angles slightly obtuse. Membranal suture convex. Abdomen. Medial spine of third urosternite doesn’t reach the metacoxae. Spiracles yellow surrounded by a yellow callus.

Distribution. Mexico*, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Honduras*, Panama.

Host plants. No information available.

Comments. Species easy to identify by the stout body and by the orange coloration of the urosternite and yellow of the connexivum.

*Records in Mexico and Honduras from Arismendi and Thomas 2003, Ramos-Elorduy 2003