Chinavia fieberi (Stål)

Nezara fieberi Stål, 1865: 196.

Coloration. Predominantly green. The lateral margins of juga and pronotum are black, followed by a red band. Scutellum with four irregular yellow dots on the basis. Apex of tibia red. Connexivum and urosternites red. Black macula in the posterolateral angles of connexivum and urosternite. Head. Margins of juga with a slight concavity in front of eyes, apex of head broadened and semicircular. Proportion of antennal segments. I<II<III<IV>V. Rostrum reaches the metacoxae. Proportion of rostral segments. I<II>III>IV. Thorax. Anterolateral margins of pronotum with a submarginal dorsal depression. Hemelytra with costal angles slightly obtuse. Membranal suture convex. Abdomen. Medial spine of third urosternite doesn’t reachthe metacoxae. Spiracles yellow surrounded by a yellow callus.

Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Tanzania (Zanzibar Island), Mozambique, Archipelago of Mayotte, South Africa.

Families of plants as possible hosts. Euphorbiaceae (Alene et al. 2005).

Comments. This species, along with C. punctatorugosa Stål, are those that possess the colored band of connexivum with red on the African continent, but they are easily distinguishable, since C. fieberi have dorsal punctation concolorous with surrounding area.