Abstract

The neotropical pentatomid genus Chlorocoris Spinola is revised, with figures of salient taxonomic characters, keys, distributions, and diagnoses for each species. Chlorocoris contains two subgenera: Chlorocoris, with 13 species, most of them South American, and Monochrocerus Stål, with 10 mostly Central American species. Ten species are described as new: C. humeralis from Peru, C. sanguinursus from Bolivia, C. vandoesburgi from Surinam, C. tibialis and C. fabulosus from Brazil, C. sororis from Colombia, C. isthmus from Panama, C. biconicus from Costa Rica, C. loxoides from Mexico, and C. werneri from Arizona. Chlorocoris complanatus (Guérin-Méneville) and C. deplanatus (Herrich-Schaeffer) are raised from synonymy, C. usitatus Distant is placed in synonymy with C. subrugosus Stål, C. aemulus Van Duzee is synonymized under C. depressus (F.), C. rufidens Walker and C. atrispinus Stål are synonymized under C. distinctus Signoret, and C. aberrans Distant is synonymized under C. rufispinus Dallas