Table 1 in Taxonomic revision of Montina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Colombia with description of three new species

Table 1. Main differential morphological characters between Montina Amyot & Serville, 1843 and Ploeogaster Amyot & Serville, 1843.
MontinaPloeogasterLongitudinal submedial carina of posterior pronotal lobeCompressed laterally; medial elevated portion truncated or slightly rounded (Figs 21E; 23C).Less compressed laterally; medial elevated portion produced as a rounded tubercle-like process (Fig. 4B).Lateral margin of paramedial lobes of posterior margin of pronotumEntire (Figs 2A; 7B; 13D).Deeply emarginated (Fig. 4A).Posterolateral process of the pro- notumSmall, not longer than its base width, sometimes a blunt tubercle (Figs 5D; 13D).A sharp process, projected laterally, always longer than its base (Fig. 4A).ProfemurCylindrical, ventral margin straight (Figs 5A, C).Wider in the middle, ventral margin slightly curved (Fig. 4C).ProtibiaStraight.Slightly curved.Medial process of the pygophoreNearly cylindrical, directed posteriorly at about 45 degrees, short and narrow, widened at the base, and with a small hook-like projection directed posteriad (Figs 3A–B; 8A–C).Flattened antero-posteriorly, nearly laminar, directed almost vertically, longer, of subparal- lel margins (Figs 4D, E).ParameresNarrow, slightly enlarged apically, gently curved basally (Figs 8A; 10A; 16A).Wide, enlarged medially, strongly L-shaped (Fig. 4D).