TABLE 1. Differential diagnosis between Brontostoma diringshofeni and B in A new species of Brontostoma Kirkaldy, description of the male of Brontostoma bahiensis Gil-Santana, Costa & Marques and notes on Brontostoma doughertyae Gil-Santana et al. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae)

TABLE 1. Differential diagnosis between Brontostoma diringshofeni and B. herczeki sp. nov.
Species CharacterBrontostoma diringshofeniBrontostoma herczeki sp. nov.Total length to tip of abdomen (mm)25.5–26.019.2–22.5Integument of pronotum surfacesmooth (Fig. 24)variably rugous (Figs. 36, 38, 40)Fore and middle femorastrongly incrassateslightly thickenedVentrobasal portion of middle femurprominent, covered by papillaeslightly or not elevated, covered only with setae (Fig. 45)Fore and middle tibiaeconspicuously enlarged distally, with large spongy fossae, occupying approximately 1/4 and 1/3 of their length, respectivelyslightly enlarged distally; spongy fossae smaller, occupying approximately 1/5 and 1/10 of their length, respectively (Figs. 46–48)Tarsias dark as the other portions of the leg (Fig. 24)pale (Figs. 36, 38–39)Sternitescompletely brownish blackwith paler portions (Figs. 37, 39)A median keel on sternites IV–VIpresentabsent (Figs. 37, 39)Anterior margin of dorsal phallothecal scleritesinuous in its centercontinuous (Figs. 56, 58, 63)Apico-lateral portions of dorsal phallothecal scleritenot elongatedprominently elongated and curved (Figs. 56–59, 62–63)Pair of processes of median portion of endosomaseparated and elongatedunited at median portion; suboval to subrounded (Figs. 56, 58, 64)