Spockia tagala gen. and sp. nov. a new monotypic genus of Asopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from the Philippines

Abstract

Spockia tagala gen. and sp. nov., from the Philippines is herein described. Thus this new genus is herein proposed to hold this single species. Spokia gen. nov. can be distinguished by absence of some generic characters present in the morphologically similar oriental genera Blachia and Cazira, like the foretibial expansion and the gibbosity on the scutellum. The morphological comparisons of Spockia gen. nov. and the morphologically related genera are discussed.