Acaciacapsus

Fauna Portal Genus Number: 1363

(after Cassis & Symonds 2014): Acaciacapsus is recognised by the following combination of characters: golden ground colour, with contrasting orange, red or brownish markings (Character state 1–0); cuneus often contrasting red to reddish orange; eyes sexually dimorphic, in male strongly produced (13–1), width !interocular distance (14–1), slightly removed from posterior margin of head (15–1); eyes of both sexes extending to gula (16–1); vertex concave; lateral margins of pronotum strongly tapered towards apex; dorsum with patterned black, flattened scale-like setae (9–1), intermixed with moderately dense distribution of robust pale semi-erect simple setae on head, lateral margins of pronotum and scutellum (11–1); mesepimeron relatively large and polished; labium greatly elongate reaching between metacoxae and pygophore (18–1); femora elongate and cylindrical (25–1); ventral surface of forefemora of males with elongate bristle-like setae (12–1); hemelytral membrane clear spot most often present adjacent to tip of cuneus; membrane embrowned adjacent to veins and clear spot, membrane veins creamy yellow (6–0); anterolateral angles of pronotum narrow (21–0); humeral angles of pronotum acute (22–1); scutellum and mesoscutum raised (23–1); median flexion line short; forewings greatly elongate in males, exceedingly beyond abdomen, abdomen not extending beyond cuneal fracture; femora with dark, often red, bands apically and basally (7–1), more distinct in some species than others; pronotum often with conical projections on posterior margin; head often with contrasting red or orange vittae; ventral margin of genital opening of pygophore slanted towards left paramere (27–1); pygophore with left and right spine-like tergal processes on dorsal margin, right tergal process smaller than left tergal process (29–1); left paramere with hooked apex, elevated tapered and serrate sensory lobe; right paramere weakly c- shaped, usually serrate from medial dorsal margin to apex; aedeagus with two endosomal spicules, PES left lateral to left dorsolateral to secondary gonopore, DES dorsal to secondary gonopore, always more over the left side; PES longer than DES (52–1); PES with downturned medial process and divided apex, most distal branch, thin, tapered, ribbonlike and smooth (51–1); DES with large basal keel often with distal ornamentation; DES bifurcate near base, with one spatulate undivided branch, other branch divided distally and often serrate (49–1).