Caulotops

Small, pale yellowish orange mirid with darker brown hemelytra. Head as wide as long, with substylate, relatively small eyes; interocular distance greater than twice width of one eye; vertex and frons convex; clypeus not visible in dorsal view. Antennal segment I less than half interocular distance; segment II 1.2 times length of segment I. Pronotum deeply and evenly punctate except for shiny, impunctate calli; collarlike area anterior to calli wide, flat, and punctate; calli well developed, separated by a deep median inverse V-shaped invagination; disc expanded and convex; lateral margins weakly concave medially; posterior margin weakly convex, partially covering mesoscutum. Hemelytra impunctate, shiny, with numerous reclining simple setae. Claws with large fleshy pulvilli broadly attached to inner claw surface and distinctive pulvillar combs. Abdomen shiny, with relatively dense semierect setae. Male genital capsule aperture broadly rounded, with three large ventral processes and a small indistinct tubercle on upper left margin; right and left parameres subequal in size. Female vestibulum with two enlarged plates protruding anteriorly, without spines; posterior wall membranous; ovipositor base with dorsal projection; ventral surface of ovipositor smooth, lacking serrations.

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