Dicyphus

Body length: macropterous males 2.91–5.80 mm, brachypterous males 2.04–5.10 mm. Body mostly stramineous to yellowish-brown, with dark brown to fuscous and reddish markings. Dorsum with sparse to moderate distribution of bristlelike setae, usually longer and more robust on head and pronotum. Head with a dark brown to fuscous V- to X-shaped marking on frons+vertex, bounded by paler coloration; frons rounded anteriorly, clypeus visible from above. Eyes enlarged, removed from anterior margin of pronotum by at least width of antennal segment II. Pronotum tripartite, with collar long, callosite region well defined and medially confluent. Legs usually very long, femora parallel-sided, oval in cross-section, metafemora significantly longer than mesofemora. Left paramere scythe-shaped, with apophysis short to greatly elongate, apex usually expanded and spatulate, often with outer margin denticulate. Aedeagus with multilobed endosomal membrane, often with lobal sclerites or tightly compacted spinules.

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