Picromerus fasciaticeps Zheng and Liu, 1987 Figs. 9, 10, 17, 25 Picromerus fasciaticeps Zheng and Liu, 1987: 181. Measurements (in mm). Body length 12.0–13.0; length of head 2.3–2.4, width across eyes 2.4–2.5, interocular distance 1.4–1.5; length of antennomeres (I) 0.3: (II) 1.4: (III) 1.3–1.5: (IV) 1.5: (V) 1.5–1.6; median length of pronotum 3.1–3.2, humeral width 6.6–6.8; length of scutellum 4.0–4.1, width of scutellum 3.7–3.9. Specimen examined. Holotype: CHINA: Yunnan: 1 female, Xincun (26.08N, 103.18E), Dongchuan County, 24. VI. 1980, collector unknown; Paratype: CHINA: Yunnan: 1 female, Heqing County (26.56N, 104.46E), V. 1980, collector unknown. Distribution. China (Yunnan). No more specimens have been collected since the original record. Remarks. This species was established based on two female specimens, Zheng and Liu (1987) provided the detailed description. It can be easily distinguished from other congeners: head black, center with a broad longitudinal yellow-white band; anterolateral pronotal with obtuse tooth; dorsal surface of body intumescent and rugulose (Fig. 17); humeral angles porrect, short and black, shortly produced (Fig. 25).

Published as part of Zhao, Qing, Liu, Guoqing & Bu, Wenjun, 2013, A review of the Chinese species of the genus Picromerus Amyot and Serville, with description of a new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae), pp. 146-164 in Zootaxa 3613 (2) on page 149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5292617

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