Ischnopelta scutellata (Signoret, 1851) (Figs. 2; 5A; 9–10) Discocephala scutellata Signoret, 1851: 334. Discocephala (Ischnopelta) scutellata: Stål, 1868: 18; Stål, 1872: 6; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 84. Ischnopelta scutellata: Berg, 1891: 238; Kirkaldy, 1909: 215; Rolston, 1990: 20; Grazia et al., 2015: 712. Holotype. VENEZUELA. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France (examined). Material examined. 20 males and 28 females. BRAZIL, Mato Grosso, Santa Teresinha (close to the outfall of Tapirapé river), 1 male, 14. I.1963, Borys Malkin, [-10.616111, -50.613056], (CAS); Campo Novo do Parecis, Utiariti (Papagaio river), 4 males and 7 females, 22-31.X.1966, Lenko & Pereira (K. Lenko Col.), [-13.0215, -58.2870], (UFRG); Chapada dos Guimarães, 1 female, homotype (det. H. Ruckes, 1961), [-15.433333, -55.75], (AMNH, Acc:23739); 3 males and 3 females, 01. II.1961, J. & B. Bechyné, [-15.433333, - 55.75], (MPEG); 1 male, March, [-15.433333, -55.75], (USNM); Cuiabá, 3 males and 1 female, 14. II.1961, J. & B. Bechyné, [-15.5960, -56.0970], (MPEG); Tocantins, Palmas (Fazenda Céu, Serra do Lageado), 1 female, XI.1992, Exp. MCN / MZSP, [-10.1669, -48.3328], 6-96 (MCNZ); Distrito Federal, Brasília, Planaltina (32 km N Brasília), 1 male and 2 females, 17–21.XI.1997, T. J. Henry, [-15.4548, -47.6130], (USNM); Goiás, Corumbá de Goiás (Fazenda Monjolinho), 1 female, 14. VI.1942, F. Lane, [-15.9275, -48.8103], (UFRG); Minas Gerais, Cardeal Mota (4 km SW Cardeal Mota and Rio Cipó, Rod. MG 10), 2 males and 2 females, 6.XI.1997, T. J. Henry & A. Paula, [-19.3564, -43.655], (USNM); Paracatu, 1 female, VI.1960, Exp. Formosa, [-17.2211, -46.8741], (MNRJ); Pirapora, 1 female, XI.1975, M. Alvarenga, [- 17.3374, -44.9271], (AMNH); Goiás, Jataí, (Fazenda Cachoeirinha), 2 males and 3 females, X.1962, Exp. Dep. Zool., [-17.8872, -51.7182], (UFRG); (Fazenda Nova Orlandia), 2 males and 2 females, 1964, Martins, Morgante & Silva, [-17.8872, -51.7182], (UFRG); São Paulo, Pereira Barreto (old village from Lussanvira, Zone of the old Estrada de Ferro Noroeste Brazil— N. O. B.), 1 male and 1 female, 4.X.1938, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, [-20.651389, -51.072222], (FIOC); Ribeirão Preto, 1 female, 11.XII.1995, A. M. de Faria, [-21.1794, -47.7999], (UNIFESP), 1 female, III.1996, A. M. de Faria, [-21.1794, -47.7999], (UNIFESP). Description. Male and female respectively 1.8 and 1.9 times longer than wide; dorsal surface somewhat glossy and dark yellowish; ventral surface pale yellow. Head two times wider than long; anterior margin slightly emarginated. Clypeus 0.4 times the length of head. Distance between ocelli 0.3 times the distance between the eyes, on the line connecting the inner angles of the eyes. Maxillary plates and ventral ocular peduncles paleyellow; punctures on bucculae scarce, denser on ocular peduncles. Bucculae low, not concealing the first labial segment. Labium slightly surpassing the metacoxae. Labrum inserted halfway between the anterior margin of the eyes and the apex of mandibular plates. Antennae light brown, with irregular reddish striated blotches on segments II and III; segments ratio: I=IIII

Published as part of Rosso, Pedro & Campos, Luiz Alexandre, 2021, Revision of Ischnopelta Stål, 1868 with the description of twenty new species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae), pp. 96-184 in Megataxa 6 (2) on pages 104-114, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.6.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5752808