Abstract
The saucer bug genus Ctenipocoris (Naucoridae: Laccocorinae: Ctenipocorini) is circumtropical and represented by nine species that are seldomly collected. Most non-genitalic features differ negligibly among species, thereby making identifications tenuous; however, some of these features and previously unreported male genitalia provide useful interspecific distinctions. Although the genus is in need of revision and assigning species names to specimens collected in the Neotropics generally is not possible, provided here are the descriptions of Ctenipocoris sagittatus sp. nov. from Guyana and Venezuela with a unique arrow-shaped aedeagus and hemelytral markings, and C. reticulatus sp. nov. from India with a reticulate pattern on the hemelytral membrane and unique male genitalia. Also provided here is a catalog of species of Ctenipocoris.
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