The first species of Myrocheini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) from the Palaearctic Region

Lodosia Ahmad ; Önder, gen, n., and Lodosia gonocaxa Ahmed ; Önder, sp. n. are described. The single female specimen was collected some 900 km east of Ankara, Turkey, and is the westernmost representative of the pentatomine tribe Myrocheini; it is distinguished in particular by the raised tips of both pairs of the gonocoxae. Our cladistic hypothesis is that Laprius St?l is the sister group of Lodosia, and that Dollingiana Ahmad ; Kamaluddin is the sister group of Lodosia + Laprius. The three genera all have remarkably wide interocular distances; and Lodosia and Laprius each has an unusually wide anteocular distance. Autapomorphies of the three genera are discussed