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Plazi
Description. Oval-elongate, small species, slightly flattened dorso-ventrally, in lateral view, margin of hemelytra and pronotal carina forming a very small angle (compared to Hellica nitida ) ( Fig. 2 C ). Dorsal surface covered with small, deep punctures, densely dispersed throughout its entire dorsal surface. Head ( Fig. 5 A ). Anteclypeus densely punctured all along its length, extending slightly beyond anterior end of paraclypei; the latter flattened in their lateral margin; apically its mesial margin slightly overlapping anterior margin of anteclypeus. Lateral margins of head slightly concave. Antennae short, all five segments of similar length; antennal segment I reaching near the middle of paraclypei; second segment reaching apex of clypeus. Bucculae wide with subparallel dorsoventral margins, covering nearly entire broadness of labial segment I, only ventral margin slightly visible, with a basal punctured line and other points beyond it. Labial segment I slightly surpassing posterior end of bucculae, labium extending to metacoxae. Head ventrally densely punctured. Thorax. Pronotum subquadrangular; cicatrices immaculate; lateral margins of pronotum straight, strongly carinate, more broadly on its anterior half; humeral angles rounded, a little produced. Scutellum longer than wide at its base, with an ivory callus on each side of base. Hemelytra not covering connexiva on its apical half; basal margin of membrane arising near apex of abdomen. Sternal area without median carina. Each ostiolar peritreme short, twisted, protruding, apically with spiniform process; evaporatoria densely punctured similarly as remainder of thoracic venter. Legs short; femora robust; each tibia flattened ventrally on its apical half, with tuft of spiniform, dark bristles near middle, this tuft may have a stridulatory function as observed in all other species of this genus-complex, and in many other genera of this family. Abdomen. Strongly, densely punctured except medially. Connexiva with very small, shallow punctures. Basi-abdominal spine present, short, apically rounded, reaching to middle of hind trochanters. Pendergrast’s organs absent in females. In males, lateral margins of 7th sternites nearly straight; pygophore subrhomboid, posterior margin strongly convex, slightly prominent in mesial portion of posterior edge.