On the genus Lophyraspis Stål and description of new species (Hemiptera, Aetalionidae, Biturritiinae). The genus Lophyraspis and the following species are treated, along with some nomenclatural changes: Lophyraspis Stål, 1869 = Gerridius Fowler, 1896 syn. rest.; Lophyraspis muscaria (Fabricius, 1803) = Gerridius scutellatus Fowler, 1896 syn. nov. = Gerridius abbreviatus Baker, 1907 syn. nov.; Lophyraspis pygmaea (Fabricius, 1803); Lophyraspis scutellata (Fabricius, 1803) = L. cristata Stål, 1869 syn. nov. = L. armata Haviland, 1925 syn. nov.; Lophyraspis spinosa (Funkhouser, 1930) comb. nov. (formerly in Mina Walker, 1858); Lophyraspis fenestrata sp. nov. (Brazil, Amazonas); Lophyraspis diminuta sp. nov. (Brazil, Mato Grosso).
Aetalionidae; Biturritiinae; Hemiptera; Lophyraspis; taxonomy
