A review of Cryphocricos Signoret, 1850 (Naucoridae: Cryphocricinae) with descriptions of three new species
Author
Sites, Robert W.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-14
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Cryphocricos vianai
De Carlo
(
Figs 37–38
)
Cryphocricos vianai
De Carlo 1951
:
Rev. Soc. Entomol.
Argentina
15:72–74.
Cryphocricos montei
De Carlo 1951
:
Rev. Soc. Entomol.
Argentina
15:74–76. Synonymized by
Lopez Ruf 1991
,
Rev. Soc. Entomol.
Argentina
49:110–111.
Type
repository:
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales
“Bernardino Rivadavia” (
Buenos Aires
,
Argentina
)
.
Type
locality:
Argentina
:
Misiones Prov.
, Dpto. Concepción,
Santa Maria
.
Discussion:
The
holotype
is a brachypterous female (
Figs. 37–38
). The junior synonym,
C. montei
, was described based on a single brachypterous male from Escaramuça,
Brasil
, which is located ca.
50 km
NNE from Ribeirão Preto in the state of
São Paulo
.
Cryphocricos vianai
has been found in lotic habitats in
Minas Gerais
,
Brazil
(
de Souza
et al.
2006
), including only in the streams around the Serra da Canastra but not in the mountains, although it is known from some mountain streams in the Serra do Cipó (
Pelli
et al.
2006
). This species was reported to occur in mountain streams with fair to strong current with a pebble or stone substrate (
de Melo & Nieser 2004
). In a study to determine the effect of physico-chemical variables on aquatic Heteropteran communities in streams in
Mato Grosso
,
Brazil
,
Cryphocricos
cf.
vianai
was found only in a preserved stream and not in degraded streams (
Dias-Silva
et al.
2010
). The fifth instar was described by
Lopez Ruf (1991)
based on a single specimen from the type locality. The genital capsule was described in general for the genus and the flagellum of the aedeagus of a
9.5 mm
specimen of
C. vianai
measured
23 mm
(
De Carlo 1965
).
Diagnosis:
This species can be distinguished from
C. rufus
by the dark-brown color, the conspicuous wrinkles on the mesosternum, and the lack of granulation (=tubercles) on the hemelytra and scutellum (
De Carlo 1951
). In a treatment of species of
Cryphocricos
known or thought to occur in
Argentina
,
Lopez Ruf (1991)
provided a detailed diagnosis for
C. vianai
, although it was not comparative.