A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens Author Zhang, Guanyang Author Hart, Elwood R Author Weirauch, Christiane text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 8150 8150 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8150 1314-2828--8150 262DB958242246B692E61675C3C07DB1 262DB958242246B692E61675C3C07DB1 Zelus couturieri Iquitozelus couturieri Berenger , 2003, p. 23, orig. descr. and fig. Zelus couturieri ( Berenger , 2003), comb. nov. (current study). Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Host plant: Psidium guajava; recordedBy: Couturier, G ; sex: Adult Female ; Taxon: scientificName: Zeluscouturieri; family: Reduviidae; genus: Zelus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Berenger, 2003); Location: country: Peru ; stateProvince: Loreto; locality: Iquitos ; Event: eventDate: 1992-07-20 ; Record Level: institutionCode: Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Type status: Paratype . Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Host plant: Psidium guajava; recordedBy: Couturier, G ; sex: Adult Female ; Taxon: scientificName: Zeluscouturieri; family: Reduviidae; genus: Zelus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Berenger, 2003); Location: country: Peru ; stateProvince: Loreto; locality: Iquitos ; Event: eventDate: 1992-07-20 ; Record Level: institutionCode: Museo de Entomologia, Universidad Agraria La Molina, Lima Type status: Paratype . Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Host plant: Psidium guajava; recordedBy: Couturier, G ; sex: Adult Female ; Taxon: scientificName: Zeluscouturieri; family: Reduviidae; genus: Zelus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Berenger, 2003); Location: country: Peru ; stateProvince: Loreto; locality: Iquitos ; Event: eventDate: 1992-07-20 ; Record Level: institutionCode: USNM Type status: Paratype . Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Host plant: Psidium guajava; recordedBy: Couturier, G ; sex: Adult Female ; Taxon: scientificName: Zeluscouturieri; family: Reduviidae; genus: Zelus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Berenger, 2003); Location: country: Peru ; stateProvince: Loreto; locality: Iquitos ; Event: eventDate: 1992-07-20 ; Record Level: institutionCode: Jean-Michel Berenger Collection Description Figs 63, 64 Diagnosis The connexivum segment VI with foliaceous expansion is unique among all females of Zelus spp. Distribution South America (Fig. 64). Known only from Peru. Taxon discussion Berenger (2003) described a new species of Harpactorini from Iquitos, Peru, and erected a new genus, Iquitozelus to accommodate this species. We here transfer I. couturieri to Zelus for reasons aforementioned. This species shows a great deal of resemblance to three other species of Zelus , Z. amblycephalus , Z. umbraculus and Z. umbraculoides , all newly described in the current study. In these species, the head, legs and pronotum are more or less uniformly greenish-brown. There are a number of differences. The posterior pronotal lobe disc in Z. couturieri appears to be only slightly above and nearly continuous with humeral angle. In the other three species, the discs are clearly above humeral angle. The posterior margin of the posterior pronotal lobe in Z. couturieri is not developed, whereas it is well defined in other species. Furthermore, the lateral process of the humeral angle is conspicuously darkened, also unique to Z. couturieri . Based the foregoing observations, it is likely that Z. couturieri represents a distinct a species, and not the female of Z. umbraculoides or Z. umbraculus . The specimens were not physically examined as Berenger (2003) has provided a detailed description of this species.