A new species of Notocyrtus, a new synonym of Coilopus, and new records and notes on other Harpactorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from South America
Author
Gil-Santana, Hélcio R.
Author
Forero, Dimitri
text
Zootaxa
2009
2148
55
67
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.188692
bbd5bbf0-6ee4-4fcb-8cbb-fe45a1fe9a52
1175-5326
188692
Notocyrtus
Burmeister, 1835
The genus
Notocyrtus
Burmeister, 1835
was initially revised by
Carvalho and Costa (1992
,
1993
). Costa and Gil-Santana 2001, and Gil-Santana and Costa 2001 described additional new species, having
Notocyrtus
23 valid species. Despite the revision and subsequent description of additional species, it is clear that there is still a proportion of the diversity of
Notocyrtus
that remains undescribed.
Species of
Notocyrtus
have been recognized as mimetics of meliponine bees (
Jackson, 1973
; Gil-Santana 2008), in which the mimicry is enhanced by an inflated pronotum (
Haviland 1931
;
Jackson 1973
). Some species of this genus are variable in color, particularly in the pronotum, which may be a result of mimicking different meliponine bees in different localities (
Jackson 1973
). On the other hand, the general size, the structure of the head, the shape of the pronotum and tibiae, and, to a lesser extent, the color patterns on head, pronotum, and legs seem to be good features for separating species of
Notocyrtus
(
Carvalho & Costa 1992
,
1993
).
PLATE 7.
Figs. 26–27.
Orbella exceptio
, male genitalia
in situ
, 26, lateral view, 27, posterior view.