New records, taxonomic notes, and the description of a new species of Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from French Guiana
Author
Gil-Santana, Hélcio R.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-04
5105
3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.3
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Sphodrolestes vittaticollis
Stål, 1867
(
Figs. 6–8
)
Stål (1867)
described
Sphodrolestes vittaticollis
based on (a) female (s) from North
Brazil
(“Brasilia borealis”). Gil-Santana
et al
. (2003) and
Forero
et al
. (2011)
recorded the species to
Bolivia
and
Ecuador
, respectively. Gil- Santana
et al
. (2003) mentioned the general similarity in coloration between
S. vittaticollis
and
Agriocoris flavipes
(Fabricius, 1803) (Apiomerini)
. Both species seem to be mimetic of stingless bees (
Hymenoptera
:
Apidae
: Apinae: Meliponini), taking into account their general structure and particularly the vestiture and shape of the middle and hind tibiae (
Figs. 6–7
), similarly to previous reports in relation to some species of
Apiomerus
(
Johnson 1983
, Roubick 1989,
Gonzales-Bustamante 1995
). There is a variation in the coloration, including the extension and shape of the dark markings of pronotum (
Figs. 6–7
; pers. observation).
Sphodrolestes
is monotypic, therefore
S. vittaticollis
is identified by the generic characteristics, such as the conspicuous spiniform tubercle in the gular region of the head (
Stål 1872
, Gil-Santana
et al
. 2003, 2015) (
Fig. 8
).
Distribution.
Brazil
,
Bolivia
,
Ecuador
,
French Guiana
(
new record
).
Material examined
.
FRENCH GUIANA
,
Bélizon
,
xi.1997
, leg.
H. Gaspard
,
1 female
,
1 male
(
MNRJ
)
.