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 dorsalis
(Gray, 1832)
Discussion.
In this species the pronotum varies greatly in coloration despite having a stable pronotal structure (
Champion 1898
;
Haviland 1931
;
Carvalho & Costa 1993
).
Notocyrtus dorsalis
has an extensive synonymic list, summarized by
Carvalho & Costa (1993)
, in part due to this highly variable color pattern.
Jackson (1973)
detailed the mimicry of
Trigona fulviventris
Guérin, 1835
by
N. dorsalis
(as “
N. vesiculosus
”) in
British Honduras
(currently
Belize
). However, as it can be inferred by the short description of this author, the species studied by him seems to be
N. camelus
Stål, 1859
. Until specimens examined by Jackson become available the identity of this species studied by him will remain doubtful.
Distribution.
Notocyrtus dorsalis
has been recorded from
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Ecuador
,
Guatemala
,
Guyana
,
Mexico
,
Panama
,
Paraguay
, and
Peru
(
Stål 1872
;
Walker 1873
;
Lethierry & Severin 1896
;
Champion 1898
;
Haviland 1931
;
Wygodzinsky 1949
; Maldonado 1990;
Carvalho & Costa 1993
). The specimen examined from
Surinam
represents a new geographic distribution record for this species.
Material examined.
SURINAM
,
1Ƥ,
Langman Kondre
, Marowijne distr.,
VIII.1965
, B. Malkin
leg
. [
MZSP
].