New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries
Author
Forero, Dimitri
text
Zootaxa
2006
1107
1
47
journal article
50829
10.5281/zenodo.171458
06ab81eb-f8e8-4b77-ad90-758c5ff37337
11755326
171458
Harpactor rhombeus
(
Erichson, 1848
)
Wygodzinsky (1947c)
gave a synopsis of the genus
Harpactor
Laporte, 1833
.
H. rhombeus
often has waxy secretions over the body, a character not mentioned by
Wygodzinsky (1947c)
. An unidentified reduviid mentioned by
Espinel (2000)
as a predator of nymphs of
Rhammatocerus schistocercoides
(
Orthoptera
:
Acrididae
), a serious occasional pest of the area, probably belongs to this species judging from the photograph of the nymph examined.
H. rhombeus
has been recorded from
Mexico
,
Guyana
and
Venezuela
(
Stål 1872
;
Wygodzinsky 1947c
;
Maldonado 1990
). The area in which the specimens listed below were collected is an extensive Colombian savanna called the “Llanos Orientales.” The specimens listed below are a new generic record from
Colombia
(
Fig. 46
).
Material examined
:
COLOMBIA
, 2ɗɗ, 1Ψ,
Meta,
Pto. Gaitán, Río Yucabo,
200 m
,
I1975
, R. Jaramillo [
UNCB
]; 1Ψ,
Meta,
Remolinos, Centro Cafamllanos,
220 m
,
23III 1996
[
MUJ
].