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 Phasmatocoris spectrum Breddin, 1904 The genus Phasmatocoris Breddin, 1904 , has 14 described species, three of them known from Colombia ( Wygodzinsky 1966 ; Maldonado 1990 ). P. s p e c t r u m is the type species of the genus. Wygodzinsky (1966) illustrated certain aspects of this species. Some details are redrawn here and others are shown to facilitate its recognition ( Figs. 10­17 ). The fore tibia has a depression on its dorsal surface, covered with medium­sized dense setae, character not mentioned by Wygodzinsky; the pygophore has a pointed and long posterior process; the parameres are subtriangular, and densely covered in setae; the non­extended phallus, exhibit a symmetrical and laterally expanded apical part of the struts, with a large and asymmetrical endosomal process. An illustration of a late instar nymph is given ( Fig. 18 ). The specimens were found among the leaves of a “Palma Real” ( Scheelea sp. [ Arecaceae ]), of an approximately height of nine meters that was in the interior of the forest. Together with these specimens, some Triatominae (Reduviidae) , scorpions and others arthropods were found. As far as is known, this is the first biological information for any species of this genus. P. s p e c t r u m was originally described from Bolivia , and additionally recorded from Brazil (Manaos) and Venezuela ( Wygodzinsky 1966 ; Maldonado 1968, 1990). This species is recorded for the first time from Colombia ( Fig. 19 ). Material examined : COLOMBIA , 1ɗ, 1 nymph, Meta, Puerto Gaitán, El Porvenir, orilla sur del Río Meta, 4 km al este del poblado de El Porvenir ( 4º45’N 71º25’W ), 150 m , 23­XI­1979 , M. Barreto [ CMUV ]; 1ɗ ­same data­ [ UNCB ].