Synopsis of the genus Empicoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Chile Author Melo, María Cecilia Departamento Sistemática, Instituto de Limnología “ R. A. Ringuelet ” (ILPLA), CCT La Plata, CONICET- UNLP, Av. Calchaquí km 23.5 (1888) Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina; e-mail: cecimelo @ ilpla. edu. ar Author Faúndez, Eduardo Iván Grupo Entomon, Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Avenida Bulnes 01855, Casilla 113 - D, Punta Arenas, Chile; e-mail: ed. faundez @ gmail. com & Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad (CEBCh), Magallanes 1979, Osorno, Chile. Author Ilpla Author Conicet Author Unlp Author Cebc text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2011 2011-06-30 51 1 11 20 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5327122 0374-1036 5327122 Key to the Chilean species of Empicoris Wolff, 1811 1 Lateral carina of hind lobe of pronotum distinguishable at anterior portion only ( Fig. 3 ); apex of pterostigma generally reddish; posterior margin of pygophore deeply emarginate ( Fig. 4 ). ................................................................ E. rubromaculatus ( Blackburn, 1889 ) – Lateral carina of hind lobe of pronotum complete ( Fig. 5 ); pterostigma only rarely reddish at apex; posterior margin of process of pygophore not deeply emarginate. .................... 2 2 Hind wings conspicuously spotted apically; lateral carina of pronotum in most specimens with a small projecting process; pterostigma more or less extensively darkened. ............. ................................................................................................. E. errabundus ( Say, 1832 ) – Hind wings not spotted apically; lateral carina of pronotum lacking anterior projection; pterostigma darkened or not. ........................................................................................... 3 3 Pterostigma with two or three dark spots; parameres bilobed apically ( Fig. 6 ). ................ ........................................................................................ E. culiciformis ( De Geer, 1773 ) – Pterostigma uniformly whitish; parameres pointed apically ( Fig. 7 ). ................................ ....................................................................................... E. vagabundus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )