Revision of genus Repipta Stål 1859 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) with new species and distribution data
Author
Martin-Park, Abdiel
Author
Delfín-González, Hugo
Author
Coscarón, María Del Carmen
text
Zootaxa
2012
3501
1
54
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.213795
3fe7b113-c219-4a34-8305-91cea92bb76a
1175-5326
213795
A1555675-3A47-46FA-9DAB-4B5DBDE365B8
Repipta ayelenae
Martin-Park
,
sp. nov.
Figs 1
,
5
,
11–13
, Map 1
Description.
—
General coloration red and dark brown. Head: red except clypeus and buccula, these dark brown; antennifer spines dark brown; eyes not surpassing margins of head; antenna I brown, darker apically; II dark brown; III brown; rostrum I red except laterally brown or red pigmented with brown in some specimens; II brown basally and dark brown toward apex or light brown in some specimens; III brown. Pronotum: anterior lobe, anterolateral angles and collar red or red pigmented with brown in some specimens; posterior lobe dark brown except a red pigmented with brown middle band pattern beginning in anterior margin, passing middle of discal spines and ending near posterior margin (
Fig. 1
E); submedian carina beginning in center of anterior lobe and ending before middle of posterior lobe; posterior margin light brown. Scutellum: principal body red; posterior process pale, long, acuminate and flat. Pleura: red with a dark brown fringe near middle of metapleuron; pro-, meso-, and mestasterna red. Legs: coxae and trochanters red, fore femora brown dorsally and dark brown ventrally or completely brown in some specimens; mid and hind femora brown with a dark brown band pattern medially or with a light brown band pattern in some specimens; fore tibiae brown with a dark brown band near base or completely brown in some specimens; mid and hind tibiae brown with two brown bands, basally and medially; tarsus brown. Abdomen: connexival segments: red except segment VI–VII, these with a dark brown irregular spot; segments IV–VI armed with short spines at their outer apical angles; urosternites red with a dark brown spot in segments I–IX and ventrally brown; urotergites I–VIII red except a dark brown band pattern in segments VI–VIII. Macropterous form: brown. Hemelytra: corium and clavus dark brown; hemelytron
1.28 mm
longer than abdomen; membrane hyaline-brownish. Female genitalia: posterior view: as in (
Fig. 11
C). Gonocoxite VIII: sparse thin hairs with a brown semicircular spot near anterior fibula (
Fig. 12
C), anterior fibula curved (
Fig. 12
C). Gonapophysis VIII: ventrally with abundant thin hairs (
Fig. 12
C). Gonocoxite IX: distally and ventrally with abundant thin hairs, wide basally (
Fig. 13
C).
Distribution
:
Argentina
.
Material examined
.
HOLOTYPE
, 1 Ƥ
Argentina
:
Corrientes
: Ituzaingó, [
27°36'S
–
56°42'W
],
14/XII/2004
, Benetti leg., Coscarón expedition.
PARATYPE
, 1 Ƥ Pellegrini, [
27°27'S
–
58°50'W
],
06/V/2002
, Martín leg., (
MLP
).
TABLE 2
. Selected measurements (mm.) of
Repipta argentinensis
Martin-Park & Coscarón
,
sp. nov.
Male (
Holotype
)
N=
1 Female
N=
2 Male
N=3
Measurements
. As in
Table 3
.
Max |
Min Max Min Max |
Total length |
14.1 |
12.9 15.5 13.0 15.4 |
Head length |
2.45 |
2.40 2.75 2.25 2.60 |
Head width |
1.35 |
1.25 1.35 1.35 1.60 |
Anteocular region |
0.70 |
0.80 0.95 0.70 0.70 |
Postocular region |
0.55 |
0.60 0.75 0.55 0.55 |
Interocular region |
0.75 |
0.70 0.80 0.70 0.75 |
Interocellar region |
0.40 |
0.40 0.45 0.40 0.40 |
Pronotum length |
2.50 |
2.75 2.95 2.50 2.75 |
Pronotum width |
2.85 |
2.85 3.05 2.85 3.05 |
Scutellum length |
1.30 |
0.80 1.15 0.85 1.30 |
Scutellum width |
1.15 |
1.00 1.60 1.15 1.45 |
Scutellum posterior process length |
0.35 |
0.30 0.45 0.30 0.35 |
Abdomen width |
3.20 |
3.95 4.10 2.70 3.25 |
Eye length |
0.60 |
0.65 0.65 0.60 0.75 |
Eye width |
0.50 |
0.25 0.35 0.45 0.50 |
Eye height |
0.80 |
0.70 0.70 0.80 0.90 |
Antennal segment 1 |
4.70 |
3.25 4.45 4.70 4.85 |
Antennal segment 2 |
1.50 |
1.50 1.85 1.50 1.55 |
Antennal segment 3 |
- |
- - - - |
Antennal segment 4 |
- |
- - - - |
Rostral segment 1 |
1.40 |
1.30 1.40 1.30 1.40 |
Rostral segment 2 |
1.10 |
1.05 1.25 1.05 1.15 |
Rostral segment 3 |
0.50 |
0.50 0.55 0.45 0.50 |
Head spines length |
0.50 |
0.40 0.50 0.45 0.50 |
Posterior lobe of pronotum discal spines length |
0.70 |
0.45 0.60 0.65 0.75 |
Posterior lobe of pronotum humeral spines length |
0.50 |
0.30 0.55 0.50 0.65 |
Distance between head spines |
1.00 |
0.85 1.05 0.90 1.00 |
Distance between discal spines |
2.15 |
2.10 2.10 2.10 2.20 |
Distance between discal/humeral spines |
1.20 |
1.10 1.40 1.20 1.40 |
TABLE 3
. Selected measurements (mm.) of
Repipta ayelenae
Martin-Park
,
sp. nov.
Female (Holotype)
N= 1
|
Female N=1 |
Max |
Max |
Total length |
11.2 |
9.60 |
Head length |
1.84 |
1.72 |
Head width |
1.16 |
1.12 |
Anteocular region |
0.52 |
0.44 |
Postocular region |
0.40 |
0.36 |
Interocular region |
0.56 |
0.56 |
Interocellar region |
0.36 |
0.36 |
Pronotum length |
1.80 |
1.60 |
Pronotum width |
2.48 |
2.28 |
Scutellum length |
0.85 |
0.85 |
Scutellum width |
1.00 |
0.87 |
Scutellum posterior process length |
0.25 |
0.20 |
Abdomen width |
2.75 |
2.60 |
Eye length |
0.56 |
0.52 |
Eye width |
0.32 |
0.32 |
Eye height |
0.60 |
0.60 |
Antennal segment 1 |
3.84 |
3.76 |
Antennal segment 2 |
1.28 |
1.24 |
Antennal segment 3 |
- |
- |
Antennal segment 4 |
- |
- |
Rostral segment 1 |
1.16 |
1.04 |
Rostral segment 2 |
0.84 |
0.84 |
Rostral segment 3 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
Head spines length |
0.56 |
- |
Posterior lobe of pronotum discal spines length |
0.88 |
0.76 |
Posterior lobe of pronotum humeral spines length |
0.64 |
0.64 |
Distance between head spines |
0.88 |
- |
Distance between discal spines |
1.40 |
- |
Distance between discal/humeral spines |
1.74 |
1.72 |
Remarks
. It superficially resembles
R. paraguayensis
sp. nov.
, but can be differentiated by its red anteocular region, mid-, and hind femora with a dark or light brown band medially, wider abdomen, connexival segments IV–VI armed with short spines, and genitalia traits.
Etymology
. Named derived from
Ayelén
, a Mapuche name meaning
joy
.