A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia Author Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra 0000-0001-5400-4742 Museo entomológico UNAB. Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía, SIA. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Cra 30, 45 - 03. Bogotá, D. C. Colombia. & aalvarezz @ unal. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5400 - 4742 aalvarezz@unal.edu.co Author Ferreira, Paulo S. F. 0000-0001-7165-6398 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia. Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa. 36570 - 900 Viçosa, MG, Brasil. (Full Professor retired) paulofiuza 41 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7165 - 6398 paulofiuza41@gmail.com Author Serna, Francisco 0000-0002-6143-9821 Museo entomológico UNAB. Sistemática de Insectos Agronomía, SIA. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Cra 30, 45 - 03. Bogotá, D. C. Colombia. & fjsernac @ unal. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6143 - 9821 fjsernac@unal.edu.co text Zootaxa 2022 2022-08-25 5178 2 101 151 journal article 129868 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.1 5ca9ffbd-f27f-49a2-93a8-95c4954e94a4 1175-5326 7022163 E6193C13-A28F-4488-A994-F4254FB3A3E3 Eccritotarsus Stål, 1860 Eccritotarsus Stål, 1860: 57 (original description). Type species: Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus Stål, 1860 . Subsequent designation by Kirkaldy, 1906: 135 . Diagnosis. Body elongate, twice as long as wide; black or dark brown and white, rarely yellowish; silvery pruinosity may be present. Scutellum smooth, not concealed by the posterior margin of pronotum. Hemelytron elongate, with lateral margin slightly convex.