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 schaeferi
Martin-Park & Coscarón
,
sp. nov.
Figs 3
,
6
,
11–13
,
16
, Map 5
Description.
—
General coloration brown, light brown and red. Head: red pigmented with light brown except antennifer spines, these light brown; eyes not surpassing margins of head; antenna I and II light brown; rostrum I brown pigmented with red; II light brown; III brown. Pronotum: anterior lobe laterally, anterolateral angles and collar red pigmented with brown, and medially with a light brown band pattern; submedian carina not clearly visible; posterior lobe red pigmented with light brown. Scutellum: light brown pigmented with red; posterior process short, acute and flat. Pleura: red pigmented with light brown; pro-, meso-, and mestasterna red pigmented with light brown. Legs: coxae and trochanters red pigmented with light brown, femora light brown basally and beyond middle, red pigmented with light brown apically; tibiae light brown, apically red pigmented with light brown; tarsus brown. Abdomen: connexival segments: red; unarmed; urosternites red pigmented with light brown. Macropterous form: brown pigmented with red. Hemelytra: corium and clavus brown basally to middle, and red apically; hemelytron
1.72 mm
longer than abdomen; membrane hyaline-brownish. Female genitalia: posterior view: as in (
Fig. 11
L). Gonocoxite VIII: without hairs (
Fig. 12
L), anterior fibula curved wide proximally (
Fig. 12
L). Gonapophysis VIII: ventrally with abundant thin hairs (
Fig. 12
L). Gonocoxite IX: ventrally with abundant thin hairs, slightly wide basally (
Fig. 13
L).
Distribution
:
Costa Rica
.
Material examined
.
HOLOTYPE
, 1 Ƥ
Costa Rica
: Cordillera de Talamanca, [
9°30'N
–
83°40'W
], Bovallius leg., (
SMNH
).
Measurements
. As in
Table 18
.
Remarks
. It superficially resembles
R. flavicans
and
R. brasiliensis
sp. nov.
, but can be differentiated by the lack of bands in the coloration pattern of pronotum, and genitalia traits.
Etymology
. Named for Dr. Carl Schaefer, in honor of his contributions to the study of
Heteroptera
.
MAP 5.
Distribution of
R. schaeferi
sp. nov.
,
R. sexdens
,
R. spinosa
,
R. taurus
and
R. unispina
sp. nov.