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 ecuadorensis Martin-Park & Coscarón , sp. nov. Figs 2 , 5 , 11–13 , Map 2 Description. — General coloration brown and dark brown. Head: light brown except clypeus, labrum, postocular region and antennifer spines, these dark brown; eyes not surpassing margins of head; antenna I–IV brown; rostrum I and II brown; III dark brown. Pronotum: anterior lobe, anterolateral angles and collar dark brown, light brown laterally; submedian carina reaching less than half length of posterior lobe; posterior lobe brown; humeral and discal spines light brown. Scutellum: principal body dark brown; lateral edges light brown; posterior process pale, long and rounded. Pleura: light brown; prosterna brown, meso-, and metasterna light brown. Legs: coxae brown dorsally, light brown ventrally; trochanters brown; fore femora dark brown except a portion basally, this light brown; mid- femora light brown except apically, this dark brown; hind femora light brown with three dark brown bands, basally, medially and apically; fore tibiae brown; mid-, and hind tibiae brown with two light brown bands: basally and medially; tarsus brown. Abdomen: connexival segments: light brown; segments III–VI armed with short dark brown spines at their outer apical angles; urosternites light brown. Macropterous form: brown. Hemelytra: corium and clavus brown; hemelytron 2.60 mm longer than abdomen; membrane hyaline-brownish. Female genitalia: posterior view: as in ( Fig. 11 F). Gonocoxite VIII: sparse thin hairs ( Fig. 12 F), anterior fibula slightly curved, wide basally. Gonapophysis VIII: ventrally with abundant thin hairs ( Fig. 12 F). Gonocoxite IX: distally and ventrally with abundant thin hairs, wide basally, with two brown bands ( Fig. 13 F). Distribution : Ecuador . Material examined . HOLOTYPE , Ecuador : 1 Ƥ Napo , [ 0°44'S – 78°06'W ], 05/III/1983 , L. Huggert leg., ( MZLU ). Measurements . As in Table 8 . TABLE 8 . Selected measurements (mm.) of Repipta ecuadorensi s Martin-Park & Coscarón, sp. nov. Female ( Holotype ) N=1 Max Total length 13.8 Head length 2.00 Head width 1.40 Anteocular region 0.60 Postocular region 0.32 Interocular region 0.48 Interocellar region 0.32 Pronotum length 2.68 Pronotum width 2.92 Scutellum length 0.52 Scutellum width 0.60 Scutellum posterior process length 0.22 Abdomen width 3.20 Eye length 0.64 Eye width 0.52 Eye height 0.80 Antennal segment 1 6.12 Antennal segment 2 1.84 Antennal segment 3 5.28 Antennal segment 4 3.36 Rostral segment 1 1.24 Rostral segment 2 1.04 Rostral segment 3 0.40 Head spines length 1.08 Posterior lobe of pronotum discal spines length 1.40 Posterior lobe of pronotum humeral spines length 1.32 Distance between head spines 1.24 Distance between discal spines 1.60 Distance between discal/humeral spines 1.96 Remarks . It superficially resembles R. sexdens but can be differentiated by the connexival spines in segments III–VI and urosternites colored light brown without a band pattern. Etymology . Named for its distribution in Ecuador .