New records, and nomenclatural and biological notes on Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Bolivia and Brazil
Author
Gil-Santana, Hélcio R.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1785
43
53
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182460
a064f486-4831-4bd3-80c8-c0465baf2b3b
1175-5326
182460
Heza gilsantanai
Bérenger, 2007
Heza gilsantanai
was recently described based on two males from
French Guiana
. The female from state of Pará,
Brazil
is very similar to the description furnished by
Bérenger (2007)
(
Figs. 4–9
).
Remarks.
The mesepisternum of
H. gilsantanai
is flat, without a raised tubercle (“
plica”
) (
Fig. 6
), the character mostly used to separate
Heza
spp. from members of other close genera (
Champion 1898
;
Maldonado 1976
). There are very few differences between the description of the species by
Bérenger (2007)
and the specimen examined, as follows. Total length: from tip of membrane 16.5 mm, and 16.0 mm to tip of abdomen. Connexivum with pale markings in middle portion of segments I–VI; central portion of 7th sternite with oval blackish depression with mildly elevated borders (
Fig. 8
). The ventral part of the 8th segment is absent (
Fig. 9
).
Material examined:
BRAZIL
,
1 female
,
Pará
, Serra Norte, Ig.[uarapé] Pojuca,
27-II-1984
[
MNRJ
].