New records, taxonomic notes, and the description of a new species of Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from French Guiana
Author
Gil-Santana, Hélcio R.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-04
5105
3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.3
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Diarthrotarsus
Bergroth, 1905
Lycimna
Stål, 1872
was described by
Stål (1872)
to include
L. annulosa
Stål, 1872
from
Colombia
. Because this genus name was preoccupied by
Lycimna
Walker, 1860 (Lepidoptera)
,
Bergroth (1905)
proposed
Diarthrotarsus
as a new name for it.
Wygodzinsky (1948)
described three new species of the genus, two from
Brazil
(
D. malaisei
Wygodzinsky, 1948
and
D. travassosi
Wygodzinsky, 1948
) and one from
Bolivia
(
D. stali
Wygodzinsky, 1948
).
Maldonado (1955)
described
D. marahuacensis
Maldonado, 1955
from
Venezuela
, totaling a current number of five species included in
Diarthrotarsus
(
Maldonado 1990
)
.
Diarthrotarsus annulosus
probably, and all other species of the genus certainly were described based on only one (
type
) specimen each (
Stål 1872
,
Wygodzinsky 1948
,
Maldonado 1955
). Additionally, with the exception of
D. annulosus
, described based on at least partly male(s), all other species were described based on females.
Stål (1872)
and
Wygodzinsky (1948)
provided detailed descriptions of the genus, while the latter author redescribed
D. annulosus
based on its
type
specimen deposited in NHRS.
Diarthrotarsus
can be separated from other New World genera of
Harpactorini
by their two-segmented tarsi and the closed posterior portion of fore acetabula (
Stål 1872
). Their species are quite similar, with a small set of differences to separate each of them (
Wygodzinsky 1948
,
Maldonado 1955
).
Distribution.
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Bolivia
,
French Guiana
(
new record
),
Venezuela
.