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<taxonomicName id="16E6714B50F7B25D7354DB2CAAA1E84B" ID-CoL="5D23Y" authority="Stal, 1862" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1862" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Zelus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelus ambulans" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambulans">
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Zelus ambulans
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, 1862
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<subSubSection id="00FF7BE70674EE1979FABA60BF281034" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph id="182C6AEAA1957DB124DFDBA52576C47F" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">
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<taxonomicName id="DB0D6909E059828BF3C55CDE91FA46D3" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Zelus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelus ambulans" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambulans">Zelus ambulans</taxonomicName>
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<normalizedToken id="B02F3F5C3A66D2DF6D76C3294CE7E650" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1862, p. 451, orig. descr.;
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<normalizedToken id="150907C8B95954F20E2C3B26ED94C899" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1872, p. 91, cat. (subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="78FF9ECE0C878821197A2A125EB8EE8A" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Heteroptera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Heteroptera (Diplodus)" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Diplodus">Diplodus</taxonomicName>
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); Lethierry and Severin, 1896, p. 151, cat.; Champion, 1898, p. 259-260, Tab. XV. fig. 23, 23a, junior syn. of
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<taxonomicName id="39A5236363971392A3F84BE4AA92EE6B" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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; Maldonado, 1990, p. 327. cat. and junior syn. of
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<taxonomicName id="2555C21C7053ECFCACFFD579D05326C7" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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. stat. rev. (current study).
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<paragraph id="D56FD67CFDBFBA9A183F7D9819C836B2" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">
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<taxonomicName id="A879E53472B61AEA451DF6C0A16110D6" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus ambulans" order="Perciformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ambulans">Diplodus ambulans</taxonomicName>
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: Uhler, 1886, p. 24, checklist; Walker, 1873, cat.
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<paragraph id="693FE8113BE8A2B564619E80580CCA6E" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Materials</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="34F42B8C1A71D470A4CA91807A69DC2E" collectingDate="No date provided" collectionCode="NHRS" collectorName="Salle" country="MEXICO" location="MEXICO" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" specimenCode="UCR _ ENT 00040998" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="Lectotype">
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Type status:
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<typeStatus id="32D5DBDC8C6C14ACF69118919A803740" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Lectotype</typeStatus>
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. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
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<specimenCode id="C063B29BEACEC763456B44C59E378B99" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">UCR_ENT 00040998</specimenCode>
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; occurrenceRemarks: Lectotype of Zelusambulans
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<normalizedToken id="258F560C77B9FE69B1C2A1E344E55622" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1862 (New Designation by Zhang, Hart & Weirauch, 2016). Verbatim label info: Mexico / Salle / ambulans Stal. / Lectotype Zelusambulans Stal / designated by E. R. Hart / Typus / NHRS-GULI 000000318; recordedBy:
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<collectorName id="77B0A7A74FCB04A9C808B5E95038C4E4" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Salle</collectorName>
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; sex:
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<specimenType id="848CD924E19B54556383B0D349384215" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Adult Male</specimenType>
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; otherCatalogNumbers: NHRS-GULI 000000318; Taxon: scientificName: Zelusambulans; family: Reduviidae; genus: Zelus; scientificNameAuthorship:
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<normalizedToken id="C0D4B60BC888AE7D049E5B01086446E2" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1862; Location: country:
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<collectingCountry id="90030C35E6011E123AC7FF18BC0A5A18" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: unknown; Identification: identifiedBy:
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<determinerName id="C6EC10E60E2B7BE0278F6472B08D9D6B" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">G. Zhang</determinerName>
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; dateIdentified: 2012; Event: eventDate:
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<collectingDate id="E8923E55B7E2F40AA9F17EE10A68F9B1" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">No date provided</collectingDate>
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; Record Level: institutionCode:
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<materialsCitation id="FDF38D58CABA82243321A1D8AAD0F068" collectingDate="No date provided" collectionCode="NHRS" collectorName="Salle" country="MEXICO" location="MEXICO" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="Paralectotype">
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Type status:
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<typeStatus id="856F947B87E518372616448269C37746" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Paralectotype</typeStatus>
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. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Paralectotype of Zelusambulans
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<normalizedToken id="406E5B22ADF4894C87505CCA84583C05" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1862 (New Designation by Zhang, Hart & Weirauch, 2016). Verbatim label info: Mexico / Salle / Allotypus / Zelusambulans Stal; recordedBy:
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<collectorName id="C5040123F667610DF4204BAB6F1F34C0" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Salle</collectorName>
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; sex:
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<specimenType id="9CAF60D55D9568CCAAD30EE31A75800F" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Adult Male</specimenType>
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; Taxon: scientificName: Zelusambulans; family: Reduviidae; genus: Zelus; scientificNameAuthorship:
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<normalizedToken id="2AB16EF573A9558E8FCB6473DDD20554" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1862; Location: country:
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<collectingCountry id="D867C5323077983AADA2D96D5FEF03F9" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: unknown; Event: eventDate:
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<collectingDate id="634FB58DB0444EDB4F7E01468DD61C13" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">No date provided</collectingDate>
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; Record Level: institutionCode:
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<collectionCode id="EAFCE0A66C3B8C8D4B0110E0C5EF3BF1" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">NHRS</collectionCode>
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<materialsCitation id="1FCE03A89BC36F8EE6381892C7B0C54A" collectingDate="No date provided" collectionCode="NHMW" collectorName="Signoret" country="MEXICO" location="MEXICO" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="Paralectotype">
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Type status:
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<typeStatus id="FF5DBB4D8FE98C02CEF47CBDE83EF213" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Paralectotype</typeStatus>
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. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Paralectotype of Zelusambulans
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<normalizedToken id="B7A3D0F8EA4B6F1B4283DA8EDF49AA4C" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1862. (New Designation by Zhang, Hart & Weirauch, 2016). Verbatim label info: Mexico Coll. Signoret / det. Stal; recordedBy:
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<collectorName id="D5FC3440B93061DEFCBCD5A7554CB78B" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Signoret</collectorName>
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; sex:
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<specimenType id="E451EFAEFEB076582549B601FFC4C73F" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Adult Male</specimenType>
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; Taxon: scientificName: Zelusambulans; family: Reduviidae; genus: Zelus; scientificNameAuthorship:
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<normalizedToken id="1D3D19362047D18BD39A6DC7CAF4524A" originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1862; Location: country:
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<collectingCountry id="D5FB110C6391D5BC909C6D2FCB4912FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: unknown; Event: eventDate:
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<collectingDate id="7650EA1237D402BC59A31A34DF8D78B5" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">No date provided</collectingDate>
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; Record Level: institutionCode:
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<collectionCode id="5033B9E9517198396879A46438767B6F" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">NHMW</collectionCode>
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<subSubSection id="25F5D48E0ACA2272B3306EB6D2212E00" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" type="description">
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<paragraph id="6E51A7650373F4B5923CDADD0DAEB4E0" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Description</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="437A500BE04D007D3564F1062BE403DD" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Figs 22, 23, 24</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="713EBA4A87F3F3048652C154FAAEBCCD" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Male: (Fig. 22a, b) Medium-sized, total length 12.89-15.19 mm (mean 14.27 mm, Suppl. material 2); slender. COLORATION: Dorsal surface generally brown. Anteocular lobe yellowish-brown to light reddish with darker brown areas on lateral surfaces between compound eyes and antennal insertions, some specimens with dark brown areas on posterodorsal surface. Dorsal surface of postocular lobe dark brown with wide yellowish-brown mid-dorsal and circumocellar areas, remainder of surface yellowish-brown. Rostrum yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, some specimens with segment I and apex of segment II darker reddish-brown. Antennal segments I and II with varying dark brown areas at base and apex, remainder of I and II yellowish-brown to dark reddish-brown, III and IV dark reddish-brown. Anterior lobe yellowish-brown with varying dark brown areas on dorsolateral margins, anterolateral angles of collar, medial sulcus, and small patches at posterodorsal margin. Posterior lobe yellowish-brown with posterior 1/2, except for posterior margin, darkening brown in some specimens. Scutellum yellowish-brown to dark brown. Legs yellowish-brown, apical 1/5 of femora with brown to brownish-black band and apex of tibiae darkening to dark reddish-brown. Hemelytron brown with yellowish-brown costal margins and veins of clavus and corium yellowish-brown except for veins bounding discal cells. Abdominal venter yellowish-brown. VESTITURE: Moderately setose. Short recumbent setae predominating dorsally; short to moderate erect setae over entire body. Recumbent and erect setae over entire sure of head, recumbent setae predominating dorsally. Postocular lobe with recumbent and scattered erect setae over entire surface, recumbent setae more dense dorsally, erect setae more dense lateroventrally. Anterior pronotal lobe with erect and recumbent setae confined to setal tracts dorsally, erect setae laterally. Posterior lobe vestiture consisting of recumbent and scattered erect setae over entire surface. Scutellum with moderate to long, silky setae. Clavus and corium with short recumbent setae, longer near base of clavus. Abdomen with short, stiff, erect setae dorsally, remainder of surface with recumbent and scattered erect setae. STRUCTURE: Head: Cylindrical, L/W = 2.30. Postocular lobe moderately long, posterior 1/2 width constant, lateral margins subparallel. Eey moderately prominent; dorsal margin attaining postocular transverse groove, ventral margin removed from ventral surface of head. Ocellus only slightly elevated. Labium: I: II: III = 1: 1.8: 0.4. Thorax: Anterolateral angle with inconspicuous subtuberculate projection; medial longitudinal sulcus evident only on posterior 1/2, deepening to transverse sulcus of pronotum. Posterior pronotal lobe with finely rugulose surface; disc about same level of, and continuous with, humeral angle; humeral angle armed, with spinous process. Scutellum short; apex blunt to subtuberculate. Legs: Slender. Femoral diameters subequal. Hemelytron: Surpassing apex of abdomen by about length of abdominal segment seven; quadrate cell small; Cu and M of cubital cell subparallel. GENITALIA: (Fig. 23) Pygophore: Elongate ovoid; not expanded laterally in dorsal view. Medial process triangular, relatively broad, moderately long, semi-erect, nearly straight, curved slightly posteriad apically; apex in posterior view blunt, without modification. Paramere: Cylindrical; moderately long, nearly reaching apex of medial process; slightly curved ventrad; apical part enlarged. Phallus: Dorsal phallothecal sclerite elongated, somewhat flattened; medially slightly constricted; apical portion of phallothecal sclerite not distinctly tapered, slightly convex; apex truncate, medially emarginate; posterior margin of foramen broadly concave. Struts attached to dorsal phallothecal sclerite; apically separate, connected by bridge; basally separate. Basal plate arm moderately robust, separate, converging, in lateral view nearly straight, very slightly curved; bridge short; extension of basal plate small and confined to apex of basal plate arm.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8F367A55987E1E4E05B3540D12655428" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Female: (Fig. 22c) Similar to male, except for the following. Larger than male, total length 15.43-18.59 mm (mean 16.55 mm, Suppl. material 2). Generall coloration slightly lighter; legs more or less uniformly colored, apices somewhat reddish, without dark bands.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8F11C11F7DF90D6A364D2A6CF8C53AC3" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Diagnosis</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="743494D6EF0122BF1A1DFAA7F595513C" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">
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Among the species of
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<taxonomicName id="29030213CDF2461575D63DBE5107D783" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Zelus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelus luridus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luridus">Zelus luridus</taxonomicName>
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group,
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<taxonomicName id="DF3AF5ECFF89BC890F21E222A4582C21" lsidName="Z. ambulans" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="ambulans">Z. ambulans</taxonomicName>
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has the humeral angle elevated to level of, and continuous with, disc of the posterior pronotal lobe, a condition that is also present in
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<taxonomicName id="67D1E6994DD5A94601781386C110804D" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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, but it can be separated from that species by the yellowish veins on corium, contrasting to the brown corium, whereas the entire corium is more or less uniformly colored in
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<taxonomicName id="0DDD8F70EE4EA10E565D29572F14F2F1" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="935F23F013702945A2A780115A7B54E8" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">
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Among species of the
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species group (Fig. 3) males of
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<taxonomicName id="AEA0B1DD82FDB80FC18E81150EF02BF7" lsidName="Z. ambulans" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="ambulans">Z. ambulans</taxonomicName>
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can be recognized by the relatively slender medial process (Fig. 23a) and the paramere barely reaching the medial process. The apical enlargement of the paramere is smaller than that in
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<taxonomicName id="AFA2FE0A90FED7348C2B74BD1128D4E7" lsidName="Z. spatulosus" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="spatulosus">Z. spatulosus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="7D072B9013E48E9AAA53A86FDA9FE107" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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, but larger than that in
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<taxonomicName id="AB906E431B449BADCD740F20A00E302B" lsidName="Z. grandoculus" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="grandoculus">Z. grandoculus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="E2FAF576E397F01762FF59CEE8E2875D" lsidName="Z. luridus" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="luridus">Z. luridus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="0895827EF82C21016C23BB4F522BF443" lsidName="Z. antiguensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="antiguensis">Z. antiguensis</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="EED90F55B54F539904FD2AC304458459" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="A7FDC24661F3D4EF78AAAF3C2ACBE8A5" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Distribution</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8C08D0D44A71DBE10FE2D7355C5428CE" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">North and Central America (Fig. 24). Countries with records: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="B8E7CC4849A25DF9AA374B93DA2FE705" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" type="taxon discussion">
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<paragraph id="CBB641FF072042E731809D8F1F834648" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Taxon discussion</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4C538C53F822740817D7C91C713208FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">
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<bibRefCitation id="6103FBC295B213558C256203799AD174" author="Champion, G. C." journalOrPublisher="Taylor and Francis, London" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" title="Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Biologia Centrali Americana. Vol. 2" year="1898">Champion (1898)</bibRefCitation>
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synonymized
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<taxonomicName id="F72BCD42C5319ED8324A80B78D23E991" lsidName="Z. ambulans" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="ambulans">Z. ambulans</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="6CC125A5F68AD4282402529EB85C5728" lsidName="Z. luridus" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="luridus">Z. luridus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="644003D48C02F31F47CCA1BFB9BDC555" lsidName="Z. cognatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="cognatus">Z. cognatus</taxonomicName>
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under
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<taxonomicName id="D223FBF762CB77314DEB09547F21A500" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="32DC891E698A91A13B181F12CEC0E57A" author="Hart, E. R." journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Entomological Society of America" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" pagination="535 - 548" title="Genus Zelus Fabricius in the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)" volume="79" year="1986">Hart (1986)</bibRefCitation>
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recognized all three as valid species, but did not formally reinstate
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<taxonomicName id="66E1122D35EA6998D98DBEC9FC4596B8" lsidName="Z. ambulans" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="ambulans">Z. ambulans</taxonomicName>
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, probably because it is outside the geographic focus of that particular study.
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<taxonomicName id="0DAB85112831681894E769D80C18C765" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Zelus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zelus ambulans" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambulans">Zelus ambulans</taxonomicName>
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remained a synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="FCAF2A7CAB202A1C0832C31A1CEA4B25" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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in
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<bibRefCitation id="871B7CE57D083C7CAB7B5D1F38BC4055" author="Maldonado, J." journalOrPublisher="University of Puerto Rico, Mayagueez, Puerto Rico" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" title="Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World. Caribbean Journal of Science, Special publication No. 1" year="1990">Maldonado (1990)</bibRefCitation>
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's catalogue or
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<taxonomicName id="A7312CBED2E55E7171998D4BF608FEAB" family="Reduviidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="family">Reduviidae</taxonomicName>
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. We here resurrect
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<taxonomicName id="E05DE910F7EE26618E1413A99CD56EB4" lsidName="Z. ambulans" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="ambulans">Z. ambulans</taxonomicName>
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from synonymy. Champion (1898)'s figures of
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<taxonomicName id="4F29E7405A6BDDA7DBB9FF2C98972CF0" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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actually depict
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<taxonomicName id="236F927B8EB906930F2814DFFD11A80C" lsidName="Z. ambulans" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="ambulans">Z. ambulans</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1E4984E90EF935D861261A6C9C3EA396" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">
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Although this species shows very little morphological variations, color patterns within an area do vary considerably. The dark area at the posterior margin of the longitudinal medial sulcus of the anterior lobe, which serves to easily distinguish
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<taxonomicName id="3BFFB93BD17339D87757EB1CC3CF0574" lsidName="Z. ambulans" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="ambulans">Z. ambulans</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName id="9E5C9D4DE3110918866F97257FA6B2FC" lsidName="Z. exsanguis" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150" rank="species" species="exsanguis">Z. exsanguis</taxonomicName>
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, is relatively constant. Other colors, specifically that of the posterior pronotal lobe and the femoral apices vary from quite light to very dark brown in any given locality. There is also an occasional specimen with somewhat darker hemelytron, but this does not show the wide range of variations of the aforementioned characters.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EFB9AD9749482E4501342A54261B77CA" pageId="0" pageNumber="8150">Most specimens examined have been collected from moderate to high altitudes.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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