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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBC45325DCCFF2DF9665A89" bold="true" box="[151,358,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Rasahus abolitus</emphasis>
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(
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,
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: Easily separated from all other species of
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by the combination of small size (male less than
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) and the obsolete pronotal sulci and granules. The external genitalia of the male also are unique in possessing the combination of a strongly-bent, apically-tapering median process of the pygophore.
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBC45325D9CFED2F9485BB9" bold="true" box="[199,328,360,385]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Coloration</emphasis>
: Blackish, except apical spine of scutellum, apical interior of clavus from scutellar spine to apex, adjacent part of corium from base to apex of clavus, three spots on hemelytral membrane (ovoidal spot near base, narrow arcuate spot near apex of corium, and forked spot at apex), anterior half of connexiva (dorsally and ventrally, with adjacent part of ventrite), apex of coxae, base of metafemur, base of all tibiae, and meso- and metatarsi whitish. Incisures of antennal segments (plus, base of scape), protarsi, and fossula spongiosa brownish.
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBC45325D9CFDA6F938580D" bold="true" box="[199,312,540,565]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Structure</emphasis>
: Anteocular region covered on all surfaces with short silvery pile, laterally with few long dark setae. Interocular region with width subequal to width of eye, with three setae in triangle and silvery pile dorsally (less so than anteocular but possibly abraided). Postocular region with short longitudinal sulcus reaching cephalad from transverse sulcus. Neck dorsally glabrous, laterally and ventrally with short pile.
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Antennae: as per description under
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.
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<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFD6AFC5958D0" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" box="[199,1113,719,744]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Eyes in lateral view surpassing dorsal margin and nearly reaching ventral margin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFD49F9BA5908" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Ocelli large, somewhat raised, separated from each other by width of one ocellus, separated from eye by less than width of one ocellus.</paragraph>
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Rostrum: as per description under
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.
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<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFBA8F9545E77" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Pleura: Propleuron smooth. Metapleuron slightly transversely wrinkled, glabrous, metapleural sulcus narrow between carinae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFBE0FC745E4B" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" box="[199,1140,1114,1139]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Sterna: Metasternum medially obscured by pin, possibly carinate midlongitudinally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFBC7FD3F5EAE" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" box="[199,1343,1149,1174]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Hemelytra slightly but distinctly exceeding abdominal apex, veins of corium bearing semi-erect setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFB1BF93C5EE6" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Forelegs: Profemur with ventral setae arranged in two rows. Protibial fossula spongiosa long, greater than halflength of tibia.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFB53FCB55F1E" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Middle legs: Tibia generally more pilose (more densely so ventrally) and with fewer distinct dorsal setae, mesotibial fossula spongiosa relatively shorter, about half-length of tibia. All else as fore legs.</paragraph>
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Hind legs: as per description under
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.
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<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFAEFF9A15FAA" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Abdomen connexiva with long thin seta at posterolateral angle, sutures poorly indicated. Apex of seventh ventrite strongly pilose.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45325D9CFA27FCA55C51" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Male genitalia: Eighth ventrite extended caudad as median triangular spine. Pygophore sparsely pilose, posterior margin concave between median process and base of parameres, median apical process tall, strongly sinuate (left margin strongly curved, right margin weakly so), broad and bent sinistral in basal half, curving dextral in apical half, apically tapering to acuminate point. Parameres large, asymmetrical, both spade-shaped, more pilose than pygophore, especially near apex, left paramere larger, with attenuated, mesally-bent, somewhat flattened apex, right paramere slightly broader with non-attenuated tectiform apex. Aedeagus not examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBC45315D9CF923F8C15AC0" blockId="9.[151,1437,253,2035]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1437,151,2038]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="456" pageId="9" pageNumber="455">Measurements (in mm): total length (apex of head to apex of hemelytra): 10.2; head length: 1.7; head width (across eyes): 1.2; anteocular length: 0.7; postocular length: 0.3; neck length: 0.3; scape length: 0.8; pedicel length: 2.2; basiflagellum length: 1.8; distiflagellum length: 2.3; antennal segment ratio: 1.0: 2.75: 2.25: 2.9; eye length: 0.7; eye width: 0.4; rostral segment 1 length: 0.6; rostral segment 2 length: 1.0; rostral segment 3 length: 0.6; rostral segment ratio: 1.0: 1.67: 1.0; prothorax length: 2.4; prothorax width (across humeri): 2.5; anterior pronotal lobe length: 1.7; posterior pronotal lobe length: 0.7; scutellum length: 1.2; scutellum width (at base): 0.9; hemelytra length: 8.1; procoxa length: 1.6; protrochanter length: 0.6; profemur length: 2.7; protibia length: 2.5; protibial fossula spongiosa length: 2.0; protarsi length: 0.6; protarsal segment ratio: 1.0: 1.6: 1.6; mesocoxa length: 0.7; mesotrochanter length: 0.6; mesofemur length: 2.9; mesotibia length: 2.4; mesotibial fossula spongiosa length: 1.5; mesotarsi length: 1.1; mesotarsal segment ratio: 1.0: 2.1: 2.1; metacoxa length: 0.8; metatrochanter length: 0.7; metafemur length: 4.4; metatibia length: 5.0; metatarsi length: 1.9; metatarsal segment ratio: 1.0: 2.5: 2.0; abdomen length: 5.7; abdomen (widest) width: 2.7; pygophore length: 1.4; pygophore width (across widest point): 1.1.</paragraph>
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:
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: Kaw Mountains,
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N. Route D6, MV light,
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,
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, V. R. Block,
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: Known only from the
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locality (
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).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C35FE5C5FFBF45315D9CFED4FAF45BF7" pageId="10" pageNumber="456" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315D9CFED4F9485BBF" bold="true" box="[199,328,366,391]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Etymology</emphasis>
: The specific epithet is the Latin adjective
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E71FED4FB845BBF" box="[810,900,366,391]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">abolitus</emphasis>
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, -
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315EC7FED5FBAA5BBE" box="[924,938,367,390]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">a</emphasis>
, -
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E9AFED5FBE35BBE" box="[961,995,367,390]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">um</emphasis>
, formed from the Latin verb
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to destroy, abolish, efface, annihilate, check the growth of, retard, decay. This name was chosen to highlight the “effaced” sulci and granulations of the pronotal lobes.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35FE5C5FFBF45315D9CFE60FC3C5CEF" pageId="10" pageNumber="456" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315D9CFE60F9345BCB" bold="true" box="[199,308,474,499]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Remarks</emphasis>
: The new species is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315F83FE60FBB55BCB" box="[728,949,474,499]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Rasahus scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. (nec
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) (see below) in structure, color pattern, and small size (both
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in males). The color pattern also is similar to
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF453158DFFE45F9095802" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. sulcicollis</emphasis>
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and to a lesser extent,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315F48FD98FAA25801" box="[531,674,546,569]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. castaneus</emphasis>
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, although their larger size precludes any of these species and their associated junior synonyms from being conspecific with R.
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E6DFDFFFB905866" box="[822,912,581,606]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">abolitus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315ECCFDFFFBF15866" bold="true" box="[919,1009,581,606]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBF45315D9CFDD3FD1A5E6B" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2038]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">
Morphologically, however,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315CA4FDD0FA7958BA" box="[511,633,617,642]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315FDAFDD3FADC58BA" bold="true" box="[641,732,617,642]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E4EFDD0FBAA58BA" box="[789,938,617,642]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. differ markedly in the structure of the pronotum. Coscarόn (1983a) noted in her redescription of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E7AFD34FBB4589E" box="[801,948,653,678]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct.: “[English transl.] Anterior [pronotal] lobe with granulations in the sulci and more or less well-marked basal depression where joins the lateral internal sulci.” In contrast, the anterior pronotal sulci of the new species are not at all well marked, being rather obsolescent. Granulations also appear to be essentially absent in the lateral internal sulci, but in the external and middle lateral sulci minor sculpturing is apparent under higher magnification (
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). Coscarόn (1983a) also noted of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315DA4FCFBF9955960" box="[255,405,831,856]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct.: “[English transl.] Posterior [pronotal] lobe with granulation, rugosities, and hairs.”, and the posterior pronotal lobe of the new species is very smooth, lacking any granulation (ignoring microsculpture). The anteocular part of the head also is a slightly longer, composing a larger proportion of the overall head length than in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315C97FC16FA6159FC" box="[460,609,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. Two other species, i.e.,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315EEBFC16FC7559FC" box="[944,1141,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. albomaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF453159F7FC16FD6059FB" box="[1196,1376,940,963]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. surinamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, also lack granulations and well-defined sulci, but each possesses more extensive pale patterning on the hemelytra and is much larger (
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in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315C8DFC4EFA9D5E33" box="[470,669,1010,1035]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. albomaculatus</emphasis>
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and
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in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E27FC4EFC325E33" box="[892,1074,1012,1035]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. surinamensis</emphasis>
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). Based on Coscarόns (1983a) plates, the genitalia closely resembles
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315F19FBADFAD65E17" box="[578,726,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct., although
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315ED2FBADFC015E17" box="[905,1025,1046,1071]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315953FBACFC625E17" bold="true" box="[1032,1122,1046,1071]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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might differ in possessing a more acuminated apex of the median process (
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) and a less attenuated left paramere (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBF45315D9CFBE5FA6E5C70" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,2038]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">
As mentioned, the color pattern is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315FACFBE5FB8C5E4F" box="[759,908,1118,1143]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. In addition to generally sharing the same pale maculations, both species appear to be distinctive in their bicolorous scutellum: black with a whitish spine. However, a few differences exist. First, the claval stripe does not extend beyond the base of the scutellar spine in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF453158DFFB1DF8F15EDA" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315DA2FB73F9535EDA" bold="true" box="[249,339,1225,1250]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, occupying approximately the apical third of the clavus, whereas in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF4531590DFB70FCEA5EDA" box="[1110,1258,1225,1250]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. the claval stripe extends well beyond the base of the scutellar spine, occupying at least the apical half of the clavus. Second, the oblique pale corial stripe adjacent to the clavus (paraclaval stripe) is essentially complete in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF453159AFFAA8FD705F12" box="[1268,1392,1297,1322]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315821FAABF8C85F76" bold="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, whereas it is nearly interrupted near the base in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315FAAFA8CFB855F76" box="[753,901,1333,1358]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. Third, a pale marginal stripe connects the paraclaval stripe to the central corial spot and continues along the posterior margin of the hemelytra in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315879FAE0FD9C5F49" box="[1314,1436,1368,1393]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315DCCFAC6F8F05FAD" bold="true" box="[151,240,1404,1429]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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; yet, this pale marginal stripe appears to be missing or obsolete in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E88FAC4FC665FAD" box="[979,1126,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. Fourth, the connexiva are pale in the basal half in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315C93FA1BFA415F81" box="[456,577,1440,1465]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315F13FA1AFAA15F81" bold="true" box="[584,673,1440,1465]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, rather than in the basal two-thirds in
<taxonomicName id="4C45CDCDFFBF45315913FA1BFCDC5F81" authorityName="Swanson" authorityYear="2018" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1787" box="[1096,1244,1440,1465]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Rasahus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="456" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutellaris">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315913FA1BFCDC5F81" box="[1096,1244,1440,1465]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. Finally, the apical pale spot of the membrane appears to follow the two apical veins, forming an inverted “Y”, in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF453159A0FA7FFD745FE5" box="[1275,1396,1476,1501]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315821FA7EF8C85C38" bold="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, whereas the spot appears as a regular oval, enveloping the area between the two apical veins, in
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315853FA53FD9B5C38" box="[1288,1435,1511,1536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. It is recognized that some of these color characters might be shown to vary intraspecifically in one or both species, as more specimens are examined.
</paragraph>
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Two other species of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315C9FF9E9FA235C54" box="[452,547,1619,1644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Rasahus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were taken syntopically with
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315EDFF9EEFC015C54" box="[900,1025,1619,1644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315957F9E9FC685C54" bold="true" box="[1036,1128,1619,1644]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
: a single adult male of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF453158DFF9EEF9095CB7" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. sulcicollis</emphasis>
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(INHS Insect Collection 780,186) and a single adult female of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF4531594EF9C2FCA85CB7" box="[1045,1192,1656,1679]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. castaneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). The two specimens bear an identical locality label to the holotype of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E6FF926FBAD5C8B" box="[820,941,1690,1715]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315EE8F920FC0C5C8B" bold="true" box="[947,1036,1690,1715]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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and were determined by the author. The latter specimen represents the first record of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315FE6F905FB4B5CEE" box="[701,843,1727,1750]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. castaneus</emphasis>
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from French Guiana.
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315D9CF958FB385CC3" bold="true" box="[199,824,1762,1787]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">
The identity of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315CDFF958FA6F5CC3" bold="true" box="[388,623,1762,1787]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
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.
</emphasis>
In order to confirm that
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315901F959FCD55CC3" box="[1114,1237,1762,1787]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. abolitus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315984F958FD3A5CC3" bold="true" box="[1247,1338,1762,1787]" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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was not conspecific with
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315C06F8BDF9F55D27" box="[349,501,1798,1823]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
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, images of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E64F8BCFC255D27" box="[831,1061,1798,1823]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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were studied. The species was described from “Cajennae” [=Cayenne,
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<collectingCountry id="F352F6DEFFBF45315FA3F890FBA55D7B" box="[760,933,1834,1859]" name="French Guiana" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">French Guiana</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
] by
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, and
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later reported that the single
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specimen was greatly damaged, with only portions of the head, thorax, scutellum, clavus, [hemelytral] membrane, and [hind] wings remaining. Receiving these images (
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) confirmed this highly-damaged status. However, the images also revealed that
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315E37F82FFC485D96" box="[876,1096,1941,1966]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Rasahus scutellaris</emphasis>
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auct. (nec
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) is not the same species as
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315CFAF803FA835DEA" box="[417,643,1977,2002]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
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. Coscarόn (1983a) apparently had not studied the
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of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBF45315DEEF867F9975DCE" box="[181,407,2013,2038]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, nor had she examined material of this species from
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<collectingCountry id="F352F6DEFFBF45315EBCF867FC915DCE" box="[999,1169,2013,2038]" name="French Guiana" pageId="10" pageNumber="456">French Guiana</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFBE45305DCCF80EFB275DD0" blockId="11.[151,1436,1972,2024]" pageId="11" pageNumber="457">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBE45305DCCF80EF9155DF1" bold="true" box="[151,277,1972,1994]" pageId="11" pageNumber="457">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBE45305C45F80EF9CF5DF2" box="[286,463,1972,1994]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="457">Rasahus abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFBE45305C8CF80EFA2A5DF1" bold="true" box="[471,554,1972,1993]" pageId="11" pageNumber="457">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, adult male (holotype): (A) dorsal habitus; (B) lateral habitus; (C) pronotum, dorsal view; (D) pygophore, caudal view; (E) labels. Scale bar = 2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFB945375DCCFAA7FD2F5F0B" blockId="12.[151,1327,1309,1332]" box="[151,1327,1309,1332]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375DCCFAA7F9125F0B" bold="true" box="[151,274,1309,1331]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Map indicating type locality of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375F02FAA7FB075F0C" box="[601,775,1309,1332]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Rasahus nesiotes</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375E56FAA4FB5D5F0B" bold="true" box="[781,861,1310,1331]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375E31FAA5FBDC5F0B" box="[874,988,1309,1332]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. deliquus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375EB8FAA4FC335F0B" bold="true" box="[995,1075,1310,1331]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, and
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375930FAA5FCD95F0B" box="[1131,1241,1309,1332]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A202D727FFB945375984FAA4FD2F5F0B" box="[1247,1327,1310,1331]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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It can be clearly seen that
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375F5BFAE1FAE55F4C" box="[512,741,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a species of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375EFAFAE1FC005F4C" box="[929,1024,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Rasahus</emphasis>
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in which a small pale spot is fully contained in the apical portion of the medial membranal cell, as opposed to
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375978FA3AFCA15FA0" box="[1059,1185,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. abolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB9453759F7FAC5FD0B5FA0" bold="true" box="[1196,1291,1407,1432]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, the species referred to
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375C4DFA19F9F25F84" box="[278,498,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Rasahus scutellaris</emphasis>
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examined by
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, and the species referred to
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375866FA19F90C5FD8" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Rasahus scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
figured by Coscarόn (1983a: pl. 18, fig. A). Contrary to Coscarόns (1983a) redescription,
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stated that the length of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375CFEFA51FA885C3C" box="[421,648,1515,1540]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was
<quantity id="4CBD1BABFFB945375F99FA51FB145C3B" box="[706,788,1515,1540]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" unit="mm" value="15.0">15 mm</quantity>
. The true identity of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB94537595BFA51FCE25C3C" box="[1024,1250,1515,1540]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
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, based on plates in the revision (i.e., Coscarόn 1983a), should be one of the following species:
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB94537597DF9AAFCCC5C1F" box="[1062,1228,1552,1575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. amapaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375986F9AAFD735C1F" box="[1245,1395,1552,1575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. arcitenens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB9453758DFF9AAF8F55C73" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. arcuiger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375C78F989F9FF5C74" box="[291,511,1587,1612]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Rasahus rufiventris</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, as Coscarόn (1983a) had examined the
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of each. Of these,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB9453758DFF98EF90B5C57" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. arcitenens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375C1BF9E2F9BE5C57" box="[320,446,1624,1647]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. arcuiger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have a strong pale postscutellar macula (not apparent in
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of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB9453759E6F9E2FD515C48" box="[1213,1361,1623,1648]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and a larger pale spot of the medial membranal cell. Similarly,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375E11F9C6FBF35CAB" box="[842,1011,1660,1683]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. amapaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also possesses a postscutellar spot, although it is not as striking. Conversely,
<taxonomicName id="4C45CDCDFFB945375F35F91AFB025C8F" baseAuthorityName="Walker" baseAuthorityYear="1873" box="[622,770,1695,1719]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Rasahus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufiventris">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375F35F91AFB025C8F" box="[622,770,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. rufiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="137EAACBFFB945375E48F925FB695C80" box="[787,873,1695,1720]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1521,1543]" captionTargetBox="[206,1363,615,1476]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[178,1413,584,1510]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 6. Dorsal habitus: (A) Reduvius castaneus, adult female. Label data: FRENCH GUIANA: Kaw Mountains, 2 km N. Route D6, MV light, 4°33.91N, 52°9.38W, 22 December 2000, V. R. Block, INHS Insect Collection 780,125 [1 female] (INHS); (B) Reduvius scutellaris stat. rev. (=R. rufiventris), adult male. Label data: BRAZIL: Pará, Jacareacanga, (6°16S, 57°44W), 110 m., Dec. 1968, Moacir Alvarenga, Rasahus rufiventris (Walk.) det. J. Maldonado C. 1986, Rasahus scutellaris det. D. R. Swanson 2017 [1 male] (UMMZ). Scale bar = 2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1439920/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Fig. 6B</figureCitation>
) matches well the damaged
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C45CDCDFFB94537586EF925F90C5CE4" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1787" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Reduvius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutellaris">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB94537586EF925F90C5CE4" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the lack of a distinct postscutellar spot, the shape of the arcuate spot of the cubital membranal cell, and the small spot of the medial membranal cell.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFAB64EFFB945375D9CF8B1FB5D5D53" blockId="12.[151,1436,1371,2008]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">
Thus,
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375C4AF8B6F9E35D1C" box="[273,483,1804,1828]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Pirates rufiventris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD4CBBFFFB945375CB5F8B1FA885D1C" box="[494,648,1803,1828]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" refId="ref19803" refString="Walker, F. (1873) Catalogue of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Printed for the Trustees, London, 213 pp." type="book">Walker, 1873</bibRefCitation>
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is here considered to be a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C45CDCDFFB9453759EEF8B1F9485D7F" authority="Fabricius, 1787" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1787" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Reduvius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutellaris">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB9453759EEF8B1FD9B5D1C" box="[1205,1435,1803,1828]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Reduvius scutellaris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD4CBBFFFB945375DCCF895F9485D7F" box="[151,328,1839,1864]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" refId="ref18384" refString="Fabricius, J. C. (1787) Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Tomus II. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, 382 pp." type="book">Fabricius, 1787</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375C0AF895F9BB5D70" bold="true" box="[337,443,1839,1864]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">syn. nov.</emphasis>
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Additional specimens from the
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locality compared with the remains of Fabricius mutilated
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material will be useful to corroborate this status.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375D9CF8CDFB255DA8" bold="true" box="[199,805,1910,1936]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">
The identity of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375C24F8CCFA645DB7" bold="true" box="[383,612,1910,1935]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Pirates myrmecinus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD4CBBFFFB945375F37F8CDFB205DA8" box="[620,800,1911,1936]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" refId="ref18283" refString="Erichson, W. F. (1848) Insecten. In: Schomburgk, R. (ed.), Reisen in British-Guiana in den Jahren 1840 - 1844. Dritter Theil. Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. J. J. Weber, Leipzig, pp. 553 - 617." type="book chapter">Erichson, 1848</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Given the confounded identity of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB9453759F1F8C2FD3E5DA8" box="[1194,1342,1911,1936]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, images of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375C2EF826FA585D8B" box="[373,600,1948,1971]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Pirates myrmecinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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were also studied. This is the only junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C45CDCDFFB9453758DFF826F90C5DE0" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1787" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Reduvius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutellaris">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB9453758DFF826F90C5DE0" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was established by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD4CBBFFFB945375F05F805FAE55DE0" box="[606,741,1983,2008]" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" refId="ref19498" refString="Stal, C. (1868) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de I Kopenhamn och Kiel forvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien Handlingar, 7 (11), 1 - 148." type="journal article">Stål (1868)</bibRefCitation>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C45CDCDFFB945375FADF87AFC555DEF" authority="Gmelin, 1788" authorityName="Gmelin" authorityYear="1788" box="[758,1109,1983,2008]" class="Insecta" family="Cimicidae" genus="Cimex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="458" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scutatus">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB945375FADF87AFBA75DEF" box="[758,935,1984,2007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="458">Cimex scutatus</emphasis>
Gmelin, 1788
</taxonomicName>
is clearly a misspelling of Fabricius specific epithet, as Gmelin referred to Fabricius original description.
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Like
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB845365908FF23FCE65A88" box="[1107,1254,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="459">R. scutellaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C45CDCDFFB845365DCCFF07F93C5AEC" authorityName="Erichson" authorityYear="1848" box="[151,316,189,212]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pirates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="459" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myrmecinus">
<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB845365DCCFF07F93C5AEC" box="[151,316,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="459">P. myrmecinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) is badly damaged. Despite this damage, some important morphological features are still visible, allowing the status of this taxon to be further clarified. Simultaneously under study by me were two complete specimens from
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that share these conspicuous morphologies (see Remarks below) and agree well with the
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in other general facies. Thus, the taxon
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB845365E4DFE93FBF45B78" box="[790,1012,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="459">Pirates myrmecinus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD4CBBFFFB845365EA7FE9DFCA75B78" box="[1020,1191,295,320]" pageId="13" pageNumber="459" refId="ref18283" refString="Erichson, W. F. (1848) Insecten. In: Schomburgk, R. (ed.), Reisen in British-Guiana in den Jahren 1840 - 1844. Dritter Theil. Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. J. J. Weber, Leipzig, pp. 553 - 617." type="book chapter">Erichson, 1848</bibRefCitation>
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, is here resurrected as a valid species, transferred to
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<emphasis id="B9316A5CFFB845365CBEFEF6FA445B5D" box="[485,580,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="459">Rasahus</emphasis>
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, and redescribed, based on the Belizean specimens:
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