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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFF7C799C3933BCD9" bold="true" box="[151,377,1471,1498]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">Pothea carpinteroi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFF7C7A093958BF45" bold="true" box="[151,274,1578,1605]" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The male most closely resembles that of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFD037A083BD6BF45" box="[744,924,1579,1605]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">Pothea jaguaris</emphasis>
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. The two species can be readily separated by the following characteristics: 1 – in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFDC57A733A8DBF69" box="[558,711,1616,1641]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
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the ratio between the total length (including collum) of the head is approximately twice the value of the maximum width across eyes of the head, while among males of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFA637A5738BEBFB1" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
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, it is around 1.6; 2 – height of the middle third of anteocular portion (maximum distance between its upper and lower margins) larger in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFE377A9F3A3FBFD5" box="[476,629,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
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; 3 – ocellar tubercle more prominent in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFB717A9F3D78BFD5" box="[1178,1330,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFAD27A983DC4BFD5" bold="true" box="[1337,1422,1723,1749]" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">sp. nov</emphasis>
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; 4 – a small rounded tubercle on the ventral portion of the head (gula) anteriorly almost always present in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFACE7AC33DD6BFF9" box="[1317,1436,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
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and absent in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFEC57B27398CBE1D" box="[302,454,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFE267B203A68BE1D" bold="true" box="[461,546,1795,1821]" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">sp. nov</emphasis>
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; 5 – longitudinal sulcus absent on anterior two-thirds of fore lobe of pronotum in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFF5D7B0B391ABE41" box="[182,336,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFEB27B0439E5BE41" bold="true" box="[345,431,1831,1857]" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">sp. nov</emphasis>
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, clearly present in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFD797B0B3B47BE41" box="[658,781,1832,1857]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
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, in which it can be somewhat shallow or deep enough to form a pair of protuberant paramedial lobes; 6 – prongs of scutellum widely separated at the base and convergent towards their apices in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFE777B533A7EBE89" box="[412,564,1904,1929]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFDD77B4C3ADABE89" bold="true" box="[572,656,1903,1929]" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">sp. nov</emphasis>
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and more proximate at the base and running parallel to each other in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFF7C7BB73945BEAD" box="[151,271,1940,1965]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
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; 7 – fore and middle trochanters and femora with papillae in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFC247BB73C23BEAD" box="[975,1129,1940,1965]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFB9A7BB03C8DBEAD" bold="true" box="[1137,1223,1939,1965]" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">sp. nov</emphasis>
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, which are absent in 
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; 8 – pygophore: the bridge between anterior and posterior genital openings narrower in 
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; 9 – midlateral portions of dorsal phallothecal sclerite with more grooves in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10EED2EFC217BFF3C0ABEF5" box="[970,1088,2012,2037]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="443">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
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; 10 – arms of endosomal struts more extensively united at basal portion and with their mid portions enlarged laterally in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFB607CB93D4EB9B3" box="[1163,1284,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; 11 – median process of endosoma large, arcuate, diffusely finely striated in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFCAD7C9D3BAAB9D7" box="[838,992,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFC0C7C9E3C77B9D7" bold="true" box="[999,1085,189,215]" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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and small, subquadrate, with a central sclerotized structure in the shape of an “X” or a “T” in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFCD57CC13BF9B9FB" box="[830,947,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFF7C7ABA390DBFB2" bold="true" box="[151,327,1689,1714]" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">FIGURES 7–10.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFEA77AB93A4CBFB2" box="[332,518,1690,1714]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">Pothea carpinteroi</emphasis>
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dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype.
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<paragraph id="8BD936A1C10FED22FF2C7B273CA1BEDF" blockId="5.[151,1437,1796,2039]" lastBlockId="8.[151,1437,153,2015]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="447" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFF2C7B273913BE1F" bold="true" box="[199,345,1796,1823]" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">Description.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10FED2FFE8A7B2739D3BE1E" box="[353,409,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">Male</emphasis>
. COLORATION: General coloration yellowish-orange to somewhat yellow-brownish, with blackish to brownish markings or portions (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10FED2FFD947B0B3AB0BE43" box="[639,762,1832,1859]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 7–10" captionStart-1="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionStartId-1="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox-0="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId-0="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId-1="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="9" captionText-0="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." captionText-1="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">Figs. 7–14</figureCitation>
). Head (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10FED2FFCB37B0B3B85BE43" box="[856,975,1832,1859]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 7–10" captionStart-1="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionStartId-1="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox-0="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId-0="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId-1="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="9" captionText-0="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." captionText-1="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="444">Figs. 9–12</figureCitation>
) mostly blackish ventrally and yellowish to yellowish orange dorsally, especially between antennifers, eyes, around ocellar tubercle, on upper portion of maxillary plate, clypeus or only its proximal portion (
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and 
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, respectively), almost entire labrum in 
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, anteromedian portion (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10FED2FFDED7BB73A21BEAF" box="[518,619,1940,1967]" pageId="5" pageNumber="444" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) or entire dorsal surface (
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) of collum; in the 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10FED2FFB2A7BB63D6EBEAF" box="[1217,1316,1941,1967]" pageId="5" pageNumber="444" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
, yellowish brown medioventrally, from approximately the level of antennifers to collum, extending somewhat more laterally between eyes; ocellar tubercle mostly blackish, ocelli yellowish and surrounded anteriorly and posteriorly by nar- row reddish stripes; 
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with a subtle reddish tinge on median portion of clypeus, where it is denticulate. Labium: segment II (first visible) brownish to brownish black; segment III–IV yellowish to yellowish brown (
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). Antennal segments I–II generally blackish brown; base of the segment I pale; others absent. Thorax: fore lobe of pronotum mostly blackish, except the central portion of anterolateral angles which are slightly paler and the area just above the medial fovea of transverse furrow, which is yellow orange (
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) (
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) or with the anterolateral angles, lateral portions, except the posterior half of lateral margin, a rounded pale area around and including the medial impression of fore lobe, median portion of transverse sulcus, medial fovea and its margins, yellowish orange (
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) (
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); hind lobe of pronotum yellowish orange with a pair of suboval spots on central portion, which are quite larger in 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFE457D9A3A59B8D3" box="[430,531,441,467]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, continuous with the blackish coloration of fore lobe, medially, reaching the posterior border and completely (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFE0D7DFE3A01B8F8" box="[486,587,477,504]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFD887DFE3A84B8F7" box="[611,718,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 7, 9</figureCitation>
) or shortly (
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) united in the region of the median sulcus, below the medial large fovea of transverse furrow (
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); lateral border (less extensively in 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFB227E223D61BB1B" box="[1225,1323,513,539]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
) blackish. Scutellum blackish (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFE957E0639B0BB3F" box="[382,506,549,575]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
). Pleurae and sterna mostly blackish; posterior half of propleura yellowish brown; stridulatory sulcus generally paler. Legs: coxa and trochanters yellowish to yellowish brown; fore femora mostly blackish, narrowly (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFE9E7E4E3990BB88" box="[373,474,621,648]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) or more extensively (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFD397E4E3B7CBB87" box="[722,822,621,647]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
) yellowish at basal portion and with a moderately wide subapical yellowish ring (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFE547EB23A77BBAB" box="[447,573,657,683]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
); middle femora yellowish, with a larger (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFBCF7EB23CC3BBAC" box="[1060,1161,657,684]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) or narrower (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFADA7EB23DDFBBAB" box="[1329,1429,657,683]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
) submedian ring and apex blackish (
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); hind femora mostly pale yellowish with a moderately large (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFA8B7E963883BBF3" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFF0A7EFA3979BBF3" box="[225,307,729,755]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
) or narrower submedian distal dark ring (
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C10CED2CFCE67EFA3B3BBBF3" box="[781,881,729,755]" pageId="6" pageNumber="445" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFC627EFA3B87BBF3" box="[905,973,729,755]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
) and apices blackish (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFB217EFA3D28BBF3" box="[1226,1378,729,755]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 7–8, 10</figureCitation>
, 
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); tibiae mostly blackish to blackish brown (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFD987EDE3AAABA17" box="[627,736,765,791]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 7–8</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFD067EDE3B41BA17" box="[749,779,765,791]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">13</figureCitation>
); dorsal portion of base of middle and hind tibiae slightly paler; fore tibiae paler at approximately the submedian proximal half; middle and hind tibiae with a pair of subbasal pale spots on inner and outer surfaces (
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); in the 
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the spots on middle tibiae are somewhat more extensive and in hind tibiae there is a large submedian proximal pale ring which is approximately equivalent to one third to one fourth of the length of the segment (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFD1F7FAE3B13BAA7" box="[756,857,909,935]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs 7–8</figureCitation>
). Tarsi generally yellowish to yellowish brown; fore and middle third tarsal segments darkened, except at extreme base and apex, which are paler; hind third tarsal segment somewhat darkened at approximately distal two-thirds. Hemelytra almost completely blackish, except for a basolateral yellowish orange spot on corium (
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), which is larger and has a subtle reddish tinge in posterior half in the 
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(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFE95783E39B2BD37" box="[382,504,1053,1079]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 8, 10</figureCitation>
); areas subjacent to clavus and basal portions of cells of membrane somewhat paler (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFF7478623950BD5B" box="[159,282,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
). Connexivum pale to pale yellow and clearly alternating pale and dark areas (
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, 
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); blackish marked on: distal margin of segment II; approximately distal third to distal half of lateral and medial portions of segments III–VI in the 
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and approximately the distal fourth in the 
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, respectively; median distal portion of segment VII darkened. Sternite II blackish; sternites III–VI yellow brownish with large basal transverse blackish bands, continuous with a large lateral blackish longitudinal band, which borders the connexivum margin (
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); the connexival blackish markings are continuous with this lateral band too (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFB6778D63D5FBC0F" box="[1164,1301,1269,1295]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 13–14</figureCitation>
); small pale irregular spots in the lateral band, in the basal portions of segments IV–VI in the 
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; in the 
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, similar, but smaller, almost imperceptible pale spots only on basal portions of segments V–VI; in the 
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, the transverse bands are paler at midline on the sternites IV–V and interrupted on sternites VI–VII at midline (
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). Sternite VII almost completely blackish at median portion, with a pale spot at midline, just above pygophore (
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) (
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); in 
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, the portion above pygophore mostly yellowish to yellowish orange, with a pair of basal transverse bands, which are narrower, shorter, not reaching the lateral band, somewhat curved, obliquely directed backwards, far from intersegmental suture laterally; the lateral band evident, but becoming narrower and ending approximately at the level of anterior margin of pygophore (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFD7E7A363AA2BF2F" box="[661,744,1557,1583]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
). Exposed portion of pygophore generally paler at lateral and posterior borders and darkened to blackish on central and basal portion (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFC207A1A3C1FBF53" box="[971,1109,1593,1619]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 13–14</figureCitation>
). STRUCTURE: Integument mostly shiny and smooth. 
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(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFDF97A7E3AC1BF77" box="[530,651,1629,1655]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 7–10" captionStart-1="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionStartId-1="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox-0="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId-0="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId-1="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="9" captionText-0="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." captionText-1="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 9–12</figureCitation>
) elongated, almost as long as pronotum (excluding collum); anteocular portion approximately twice and a half longer than postocular portion (excluding collum); ratio between the total length (including collum) and maximum width across eyes of the head: 2.17–2.00 (
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/ 
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); minimum distance between eyes in dorsal view (synthlipsis) somewhat longer than the width of each eye; height (maximum distance between upper and lower margin of the head) larger on middle third of anteocular portion (
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); antennifers distant from anterior margin of eyes; eyes prominent, rounded in dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFBD67B323CC7BE2B" box="[1085,1165,1809,1835]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
), suboval in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFF4B7B1638BFBE4F" box="[160,245,1845,1871]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
); transverse sulcus barely marked at lateral portions, not evident at median portion (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFB577B163D5ABE4F" box="[1212,1296,1845,1871]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
); ocellar tubercle prominent, undivided, ocelli rounded, distance between them the same as the diameter of each ocelli (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10CED2CFA8F7B7A3895BE97" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="445">Figs. 11–12</figureCitation>
); antenna inserted somewhat proximal to midpoint between anterior margin of eyes and apex of the head (
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); scape surpassing apex of head by somewhat less than its distal third, somewhat curved and enlarged towards apex, shorter than pedicel and anteocular portion of head; pedicel straight; remaining antennal segments absent. Clypeus elongate, denticulate in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFD0E7CBA3B7DB9B3" box="[741,823,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
). Labium thick, length ratio between the labial (visible) segments 4.1–3.4:1.8–1.7:1.0; segment II (first visible) straight, approximately twice longer than the segment III, also longer than the others together, its apex approximately at level of the posterior margin of eyes; segment III somewhat enlarged at distal half; segment IV, shorter, tapering (
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). 
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(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFBDB7D263CE1B81F" box="[1072,1195,261,287]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
): integument smooth, shiny; collar thin; anterolateral angles rounded and small; fore lobe rounded on anterior and lateral margins, shorter and narrower than hind lobe; midlongitudinal furrow on fore lobe represented by a shallow median small depression just above a fovea, at median portion of transverse furrow, the latter interrupting the midlongitudinal furrow, which on hind lobe is thin but with somewhat irregular margins and shortly exceeding the basal half of the hind lobe; transverse furrow distinct, carinulate, interrupted medially by the aforementioned median fovea, continuing laterally, on propleura, where it is formed by somewhat larger and deeper depressions, forming a somewhat curved lateral furrow which ends at short distance anteriorly to the posterior margin of propleura; posterolateral furrows of pronotum distinct and formed by a series of shallow punctuations; humeral angles rounded. Scutellum with a shallow median depression; prongs widely separated at the base and convergent towards their apices. Supracoxal lobes of propleura somewhat prominent, those of meso and metapleura not; integument of anterior portion of propleura with few deep irregular punctuations; integument of mesopleura mostly smooth; metapleura coarsely rugous, with several linear subparallel irregular ridges, superior margin thickened and curved. Prosternum wider on approximately anterior half in which there is a pair of short, rounded, lateral processes, directed forward and narrowing posteriorly; on posterior half, the prosternum forms a cylindrical median process, which surpasses fore coxae and reaches mesosternum, with its median portion mostly occupied by the stridulitrum. Mesosternum anteriorly to middle coxa with smooth integument, a pair of rounded small depressions medial to the superior margins of middle coxal cavities; between middle coxa, a subrectangular moderately elevated area with integument marked by few shallow transverse lines. Metasternum short. Fore coxae close, separated by a distance shorter than approximately half the width of each of them; middle and hind coxae distant from each other by a distance approximately equivalent to 1.5 and the same width of each of them, respectively. Fore and middle trochanters with a median row of papillae on distal half; fore trochanter with an additional similar row of papillae, anteriorly to the median row. Fore and middle femora somewhat thickened (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFE30783E3A18BD37" box="[475,594,1053,1079]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
), with their maximum width at approximately mid and submedian distal portions respectively; hind femora slender, somewhat thickened subapically (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFC5378623C6ABD5B" box="[952,1056,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs. 7–8</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFBC178623C02BD5B" box="[1066,1096,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">13</figureCitation>
). On fore and middle femora, a median ventral shallow and thin crest, which are larger basally, becoming narrower towards apices; on this crest there are papillae and a ventral fringe of pale setae; papillae more numerous at basal portion. Fore and middle tibiae straight, hind tibia slightly curved at distal half (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFDBA788E3AEABDC7" box="[593,672,1197,1223]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs. 7</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFD45788E3A86BDC7" box="[686,716,1197,1223]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">13</figureCitation>
); fore tibiae conspicuously thicker at apex, in which the anterior margin is prominent; mid and hind tibiae progressively less thicker at apex; spongy fossa on fore and middle tibiae moderately developed. All tarsi slender, three-segmented. Hemelytra not reaching tip of abdomen, generally dull; on extreme base of dorsal surface, laterally, and on lateral portion, basally, moderately shiny (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFB4B793A3D41BC33" box="[1184,1291,1305,1331]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs. 7–8</figureCitation>
). 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFACB793B3DDFBC33" bold="true" box="[1312,1429,1304,1331]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Abdomen</emphasis>
: connexivum with posterolateral angle between segments II and III somewhat prominent; dorsal connexival integument somewhat rugous, except on the lateral margin, in which the integument is smooth. Sternites with smooth, shiny integument; sternite II narrower than the following segments, median portion somewhat elevated and with the integument slightly rugous; sternites II and III separated by canaliculae; other intersternite furrows more evident in median portion, as a thin line, and almost imperceptible laterally; the furrow between segments VI and VII somewhat more marked and depressed laterally to midline. Segment VIII not visible externally, sclerotized on ventral portion, which becomes wider towards posterior margin; latter curved (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFCB17A363BE4BF2F" box="[858,942,1556,1583]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
); dorsal portion membranous and narrower; spiracles on dorsal margin of ventral portion. 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFD4B7A1A3B06BF53" bold="true" box="[672,844,1592,1619]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFCB77A1A3B95BF54" box="[860,991,1593,1620]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 15–21" captionStart-1="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId-0="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionStartId-1="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox-0="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId-0="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId-1="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId-0="11" captionTargetPageId-1="12" captionText-0="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." captionText-1="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs.16–27</figureCitation>
). Genital capsule, in ventral and lateral views: exposed portion of pygophore subhexagonal (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFCEE7A7E3B16BF78" box="[773,860,1629,1656]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
) and rounded, respectively, integument glabrous, smooth and shiny; not pigmented in the ventral non-exposed portion; in dorsal view (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFBA07AA23CD4BF9B" box="[1099,1182,1665,1691]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
): between anterior and posterior genital openings, a narrow well-sclerotized dorsal (transverse) somewhat curved bridge (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFB327A863CBFBFBF" bold="true" box="[1241,1269,1701,1727]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">br</emphasis>
); membranous areas of posterior genital opening smooth; proctiger (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFD077AEA3B5BBFE3" bold="true" box="[748,785,1737,1763]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">pct</emphasis>
) subrectangular, posterior margin almost straight, slightly curved laterally, with a subapical row of long straight setae. Medial process of pygophore (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFB6A7ACE3CFDBE07" bold="true" box="[1153,1207,1773,1799]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">mpp</emphasis>
) esclerotized, apical half subquadrate in anterior view, apical margin almost straight, slightly curved (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFBD97B323CCDBE2B" box="[1074,1159,1809,1835]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
). Parameres (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFACF7B323D08BE2B" bold="true" box="[1316,1346,1809,1835]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">pa</emphasis>
) mildly exposed when genital capsule is in situ or in ventral view (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFCC67B163BCABE50" box="[813,896,1845,1872]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
); their apices in contact in resting position (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFA847B1638FCBE73" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
). Parameres symmetrical, elongated, curved at approximately middle third; apex truncated, with a short subapical tooth in inferior margin; mostly glabrous, with a few scattered short setae on upper surface (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFB317B5E3DDBBE97" box="[1242,1425,1917,1943]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs. 17, 19–20</figureCitation>
). Phallus (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C10DED2DFF137B8239C8BEBB" box="[248,386,1953,1979]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 15–21" captionStart-1="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId-0="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionStartId-1="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox-0="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId-0="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId-1="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId-0="11" captionTargetPageId-1="12" captionText-0="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." captionText-1="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">Figs. 21–23</figureCitation>
): articulatory apparatus with basal plate extension (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFC547B823BA1BEBB" bold="true" box="[959,1003,1953,1979]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">bpe</emphasis>
) much shorter than basal plate, the latter with moderately short and curved basal plate arms (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFD1D7BE63B69BEDF" bold="true" box="[758,803,1989,2015]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">bpa</emphasis>
), connected by a narrow basal plate bridge (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C10DED2DFAE67BE63D76BEDF" bold="true" box="[1293,1340,1989,2015]" pageId="7" pageNumber="446">bpb</emphasis>
). Dorsal phallothecal sclerite (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FE677CBA39FCB9B3" bold="true" box="[396,438,153,179]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">dps</emphasis>
) symmetrical, enlarged to the apex, sinuous in center of anterior margin and more pronouncedly sinuate laterally to anterior margin; midlateral portions with few grooves (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FBB07C9E3C3FB9D7" bold="true" box="[1115,1141,189,215]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">gr</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FB647C9E3CA7B9D7" box="[1167,1261,189,215]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Figs. 21</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FB117C9E3D0EB9D7" box="[1274,1348,189,215]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">23–24</figureCitation>
). Endosomal struts (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FEDB7CC2390DB9FB" bold="true" box="[304,327,225,251]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">es</emphasis>
) formed by a pair of parallel arms, nearly straight at mid portion, larger at basal portion, united at base and apex (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FEA57D263997B820" box="[334,477,261,288]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Figs. 24, 26</figureCitation>
), which is continuous with the dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FF4A7D0A389DB843" bold="true" box="[161,215,297,323]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">dpes</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FF1B7D0A390FB843" box="[240,325,297,323]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
); the latter is shorter than the endosomal struts (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FC887D0A3B30B843" bold="true" box="[867,890,297,323]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">es</emphasis>
) and somewhat enlarged at approximately distal third, toward apex of apical margin of dorsal phallothecal sclerite (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FC7C7D6E3B8BB867" bold="true" box="[919,961,333,359]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">dps</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FC307D6E3C78B867" box="[987,1074,333,359]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
). Endosoma wall longitudinally striated on basal portion, ventrally (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FDCD7D523A33B88B" box="[550,633,369,395]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Fig. 22</figureCitation>
), smooth basally, and mostly densely minutely, spiny, with a pair of flat lateral small subapical lobes (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FE007DB63A47B8AF" bold="true" box="[491,525,405,431]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">sbl</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FDCC7DB63AFEB8AF" box="[551,692,404,431]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Figs. 23, 25</figureCitation>
). Median process of endosoma (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FBF57DB63C1AB8AF" bold="true" box="[1054,1104,405,431]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">mpe</emphasis>
) large, arcuate, finely striated (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C102ED22FF747D9A3901B8D3" box="[159,331,440,467]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Figs. 23, 25, 27</figureCitation>
). VESTITURE: Body mostly glabrous. 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FCE37D9A3B1BB8D3" bold="true" box="[776,849,441,467]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Head:</emphasis>
sparse curved short or somewhat longer, pale to yellowish setae on distal portion of clypeus, numerous on labrum; some longer similar setae scattered on anterior and lateral portions of base of first visible labial segment; last labial segment with few scattered erect, thin, pale setae. Antennal segments I–II (others absent) generally covered by very short, adpressed, pale, curved, thin setae and long, fine, erect, stout, yellowish to yellowish brown numerous setae; first segment almost bare in mid-dorsal region, with only a few scattered adpressed setae, the erect setae inserted on its lateral and ventral portions and as long as or somewhat longer than the transverse width of segment; second antennal segment with the erect setae two to almost three times as long as the width of the segment, sparse on dorsal surface and very numerous on the remaining surfaces; second segment also covered by numerous oblique, stout, short, straight to somewhat curved numerous yellowish brown to brownish setae on all surfaces of the segment. 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FCB77EDE3BFFBA17" bold="true" box="[860,949,765,791]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Thorax</emphasis>
: pronotum, scutellum, pleurae and hemelytra glabrous; thoracic sterna mostly glabrous; on prosternum, laterally to stridulitrum, a pubescence formed by very short, thin, golden setae; borders of posterior prolongation of prosternum with numerous thin longer setae; some groupings of pale thin setae on anterior margin of mesosternum, laterally to the prolongation of prosternum; a patch of yellowish curved setae on medial wall of middle coxal cavity. Legs: coxa mostly glabrous, with a single long somewhat curved golden seta implanted on apico-medial portion; all trochanters with a single long, somewhat curved pale setae implanted on basal portion, ventrally; fore trochanter with two rows of numerous yellowish to golden, curved, thin setae on approximately distal two thirds of ventral surface, in the same portion where there are papillae; on middle and hind trochanters these setae form a group inserted on approximately two thirds to distal half of ventral surface, respectively, together with papillae in the middle trochanter and somewhat less numerous in hind trochanter. Femora mostly glabrous; fore femora with a single elongated somewhat curved, pale, ventral, subbasal setae; all femora with an apicoventral pair of similar setae; middle femora with additional sparse somewhat shorter, apical setae, on lateral and dorsal portions; fore and middle femora with a ventral fringe of numerous decumbent, curved, thin, pale setae inserted on the median ventral crest, in the same region where there are papillae; the ventral fringe is larger and the setae are more numerous in basal portion, becoming progressively narrower and less numerous, respectively, towards apical portion; hind femora with a few golden setae on basal portion of the segment, ventrally. Tibiae with a mid ventral fringe of short, straight, somewhat stouter, yellowish to golden or more darkened setae; on fore and middle tibiae the fringe are narrower; at approximately distal third, all tibiae generally covered by golden to darkened setae around the segment, which become more numerous and somewhat longer towards apex of segment. Tarsi covered with numerous yellowish and golden setae, which are longer on ventral surface. 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C102ED22FB51798B3D67BCC3" bold="true" box="[1210,1325,1448,1475]" pageId="8" pageNumber="447">Abdomen</emphasis>
glabrous. MEASUREMENTS: (
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and 
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, in mm): total length: to tip of abdomen 16.1–14.5; to tip of hemelytra 15.8–14.3; head: length: including collum 3.9–3.2; excluding collum 3.4–2.9; maximum height (maximum distance between upper and lower margin of the head) 1.4–1.2; length of anteocular portion (measured on lateral view) 2.0–1.7; length of postocular portion (measured on lateral view), including collum 1.2; excluding collum 0.8–0.6; width across eyes 1.8–1.6; minimum interocular distance between eyes, dorsal view (synthlipsis) 0.6; width of eye, dorsal view 0.5; length of eye, dorsal view 0.6–0.5; maximum height of eye, lateral view 0.9–0.8; distance between external margins of ocellar tubercle 0.6–0.5; distance between ocelli 0.15; maximum width of ocellus: 0.15; length of ocellar tubercle on midline 0.5; antennal segments: I (scape) 1.2–1.3; II (pedicel) 2.5; others absent; labial segments: II [first visible] 2.5–2.0; III 1.1–1.0; IV 0.6. Thorax: pronotum: fore lobe: length 1.4–1.3; maximum width 2.8–2.5; hind lobe: length 1.7–1.5; maximum width 4.1–3.7; scutellum: length 1.5–1.4; width at base 1.8–1.7; minimum distance between prongs 0.3–0.25. Fore legs: length of femur 3.6–3.0, maximum width (at midportion) 0.7–0.6; length of tibia 3.7–3.2; length of spongy fossa 0.6; length of tarsus 1.2–absent; middle legs: length of femur 3.3–3.2, maximum width (at submedian distal portion) 0.6; length of tibia 3.5–3.1; length of spongy fossa 0.7–0.6; length of tarsus absent–1.1; hind legs: length of femur 4.7–4.1, width at midportion 0.4, maximum width (at subapical portion) 0.5; length of tibia 5.4–4.8; length of tarsus 1.5–1.4. Abdomen: length 7.5–7.1; maximum width 5.0–4.4.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FF7C7A013919BF3B" bold="true" box="[151,339,1570,1595]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">FIGURES 11–14.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FEB27A003A59BF3A" box="[345,531,1571,1595]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Pothea carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype.
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<subSubSection id="C37C652AC103ED23FF2C7AAF398FBFA7" box="[199,453,1676,1704]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C103ED23FF2C7AAF398FBFA7" blockId="9.[151,1437,1676,2028]" box="[199,453,1676,1704]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FF2C7AAF3913BFA7" bold="true" box="[199,345,1676,1703]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Distribution</emphasis>
. 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C103ED23FE8C7AAE398ABFA7" box="[359,448,1677,1703]" name="Mexico" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Mexico</collectingCountry>
.
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<subSubSection id="C37C652AC103ED23FF2C7A923D19BFF0" pageId="9" pageNumber="448" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C103ED23FF2C7A923D19BFF0" blockId="9.[151,1437,1676,2028]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FF2C7A923902BFCB" bold="true" box="[199,328,1713,1739]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Etymology</emphasis>
. The new species is named in honor of the late Dr Diego José Carpintero, from 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C103ED23FB3E7A923D0DBFCB" box="[1237,1351,1713,1739]" name="Argentina" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Argentina</collectingCountry>
, for his great contribution to the study of 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C103ED23FDE57AF63ADABFEF" box="[526,656,1749,1775]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="448" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Reduviidae</taxonomicName>
, particularly to the 
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, including the genus 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FB167AF63D06BFEF" box="[1277,1356,1749,1775]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37C652AC103ED20FF2C7ADA394FBBCF" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="449" pageId="9" pageNumber="448" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C103ED23FF2C7ADA38B6BE37" blockId="9.[151,1437,1676,2028]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FF2C7ADA393ABE13" bold="true" box="[199,368,1784,1811]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Type material</emphasis>
. 
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<collectingCountry id="F3717631C103ED23FE6B7ADA39BBBE13" box="[384,497,1785,1811]" name="Mexico" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="49A2F843C103ED23FE157ADA3AD5BE14" box="[510,671,1785,1812]" country="Mexico" name="Quintana Roo" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Quintana Roo</collectingRegion>
, 
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, 
<date id="FFD81061C103ED23FD1C7AD93B05BE13" box="[759,847,1785,1812]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448" value="1979-05">
<collectingDate id="EF9CE989C103ED23FD1C7AD93B05BE13" box="[759,847,1785,1812]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448" value="1979-05">v. 1979</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FC107ADA3C57BE13" box="[1019,1053,1785,1811]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">leg</emphasis>
., male 
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, 
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(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FF2C7B633AB8BE5B" bold="true" box="[199,754,1856,1883]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Material of other related specimens examined:</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C103ED23FF2C7B473DD7BEEB" blockId="9.[151,1437,1676,2028]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FF2C7B473ADABE7F" bold="true" box="[199,656,1892,1919]" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FF2C7B4739FEBE7F" bold="true" box="[199,436,1892,1919]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Parapothea jaguaris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
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Female 
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: 
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[handwritten] / 
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[printed] / P. j. 1 [handwritten] [red label] // Feb. - 952 [vertical line at left side] / 
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/ 
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/ O?ia Chapare / Villa ??al. Román / uso????. aet. 
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[handwritten label], [opposite side of same label]: 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C103ED23FB5F7B8E3D49BEC7" box="[1204,1283,1965,1991]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="448">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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/ sp. nov. / P. wygodzinsky [handwritten] / A. 
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. 1953 [printed, with exception of “53”, which was handwritten] //
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<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FF7C7CBA3951B9B3" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[151,283,153,179]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Parapothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF7C7CBA3951B9B3" box="[151,283,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Parapothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FED97CB939C5B9B3" box="[306,399,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ 
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N. S. / [printed horizontal line] / 
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<collectorName id="26935377C100ED20FCF07CBA3BBFB9B3" box="[795,1013,153,179]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Det. Dr. Carpintero</collectorName>
</determinerName>
[printed] (
<collectionCode id="ED77AE64C100ED20FB857CBA3C83B9B3" box="[1134,1225,153,179]" country="Argentina" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/pyng-6456" name="Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="Museum">MACN</collectionCode>
). Additional specimens: 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C100ED20FF0A7C9E3982B9D7" box="[225,456,189,215]" name="French Guiana" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">FRENCH GUIANA</collectingCountry>
, Nourages [
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<geoCoordinate id="EE525066C100ED20FD237C9F3B71B9D7" box="[712,827,188,215]" degrees="52" direction="west" minutes="41" orientation="longitude" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" precision="925" value="-52.683334">52º 41’ W</geoCoordinate>
], 
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</date>
, 
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, leg. 
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(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C7CC33C9AB843" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FF2C7CC33A09B9FB" authority="Champion, 1899" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[199,579,224,251]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7CC33A09B9FB" bold="true" box="[199,579,224,251]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7CC33930B9FB" bold="true" box="[199,378,224,251]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea bivittata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C100ED20FE6B7CC33A09B9FB" author="Champion, G. C." box="[384,579,224,251]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion, 1899</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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Female 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C100ED20FD4C7CC23B47B9FB" box="[679,781,225,251]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
: [
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C100ED20FCF77CC33BD5B9FB" box="[796,927,224,251]" name="Guatemala" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Guatemala</collectingCountry>
]: 
<collectorName id="26935377C100ED20FC447CC23C09B9FB" box="[943,1091,225,251]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">B.C.A.Rhyn.</collectorName>
II. / 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FB867CC23CF3B9FB" authorityName=", Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" box="[1133,1209,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="440" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pothea</taxonomicName>
/ 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FB277CC23D04B9FB" authority="Ch" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[1228,1358,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">bivittata Ch</taxonomicName>
[handwritten] / 
<specimenCount id="9D60FD28C100ED20FEEA7D263958B81F" box="[257,274,261,287]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
[handwritten] // Sp. figured. // Balheu, / Vera Paz. / Champion. // Type [rounded label with orange circle] // 
<specimenCount id="9D60FD28C100ED20FF457D0A3889B843" box="[174,195,297,323]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
// Holo- / type [rounded label with red circle] // [QR code] / 
<specimenCode id="DBC09EDAC100ED20FC877D0A3C11B843" box="[876,1115,296,323]" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="Museum">NHMUK 013588139</specimenCode>
(
<collectionCode id="ED77AE64C100ED20FB817D0A3C8EB843" box="[1130,1220,297,323]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">BMNH</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C7D6F3924B8D3" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FF2C7D6F3A12B867" authority="Carpintero, 1980" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[199,600,332,359]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halffteri">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7D6F3A12B867" bold="true" box="[199,600,332,359]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7D6F39CAB867" bold="true" box="[199,384,332,359]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea halffteri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C100ED20FE617D6F3A12B867" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[394,600,332,359]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero, 1980</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Male 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C100ED20FD407D6E3B5BB867" box="[683,785,333,359]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
: 
<specimenCount id="9D60FD28C100ED20FCF47D6E3B7EB867" box="[799,820,333,359]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
[handwritten] / 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C100ED20FC1A7D6E3CDDB867" box="[1009,1175,333,359]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="holotype">HOLOTYPUS</typeStatus>
[printed] [red label] // AGO. [august].975 [vertical line at left side] / 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C100ED20FD4A7D523B45B88B" box="[673,783,369,395]" name="Mexico" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
/ 
<collectingRegion id="49A2F843C100ED20FCCF7D523BF1B88B" box="[804,955,369,395]" country="Mexico" name="Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">VERACRUZ</collectingRegion>
/ Los Tuxtlas / Bert – legit / Coll. Martínez [handwritten label] // 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FE637DB6399DB8AF" authorityName=", Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" box="[392,471,405,431]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FE637DB6399DB8AF" box="[392,471,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ (
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FE1E7DB63A0EB8AF" authorityName=", Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" box="[501,580,405,431]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FE1E7DB63A0EB8AF" box="[501,580,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) / 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FD897DB63AF6B8AF" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[610,700,405,431]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halffteri">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD897DB63AF6B8AF" box="[610,700,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">halffteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
N. S [handwritten] / [printed horizontal line] / Det. Dr. Carpintero [printed] (
<collectionCode id="ED77AE64C100ED20FEE37D9A3929B8D3" box="[264,355,441,467]" country="Argentina" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/pyng-6456" name="Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="Museum">MACN</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C7DFF3C7ABB3F" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FF2C7DFF3A19B8F7" authority="Champion, 1899" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[199,595,476,503]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7DFF3A19B8F7" bold="true" box="[199,595,476,503]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7DFF39C3B8F7" bold="true" box="[199,393,476,503]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea maculata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C100ED20FE7B7DFF3A19B8F7" author="Champion, G. C." box="[400,595,476,503]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion, 1899</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<materialsCitation id="3B0E3CFCC100ED20FD8B7DFE3C66BB3F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2620261301" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="Female &amp; B. C. A. Rhyn." country="Mexico" location="Mexico" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" specimenCode="NHMUK 013585369" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<collectorName id="26935377C100ED20FD8B7DFE3AF8B8F7" box="[608,690,477,503]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Female</collectorName>
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C100ED20FD527DFE3B55B8F7" box="[697,799,477,503]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
: 
<collectorName id="26935377C100ED20FCC37DFE3BF6B8F7" box="[808,956,477,503]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">B.C.A.Rhyn.</collectorName>
II. / 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FC037DFE3C7EB8F7" authorityName=", Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" box="[1000,1076,477,503]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="440" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pothea</taxonomicName>
/ maculata [handwritten] / 
<specimenCount id="9D60FD28C100ED20FA8B7DFE3D3FB8F7" box="[1376,1397,477,503]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
Ch [handwritten] // Sp. figured. // Jalapa, / 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C100ED20FDBD7E223AE5BB1B" box="[598,687,513,539]" name="Mexico" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Mexico</collectingCountry>
. / Hoege. // Type [rounded label with orange circle] // 
<specimenCount id="9D60FD28C100ED20FAFC7E223D66BB1B" box="[1303,1324,513,539]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
// Holo- / type [rounded label with red circle] // [QR code] / 
<specimenCode id="DBC09EDAC100ED20FD277E063BF0BB3F" box="[716,954,548,575]" collectionCode="NHMUK" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="Museum">NHMUK 013585369</specimenCode>
(
<collectionCode id="ED77AE64C100ED20FC227E063C69BB3F" box="[969,1059,549,575]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">BMNH</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C7E6B394FBBCF" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FF2C7E6B3A08BB63" authority="Carpintero, 1980" authorityName=", Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[199,578,584,611]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reyesi">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7E6B3A08BB63" bold="true" box="[199,578,584,611]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7E6B392DBB63" bold="true" box="[199,359,584,611]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea reyesi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C100ED20FE997E6B3A08BB63" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[370,578,584,611]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero, 1980</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Male 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C100ED20FD717E6A3B4ABB63" box="[666,768,585,611]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
: 
<specimenCount id="9D60FD28C100ED20FCFB7E6A3B6FBB63" box="[784,805,585,611]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
[handwritten] / 
<typeStatus id="54DD8803C100ED20FC037E6A3CC4BB63" box="[1000,1166,585,611]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="holotype">HOLOTYPUS</typeStatus>
[printed] [red label] // 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FF7C7E4E38ACBB87" authorityName=", Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" box="[151,230,621,647]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF7C7E4E38ACBB87" box="[151,230,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ (
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FEE27E4E3912BB87" authorityName=", Amyot &amp; Serville" authorityYear="1843" box="[265,344,621,647]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FEE27E4E3912BB87" box="[265,344,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) / 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FE997E4D39FEBB87" authorityName=", Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[370,436,622,647]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reyesi">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FE997E4D39FEBB87" box="[370,436,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">reyesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
N. S. [handwritten] / [printed horizontal line] / Det. Dr. Carpintero [printed] // Jul.969 [vertical line at left side] / 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C100ED20FE507EB23A63BBAB" box="[443,553,657,683]" name="Mexico" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">MEXICO</collectingCountry>
/ 
<collectingRegion id="49A2F843C100ED20FDD57EB23AE1BBAB" box="[574,683,657,683]" country="Mexico" name="Colima" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">COLIMA</collectingRegion>
/ 
<collectingRegion id="49A2F843C100ED20FD557EB33B02BBAB" box="[702,840,656,683]" country="Mexico" name="TECOMAN" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">TECOMÁN</collectingRegion>
/ E. Martin – leg. / Coll. Martínez [handwritten label] (
<collectionCode id="ED77AE64C100ED20FF747E9638B0BBCF" box="[159,250,693,719]" country="Argentina" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/pyng-6456" name="Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="Museum">MACN</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C37C652AC100ED38FF2C7EFB3CEDBF53" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="457" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C7EFB39FFBA3B" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF2C7EFB3902BBF3" bold="true" box="[199,328,728,755]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Comments</emphasis>
. Inclusion of the new species in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD587EFA3B48BBF3" box="[691,770,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is in accordance with the characteristics assigned to species of this genus by 
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, 
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, Maldonado &amp; 
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, 
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and 
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Gil-Santana 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FECF7F01391FBA3B" box="[292,341,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">et al</emphasis>
. (2015)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C7F663B96BD5B" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
The general structure and especially the coloration of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FCC27F653B89BA5F" box="[809,963,838,863]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FC217F663C6FBA5F" bold="true" box="[970,1061,837,863]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FC217F663C6FBA5F" box="[970,1061,837,863]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
seem more similar to 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FAC87F653DD6BA5F" box="[1315,1436,838,863]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than other congeners (
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) (
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). Although differences in coloration were recorded between the two specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FE7B7FAD3A63BAA7" box="[400,553,910,935]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FDDA7FAE3AC6BAA7" box="[561,652,909,935]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
examined here, a larger variation was recorded in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FB277FAD3D0CBAA7" box="[1228,1350,910,935]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, apparently because more specimens of the latter species were available (
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). Even considering a potentially broader variability in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FE2D7FF53A17BAEF" box="[454,605,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD887FF63AFCBAEF" bold="true" box="[611,694,981,1007]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, the colour of this species seemed more similar to darker and more extensively marked specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FDFE7FD93AC4BD13" box="[533,654,1018,1043]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Nevertheless, colour differences were not considered for diagnosing the species due to uncertain range of variation of both species, only the structural differences between 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FAEE783D3DD6BD37" box="[1285,1436,1054,1079]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF7C786238BBBD5B" bold="true" box="[151,241,1089,1115]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FF7C786238BBBD5B" box="[151,241,1089,1115]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FECC786139EABD5B" box="[295,416,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, already recorded in the diagnosis provided above.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C78463C11BE07" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
As discussed by 
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, in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD6B78463A85BD7F" box="[640,719,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the longitudinal sulcus on the anterior lobe of the pronotum has been considered obsolete, reduced to a medial or discal fovea either well developed or weakly developed anteriorly in this genus (
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, 
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, 
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), but always regarded as a valuable taxonomic characteristic to differentiate species in this genus as well as 
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genera in general (
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, 
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, 
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Gil-Santana 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD2778D53AB7BC0F" box="[716,765,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">et al</emphasis>
. 2015
</bibRefCitation>
, Gil-Santana 2019). Although 
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had recorded some variation in the deepness of the sulcus on fore lobe in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FC5D79393C7BBC33" box="[950,1073,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, its presence or absence is usually constant for all species of 
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in general (e.g. 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, Gil-Santana 2019). Therefore, its absence in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FBF379413CFABC7B" box="[1048,1200,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FB5D79423D45BC7B" bold="true" box="[1206,1295,1377,1403]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FB5D79423D45BC7B" box="[1206,1295,1377,1403]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FAF679423DDEBC7B" box="[1309,1428,1377,1403]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 7–10" captionStart-1="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId-0="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionStartId-1="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox-0="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId-0="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId-1="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId-0="5" captionTargetPageId-1="9" captionText-0="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." captionText-1="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Figs. 9–11</figureCitation>
) when compared with its constant presence in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD4A79A53B51BC9F" box="[673,795,1414,1439]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FCC679A63BCABC9F" box="[813,896,1413,1439]" captionStart="FIGURES 28–30" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1530,1555]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,345,1505]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,345,1505]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 28–30. Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980), male. 28–29, dorsal view; 28, scale bar 5.0 mm; 29, head and pronotum, scale bar 2.0 mm; 30, head, lateral view, the arrow points to a small tubercle on gula, scale bar 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856553" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856553/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Fig. 29</figureCitation>
) seems to be a good structural characteristic to separate them. It is noteworthy to mention the presence of papillae on the fore and middle trochanters and femora in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FF7C79ED397ABCE7" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[151,304,1486,1511]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF7C79ED397ABCE7" box="[151,304,1486,1511]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FED379EE39D8BCE7" bold="true" box="[312,402,1485,1511]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FED379EE39D8BCE7" box="[312,402,1485,1511]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and their absence in 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD6379ED3B43BCE7" box="[648,777,1486,1511]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FD6379ED3B4FBCE7" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[648,773,1486,1511]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Parapothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jaguaris">P. jaguaris</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
In the male genitalia the most conspicuous difference was observed between the median processes of endosoma (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD1679D23B65BF0B" bold="true" box="[765,815,1521,1547]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">mpe</emphasis>
): large, arcuate, and finely striated in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FB3079D13D3EBF0B" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[1243,1396,1522,1547]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FB3079D13D3EBF0B" box="[1243,1396,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FA9079D23882BF2F" bold="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FA9079D23882BF2F" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FF3C7A3639CCBF2F" box="[215,390,1556,1583]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Figs. 23, 25, 27</figureCitation>
) and small, subquadrate, with a central sclerotized structure in the shape of an “X” or a “T” in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FA637A3538B8BF53" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FEEA7A1A39CCBF54" box="[257,390,1593,1620]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–36" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1801,1826]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 31–36. Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980), male genitalia. 31, pygophore and parameres, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm, br, transverse bridge; 32, medial process of pygophore, A–B, variations in two specimens from same population, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 33, phallus with expanded endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; 34–35, scale bar 0.2 mm, dorsal view; 34, apical two-thirds of the endosomal struts and its fusion portion at median portion of dorsal phallothecal sclerite; 35, apical portion of articulatory apparatus and endosomal struts, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe; 36, median process of endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar, 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856555" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856555/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Figs. 33, 36</figureCitation>
). Yet, additional differences in the male genitalia were noted: the bridge (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FB417A1A3C8CBF53" bold="true" box="[1194,1222,1593,1619]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">br</emphasis>
) between the anterior and posterior genital openings of the pygophore is narrower in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FC6E7A7D3BB0BF77" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[901,1018,1630,1655]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Parapothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jaguaris">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FC6E7A7D3BB0BF77" box="[901,1018,1630,1655]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FBE27A7E3C29BF77" box="[1033,1123,1629,1655]" captionStart="FIGURES 15–21" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1865,1890]" captionTargetBox="[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[177,1411,181,1839]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 15–21. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, br, transverse bridge, mpp, medial process of pygophore, pa, paramere, pct, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, bpa, basal plate arm, bpe, basal plate extension, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856549" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856549/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
; 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FB847A7E3CC7BF77" box="[1135,1165,1629,1655]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–36" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1801,1826]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 31–36. Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980), male genitalia. 31, pygophore and parameres, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm, br, transverse bridge; 32, medial process of pygophore, A–B, variations in two specimens from same population, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 33, phallus with expanded endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; 34–35, scale bar 0.2 mm, dorsal view; 34, apical two-thirds of the endosomal struts and its fusion portion at median portion of dorsal phallothecal sclerite; 35, apical portion of articulatory apparatus and endosomal struts, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe; 36, median process of endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar, 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856555" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856555/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">31</figureCitation>
); the midlateral portions of the dorsal phallothecal sclerite (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FDCB7AA23A00BF9B" bold="true" box="[544,586,1665,1691]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">dps</emphasis>
) have more grooves (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FCA87AA23B17BF9B" bold="true" box="[835,861,1665,1691]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">gr</emphasis>
) in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FC677AA13C49BF9B" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[908,1027,1666,1691]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Parapothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jaguaris">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FC677AA13C49BF9B" box="[908,1027,1666,1691]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FBF97AA23C28BF9B" box="[1042,1122,1665,1691]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–36" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1801,1826]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 31–36. Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980), male genitalia. 31, pygophore and parameres, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm, br, transverse bridge; 32, medial process of pygophore, A–B, variations in two specimens from same population, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 33, phallus with expanded endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; 34–35, scale bar 0.2 mm, dorsal view; 34, apical two-thirds of the endosomal struts and its fusion portion at median portion of dorsal phallothecal sclerite; 35, apical portion of articulatory apparatus and endosomal struts, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe; 36, median process of endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar, 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856555" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856555/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
) than those of 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FAEC7AA13DD7BF9B" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[1287,1437,1666,1691]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FAEC7AA13DD7BF9B" box="[1287,1437,1666,1691]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FF7C7A8638A5BFBF" bold="true" box="[151,239,1701,1727]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FF7C7A8638A5BFBF" box="[151,239,1701,1727]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FF167A863905BFBF" box="[253,335,1701,1727]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
); and the basal and mid portions of the arms of the endosomal struts (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FBAD7A863C17BFBF" bold="true" box="[1094,1117,1701,1727]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">es</emphasis>
) are respectively united for a shorter distance and nearly straight in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C100ED20FDD17AE93A84BFE3" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[570,718,1738,1763]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FDD17AE93A84BFE3" box="[570,718,1738,1763]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C100ED20FD3E7AEA3B65BFE3" box="[725,815,1737,1763]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD3E7AEA3B62BFE3" bold="true" box="[725,808,1737,1763]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FCD57AEA3B89BFE4" box="[830,963,1737,1764]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Figs. 24, 26</figureCitation>
), while they are united for a comparatively longer distance basally and enlarged laterally at mid portion in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FCAF7ACD3BF0BE07" box="[836,954,1774,1799]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FC237ACE3C05BE07" box="[968,1103,1772,1799]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–36" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1801,1826]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 31–36. Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980), male genitalia. 31, pygophore and parameres, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm, br, transverse bridge; 32, medial process of pygophore, A–B, variations in two specimens from same population, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 33, phallus with expanded endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; 34–35, scale bar 0.2 mm, dorsal view; 34, apical two-thirds of the endosomal struts and its fusion portion at median portion of dorsal phallothecal sclerite; 35, apical portion of articulatory apparatus and endosomal struts, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe; 36, median process of endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar, 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856555" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856555/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Figs. 33–35</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C100ED20FF2C7B3238B7BEDF" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">
Although the medial process of the pygophore (
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD307B323B5ABE2B" bold="true" box="[731,784,1809,1835]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">mpp</emphasis>
) is a structure frequently useful for taxonomic purposes, it was not taken into account because of the fact that in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FD087B153B13BE4F" box="[739,857,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, variation in the shape of this structure was recorded between males of the same population (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FDA17B7A3AECBE73" box="[586,678,1881,1907]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–36" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1801,1826]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 31–36. Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980), male genitalia. 31, pygophore and parameres, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm, br, transverse bridge; 32, medial process of pygophore, A–B, variations in two specimens from same population, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 33, phallus with expanded endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; 34–35, scale bar 0.2 mm, dorsal view; 34, apical two-thirds of the endosomal struts and its fusion portion at median portion of dorsal phallothecal sclerite; 35, apical portion of articulatory apparatus and endosomal struts, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe; 36, median process of endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar, 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856555" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856555/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Figs. 32</figureCitation>
, A–B). In this species, the shape of the apex of the medial process of the pygophore (in anterior view) showed to be rounded to slightly subtriangular (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C100ED20FBF47B5E3CAFBE97" author="Gil-Santana, H. R." box="[1055,1253,1917,1943]" pageId="10" pageNumber="449" pagination="497 - 516" refId="ref17175" refString="Gil-Santana, H. R. (2014) Pothea berengeri sp. nov. from Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Pothea furtadoi Gil-Santana &amp; Costa and Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero) and reinstatement of Parapothea Carpintero as junior synonym of Pothea Amyot &amp; Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Zootaxa, 3826 (3), 497 - 516. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3826.3.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Gil-Santana 2014</bibRefCitation>
, 
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, A), or almost straight (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C100ED20FEAD7B8239DDBEBB" box="[326,407,1953,1979]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–36" captionStartId="14.[151,264,1801,1826]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[164,1423,237,1776]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURES 31–36. Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980), male genitalia. 31, pygophore and parameres, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm, br, transverse bridge; 32, medial process of pygophore, A–B, variations in two specimens from same population, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 33, phallus with expanded endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; 34–35, scale bar 0.2 mm, dorsal view; 34, apical two-thirds of the endosomal struts and its fusion portion at median portion of dorsal phallothecal sclerite; 35, apical portion of articulatory apparatus and endosomal struts, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe; 36, median process of endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar, 0.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856555" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856555/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">Fig. 32</figureCitation>
, B). In the latter case, it would not be significantly different from that of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C100ED20FB407B813D75BEBB" box="[1195,1343,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="449">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
(
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD936A1C101ED21FF7C7B6A3A05BEF2" blockId="11.[151,1437,1865,2034]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FF7C7B6A391EBE62" bold="true" box="[151,340,1865,1890]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">FIGURES 15–21.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FEB27B6A3A59BE61" box="[345,531,1865,1889]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">Pothea carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C101ED21FDF37B693A2CBE62" box="[536,614,1866,1890]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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15–17, scale bar 0.5 mm; 15, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; 16–17, pygophore and parameres; 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FD237B4D3AABBE86" bold="true" box="[712,737,1902,1926]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">br</emphasis>
, transverse bridge, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FC4E7B4D3B9CBE86" bold="true" box="[933,982,1902,1926]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">mpp</emphasis>
, medial process of pygophore, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FAFA7B4D3D66BE86" bold="true" box="[1297,1324,1902,1926]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">pa</emphasis>
, paramere, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FF7C7BB138F3BEAA" bold="true" box="[151,185,1938,1962]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">pct</emphasis>
, proctiger; 18, medial process of pygophore, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 19–20, left paramere, scale bar 0.3 mm; 19, ventral view; 20, dorsal view; 21, phallus not inflated, lateral view, scale bar 0.5 mm, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FBFC7B953C0ABECE" bold="true" box="[1047,1088,1974,1998]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">bpa</emphasis>
, basal plate arm, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C101ED21FB127B953D6ABECE" bold="true" box="[1273,1312,1974,1998]" pageId="11" pageNumber="450">bpe</emphasis>
, basal plate extension, 
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, dorsal phallothecal sclerite.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BD936A1C106ED26FF7C7A5F3D23BE25" blockId="12.[151,1437,1660,1830]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FF7C7A5F391CBF95" bold="true" box="[151,342,1660,1685]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">FIGURES 22–27.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FEB67A5E3A52BF95" box="[349,536,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">Pothea carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FDF47A5E3A25BF95" bold="true" box="[543,623,1661,1685]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C106ED26FDF47A5E3A25BF95" box="[543,623,1661,1685]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FA867AE63DDCBFDD" bold="true" box="[1389,1430,1733,1757]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">bpa</emphasis>
, basal plate arm, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FED47ACA3923BE01" bold="true" box="[319,361,1769,1793]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">bpb</emphasis>
, basal plate bridge, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FDDC7ACA3A14BE01" bold="true" box="[567,606,1769,1793]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">bpe</emphasis>
, basal plate extension, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FCA67ACA3B34BE01" bold="true" box="[845,894,1769,1793]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">dpes</emphasis>
, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FF7C7B2E38F7BE25" bold="true" box="[151,189,1805,1829]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">dps</emphasis>
, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FE0D7B2E39B1BE25" bold="true" box="[486,507,1805,1829]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">es</emphasis>
, endosomal struts, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FD547B2E3A9DBE25" bold="true" box="[703,727,1805,1829]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">gr</emphasis>
, grooves, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FCAA7B2E3B25BE25" bold="true" box="[833,879,1805,1829]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">mpe</emphasis>
, median process of endosoma, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C106ED26FB4F7B2E3C89BE25" bold="true" box="[1188,1219,1805,1829]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451">sbl</emphasis>
, subapical lobe.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Male genitalic characters apparently have little utility in the taxonomy of Neotropical 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C106ED26FB797B703D7FBE6D" baseAuthorityName="Dougherty" baseAuthorityYear="1995" box="[1170,1333,1875,1901]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="451" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Ectrichodiinae">Ectrichodiinae</taxonomicName>
(
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, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C106ED26FEE57B543A20BE92" author="Carpintero, D. J. &amp; Maldonado C." box="[270,618,1911,1938]" pageId="12" pageNumber="451" pagination="125 - 141" refId="ref16459" refString="Carpintero, D. J. &amp; Maldonado C., J. (1996) Diagnostic characters and key to the genera of American Ectrichodiinae (Heteroptera, Reduviidae). Caribbean Journal of Science, 32, 125 - 141." type="journal article" year="1996">Carpintero &amp; Maldonado 1996</bibRefCitation>
). 
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posited the explanation that there were so few sclerotized structures in the phallus of 
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that there were no apparent differences among the various genera, with just a pair of sclerotized plates at the distal tip of the inflated endosoma. Nevertheless, differences in the male genital structures have been documented in some 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C107ED27FD397CB93B28B9B3" authorityName="Kirkaldy" authorityYear="1904" box="[722,866,154,179]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Brontostoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FD397CB93B28B9B3" box="[722,866,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">Brontostoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (
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) (Gil-Santana 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FAF07CB93D04B9B3" box="[1307,1358,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">et al</emphasis>
. 2005, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C107ED27FF7C7C9E3985B9D7" author="Gil-Santana, H. R. &amp; Baena, M." box="[151,463,189,215]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" pagination="41 - 52" refId="ref17369" refString="Gil-Santana, H. R. &amp; Baena, M. (2009) Two new species of Brontostoma Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae) from Bolivia, with description of the male genitalia of two other species of the genus, and description of the female of B. doughertyae Gil-Santana, Lopes, Marques &amp; Jurberg. Zootaxa, 1979 (1), 41 - 52. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1979.1.4" type="journal article" year="2009">Gil-Santana &amp; Baena 2009</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C107ED27FE377C9E3AA0B9D7" author="Gil-Santana, H. R. &amp; Baena, M. &amp; Grillo, H." box="[476,746,189,215]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" pagination="60 - 74" refId="ref17670" refString="Gil-Santana, H. R., Baena, M. &amp; Grillo, H. (2013) Berengeria Gil-Santana &amp; Coletto-Silva, a junior synonym of Ectrichodiella Fracker &amp; Bruner, with new records and taxonomic notes on Ectrichodiinae from Brazil, and with keys to Ectrichodiinae and Reduviinae genera of the New World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa, 3652 (1), 60 - 74. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3652.1.2" type="journal article" year="2013">
Gil-Santana 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FD807C9D3AD4B9D7" box="[619,670,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">et al</emphasis>
. 2013
</bibRefCitation>
), three species of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FC507C9E3C40B9D7" box="[955,1034,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">Pothea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C107ED27FBF07C9E3CA2B9D7" author="Gil-Santana, H. R." box="[1051,1256,189,215]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" pagination="497 - 516" refId="ref17175" refString="Gil-Santana, H. R. (2014) Pothea berengeri sp. nov. from Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Pothea furtadoi Gil-Santana &amp; Costa and Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero) and reinstatement of Parapothea Carpintero as junior synonym of Pothea Amyot &amp; Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Zootaxa, 3826 (3), 497 - 516. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3826.3.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Gil-Santana 2014</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C107ED27FB157C9E39F3B9FB" authority="Gil-Santana, 2015" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pseudopothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paulai">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FB157C9E3895B9FB" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">Pseudopothea paulai</emphasis>
Gil-Santana, 2015
</taxonomicName>
(Gil-Santana 2015) and 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C107ED27FD377CC23CFAB9FB" authority="Gil-Santana, 2019" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2019" box="[732,1200,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Sinchocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="giupponii">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FD377CC23B9FB9FB" box="[732,981,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">Sinchocoris giupponii</emphasis>
Gil-Santana, 2019
</taxonomicName>
(Gil-Santana 2019), thus highlighting the value of this character system for taxonomic and systematic studies in the subfamily 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C107ED27FADF7D263895B843" baseAuthorityName="Dougherty" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Ectrichodiinae">Ectrichodiinae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FF7C79D9391FBF13" bold="true" box="[151,341,1530,1555]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">FIGURES 28–30.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C107ED27FEB779D83AF6BF13" authority="(Carpintero, 1980)" baseAuthorityName="Carpintero" baseAuthorityYear="1980" box="[348,700,1530,1555]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jaguaris">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FEB779D839B1BF13" box="[348,507,1531,1555]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">Pothea jaguaris</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C107ED27FDE279D93AFFBF13" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[521,693,1530,1555]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero, 1980</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, male. 28–29, dorsal view; 28, scale bar 5.0 mm; 29, head and pronotum, scale bar 2.0 mm; 30, head, lateral view, the arrow points to a small tubercle on gula, scale bar 1.0 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C107ED27FF2C7A463CD6BE0F" blockId="13.[151,1437,1637,2024]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">
The male genitalia of three species of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FD877A463AF1BF7F" box="[620,699,1637,1663]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
studied by 
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revealed several differences, mainly in the shape of the parameres, the medial process of the pygophore, the dorsal phallothecal sclerite and endosomal struts, and the median process of the endosoma, which appeared to be useful in the taxonomy of this group. The dorsal phallothecal sclerite and endosomal struts were particularly noteworthy, since their shape and “design” showed to be invariable within species and seem very particular to each species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C107ED27FC2F7AD63CDABE0F" author="Gil-Santana, H. R." box="[964,1168,1781,1807]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" pagination="497 - 516" refId="ref17175" refString="Gil-Santana, H. R. (2014) Pothea berengeri sp. nov. from Brazil, with taxonomic notes on Pothea furtadoi Gil-Santana &amp; Costa and Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero) and reinstatement of Parapothea Carpintero as junior synonym of Pothea Amyot &amp; Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Zootaxa, 3826 (3), 497 - 516. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3826.3.4" type="journal article" year="2014">Gil-Santana 2014</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C107ED27FF2C7B393AEEBEA0" blockId="13.[151,1437,1637,2024]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">
Between 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FEDB7B393982BE33" box="[304,456,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FE247B3A3A63BE33" bold="true" box="[463,553,1817,1843]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C107ED27FE247B3A3A63BE33" box="[463,553,1817,1843]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FDB47B393A9DBE33" box="[607,727,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although the parameres and the medial process of the pygophore were not useful to differentiate these species, almost all other differences were recorded in the aforementioned structures (2014) i.e., the dorsal phallothecal sclerite (24; 33), endosomal struts (
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; 
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), and the median process of endosoma (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C107ED27FE7A7BA63A0EBE9F" box="[401,580,1924,1951]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–27" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,181,1635]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 22–27. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. male genitalia, 22–23, phallus not inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 22, ventral view; 23, dorsal view; 24–27, dorsal view; 24, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, endosomal struts and its fusion portion, scale bar 0.2 mm; 25, endosoma inflated, scale bar 0.5 mm; 26–27, scale bar 0.2 mm, 26, endosomal struts; 27, median process of endosoma, bpa, basal plate arm, bpb, basal plate bridge, bpe, basal plate extension, dpes, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, es, endosomal struts, gr, grooves, mpe, median process of endosoma, sbl, subapical lobe." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856551" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856551/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">Figs. 23, 25, 27</figureCitation>
; 
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).
</paragraph>
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Nevertheless, in spite of the general similarity in the coloration of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FC577B893C7FBEC3" box="[956,1077,1962,1987]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FB857B893D42BEC3" box="[1134,1288,1962,1987]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C107ED27FAFB7B8A3D21BEC3" bold="true" box="[1296,1387,1961,1987]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C107ED27FAFB7B8A3D21BEC3" box="[1296,1387,1961,1987]" pageId="13" pageNumber="452" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the validity of the latter, taking into account the structural differences recorded between them, can be considered as being in accordance to previous concepts and observations about the taxonomic value of certain morphological characteristics among species of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FDE37C9E3A1DB9D7" box="[520,599,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">Pothea</emphasis>
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and even 
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in general.
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FF7C7B2A391FBE22" bold="true" box="[151,341,1801,1826]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">FIGURES 31–36.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C104ED24FEB77B293AF1BE22" authority="(Carpintero, 1980)" baseAuthorityName="Carpintero" baseAuthorityYear="1980" box="[348,699,1801,1826]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="453" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jaguaris">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FEB77B2939B1BE21" box="[348,507,1802,1826]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">Pothea jaguaris</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C104ED24FDE37B2A3AFEBE22" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[520,692,1801,1826]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero, 1980</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, male genitalia. 31, pygophore and parameres, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FF207B0D38AEBE46" bold="true" box="[203,228,1838,1862]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">br</emphasis>
, transverse bridge; 32, medial process of pygophore, A–B, variations in two specimens from same population, anterior view, scale bar 0.2 mm; 33, phallus with expanded endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar 0.5 mm; 34–35, scale bar 0.2 mm, dorsal view; 34, apical two-thirds of the endosomal struts and its fusion portion at median portion of dorsal phallothecal sclerite; 35, apical portion of articulatory apparatus and endosomal struts, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FCE57BB93B7FBEB2" bold="true" box="[782,821,1946,1970]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">bpe</emphasis>
, basal plate extension, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FBCF7BB93C1FBEB2" bold="true" box="[1060,1109,1946,1970]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">dpes</emphasis>
, dorsal phallothecal sclerite-endosomal struts fusion, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FE927B9D39D5BED6" bold="true" box="[377,415,1982,2006]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">dps</emphasis>
, dorsal phallothecal sclerite, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FD2F7B9D3A93BED6" bold="true" box="[708,729,1982,2006]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">es</emphasis>
, endosomal struts, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FC717B9D3BF8BED6" bold="true" box="[922,946,1982,2006]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">gr</emphasis>
, grooves, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FBF27B9D3C0DBED6" bold="true" box="[1049,1095,1982,2006]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">mpe</emphasis>
, median process of endosoma, 
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C104ED24FA9C7B9D3DDCBED6" bold="true" box="[1399,1430,1982,2006]" pageId="14" pageNumber="453">sbl</emphasis>
, subapical lobe; 36, median process of endosoma, dorsal view, scale bar, 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C105ED25FF7C7AFB3919BFF1" bold="true" box="[151,339,1752,1777]" pageId="15" pageNumber="454">FIGURES 37–44.</emphasis>
37–38, 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C105ED25FE4F7AFA3A09BFF1" box="[420,579,1753,1777]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="454">Pothea halffteri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C105ED25FDA37AFB3ABFBFF1" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[584,757,1752,1777]" pageId="15" pageNumber="454" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero, 1980</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C105ED25FCA17ADE3CECBE15" authority="Champion, 1899" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[842,1190,1788,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="454" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C105ED25FCA17ADE3BBFBE15" box="[842,1013,1789,1813]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="454">Pothea maculata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C105ED25FC107ADF3CECBE15" author="Champion, G. C." box="[1019,1190,1788,1813]" pageId="15" pageNumber="454" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion, 1899</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C105ED25FD687B663B47BE5D" box="[643,781,1861,1885]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="454">Pothea reyesi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C105ED25FCF97B673B8ABE5D" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[786,960,1860,1885]" pageId="15" pageNumber="454" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero, 1980</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11AED3AFF7C7B79391FBE73" bold="true" box="[151,341,1882,1907]" pageId="16" pageNumber="455">FIGURES 45–51.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11AED3AFEB77B7939B5BE72" box="[348,511,1882,1906]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="455">Pothea bivittata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C11AED3AFDEC7B793AFEBE72" author="Champion, G. C." box="[519,692,1882,1907]" pageId="16" pageNumber="455" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion, 1899</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFF7C7A5F391DBF95" bold="true" box="[151,343,1660,1685]" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">FIGURES 52–55.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C11BED3BFEB47A5E3AD2BF95" authority="Hussey, 1953" authorityName="Hussey" authorityYear="1953" box="[351,664,1660,1685]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="456" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="venatrix">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFEB47A5E3A48BF94" box="[351,514,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">Pothea venatrix</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C11BED3BFDE07A5E3AD2BF95" author="Hussey, R. F." box="[523,664,1660,1685]" pageId="17" pageNumber="456" pagination="196 - 205" refId="ref17909" refString="Hussey, R. F. (1953) Four new Neotropical Reduviidae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55, 196 - 205." type="journal article" year="1953">Hussey, 1953</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Besides 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFECF7ACB39D1BE01" box="[292,411,1768,1793]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">P. jaguaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFE3B7ACB3A2DBE01" box="[464,615,1768,1793]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C11BED3BFD867AC43A8FBE01" box="[621,709,1767,1793]" pageId="17" pageNumber="456" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, three other species of 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFC287AC43C58BE01" box="[963,1042,1767,1793]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">Pothea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C11BED3BFBF47ACB3CD9BE01" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[1055,1171,1767,1793]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="456" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halffteri">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFBF47ACB3CD9BE01" box="[1055,1171,1767,1793]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">P. halffteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFAD77ACB3889BE25" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">P. maculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), and 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFE757B2F39B1BE25" box="[414,507,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">P. reyesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C11BED3BFDE17B283ADBBE25" box="[522,657,1803,1829]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–44" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1752,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 37–44. 37–38, Pothea halffteri Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, Pothea maculata Champion, 1899, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, Pothea reyesi Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856557/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">Figs. 43–44</figureCitation>
) also present a pair of suboval or rounded dark spots on the hind lobe of pronotum, a conspicuous similarity among them. Therefore, it is noteworthy to mention the main differences or characteristics of those species because all of them were described from 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C11BED3BFC227B703C55BE6D" box="[969,1055,1875,1901]" name="Mexico" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">Mexico</collectingCountry>
too. They can be easily separated by the following set of characters. 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C11BED3BFDCA7B543A98BE91" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[545,722,1911,1937]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="456" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halffteri">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFDCA7B543A98BE91" box="[545,722,1911,1937]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">Pothea halffteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a general coloration quite diverse, particularly the uniform pale connexivum and the entirely blackish legs (
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); the clypeus is not denticulate; the fore and middle femora are thinner, without ventral crests (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C11BED3BFDF47B9C3A96BED9" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[543,732,1983,2009]" pageId="17" pageNumber="456" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero 1980</bibRefCitation>
). 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C11BED3BFD1B7B9C3BE5BED9" box="[752,943,1983,2009]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">Pothea maculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is smaller (total length 
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); the head is shorter than pronotum (
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); the general coloration is brighter (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C11BED3BFC6C7BC03C5BBEFD" box="[903,1041,2019,2045]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–44" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1752,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 37–44. 37–38, Pothea halffteri Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, Pothea maculata Champion, 1899, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, Pothea reyesi Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856557/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="456">Figs. 39–41</figureCitation>
); hemelytra pale brownish with the coloration of the lateral portion of the coria paler, almost whitish and more extensive, reaching beyond the middle (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FF4B7C9E38B9B9D7" box="[160,243,189,215]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–44" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1752,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 37–44. 37–38, Pothea halffteri Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, Pothea maculata Champion, 1899, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, Pothea reyesi Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856557/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 39</figureCitation>
); the connexivum pale, spotted only on inner side of segments III–VI (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FC127C9E3CE0B9D7" author="Champion, G. C." box="[1017,1194,189,215]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion 1899</bibRefCitation>
) and faintly so on segment VII (
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); the basal dark markings on sternites are smaller, not reaching the median portion of them, and therefore, not forming bands (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FE467D263A4AB81F" box="[429,512,261,287]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–44" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1752,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 37–44. 37–38, Pothea halffteri Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, Pothea maculata Champion, 1899, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, Pothea reyesi Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856557/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 40</figureCitation>
). 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FDFF7D263AE7B81F" box="[532,685,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Pothea reyesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) has a general brownish pale coloration, with fewer dark markings or portions; the pair of black spots on the hind lobe of the pronotum are rounded and small; the hemelytra are mostly brownish and the connexivum is uniformly pale colored (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FC787D6E3C05B867" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[915,1103,333,359]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero 1980</bibRefCitation>
). When describing 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FACC7D6D3DD6B867" box="[1319,1436,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. halffteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FF2D7D513969B88B" box="[198,291,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. reyesi</emphasis>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FEDA7D5239B0B88B" author="Carpintero, D. J." box="[305,506,369,395]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref16374" refString="Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33." type="journal article" year="1980">Carpintero (1980)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
considered them close to 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FCF77D513BDEB88B" box="[796,916,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), a species recorded from 
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and 
<collectingCountry id="F3717631C118ED38FEA37DB639D4B8AF" box="[328,414,405,431]" name="Mexico" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Mexico</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FE467DB63A2CB8AF" author="Champion, G. C." box="[429,614,405,431]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion 1899</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FD997DB63B67B8AF" author="Dougherty, V." box="[626,813,404,431]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="173 - 225" refId="ref16636" refString="Dougherty, V. (1995) A review of the New World Ectrichodiinae genera (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 121, 173 - 225." type="journal article" year="1995">Dougherty 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Thus, it is necessary to point the main differences between 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FF0B7D993932B8D3" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[224,376,442,467]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FF0B7D993932B8D3" box="[224,376,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FE957D9A399DB8D3" bold="true" box="[382,471,441,467]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C118ED38FE957D9A399DB8D3" box="[382,471,441,467]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FDE77D993ACEB8D3" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[524,644,441,467]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FDE77D993ACEB8D3" box="[524,644,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
too. Firstly, the pattern of coloration of the pronotum is diverse from 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FA637D99395EB8F7" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FA637D99395EB8F7" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FEF07DFE393FB8F7" bold="true" box="[283,373,477,503]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C118ED38FEF07DFE393FB8F7" box="[283,373,477,503]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FE6E7DFE3A4BB8F7" box="[389,513,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
): in 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FDDA7DFD3AE0B8F7" box="[561,682,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
most of the head and pronotum is rufo-testaceous or reddish (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FA8F7DFE397CBB1B" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 45–46, 48–50</figureCitation>
); the pronotum has a broad median vitta, which extends onto the posterior lobe “(leaving two sinuous vittae on the anterior lobe and a large black patch on the disc of the posterior lobe)” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FBB77E063D5FBB3F" author="Champion, G. C." box="[1116,1301,549,575]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion 1899</bibRefCitation>
; see his fig. 13, Tab. XIII) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FED47E6A39DABB63" box="[319,400,584,611]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
) or an anterior pair of small dark spots on fore lobe, just below the anterolateral angles, and a pair of large dark suboval spots on central portion of the hind lobe (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FC967E4E3B9BBB87" box="[893,977,621,647]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 48</figureCitation>
); secondly, the connexivum has complete alternating pale and dark areas in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FDFC7EB13AFBBBAB" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[535,689,658,683]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FDFC7EB13AFBBBAB" box="[535,689,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FD527EB23B5EBBAB" bold="true" box="[697,788,657,683]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C118ED38FD527EB23B5EBBAB" box="[697,788,657,683]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FCCF7EB23BDABBAB" box="[804,912,657,683]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 7–8</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FC767EB23BACBBAB" box="[925,998,657,683]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">13–14</figureCitation>
), while it is entirely rufo-testaceous or pale at its external margin in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FE357E953A1CBBCF" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[478,598,693,719]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FE357E953A1CBBCF" box="[478,598,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FD8E7E963B54BBCF" author="Champion, G. C." box="[613,798,693,719]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="1 - 22" refId="ref16502" refString="Champion, G. C. (1899) [Printing sheets 27 - 28, containing pp. 211 - 226, pl. XIII]. In: Godman, F. D. &amp; Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali Americana. Insecta Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. II (1897 - 1901). Taylor &amp; Francis, London, pp. i-xvi + 1 - 416, pls. 1 - 22." type="book chapter" year="1899">Champion 1899</bibRefCitation>
; 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FCC17E963BF8BBCF" box="[810,946,692,719]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 45, 48</figureCitation>
); thirdly, other portions which are darkened to yellow-brownish in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FE787EF93A61BBF3" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[403,555,730,755]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FE787EF93A61BBF3" box="[403,555,730,755]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FDDA7EFA3AC3BBF3" bold="true" box="[561,649,729,755]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C118ED38FDDA7EFA3AC3BBF3" box="[561,649,729,755]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
are completely or more extensively rufo-testaceous or reddish, respectively, in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FEEF7EDD3935BA17" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[260,383,765,791]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FEEF7EDD3935BA17" box="[260,383,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as the ocellar tubercle, scutellar elevated lateral portion and its processes, some spots on pleura; fourthly, the pale coloration of the coria is more extensive in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FC3F7F013C04BA3B" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[980,1102,801,827]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FC3F7F013C04BA3B" box="[980,1102,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, reaching beyond the middle (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FF747F663963BA5F" box="[159,297,836,863]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 45, 48</figureCitation>
). The midlongitudinal furrow on the fore lobe is represented by a shallow median small depression in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FF7C7F49397ABA83" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[151,304,874,899]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FF7C7F49397ABA83" box="[151,304,874,899]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FEDC7F4A39DBBA83" bold="true" box="[311,401,873,899]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C118ED38FEDC7F4A39DBBA83" box="[311,401,873,899]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, which is deeper and larger in 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FD007F493B29BA83" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[747,867,873,899]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FD007F493B29BA83" box="[747,867,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FC987F4A3B82BA83" box="[883,968,873,899]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 48</figureCitation>
). On one hand, some similarities between these two species are noteworthy such as the shape of the head in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FBF37FAE3C32BAA7" box="[1048,1144,909,935]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 12</figureCitation>
; 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FB6F7FAF3CEEBAA7" box="[1156,1188,908,935]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">50</figureCitation>
); the clypeus denticulate in the male (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FEB87F9239FBBACB" box="[339,433,945,971]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 12</figureCitation>
; 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FE567F923997BACB" box="[445,477,945,971]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">49</figureCitation>
); a similar pattern of darkened portions in the legs; fore and middle femora somewhat thickened (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FEE47FF639CCBAEF" box="[271,390,981,1007]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
; 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FE7A7FF73A7ABAEF" box="[401,560,980,1007]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">45–46, 48–50</figureCitation>
); and the coloration of the sternites, with large basal transverse blackish bands, continuous with a large lateral blackish longitudinal band (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FCCE7FDA3BE7BD13" box="[805,941,1017,1043]" captionStart="FIGURES 11–14" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1570,1595]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,181,1545]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 11–14. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. 11–12, male holotype, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 11, dorsal view; 12, lateral view; 13–14, abdomen, ventral view, scale bar 2.0 mm; 13, holotype, including hind legs; 14, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856547" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856547/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 13–14</figureCitation>
; 
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FC537FDA3C48BD13" box="[952,1026,1016,1043]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">46, 50</figureCitation>
). The presence of dark suboval spots on central portion of the hind lobe in the male (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FD44783E3B4BBD37" box="[687,769,1053,1079]" captionStart="FIGURES 45–51" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1882,1907]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[164,1423,181,1856]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 45–51. Pothea bivittata Champion, 1899. 45–47, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 45–46, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 45, dorsal view, scale bar 3.0 mm; 46, lateral view; 47, labels; 48–51, non-type male from Mexico deposited in NMNH; 48–50, scale bar 1.0 mm; 48, dorsal view; 49–50, lateral view; 49, head, the arrow points to the denticulate clypeus; 51, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856559" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856559/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 48</figureCitation>
) is a similarity shared not only with 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FB4A783D3D70BD37" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[1185,1338,1054,1079]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FB4A783D3D70BD37" box="[1185,1338,1054,1079]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FAA9783E3DD6BD37" bold="true" box="[1346,1436,1053,1079]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C118ED38FAA9783E3DD6BD37" box="[1346,1436,1053,1079]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FF7478623951BD5B" box="[159,283,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 7–10" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1689,1714]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[189,1398,273,1664]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 7–10. Pothea carpinteroi sp. nov. dorsal view. 7–8, scale bar 0.5 mm; 7, holotype; 8, paratype; 9–10, head, thorax and basal portion of hemelytra, scale bar 2.0 mm; 9, holotype; 10, paratype." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856545/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 7–10</figureCitation>
), but also with 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FE2C78613A77BD5B" authorityName="Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[455,573,1089,1115]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halffteri">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FE2C78613A77BD5B" box="[455,573,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. halffteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FDA678623AEBBD5B" box="[589,673,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–44" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1752,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 37–44. 37–38, Pothea halffteri Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, Pothea maculata Champion, 1899, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, Pothea reyesi Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856557/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 37</figureCitation>
), 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FD5E78613B73BD5B" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[693,825,1089,1115]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FD5E78613B73BD5B" box="[693,825,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. maculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FCA278623BD6BD5B" box="[841,924,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–44" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1752,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 37–44. 37–38, Pothea halffteri Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, Pothea maculata Champion, 1899, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, Pothea reyesi Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856557/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 39</figureCitation>
), and 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FC0A78613C75BD5B" authorityName=", Carpintero" authorityYear="1980" box="[993,1087,1090,1115]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reyesi">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FC0A78613C75BD5B" box="[993,1087,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. reyesi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FBA578623CEABD5B" box="[1102,1184,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–44" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1752,1777]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,181,1727]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 37–44. 37–38, Pothea halffteri Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN. 37, dorsal view; 38, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued; 39–42, Pothea maculata Champion, 1899, female holotype deposited in BMNH; 39–41, © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London; 39–40, scale bar 5.0 mm; 39, dorsal view; 40, ventral view; 41, lateral view; 42, labels; 43–44, Pothea reyesi Carpintero, 1980, male holotype deposited in MACN; 43, dorsal view; 44, labels and a card pinned to the specimen, with the male genitalia glued." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856557" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856557/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 43</figureCitation>
), as mentioned above. On the other hand, taking into account that 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FD9278453AB8BD7F" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[633,754,1125,1151]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FD9278453AB8BD7F" box="[633,754,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known from a male and a female only, although they seem to be different species based on the available scarce material, in case that more specimens are found in the future, the distinctness or eventually the conspecificity of them will be confirmed or revealed, respectively.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD936A1C118ED38FF2C78F23CEDBF53" blockId="18.[151,1437,153,1619]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FF2C78F23931BDEB" authorityName="Hussey" authorityYear="1953" box="[199,379,1233,1259]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="venatrix">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FF2C78F23931BDEB" box="[199,379,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Pothea venatrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FE6078F23A5EBDEB" box="[395,532,1232,1259]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 52–55</figureCitation>
) presents two spots on the fore lobe and two vittae on the hind lobe of the pronotum (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FF1B78D639CCBC0F" author="Hussey, R. F." box="[240,390,1268,1295]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="196 - 205" refId="ref17909" refString="Hussey, R. F. (1953) Four new Neotropical Reduviidae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55, 196 - 205." type="journal article" year="1953">Hussey 1953</bibRefCitation>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FE4B78D639B9BC0F" box="[416,499,1268,1295]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 52</figureCitation>
) and was considered very close to 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FC6078D53C4CBC0F" authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1899" box="[907,1030,1269,1295]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bivittata">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FC6078D53C4CBC0F" box="[907,1030,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. bivittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by this author. Therefore, it is also necessary to point the main differences of 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FD9979393AA3BC33" authorityName="Hussey" authorityYear="1953" box="[626,745,1306,1331]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="venatrix">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FD9979393AA3BC33" box="[626,745,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. venatrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in relation to 
<taxonomicName id="4C664D22C118ED38FC6D79393C54BC33" authority="Gil-Santana, 2020" authorityName="Gil-Santana" authorityYear="2020" box="[902,1054,1306,1331]" class="Insecta" family="Reduviidae" genus="Pothea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpinteroi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FC6D79393C54BC33" box="[902,1054,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. carpinteroi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FBCE793A3C35BC33" bold="true" box="[1061,1151,1305,1331]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22157C8C118ED38FBCE793A3C35BC33" box="[1061,1151,1305,1331]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
: 
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<emphasis id="B912EAB3C118ED38FB6679393D4FBC33" box="[1165,1285,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">P. venatrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a diverse general coloration, with the head mostly pale testaceous, excepting the apices of antenniferous tubercles which are “embrowned” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF74B50C118ED38FEAF79423990BC7B" author="Hussey, R. F." box="[324,474,1376,1403]" pageId="18" pageNumber="457" pagination="196 - 205" refId="ref17909" refString="Hussey, R. F. (1953) Four new Neotropical Reduviidae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55, 196 - 205." type="journal article" year="1953">Hussey 1953</bibRefCitation>
) (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FE1879423A34BC7B" box="[499,638,1376,1403]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 52–54</figureCitation>
); clypeus not denticulate (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FC4179423C4ABC7B" box="[938,1024,1376,1403]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 54</figureCitation>
); pronotum with less extensive dark markings as described above; the lateral portions of hind lobe of pronotum somewhat reddish (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FB5D79A63D40BC9F" box="[1206,1290,1412,1439]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 52</figureCitation>
); femora and tibiae dark brownish, the former with basal portions and pale subapical spots (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FBF1798A3CECBCC3" box="[1050,1190,1448,1475]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 52–53</figureCitation>
); connexivum largely yellowish on external margin, without alternating pale and dark areas (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FC2B79EE3C06BCE7" box="[960,1100,1484,1511]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Figs. 52–53</figureCitation>
); reddish testaceous sternites, lateral longitudinal band running only from sternite III to the last, with irregular borders, the basal transverse dark markings on sternites are thin, forming a band only on segment VII, while on segments IV–VI they form incomplete bands which do not reach the lateral dark band and are variably interrupted at midline (
<figureCitation id="135D2A24C118ED38FBA27A1A3CD0BF53" box="[1097,1178,1592,1619]" captionStart="FIGURES 52–55" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1660,1685]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,181,1634]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 52–55. Pothea venatrix Hussey, 1953, male holotype deposited in UMMZ; 52–53, scale bar 5.0 mm; 52, dorsal view; 53, ventral view; 54, head, lateral view; 55, labels." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856561" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856561/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="457">Fig. 53</figureCitation>
).
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</treatment>
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