Repipta schaeferi Martin-Park & Coscarón, 2012

Martin-Park, Abdiel, Delfín-González, Hugo & Coscarón, María Del Carmen, 2012, Revision of genus Repipta Stål 1859 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) with new species and distribution data, Zootaxa 3501, pp. 1-54 : 43-44

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.213795
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6179630
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAAC66-C146-7374-FF6A-7C425DAE3FE7
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scientific name	Repipta schaeferi Martin-Park & Coscarón
status	sp. nov.

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Repipta schaeferi Martin-Park & Coscarón View in CoL , sp. nov.

Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 , 6 View FIGURE 6 , 11–13 View FIGURE 11 View FIGURE 12 View FIGURE 13 , 16 View FIGURE 16. A , Map 5

Description. — General coloration brown, light brown and red. Head: red pigmented with light brown except antennifer spines, these light brown; eyes not surpassing margins of head; antenna I and II light brown; rostrum I brown pigmented with red; II light brown; III brown. Pronotum: anterior lobe laterally, anterolateral angles and collar red pigmented with brown, and medially with a light brown band pattern; submedian carina not clearly visible; posterior lobe red pigmented with light brown. Scutellum: light brown pigmented with red; posterior process short, acute and flat. Pleura: red pigmented with light brown; pro-, meso-, and mestasterna red pigmented with light brown. Legs: coxae and trochanters red pigmented with light brown, femora light brown basally and beyond middle, red pigmented with light brown apically; tibiae light brown, apically red pigmented with light brown; tarsus brown. Abdomen: connexival segments: red; unarmed; urosternites red pigmented with light brown. Macropterous form: brown pigmented with red. Hemelytra: corium and clavus brown basally to middle, and red apically; hemelytron 1.72 mm longer than abdomen; membrane hyaline-brownish. Female genitalia: posterior view: as in ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 L). Gonocoxite VIII: without hairs ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 L), anterior fibula curved wide proximally ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 L). Gonapophysis VIII: ventrally with abundant thin hairs ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 L). Gonocoxite IX: ventrally with abundant thin hairs, slightly wide basally ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 L).

Distribution: Costa Rica.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, 1 Ƥ Costa Rica: Cordillera de Talamanca, [9°30'N – 83°40'W], Bovallius leg., ( SMNH).

Measurements. As in Table 18.

Remarks. It superficially resembles R. flavicans and R. brasiliensis sp. nov., but can be differentiated by the lack of bands in the coloration pattern of pronotum, and genitalia traits.

Etymology. Named for Dr. Carl Schaefer, in honor of his contributions to the study of Heteroptera .

MAP 5. Distribution of R. schaeferi sp. nov., R. sexdens , R. spinosa , R. taurus and R. unispina sp. nov.