Ambracius capucinus (Reuter)

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio F. & Henry, Thomas J., 2010, Revision of the genus Ambracius Stål, 1860 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Clivinematini), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 2485, pp. 1-15 : 4

Ambracius capucinus (Reuter)

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Ambracius capucinus Reuter, 1905: 30 (n. sp.); Carvalho, 1957: 38 (cat); Carvalho, 1985: 490 (descr.); Schuh, 1995: 587 (cat.)

Diagnosis: Pronotum dark brown, with two longitudinal, yellowish stripes laterally; pronotum with four yellowish spots on calli.

Redescription: Translated from Carvalho (1984): “Female holotype (Fig. 2): Body length, 4.60; width, 1.70. Head length, 0.10; width, 0.70; distance between eyes, 0.34; length of antennal segment I, 0.20; II, 1.30; III and IV, missing. Pronotum length, 0.80; width, 1.40; cuneal length, 0.80; cuneal width, 0.28. General coloration cinnamon, more or less hyaline with dark and yellowish areas. Head bright yellow, with a circular black spot with yellowish center; eye and antenna dark brown. Pronotum dark brown, with two yellowish longitudinal stripes laterally; calli with four yellowish spots separated from each other by black, narrow stripes. Hemelytron cinnamon, hyaline, claval suture dark brown, external margin of embolium and cuneus fuscous; membrane fuscous with black veins. Ventral side of body brown to dark brown, ostiolar peritreme and labium whitish. Body covered with dense, adpressed setae. Labium reaching the median coxae. Pronotum and scutellum punctate. Hemelytron rough and punctate; cuneus longer than wide; cells and vein of membranes elongated.”

Male: Unknown.

Distribution: Venezuela.

Host: Unknown.

Discussion: We have not examined the female holotype of A. capucinus from Caracas, Venezuela, deposited in the Zoology Museum of “Universitetsparken,” Copenhagen, Denmark. Carvalho (1984) illustrated the dorsal view of head and pronotum of this specimen, reproduced herein, and considered this species to be close to Ambracius dufouri Stål. The color pattern of the pronotum as given in the diagnosis will distinguish this species.