Leptoscelis excellens Stål, 1865

Leavengood, John M., Brailovksy, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2024, Studies in the New World tribe Anisoscelini Laporte, 1832 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae): updated distributions, nomenclatural changes, and keys to the genera of the tribe and the species of Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829 and Bitta Osuna, 1984, Zootaxa 5415 (2), pp. 241-268 : 252

Leptoscelis excellens Stål, 1865

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Distribution. Known from Brazil and Colombia ( Packauskas 2010). Mattei & Mattei (2017) reported this species from Amazonas, Venezuela, which was formally published in Cazorla (2021). Ecuador and Peru are new country records.

Material Examined. New Records. Ecuador: Napo, Res. Ethnica Waorani, Onkone Gare Camp , 38 km S of Pompeya, 220 m, 0 ° 39'10"S, 76 ° 26'00"W, 2–14-II-1996, T. J. Henry coll. ( NMNH; 1) ; Napo: Tiputini Biodiversity Station , 216 m ,, 0 ° 37'55"S, 76 ° 08'39"W, 1-II-2002, 2-II-2002, 29–31-I-2002, T. J. Henry & P. S. F. Ferreira ( NMNH, 5) ; Napo, Yasuni , 250 m, 17-XI-1996, D. Prado ( PUCE, 1) ; Napo, SC Station Yasuni , 400 m, 18-VII-1995, M. Ayala ( PUCE, 1) ; Pastaza, Lorocachi , 220 m, 16–27-II-1996, M. Ayala & C. Carpio ( PUCE, 1) ; Peru: Huanuco Dept.: Tingo Maria National Park , Tingo Maria , 660 m, 11–17-IV-1987, J. E. Eger ( TAMU, 1), Tingo Maria , XI-1949, I-1950, H. A. Allard ( NMNH, 2); Dept. Loreto, Explornapo Camp on Rio Sucusati, 2 km upstream from Rio Napo (160 km NE Iquitos), 24-VI–20-VII-1990, Menke & Awertschenko ( NMNH, 1); Tingo Maria, Valle del Monzon , 18-VII-1948, C. Bolivar ( UNAM, 2); Tingo Maria , Huanuco, 27-VI-1946, C. Bolivar ( UNAM, 2) ; Loreto, Iquitos , 20-I-1992, G. Couturier, F. Kahn ( MNHN, 2)

Figures

FIGURES 19–25. 19. Leptoscelis divisa Stål; 20. Leptoscelis elongator (Fabricius); 21. Leptoscelis excellens Stål; 22–25. Malvana serrulata Stål.