Anisoscelis (Anisoscelis) scutellaris Stål

Brailovsky, Harry, 2016, The genus Anisoscelis Latreille (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini): new species, taxonomical arrangements, distributional records and key, Zootaxa 4144 (2), pp. 195-210 : 200-201

Anisoscelis (Anisoscelis) scutellaris Stål

( Figs. 5–6 , 19 )

Anisoscelis scutellaris Stål, 1870: 159

Diagnosis. Head pale yellowish orange; antennal segments I–IV pale to dark yellow; pronotum pale orange, collar and anterolateral margins yellow, posterolateral borders, posterior border and wide triangular spot at middle third of posterior lobe black with metallic bluish-green reflections; scutellum black with metallic bluish-green reflections; clavus pale to dark orange; corium pale to dark orange with anterior border yellow, with inner almost complete black longitudinal stripe; hemelytral membrane dark brown; connexivum dark brown with upper border dark yellow; dorsal abdominal segments dark brown; labial segments (apex of IV black), legs pale yellow; inner expansion of hind tibiae shiny reddish, posterior margin black and two yellow marks one at basal point and the other much wider near midline; outer expansion dark reddish brown with proximal and distal third pale yellowish orange; labium reaching middle third of abdominal sternite III; humeral angles subacute, slightly expanded, and directed backward. Parameres. Figs. 5–6 .

Distribution. Colombia: Bogota and Nova Granada ( Stål 1870, Packauskas 2010).

Type material examined. Paralectotype, female, Colombia, Bogota, Lindig ( NHRS).

Material examined. New records. Colombia: 3 females, Tolima, Ibague , El Totumo , 1100 m, 04°23.701’N – 075°11.950’W, on fish carrion baited butterfly trap, 6–9-VII-2013, leg. J. E. Eger (UNAM); 1 male, Huila, Gigante, 1982 (without date), leg. Rochas ( UNAM) .

Biological notes. Eger, Brailovsky & Henry (2015) cited this species on butterfly traps baited with fish or shrimp carrion.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Parameres of Anisoscelis (Anisoscelis) spp., in two views. 1 – 2, A. (A.) foliaceus (Fabricius). 3 – 4, A. (A.) marginellus (Dallas). 5 – 6, A. (A.) scutellaris Stål.

FIGURES 17 – 20. Dorsal view of Anisoscelis (Anisoscelis) spp. 17, A. (A.) marginellus (Dallas) (female). 18, A. (A.) discolor (Stål) (female). 19, A. (A.) scutellaris Stål (female). 20, A. (A.) foliaceus (Fabricius) (male). 21 – 22. Dorsal view of Anisoscelis (Bitta) spp. 21, A. (B.) luridus sp. nov. (male). 22, A. (B.) affinis Westwood (female).