Tenthecoris balloui Hsiao & Sailer 1947

Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, Zootaxa 5178 (2), pp. 101-151 : 140-141

Tenthecoris balloui Hsiao & Sailer 1947

( Fig. 40 , 79–80 )

Tenthecoris balloui Hsiao & Sailer, 1947: 70 . (original description).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 9 ♂ 5 ♀ 3?, La Estrella, La Tablaza, 1.x.1983, Orchidaceae (G. Morales) ( MEFLG 4072-1 – MEFLG 4072-17 ).

Diagnosis. Body color red and black. Head red. Antennal segment I reddish with a dark ring at base, sometimes with a dark ring apically. Antennal segment II longer than antennal segment I and vertex width. Corium black and red: approximately inner half with longitudinal black stripe (color extension varies within specimens), basally red. Labium length not exceeding hind coxae. Femora orange. Body length 3.40–4.00 mm. Right paramere ( Fig. 79 ) with basal process short, bilobed, slightly flat; body long, slightly flattened, curved basally; sensory lobe absent; apical process slightly flattened and rectangular, wider towards the apical part, apex truncate. Left paramere ( Fig. 80 ) with basal process short, slightly curved; body slightly flat and concave; sensory lobe absent; apical process sinuous, about as long as the body, perpendicular to the body, with apex bent.

Associated plants. Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947).

Distribution. Colombia (Antioquia) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947; Gaviria-Rivera & Tapias-Múnera 2018).

Comments. The length of T. balloui in the original description was given as 3.44 mm long ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947). Specimens in the present work are 3.40–4.00 mm.

Figures

FIGURES 31–42. Dorsal habitus. 31. Pachyneurhymenus pallidolimbatus. 32. Pachypoda major. 33. Parafurius discifer. 34. Pycnoderes atratus. 35. Pycnoderes incurvus. 36. Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus. 37. Spartacus. 38. Stictolophus. 39. Sysinas pallidipes. 40. Tenthecoris balloui. 41. Tenthecoris colombiensis. 42. Tenthecoris exitiosus. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 71–82. Parameres. 71–72. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes atratus. 73–74. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes incurvus. 75–76. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus. 77–78. Right and left parameres of Sysinas pallidipes. 79–80. Right and left parameres of Tenthecoris balloui. 81–82. Right and left parameres of Tenthecoris exitiosus. Scale bars 0.1 mm.