Tenthecoris colombiensis 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 : 141

Tenthecoris colombiensis Hsiao & Sailer, 1947

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Tenthecoris colombiensis Hsiao & Sailer 1947: 69 . (original description).

Material examined. Type material. Paratypes: COLOMBIA. 1 ♀ 1?, “Orquídeas” (Hsiao & Sailer, #58159), U.S. N.M., D.C. Insp. H. ( MNRJ) .

Diagnosis. Body orange and black. Head, pronotum and embolium orange. Antennal segments I (except base) and II black. Scutellum and clavus black with metallic blue sheen (except base). Corium orange with circular brown spot next to cuneus. Antennal segment II longer than each antennal segment I and vertex width. Labium length exceeding hind coxae. Fore femur orange, middle femur orange except at base, hind femur white proximally and orange distally. Body length 4.50–4.52 mm ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947). Right and left parameres as in Hsiao & Sailer (1947, Fig. 17 ).

Associated plants. Cattleya sp. (Orchidaceae) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947).

Distribution. Colombia (without details) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947).

Comments. The length of T. colombiensis given in the original description was 4.52 mm long ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947). Specimens in the present work are 4.50 mm; hence, length ranges are 4.50–4.52 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 7–18. Dorsal habitus. 7. Adneella columbiensis. 8. Agaveocoris distanti. 9. Bothrophorella nigra. 10. Cyrtocapsus columbiensis. 11. Eccritotarsus anolaimus. 12. Eccritotarsus colombianus.13. Eccritotarsus cruxnigra. 14. Eccritotarsus curtipilis. 15. Eccritotarsus gallegoi. 16. Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus. 17. Eccritotarsus palmirensis. 18. Eccritotarsus restrepus Scale bars 1 mm.