Eccritotarsus, Stal, 1860

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 : 121

Key to the species of Eccritotarsus from Colombia

1. Corium white or yellowish with dark brown circular spots. Embolium concolorous in both dorsal and lateral views........ 2

1’. Corium white or yellowish with transverse stripes or irregular spots. Embolium of different colors in dorsal and lateral view 3

2. Corium white with a dark brown circular spot. Clavus white, lacking circular spots........................ E. villetanus

2’. Corium yellowish with two dark brown circular spots. Clavus yellowish with dark brown circular spot at base E. colombianus

3. Cuneus with white apex........................................................................ E. gallegoi

3’. Cuneus with dark brown to black apex.................................................................... 4

4. Pronotum glabrous.......................................................................... E. anolaimus

4’. Pronotum pilose...................................................................................... 5

5. Head, in dorsal view, yellow. Pronotum, in dorsal view, yellow. Hemelytron with silvery pruinosity........... E. cruxnigra

5’. Head, in dorsal view, black. Pronotum, in dorsal view, dark brown or black. Hemelytron without silvery pruinosity........ 6

6. Corium with spots extending to the embolium but not the clavus................................................ 7

6’. Corium with spots extending to the clavus or both the clavus and embolium....................................... 8

7. Corium with spot extending to the cuneus. Body length of approximately 4.6 mm. Left paramere with flattened body................................................................................................. E. restrepus

7’. Corium with spot not extending to the cuneus. Body length of approximately 5.4–5.5 mm. Left paramere with tubular body.......................................................................................... E. palmirensis

8. Corium with irregular, somewhat longitudinal spot. Clavus dark brown to black; lateral margin with small median white spot.......................................................................................... E. curtipilis

8’. Corium with transverse stripe. Clavus dark brown to black; lateral margin not as above.............................. 9

9. Propleuron with area anterior to the coxal cleft yellowish. Xyphus black and yellow................... E. nigrocruciatus

9’. Propleuron with area anterior to the coxal cleft black. Xyphus black.................................. E. tandapianus