Manicocoris rufipes ( Fabricius, 1787 )

Forero, Dimitri, 2006, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 1107, pp. 1-47 : 24-25

Manicocoris rufipes ( Fabricius, 1787)

Gil­Santana et al. (2002) synonymyzed Paramanicocoris Lima, Hathaway & Seabra, 1948, under Manicocoris Stål, 1866 , so the genus now contains two species: M. rufipes and M. rubroniger ( Lima, Hathaway & Seabra, 1948). M. rufipes was described from French Guiana and recorded additionally from Colombia, Guyana, and Brazil ( Maldonado 1990; Gil­Santana et al. 2002, 2003). This species is restricted to the Amazon basin, and it seems to be associated with Caesalpiniaceae species ( Bérenger & Pluot­Sigwalt 1997). Precise localities from Colombia are given for the first time.

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1ɗ, Amazonas, Leticia, km 22 vía a Tarapacá (jameo borde bosque) [4º8'S 69º57'W], 150 m, IX­1997, D.Campos [ UNCB]; 1ɗ, 1Ψ, Amazonas, Leticia, km 7 vía a Tarapacá [4º6'S 69º54'W], 120 m, XI­1996, Grupo de sistemática animal UN [ UNCB]; 1ɗ, Amazonas, río Tacana (selva), 180 m, 27­X­1946, L.Richter, [ UNCB].