Zelurus tibialis tibialis ( Stål, 1860 )

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. & Husemann, Martin, 2023, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, and Peru, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 49 (2), pp. 395-412 : 407

Zelurus tibialis tibialis ( Stål, 1860)

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Material examined. Zelurus tibialis tibialis . PARAGUAY. 1 male: [green printed label:] Paraguay, Hohenau / Prov. Alto Parana / H. Jacob leg. / Eing. Nr. 5, 1932 [white framed printed label:] ZMH 849016 [ ZMH] .

Zelurus tibialis was described based on females from state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( Stål 1860) . Lent and Wygodzinsky (1945) described a subspecies, Z. tibialis freitasi , and provided a short redescription of the nominotypical subspecies, based on males from Rio de Janeiro and the neighbouring state of São Paulo.

Distribution. Brazil, Paraguay (new record).

Figures

Figures 20-22. Dorsal view. 20. Ploeogaster gesana Kirkaldy, 1909 from Ecuador, male. Scale: 5.0 mm. 21. Leogorrus immaculatus Champion, 1899 from French Guiana, female. Scale: 3.0 mm. 22. Zelurus tibialis tibialis (Stål, 1860) from Paraguay, male. Scale: 5.0 mm. / Vista dorsal. 20. Ploeogaster gesana Kirkaldy, 1909 de Ecuador, macho. Escala: 5,0 mm. 21. Leogorrus immaculatus Champion, 1899 de Guayana Francesa, hembra. Escalas: 3,0 mm. 22. Zelurus tibialis tibialis (Stål, 1860) de Paraguay, macho. Escala: 5,0 mm.