Polauchenia protentor McAtee and Malloch, 1925

Forero, Dimitri, 2006, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 1107, pp. 1-47 : 11

Polauchenia protentor McAtee and Malloch, 1925

All the specimens examined here agree in all morphological aspects with the description of McAtee & Malloch (1925). P. protentor was previously known just from Panama ( McAtee & Malloch 1925; Wygodzinsky 1966; Maldonado 1990). The specimens examined here are from a Colombian tropical dry forest on the Caribbean coast. They are a new record from Colombia ( Fig. 22 ).

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey (Malaise # 4, bosque Chile) 9º37'48"N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 12­VII­1993 [ IAVH]; 2ɗɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey (Malaise # 4, bosque de Chile) 9º37'48"N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 16­IX­1993, F.Fernández [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hacienda Monterrey (Malaise 10, [bosque] Chile borde), 9º45'N­ 74º49'W, 5­VIII­1993, F.Fernández & G.Ulloa [ IAVH].

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 27. Dorsal and lateral views of Reduviidae species. 19, Phasmatocoris spectrum; 20, Phasmatocoris usingeri; 21, Polauchenia marcapata; 22, Polauchenia protentor; 23, Stenolemus mirabilis, dorsal view; 24, S. mirabilis, lateral view; 25, Empicoris barberi, head and pronotum; 26, Agriocleptes albosparsus; 27, Agriocleptes wygodzinskyi, female paratype. Scale: bar 0.5 mm (25); 2 mm (19 ­ 24, 26 ­ 27).