Repipta ayelenae Martin-Park

Martin-Park, Abdiel, Delfín-González, Hugo & Coscarón, María Del Carmen, 2012, Revision of genus Repipta Stål 1859 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) with new species and distribution data, Zootaxa 3501, pp. 1-54 : 7-9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.213795
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1555675-3A47-46FA-9DAB-4B5DBDE365B8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6179602
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BAAC66-C16A-7357-FF6A-7EAB5AF63CEC
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Repipta ayelenae Martin-Park
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Repipta ayelenae Martin-Park View in CoL , sp. nov.

Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 , 5 View FIGURE 5 , 11–13 View FIGURE 11 View FIGURE 12 View FIGURE 13 , Map 1

Description. — General coloration red and dark brown. Head: red except clypeus and buccula, these dark brown; antennifer spines dark brown; eyes not surpassing margins of head; antenna I brown, darker apically; II dark brown; III brown; rostrum I red except laterally brown or red pigmented with brown in some specimens; II brown basally and dark brown toward apex or light brown in some specimens; III brown. Pronotum: anterior lobe, anterolateral angles and collar red or red pigmented with brown in some specimens; posterior lobe dark brown except a red pigmented with brown middle band pattern beginning in anterior margin, passing middle of discal spines and ending near posterior margin ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 E); submedian carina beginning in center of anterior lobe and ending before middle of posterior lobe; posterior margin light brown. Scutellum: principal body red; posterior process pale, long, acuminate and flat. Pleura: red with a dark brown fringe near middle of metapleuron; pro-, meso-, and mestasterna red. Legs: coxae and trochanters red, fore femora brown dorsally and dark brown ventrally or completely brown in some specimens; mid and hind femora brown with a dark brown band pattern medially or with a light brown band pattern in some specimens; fore tibiae brown with a dark brown band near base or completely brown in some specimens; mid and hind tibiae brown with two brown bands, basally and medially; tarsus brown. Abdomen: connexival segments: red except segment VI–VII, these with a dark brown irregular spot; segments IV–VI armed with short spines at their outer apical angles; urosternites red with a dark brown spot in segments I–IX and ventrally brown; urotergites I–VIII red except a dark brown band pattern in segments VI–VIII. Macropterous form: brown. Hemelytra: corium and clavus dark brown; hemelytron 1.28 mm longer than abdomen; membrane hyaline-brownish. Female genitalia: posterior view: as in ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 C). Gonocoxite VIII: sparse thin hairs with a brown semicircular spot near anterior fibula ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 C), anterior fibula curved ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 C). Gonapophysis VIII: ventrally with abundant thin hairs ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 C). Gonocoxite IX: distally and ventrally with abundant thin hairs, wide basally ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 C).

Distribution: Argentina.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, 1 Ƥ Argentina: Corrientes: Ituzaingó, [27°36'S – 56°42'W], 14/XII/2004, Benetti leg., Coscarón expedition. PARATYPE, 1 Ƥ Pellegrini, [27°27'S – 58°50'W], 06/V/2002, Martín leg., ( MLP).

Male (Holotype) N= 1 Female N= 2 Male N=3 Measurements. As in Table 3 View TABLE 3 .

Remarks. It superficially resembles R. paraguayensis sp. nov., but can be differentiated by its red anteocular region, mid-, and hind femora with a dark or light brown band medially, wider abdomen, connexival segments IV–VI armed with short spines, and genitalia traits.

Etymology. Named derived from Ayelén, a Mapuche name meaning joy.

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Tables

TABLE 3. Selected measurements (mm.) of Repipta ayelenae Martin-Park, sp. nov.

	Female (Holotype) N= 1	Female N=1
	Max	Max
Total length	11.2	9.60
Head length	1.84	1.72
Head width	1.16	1.12
Anteocular region	0.52	0.44
Postocular region	0.40	0.36
Interocular region	0.56	0.56
Interocellar region	0.36	0.36
Pronotum length	1.80	1.60
Pronotum width	2.48	2.28
Scutellum length	0.85	0.85
Scutellum width	1.00	0.87
Scutellum posterior process length	0.25	0.20
Abdomen width	2.75	2.60
Eye length	0.56	0.52
Eye width	0.32	0.32
Eye height	0.60	0.60
Antennal segment 1	3.84	3.76
Antennal segment 2	1.28	1.24
Antennal segment 3	-	-
Antennal segment 4	-	-
Rostral segment 1	1.16	1.04
Rostral segment 2	0.84	0.84
Rostral segment 3	0.40	0.40
Head spines length	0.56	-
Posterior lobe of pronotum discal spines length	0.88	0.76
Posterior lobe of pronotum humeral spines length	0.64	0.64
Distance between head spines	0.88	-
Distance between discal spines	1.40	-
Distance between discal/humeral spines	1.74	1.72