Bubaces heissi O’Donnell, 2006

Brailovsky, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2020, Review of the genus Bubaces (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae Lethaeini) with descriptions of three new species, new distributional records, and key to species, Zootaxa 4767 (2), pp. 244-256 : 252

Bubaces heissi O’Donnell, 2006

Bubaces heissi O’Donnell, 2006: 536-537 (original description)

General distribution. Recorded only from Panama. PANAMA: CANAL ZONE (Coco Solo Hospital); LA CA- NARCA; FT. CLAYTON; CHIRIQUI (Rovira); CHEPO (Altos de Maje); LAS CUMBRES; COLON (Sta. Rita Ridge) ( O’Donnell 2006).

Discussion. Bubaces heissi , is included in the “ castaneus ” group by virtue of having the total length of the body longer than 5.00 mm.

This species is recognized by having the dorsal surfaces of pronotum and clavi clothed with long erect hairs, each corium with a prominent circular yellow to creamy yellow subapical spot, and the male metathoracic scent glands each with the ostiolar peritreme conspicuously broad, strongly raised above pleural surface, tightly recurved posteriorly, resembling a coiled back upon itself. In B. castaneus , the surfaces of pronotum, clavi and coria are glabrous, each corium lacks a circular yellow to creamy yellow subapical spot, and the male metathoracic scent glands each have the ostiolar peritreme raised, not strongly recurved posteriorly, but with a gentle, very wide curvature that resembles a “question mark”.

In Bubaces convergens the dorsal surfaces of the pronotum and clavi are clothed with long erect hairs, and each corium has a prominent circular yellow to creamy yellow subapical spot, but the ostiolar peritremes are raised, not strongly recurved posteriorly, but each with a gentle, very wide curvature that resembles a “question mark”.