Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus Stål, 1860

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza, Martins, David Dos Santos, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza & Fornazier, Maurício José, 2024, Synopsis of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Atlantic Forest Dominion, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: keys, diagnoses, new species, plant associations, and geographic distribution. Part I: Bryocorinae, Cylapinae and Deraeocorinae., Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 201-254 : 217

Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus Stål ( Fig. 6-F )

Eccritotarsus nigro-cruciatus Stål, 1860: 57 .

Eccritotarsus magnificus Distant, 1888: 82 (synonymized by Carvalho & China 1951: 676).

Diagnosis. Dominantly black. Whitish or hyaline areas on the corium, basal spot on embolium, cuneus (except the internal angle and apex of the cuneus), apex of the corium, membranal spot near the apex of cuneus, and the legs (except the apex of the femurs, tibiae, and tarsi). Collar varying from totally black, black with yellow laterally to fully yellow ( Ferreira & Henry 2011). Male genitalia as figure 11-E.

Plant Associations. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo (Cachoeiro) (Carvalho 1953A), Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande de Sul, Santa Catarina ( Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Colombia ( Carvalho & Afonso 1977; Ferreira & Henry 2011), Ecuador ( Carvalho 1957).

Espírito Santo material. None examined.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Tribe Eccritotarsini, A—Cyrtocapsus rostratus, B—Eccritotarsus brotaensis, C—Eccritotarsus carioca, D— Eccritotarsus emboabanus (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes, 1971A, with permission), E—Eccritotarsus hyalinus, F— Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus, G—Eurychilella discoidalis, H, I—Eurychilella incaperanus n. sp.; J, K—Knightocoris carlosleitei n. sp.; L—Neela lutescens, M—Neofurius capichabensis (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971B, with permission), N— Pachymeroceroides bromeliae (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971C, with permission), O—Pycnoderes cataguasensis, P— Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus, Q—Sinervus baerensprungi, R—Sinervus hyalipedes; S, T—Sinervus vendanovensis n. sp.; U, V— Sinervus venturai n. sp.; W—Spartacus albatus, X—Sysinas pallidipes, Y—Tenthecoris nanus, Z—Tenthecoris orchidearum.