Apiomerus evanidus Distant, 1903

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. & Forero, Dimitri, 2010, Taxonomical and biological notes on Neotropical Apiomerini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), Zootaxa 2331, pp. 57-68 : 60

Apiomerus evanidus Distant, 1903

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Discussion: Apiomerus evanidus was described as having the following color pattern: body black with the pronotum, anterior coxae and femora, and prosternum purplish red, basal margin of pronotum black, and in some specimens with the anterior femora black ( Distant 1903). Costa Lima et al. (1951) recognized a further variation of this species in which the main color is red, with black head and tibiae, with basal areas of the tibiae red.

In the specimens examined the females ( Figs. 4–5 ) fit the original description and the variation recognized by Costa Lima et al. (1951), but one male is bright orange instead of red ( Fig. 6 ). The brighter specimens are from Diamantino ( Figs. 4, 6 ), while the other couple is from Cáceres ( Figs. 5, 7 ), both in Mato Grosso state. The external aspect of the genital segments agrees with the previous description of Costa Lima et al. (1951) ( Fig. 8 , A–B), and the male genitalia, including the aedeagus, of the two males are identical, evidencing the color variability of this species.

Specimen examined: BRAZIL, 1 female, 1 male, Mato Grosso, Cáceres, XI-1984, C. Elias leg.; 1 female, 1 male, Diamantino, Alto Rio Arinos [14° 25´S – 56° 29´W], 28-X-2002, 29-X-2003, E. Furtado leg. [MNRJ].

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. 1 – 2. Agriocleptes bahianus, female; 1. dorsal view; 2. lateral view. 3. Apiomerus arnaui, female, dorsal view. 4 – 8. Apiomerus evanidus; 4 – 7. dorsal view; 4 – 5. females; 6 – 7. males; 8. posterior view of abdomen: A. female; B. male.