Phasmatocoris usingeri Wygodzinsky, 1966

Forero, Dimitri, 2006, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 1107, pp. 1-47 : 10-11

Phasmatocoris usingeri Wygodzinsky, 1966

This is a distinctive species within the genus due to its small size and long sensitive hairs ( Wygodzinsky 1966). Wygodzinsky (1966) points out the similarity of this species with P. patquianus , described from Argentina and Bolivia ( Wygodzinsky 1966). The specimens examined here do not have the anterior part of the pronotum ochraceous and the posterior castaneous as mentioned by Wygodzinsky (1966). Nevertheless, since they were collected in alcohol (pitfall or Malaise traps), some discoloration seems plausible. P. usingeri was described from Panama, with no additional records thereafter ( Wygodzinsky 1966; Maldonado 1990). This species is recorded for the first time from Colombia and, in addition, from continental South America ( Fig. 20 ). This species was found in a tropical dry forest on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey. (Malaise # 4, bosque de Chile, borde) 9º37'48"N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 4­II­1994, F.Fernández & G.Ulloa [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey (Malaise # 6, bosque Lata, suelo) 9º37'48"N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 14­IV­1994, F.Fernández & G.Ulloa [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey (Bosque Lata, trampa Pitfall) 9º37'48"N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 28­XI / 5­XII­1997, F.Fernández [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, 09º37'N 74º54'W, (Bosque Chile, Malaise 10), 70 m, 5­VIII­1993, F. Fernández [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Cienaqueta, 09º3748"'N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 8­II­1997, 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).