Eccritotarsus cruxnigra Stål, 1860

Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, Zootaxa 5178 (2), pp. 101-151 : 122

* Eccritotarsus cruxnigra Stål, 1860

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Eccritotarsus cruxnigra Stål, 1860: 58 (original description).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Huila: 1 ♀, Pitalito, Vda. Yamboró, Tecno Parque SENA, 1285 m, 1°51N, 76°0.6’W, net sweeping, 22.ix.2014 (M. Cabrera) ( UNAB 1899 ) .

Diagnosis. Body yellow and black. Head and pronotum in dorsal view and xyphus yellow. Clavus black with silvery pruinosity. Corium yellow with a transverse, irregular, black spot extending to the clavus and embolium. Embolium yellow with a dark brown to black apex. Cuneus whitish with apex black. Pronotum pilose. Body length 4.00– 4.80 mm ( Stål 1860; Ferreira & Henry 2011).

Associated/host plants. Unknown.

Distribution. Argentina ( Carpintero & Carvalho 1993) , Brazil ( Stål 1860; Carvalho 1957), Ecuador ( Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Peru ( Carvalho & Ferreira 1972; Carvalho & Afonso 1977).— Colombia (Huila).

Comments. This is the first record of this species in Colombia.

Figures

FIGURES 7–18. Dorsal habitus. 7. Adneella columbiensis. 8. Agaveocoris distanti. 9. Bothrophorella nigra. 10. Cyrtocapsus columbiensis. 11. Eccritotarsus anolaimus. 12. Eccritotarsus colombianus.13. Eccritotarsus cruxnigra. 14. Eccritotarsus curtipilis. 15. Eccritotarsus gallegoi. 16. Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus. 17. Eccritotarsus palmirensis. 18. Eccritotarsus restrepus Scale bars 1 mm.