Esperanza texana Barber, 1906

Brailovsky, Harry, 2019, Illustrated identification key to the genera of New World Micrelytrini (Hemiptera: Alydidae: Micrelytrinae), with description of two new genera, one new species and new distributional records, Zootaxa 4668 (3), pp. 393-409 : 398-402

Esperanza texana Barber, 1906

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Esperanza texana Barber 1906: 270 .

Diagnosis. Recognized by having the humeral angles of the pronotum and hind femora without spines and the apex of the scutellum is prolonged into a short, very acute, upturned spine.

General distribution. MEXICO: Hidalgo (Tasquillo), Jalisco (Chamela and El Tuito), Nuevo Leon (Linares), San Luis Potosi (Tamuin and 8 mi W of Valles), and Tamaulipas (8 mi W El Limon). UNITED STATES: Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas ( Barber 1906; Brailovsky & Zurbia 1979; Froeschner 1980; Wheeler & Henry 1984).

Material examined. New records. COSTA RICA: Prov. Guanacaste, Playa Hermosa , 10–19-VIII-1995, J. E. Eger ( UNAM) 1 male . GUATEMALA: Zacapa, San Lorenzo, Quarry Road, 7 km N Sta. Cruz, CA9 , 17-VII- 2008, C. W. & L. O’Brien and F. Skillman ( UNAM) 1 male; Frontera-Ahuachapan, El Salvador , 25-VIII-1985, F. Arias ( UNAM) 1 male . MEXICO: Coahuila, CC El Cañon, 6-IX-2010, A. Zaldivar ( UNAM) 1 female . Estado de Mexico, Malinalco , 10- II- 1979, E. Barrera ( UNAM) 1 female . Guerrero, km 8 road Chilpancingo-Omilteme, 29-I-1982, A. Ibarra, M. Garcia ( UNAM), 1 female; Atlixtac, km 39 road Chilapa-Tlapa , 1425 m , 17°35’47’’N– 99°01’06’’W, 11-XII-2006, L. Cervantes, C. Mayorga ( UNAM) 1 female . Hidalgo, km 9 road Huejutla-Atlapexco , 21 ° 03’84’’N–98 ° 22’88’’W, 29-VIII-1999, E. Barrera ( UNAM) 2 males, 1 female . Michoacan, Zitacuaretiro , 15- VII-1983, M. Garcia ( UNAM) 1 male . Morelos, Cuautla, 25-X-1981, H. Brailovsky ( UNAM) 1 male; km 49 road Cuernavaca-Taxco, 19-X-1988, H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera, J. Bueno ( UNAM) 1 female; Tepalcingo , S of El Limon, 1190 m , 18°31’16.1’’N– 98°56’48.2’’W, 23–25-VI-2006, V. H. Toledo, A. M. Corona ( UNAM) 1 male . Nayarit, Rincon de Guayabitos , 14-VIII-1981, R. Zurbia ( UNAM) 1 male . Oaxaca, Tuxtepec, 20-VII-1987, R. Barba, L. Cervantes ( UNAM) 4 males, 2 females; SE Tlacolula , 6500’, 12-VIII-1974, C. W. & L. O’Brien ( CASC) 1 male . Puebla, Chiautla , 12-XII-1986, H. Brailovsky ( UNAM) 1 female . Queretaro, Ciudad de Queretaro , 30- III- 2010, Ka. Brailovsky ( UNAM) 1 female . Tamaulipas, Gomez Farias, km 2 La Libertad-Julilo, 326 m , 23°07’28’’N– 99°09’53’’W, 12-V-2007, E. Barrera, H. Brailovsky, L. Cervantes ( UNAM), 1 male, 1 female; Llera de Canales, km 11 Llera de Canales-Ciudad Victoria , 495 m , 23°20’49’’N– 99°01’24’’W, 13-V-2007, H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera, L. Cervantes ( UNAM) 5 males, 4 females . Veracruz, Palma Sola , VIII-1972, G. Halffter ( INECOL), 6 males, 3 females . Yucatan, Chichenitza , 20°38’04’’N– 88°27’082’’W, 13-IX-1994, E. Barrera ( UNAM) 1 male .

Figures

FIGURES 5–8. Dorsal view. 5, Calamocoris nigrolimbatus Breddin (male). 6, Cydamus borealis Distant (male). 7, Darmistus subvittatus Stål (female). 8, Esperanza texana Barber (female).

FIGURES 14–21. Lateral view. 14, Bactrocoris plaumanni Kormilev (female). 15, Bactrodosoma parallelum Stål (male). 16, Bactrophya peruviana Breddin (male). 17, Bactrophyamixia bambusicola Brailovsky (female). 18, Calamocoris nigrolimbatus Breddin (male). 19, Cydamus borealis Distant (male). 20, Darmistus subvittatus Stål (female). 21, Esperanza texana Barber (female).

FIGURES 27–34. Lateral view of head and thorax. 27, Bactrocoris plaumanni Kormilev (female). 28, Bactrodosoma parallelum Stål (male). 29, Bactrophya peruviana Breddin (male). 30, Bactrophyamixia bambusicola Brailovsky (female). 31, Calamocoris nigrolimbatus Breddin (male). 32, Cydamus borealis Distant (male). 33, Darmistus subvittatus Stål (female). 34, Esperanza texana Barber (female).

FIGURES 40–55. Parameres. 40–41, Bactrocoris plaumanni Kormilev. 42–43, Bactrodosoma parallelum Stål. 44–45, Bactrophya peruviana Breddin. 46–47, Bactrophyamixia slateri Brailovsky. 48–49, Calamocoris erubescens Breddin. 50–51, Cydamus borealis Distant. 52–53, Darmistus subvittatus Stål. 54–55, Esperanza texana Barber.