Microlestria laevis Champion, 1899

Forero, Dimitri, 2006, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 1107, pp. 1-47 : 32

Microlestria laevis Champion, 1899

The genus Microlestria Stål, 1872 , has three described species ( Maldonado 1990). Label data show that it is commonly found on debris or near soil. M. laevis was previously known only from Mexico, Panama, and Brazil (Champion 1899; Maldonado 1990). For the first time, the genus and species are here recorded from Colombia, with an additional locality from Panama ( Fig. 54 ).

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1ɗ, 1Ψ, Caquetá, P.N.N. Picachos (en trampa Winkler), 1560 m, 23­XI­1997 [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Caquetá, PNN Picachos 02º47'51"N 74º51'18"W, manual 1h No. 8, 1800 m, X­1997, F. Escobar & E. González [ IAVH]; 1Ψ, Caquetá, P.N.N. Picachos 02º47'51"N 74º51'18"W, T[rampa].Winkler, 1560 m, 23­XI­ 1997, F. Escobar [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Caquetá, P.N.N. Picachos 02º47'51"N 74º51'18"W, T[rampa]. Winkler, trampa 1, 1560 m, XI­1997, F. Escobar [ IAVH]; 1Ψ, Norte de Santander, Sierra del Perijá, Socorpa mission to finca San José, 1600 m, 17­VIII­1968, under bark of log, B. Malkin, leg. [ AMNH]. PANAMA, 1ɗ, Chiriquí, 24 Km NNE San Felix, Cerro Colorado mine, 1300m, 23­VI­1980 / FMNH # 80­52, moss, bark, subcortex on trunk, J.Wagner [ FMNH].

Figures

FIGURES 52 – 60. Dorsal and lateral views of Reduviidae species. 52, Rasahus costaricensis, late instar nymph; 53, Rasahus rufiventris; 54, Microlestria laevis; 55, Opisthacidius mexicanus; 56, Volesus nigripennis, dorsal view; 57, V. nigripennis, lateral view; 58, Kodormus bruneosus; 59, Ocrioessa lobuliventris; 60, Microvescia costalimai, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm (52, 54, 60); 3 mm (53); 4 mm (55 ­ 59).