Bactrodes femoratus ( Fabricius, 1803 )

Forero, Dimitri, 2006, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 1107, pp. 1-47 : 3

Bactrodes femoratus ( Fabricius, 1803)

Bactrodinae comprises only the genus Bactrodes Stål , with five described species ( Maldonado 1990; Coscarón & Melo 2003). Coscarón & Melo (2003) revised the subfamily and gave a key to separate the species. The genus has been recorded from Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina ( Maldonado 1990; Villiers 1971; Coscarón & Melo 2003). B. femoratus is commonly found on Aciotis laxa (Melastomataceae) in French Guiana ( Bérenger & Pluot­Sigwalt 1997).

In Colombia, only B. spinulosus has been recorded ( Coscarón & Melo 2003). The specimens listed below are a new species record from Colombia. The specimen examined from Cali was completely green when alive, and it was found preying on Chaetocnema sp. ( Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae ). No field prey information was previously known for any of the species of the genus.

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1Ψ, Meta, Río Guatiquía, 500 m, 22­VI­1949, L. Richter, [ UNCB]; 1Ψ, Valle del Cauca, entre Cali y la Vorágine, Parque ecológico de “la Salud,” [prey mounted on point, Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Chaetocnema sp. ], 30­VI­ 2001, 1200 m, D. Forero [ UNCB]; 2ɗɗ, [?], S.tonio, 20­IV­1995, L.Cañon [ UNAB].