Empicoris barberi ( McAtee & Malloch, 1923 )

Forero, Dimitri, 2006, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 1107, pp. 1-47 : 15

Empicoris barberi ( McAtee & Malloch, 1923)

E. barberi has been recorded from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, and Peru ( Wygodzinsky 1966; Cobben & Wygodzinsky 1975; Maldonado 1990). The specimens listed below represent a new record from Colombia ( Fig. 25 ). The Colombian specimens were compared with the holotype, and they agree in all morphological aspects.

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey (trampa pitfall # 7, Bosque Socorro 6B), 9º37'48"N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 17­II­1994, F. Fernández & G. Ulloa [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey (Malaise # 4, bosque de Chile), 9º37'48"N 74º54'44"W, 70 m, 27­V­1994, F. Fernández & G. Ulloa [ IAVH]. PUERTO RICO, 1ɗ, Tallaboa near Ponce, 23­VII­1914 / HOLOTYPE “ Empicoris barberi McM” / “ Empicoris barberi Type ” Det. McAtee and Malloch / Holotype Empicoris barberi McAtee and Malloch [ AMNH].

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).