Sephina formosa (Dallas)

Brailovsky, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2021, Illustrated key to the species in the genus Sephina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Spartocerini), with descriptions of three new species and new distributional records, Zootaxa 5048 (1), pp. 77-98 : 93

Sephina formosa (Dallas)

( Figs. 26‒27 )

Spartocera formosa Dallas 1852: 372 .

General distribution. Described from Venezuela without formal locality and later recorded from Colombia. CO- LOMBIA: New Granada. VENEZUELA: TRUJILLO: Bocono ( Dallas 1852, Brailovsky 1983, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team2020).

Material examined. New records. COLOMBIA: CUNDINAMARCA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Lago Pedro Pal , 2030 m, 4˚40’54’’N–74˚23’54’’W, 16-ix-1995, D. Forero ( UNDC) . VALLE DE CAUCA: 1 ♀, 4 km NW San Antonio , 6500 ft, 24-xii-1958, A. H. Miller ( UNAM) . New country records. ECUAD OR: PICHINCHA : 1 ♀, Puerto Quito , 15-i-1984, L. Jaras ( UNAM) ; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Palmeras , 2000 m, 7–20-xi-1992, C. Fletcher & I. Cordobez ( UNAM) . COTOPAXI: 1 ♀, Calupiña , vii-1987 G. Onore ( PUCE) ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Otonga , 2000 m, 0˚27’S–79˚05’W, 2-v- 1997, I. Muñoz & C. Perez ( PUCE) . NAPO: 1 ♂, El Chaco, 1200 m, 6-v-1995, P. Salazar ( PUCE) .

Figures

FIGURES 23‒28. Dorsal view of Sephina spp. 23, S. grayi Van Duzee (female) (synonym of S. gundlachi). 24, S. grayi Van Duzee (female) (synonym of S. gundlachi). 25, S. dorsalis (White) (female). 26, S. formosa (Dallas) (female). 27, S. formosa (Dallas) (male). 28, S. vinula Stål (female).