Sephina limbata Stål, 1862

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 : 94

Sephina limbata Stål

( Fig. 17 )

Sephina limbata Stål 1862: 273 .

General distribution. Widely distributed across British Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Panama, and United States of North America. BELIZE (British Honduras): River Sarstoon. GUATEMALA: Panzos and Chacoj. HONDURAS: Atlantida and Comayagua. MÉXICO: BAJA CALIFORNIA: Isla Santa Cruz. NAYARIT: Tepic. OAXACA: Uxpanapa. SINALOA: Mazatlan. VERACRUZ: Atoyac, Jalapa, Omealca, Orizaba, and San Andres Tuxtla. PANAMA: Volcan Chiriqui. UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA: California ( Brailovsky & Sánchez 1983, Packauskas 2010, Linares & Orozco 2017, CoreoideaSF Team 2020).

Material examined. New records. MÉXICO: CHIAPAS: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Selva Lacandona, Estación Biológica Chajul , 157 m, 16˚6’48’’N–96˚56’26.4’’W, 22-iii-2012, L. Rengifo ( UNAM) . OAXACA: 1 ♀, Sierra de Juárez, Puerto Elegeo , 12-ix-1982, A. Ibarra ( UNAM) . New country records . COSTA RICA: PROVINCIA LIMON: 1 ♀, Pacuarito, Las Brisas , 20-vii-1986, M. M. Chavarria Diaz ( UNAM) ; 1 ♂, Estacion Hitoy Cerere, Reserva Biologica Hitoy Cerere , vi-1992, G. Carbello ( INBIO) . PROVINCIA PUNTARENAS: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Estacion Pit- tier, Pila-Acla , 1670 m, 5–18-i-1995, M. Madrigal & E. Alfaro ( INBIO, UNAM) ; 1 ♀, Puerto Golfito , 25-vi-1987 ( FSCA) . PROVINCIA ALAJUELA: 1 ♂, 24-II.1982, H. Brailovsky & E. Barrera ( UNAM) . NICARAGUA: 1 ♀, Rio San Juan, Cerro El Gigante, ix-1998, I. Coronado ( MELN) .

Figures

FIGURES 17‒22. Dorsal view of Sephina spp. 17, S. limbata Stål (male). 18, S. esquivelae Brailovsky & Sánchez (male). 19, S. ayalai Brailovsky (male). 20, S. pagella Brailovsky & Sánchez (male). 21, S. subulata Brailovsky & Sánchez (male). 22, S. gundlachi (Guérin-Méneville) (male).