Ectinopus holomelas (Burmeister)

Avendaño, José Mauricio, Grazia, Jocelia & Schwertner, Cristiano Feldens, 2017, Cydninae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Cydnidae) in Brazil: updated checklist, new records, and description of Tominotus ondulatus sp. nov., Zootaxa 4329 (5), pp. 401-435 : 417

Ectinopus holomelas (Burmeister)

( Figs. 9A , 10 )

Cydnus holomelas Burmeister, 1835: 375 .

Ectinopus holomelas: Dallas, 1851: 122 ; Stål, 1862: 96; 1876: 20; Walker, 1867: 164; Distant, 1880: 8; Signoret, 1881: 320; Uhler, 1886: 3; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 64; Froeschner, 1960: 412.

Aethus fusiformis Walker, 1867: 150 , syn. by Distant, 1880.

Pangaeus ? fusiformis: Uhler, 1877: 389 .

Ectinopus opacus Distant, 1900: 688 , syn. by Froeschner, 1960.

Material examined: 1 specimen, RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado, MNRJ .

Distribution: Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil (PA, RJ, new rec.), Bolivia. Remarks: The lack of abundant, coarse punctures on the impressed line and on the lateral surface of the pronotum, head and scutellum ( Fig. 9A ) separates this species from E. rugoscutum ( Fig. 9B ).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Dorsal view of the species of the genus Ectinopus, Melanaethus, and Onalips: E. holomelas (A), E. rugoscutum (B). M. spinolae (C), O. bisinuatus (D), O. completus (E). Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE 10. Distribution map of Ectinopus holomelas, E. rugoscutum; Melanaethus spinolae, Onalips bisinuatus and O. completus in Brazil.