Sysinas pallidipes ( Stål, 1860 )

Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, Zootaxa 5178 (2), pp. 101-151 : 140

* Sysinas pallidipes ( Stål, 1860)

( Fig. 39 , 77–78 )

Eccritotarus pallidipes Stål, 1860: 57 (original description).

Sysinas pallidipes Reuter, 1907a: 37 (new combination).

Capsus tibialis Walker, 1873: 109 (original description). Synonymized by Bergroth, 1922: 16.

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Huila: 1 ♂, Campoalegre , Vda. Rosales, Hospedaje Las Mulas , 607 m, 2°35’59.6”N, 75°24’53.2”W, 19.iii.2015 (J. García) ( UNAB 1890 ) ; Putumayo: 1 ♀, Villagarzón, Vda. San Fidel, Fca. La Cuca , 352 m, 0°50’14.9”N, 76°38’5.9”W, 27.iii.2015 (L. Buenaventura) ( UNAB 1890 ) ; 1 ♂, Villagarzón , Vda. San Rafael, Fca. El Escondite, 317 m, 0°47’N, 76°35’W, net sweeping, 19.ix.2015 (S. Rubiano) ( UNAB 1890 ) .

Diagnosis. Body black and red. Head in dorsal view, antennal segments I and II, anterior pronotal lobe, scutellum (except base) black. Hemelytron (except base of clavus and embolium, and membrane apex) black. Posterior pronotal lobe, base of clavus and embolium red. Femora yellowish, tibiae fuscous to black except at bases. Body length 4.70–7.00mm ( Stål 1860; Ferreira & Henry 2011). Right paramere ( Fig. 77 ) with basal process wider towards the body; body long and slightly curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process flat, slightly concave. Left paramere ( Fig. 78 ) with basal process short and straight; body curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process gradually terete.

Associated plants. Sapium sp. (Euphorbiacea) ( Nogueira et al. 2019).

Distribution. Brazil ( Stål 1860; Walker 1873; Ferreira & Henry 2011 Paraguay ( Carvalho 1951c), Peru ( Carvalho 1991).— Colombia (Huila, Putumayo).

Comments. This is the first record of this species in Colombia.

In the exploration of characters, we found sexual dimorphism in clypeus shape: flat in males, convex in females.

Figures

FIGURES 31–42. Dorsal habitus. 31. Pachyneurhymenus pallidolimbatus. 32. Pachypoda major. 33. Parafurius discifer. 34. Pycnoderes atratus. 35. Pycnoderes incurvus. 36. Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus. 37. Spartacus. 38. Stictolophus. 39. Sysinas pallidipes. 40. Tenthecoris balloui. 41. Tenthecoris colombiensis. 42. Tenthecoris exitiosus. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 71–82. Parameres. 71–72. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes atratus. 73–74. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes incurvus. 75–76. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus. 77–78. Right and left parameres of Sysinas pallidipes. 79–80. Right and left parameres of Tenthecoris balloui. 81–82. Right and left parameres of Tenthecoris exitiosus. Scale bars 0.1 mm.