Hoplistoscelis sordida (Reuter, 1872)

Cornelis, Marcela & Coscaron, Maria C., 2013, The Nabidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina, ZooKeys 333, pp. 1-30 : 10-12

Hoplistoscelis sordida (Reuter, 1872) Figs 2b, 4 a–c

Nabis sordidus Reuter 1872. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 29: 85. Holotype (NHRS). Champion 1899. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2: 303. Harris 1930. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 19: 241-248.

Hoplistoscelis sordida Kerzhner 1993. Zoosystematica Rossica 1: 39. Volpi and Coscarón 2010. Zootaxa 2513: 56.

Holotype : http://www2.nrm.se/en/het_nrm/s/hoplistoscelis_sordidus.html

Material examined.

USA: Iowa: Ames 42°1'38"N, 93°37'54"W, 12 –X– 1926 H. M. Harris col., Harris det. 1 ♀ (MLP); Davenport 41°33'15"N, 90°36'14"W, 31 –VIII– 1927 H. G Johnston col., Harris det. 2 ♂♂ (MLP).

Distribution outside Argentina.

Brazil. Central and South America from the central part of México to Argentina. Costa Rica: Volcán de Iraza. Eastern North America. Guatemala: Vera Paz, Capetillo. México: Atoyac, Cuernavaca, Guerrero, Orizaba, San Marcos, Teapa, Vera Cruz. Panama: Volcán de Chiriqui. West Indies.

Observations.

This species is not mapped because the exact place is not specified, according to Kerzhner (1993) "it occurs in Central and South America from central part of Mexico to Argentina".

Measurements.

Male (n = 2): Length 6.24-6.60 (mean = 6.42). Head: length 0.90-1.01 (mean = 0.95), width 0.82; eye width 0.37, interocular width 0.30-0.33 (mean = 0.31). Rostrum: ratio of segment lengths about 1: 2.45: 2.63: 1.36. Antenna: ratio of segment about 1: 1.60: 1.38: 1.34. Pronotum length 1.30, width 1.45-1.60 (mean = 1.52). Hemelytra length 3.91-4.44 (mean = 4.17). Abdomen: length 3.00-3.18 (mean = 3.09), width 1.65- 1.93 (mean = 1.79). Legs: fore femora: length 1.84- 1.88 (mean = 1.86), width 0.37); middle femora: length 1.70-1.76 (mean = 1.73), width 0.26; hind femora 2.00-2.25 (mean = 2.12), width 0.18-0.20 (mean = 0.19). Fore tibiae: length 1.54, width 0.11; middle tibiae: length 1.61-1.70 (mean = 1.65), width 0.075; hind tibiae: length 2.44-2.60 (mean = 2.52), width 0.075.

Female (n = 1): Length 6.06. Head: length 0.82, width 0.86; eye width 0.41, interocular width 0.35. Rostrum: ratio of segment lengths about 1: 2: 3.03: 4.39. Antenna: ratio of segment about 1: 1.40: 1.22: 1.23. Pronotum length 1.27, width 1.20. Hemelytra length 1.12. Abdomen: length 2.70, width 2.25. Legs: fore femora: length 1.88, width 0.41; middle femora: length 1.76, width 0.26; hind femora 2.30, width 0.22. Fore tibiae: length 1.57, width 0.13; middle tibiae: length 1.70, width 0.11; hind tibiae missing.