Bitta hymeniphera ( Westwood, 1840 )

Leavengood, John M., Brailovksy, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2024, Studies in the New World tribe Anisoscelini Laporte, 1832 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae): updated distributions, nomenclatural changes, and keys to the genera of the tribe and the species of Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829 and Bitta Osuna, 1984, Zootaxa 5415 (2), pp. 241-268 : 246

Bitta hymeniphera ( Westwood, 1840) , comb. reins.

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Distribution. Colombia, Mexico, Surinam, Trinidad and Venezuela ( Packauskas 2010, Brailovsky 2016). Costa Rica and Panama are new country records.

Material Examined. New Records. Costa Rica: Osa Peninsula , Sirena Station, [5]- VII-1986, C. N. Duckett ( NMNH, 2); La Florida, 500 ft ( NMNH, 2); Carillo ( NMNH, 1) ; Panama: Upper Pequeini River Canal Zone ( NMNH, 5) .

Remarks. Brailovsky (2016) designated Bitta flavolineata osunai Brailovsky & Mayorga, 1995 a junior synonym of A. hymenipherus . This is reflected in the presented distribution.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. 7. Bitta affinis (Westwood); 8. B. alipes (Guérin-Méneville); 9. B. gradiada (Distant); 10. B. hymeniphera (Westwood), holotype; 11. B. lurida (Brailovsky), holotype; 12. B. podalica Brailovsky and Mayorga, holotype.