Pessoaia limai Usinger, 1942

Forero, Dimitri, 2006, New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Colombia and other Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 1107, pp. 1-47 : 39-40

Pessoaia limai Usinger, 1942

The genus Pessoaia Costa Lima, 1940, has five described species ( Maldonado 1990). Wygodzinsky (1943) mention this species from Cuba citing Usinger (1942), but the original description only mention specimens from “ Costa Rica.” Alayo (1967) also did not mention Pessoaia from Cuba. Therefore, without voucher specimens, the Cuban record must be considered an error. P. l i m a i is here recorded for the first time from Guyana and Trinidad. Drake & Harris (1945) recorded P. limai from “Bonda” in Colombia. This locality is in the Magdalena Department, 75 km east of Santa Marta city by road ( IGAC 1996). P. l i m a i was previously recorded from Costa Rica and Colombia (Maldonado 1995). Additional localities in the Colombian Caribbean coast are given here. Some of the Colombian specimens were found in a tropical dry forest. Since this species has never been figured, an illustration is given now ( Fig. 64 ). With these additional distributional data at hand, P. l i m a i seems to be restricted to the northern coast of South America and part of Central America.

Material examined: COLOMBIA; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey 9º37'48"N­ 74º54'44"W (Malaise 6. Bosque Lata, suelo), 70 m, 29­I­1994, F. Fernández [ IAVH]; 1Ψ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey 9º45’N­ 74º49’W (Malaise aerea 9. Bosque Lata), 10 m, 22­VII­1993, F. Fernández [ IAVH]; 1ɗ, Guajira, Merochón, 5 Km SE Uribía, 11: 14­XII­1971, B. Malkin, leg. / at light / “ Pessoaia sp. ” Wygodzinsky det. [ FMNH]. GUYANA, 2ΨΨ, Rio Esequibo (Source), J. Ogilvie [ AMNH]. TRINIDAD [AND TOBAGO], 1ɗ, Arima Valley, 800­1200 ft, 10: 22­II­1964, Rozen & Wygodzinsky [ AMNH].

Figures

FIGURES 61 – 66. Dorsal and lateral views of Reduviidae species. 61, M. costalimai, lateral view. 62, Mirambulus morio, dorsal view; 63, lateral view; 64, Pessoaia limai; 65, Vescia spicula; 66, Ves cia sp., brachypterous female. Scale bar: 1 mm (61); 2 mm (64 ­ 66); 3 mm (62, 63).