Sephina nigripes Schmidt

Brailovsky, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2021, Illustrated key to the species in the genus Sephina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Spartocerini), with descriptions of three new species and new distributional records, Zootaxa 5048 (1), pp. 77-98 : 94

Sephina nigripes Schmidt

( Figs. 4 , 6‒7 )

Sephina nigripes Schmidt 1907: 111 .

General distribution. Only known from Brazil. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina ( Schmidt 1907, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2020).

Material examined. Type species housed at MIZ: BRAZIL: Santa Catarina, ♀. New records. BRAZIL: MATO GROSSO: 1 ♂, Villa Vera , x-1973, M. Alvarenga ( AMNH) . BENJAMIN CONSTANT: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Rio Javary, Alto Amazonas, v-1942, viii-1942, B. Pohl , xii-1961, iii-1962, Dirings ( MZUS, UNAM) . AMAZONAS: 1 ♂, Manaus ( Estr. AM. I, km 182), vii-1975 (without collector) ( INPA) . New country records. ECUADOR: NAPO: 1 ♀, Avila Viejo , 750 m, 18-vi-1999 ( PUCE) . PASTAZA: 1 ♂, Ashuara Village, on Rio Macuma, 10 km from Rio Morona , 300 m, 5–16-vii-1971, B. Malkin ( UNAM) . PERU: TINGO MARIA: 1 ♂, Monzon Valley , 10- xi-1954, E. I. Schlinger & E. S. Ross ( CSCA) ; 1 ♂, HUANUCO DEPARTMENT: Cueva de las Lechuzas, South of Tingo Maria , 28-iv-1987, Ch. De Vela ( UNAM) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Pronotal disc in lateral view of Sephina spp. 1, S. effrena sp. nov. 2, S. pustulata (Fabricius). 3, S. gundlachi (Guérin-Méneville). 4, S. nigripes Schmidt.

FIGURES 5‒10. Dorsal view of Sephina spp. 5, S. talamancana Brailovsky (male). 6, S. nigripes Schmidt (female type). 7, S. nigripes Schmidt (male). 8, S. faceta Brailovsky (female). 9, S. geniculata Distant (female). 10, S. bicornis Distant (male holotype).