Sephina pustulata (Fabricius)

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 : 95

Sephina pustulata (Fabricius)

( Figs. 2 , 11 )

Lygaeus pustulata Fabricius 1803: 205 .

General distribution. Described from Venezuela and later reported from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Suriname. ARGENTINA: Gran Chaco. BOLIVIA: Coroico and Mapiri. BRAZIL: Amazon region. VENEZUELA: ZULIA: Perija. ARAGUA: Limon. GUARICO: La Palmita. ANZOATEGUI: Mesa de Guanipa. No formal records are given for Paraguay and Suriname ( Walker 1871, Pennington 1922, Blöte 1936, Brailovsky 1983, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2020).

Material examined. New records. BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO SANTA CRUZ: 1 ♂, Provincia Luhilo, Saguayo, 30–35 m, 5-ix-1997, J. Salvatore ( UNAM) . BRAZIL: NORD PARANA: 1 ♀, Londrina Heimtal, ii- 1942, B. Pohl ( MZUS) . SAO PAULO: 1 ♂, Cassia dos Coqueiros, Cajuru , xi-1954, M. P. Larretto ( MZUS) . SAN- TA CATARINA: 5 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Nova Teutonia, iii-1972, F. Plauman ( UNAM) . MATO GROSSO: 1 ♂, Diamantino, Fazenda Sao Joao , 8-ii-1981 ( CASC) . RONDONIA: 1 ♀, 62 km S, Ariquemes, Fazenda Rancho Grande, 165 m, 10˚53’S–62˚80’ W, 19–29-ix-1996, B. Harris ( LACM) . VENEZUELA: COJEDES: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, El Baúl, 1-viii- 1976, O. Mattei ( UCUM) . ARAGUA: PORTACHUELO: 1 ♂, P. N. Henri Pittier, 1100 m, 10-x-1980, J. M. Ayala ( UNAM) . New country records . ECUADOR: NAPO: 1 ♂, Talag, 500 m, 01˚03’35’’S–77˚54’24’’W, 12-vi-1999, C. Proaño ( PUCE) ; 1 ♀, Rio Hollín , 1100 m, 10-xii-1995, D. Prado ( PUCE) ; 1 ♀, Cascadas San Rafael, 1400 m, 17˚33’30’’S–00˚04’44’’W, 27-v-2000, F. Prieto ( PUCE) . PERU: DEPARTAMENTO HUANUCO: 1 ♀, Cueva de las Lechuzas S of Tingo María , 30-ix-1988, J. Ch. De Vela ( TAMU) .

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 11‒16. Dorsal view of Sephina spp. 11, S. pustulata (Fabricius) (female). 12, S. quintanarooana Brailovsky (female). 13, S. erythromelaena (White) (male). 14, S. ornata sp. nov. (female). 15, S. sulcaticollis Schmidt (male). 16, S. rogersi Distant (male).