Brontostoma cicheroi Carpintero, 1980

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R., Oliveira, Jader & Bérenger, Jean-Michel, 2021, A revalidation and new synonymies among some species of Brontostoma Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae), Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 388-405 : 401-402

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Brontostoma cicheroi Carpintero, 1980 View in CoL

Brontostoma cicheroi Carpintero (1980: 12 View in CoL , 32, fig. 16) (description; dorsal view of the head, schematic drawing), Maldonado (1990: 29) (catalog), Dougherty (1995: 203) (citation, geographical distribution), Bachmann (1999: 212) (catalog of types deposited in MACN), Gil-Santana et al. (2004: 127) (citation), Gil-Santana et al. (2005b: 78) (citation).

Brontostoma cicheroi View in CoL was described based on a single female from Paraguay, with almost 25 mm of length. It was considered close to Brontostoma discus View in CoL from which it differed not only for its larger size and distinct coloration, but also by the presence of subbasal processes on femora, protuberances on gula, shape of scutellum and biometry ( Carpintero 1980). Taking into account the presence of processes near the base of the femora, it is possible that B. cicheroi View in CoL might be a junior synonym of B. discus View in CoL too. Additional specimens fitting the color pattern described by Carpintero (1980) might help to elucidate the genitalic structure, and thus, the placement of this species.Unfortunately, the female holotype of B. cicheroi View in CoL was not available to be examined in MACN, where it was deposited, when the first author (HRG-S) visited this institution in 2018. Therefore, its taxonomic status is still uncertain.

References

Bachmann, A. O. (1999) Catalogo de los tipos de Heteroptera (Insecta) conservados en el Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Nueva Serie, 1, 191 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.22179 / REVMACN. 1.135

Blanchard, E. (1846) Hemipteres. In: D'Orbigny, A. (1837 - 1846), Voyage dans L'Amerique Meridionale. Tome Sixieme. 2. e Partie: Insectes. Chez P. Bertrand, Paris, pp. 218 - 222.

Carpintero, D. J. (1980) Nuevos Ectrichodiinae americanos (Insecta - Hemiptera - Reduviidae). Acta Scientifica, Serie Entomologia, 14, 3 - 33.

Dougherty, V. (1995) A review of the New World Ectrichodiinae Genera (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 121, 173 - 225.

Gil-Santana, H. R., Costa, L. A. A. & Marques, O. M. (2004) Brontostoma bahiensis sp. nov. de Ectrichodiinae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) do Estado da Bahia, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 21, 127 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81752004000100021

Gil-Santana, H. R., Lopes, C. M., Marques, O. M. & Jurberg, J. (2005 b) Descricao de Brontostoma doughertyae sp. nov. e estudo morfologico comparativo com B. rubrum (Amyot & Serville, 1843) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Entomologia y Vectores, 12, 75 - 94. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0328 - 03812005000100006

Maldonado, C. J. (1990) Systematic catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World. Caribbean Journal of Science, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Special publication No. 1. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 694 pp.