Sphodrolestes vittaticollis Stål, 1867

(Figs. 6–8)

Stål (1867) described Sphodrolestes vittaticollis based on (a) female (s) from North Brazil (“Brasilia borealis”). Gil-Santana et al. (2003) and Forero et al. (2011) recorded the species to Bolivia and Ecuador, respectively. Gil- Santana et al. (2003) mentioned the general similarity in coloration between S. vittaticollis and Agriocoris flavipes (Fabricius, 1803) (Apiomerini) . Both species seem to be mimetic of stingless bees ( Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini), taking into account their general structure and particularly the vestiture and shape of the middle and hind tibiae (Figs. 6–7), similarly to previous reports in relation to some species of Apiomerus (Johnson 1983, Roubick 1989, Gonzales-Bustamante 1995). There is a variation in the coloration, including the extension and shape of the dark markings of pronotum (Figs. 6–7; pers. observation). Sphodrolestes is monotypic, therefore S. vittaticollis is identified by the generic characteristics, such as the conspicuous spiniform tubercle in the gular region of the head (Stål 1872, Gil-Santana et al. 2003, 2015) (Fig. 8).

Distribution. Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana (new record).

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA, Bélizon, xi.1997, leg. H. Gaspard, 1 female, 1 male (MNRJ) .