Peltidocylapus nubilus (Distant, 1893)

(Fig. 5a)

Cylapus nubilus Distant, 1893: 421 (sp. nov).

Cylapus nubilus: Bergroth 1920: 71 (list); Carvalho & Dolling 1976: 803 (discussion of type).

Cylapus (Cylapus) nubilus: Carvalho 1957: 30 (catalog).

Peltidocylapus nubilus: Carvalho & Fontes 1968: 276 (list); Carvalho & Dolling 1976: 803 (discussion of type); Schuh 1995: 32 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog); Gorczyca 2006a: 18 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following set of characters: dorsum mostly dark brown; antennal segment II entirely dark brown; pronotal disc without any swelling medially; scutellum with weakly convex, narrow longitudinal swelling medially (Fig 5a).

Description. Female. COLORATION (Fig 5a). Dark brown with small yellow areas. Head. Dark brown; antenna and labium dark brown. Thorax. Pronotum, scutellum, and mesoscutum. Dark brown. Thoracic pleura. Dark brown; metathoracic scent gland evaporative areas yellow. Hemelytron. Dark brown; clavus with small yellowish patch subapically, bordering claval suture. Legs. Dark brown with brown areas; femora with dark yellow band near apex. Abdomen. Dark brown, tinged with dark yellow. TEXTURE AND VESTITURE (Fig 5a). Thorax. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Covered with short, fine, recumbent setae. Hemelytron. Covered with vestigial, adpressed vestiture. STRUCTURE (Fig 5a). Thorax. Pronotum. Posterior lobe flat. Scutellum. With weakly convex, narrow longitudinal medial swelling.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements. Lectotype ♀. Body. Length: 4.40, width 1.40. Head. Length: 0.45, width: 0.97, interocular distance 0.32. Antenna. Length of segment I: 0.52, II: 1.6, III and IV broken. Labium. Immeasurable, obscured by clue. Pronotum. Length: 0.67, width of anterior margin: 0.82, length of lateral margin: 0.62, width of posterior margin: 1.45.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Panama (Chiriquí).

Remarks. Most like P. cerbereus in sharing relatively small body (smaller than 5.0 mm) and corium uniformly colored (Figs 4c, 5a). P. cerbereus can be distinguished by the lack of pale patches on each basolateral angle of scutellum and uniformly colored antennal segment II.

Type material. Lectotype ♀: Lectotype (round label); V. de Chiriqui 25–4000 ft. Champion; B.C.A. Hem. I Cylapus nubilus (BMNH) .