Choroterpes sp.

Although there are no described species of Choroterpes known from South America, we have two nymphs of a species of Choroterpes from Antioquia Province, Colombia, collected in 1983 by Humberto Moreno of Medellin University. This record is not unexpected based on several records of Choroterpes s.s. from Mexico (Eaton 1892; Allen & Brusca 1973; Lugo­Ortiz & McCafferty 1996) and Costa Rica (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad collections, verified by R.W. Flowers). These are the first confirmed specimens of Choroterpes from the continent of South America.