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03C81908FFF6FFCEFCDAFA88FD7B4369.text	03C81908FFF6FFCEFCDAFA88FD7B4369.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epactiohellica Carpintero & De Biase 2019	<div><p>Epactiohellica gen. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2, 3)</p><p>Type species:  Epactiohellica farinai sp. nov., by present designation.</p><p>Diagnosis. This genus is characterized by its shape, elongate and slightly flattened dorso-ventrally, the densely punctured body, the small size, the short antennae with segments of subequal length, the flat and long paraclypei, nearly reaching the apex of the anteclypeus, the wide bucculae, the short legs with robust femora, and the absence of Pendergrast’s organs in females.</p><p>Description. Oval-elongate, small species, slightly flattened dorso-ventrally, in lateral view, margin of hemelytra and pronotal carina forming a very small angle (compared to  Hellica nitida) (Fig. 2 C). Dorsal surface covered with small, deep punctures, densely dispersed throughout its entire dorsal surface.</p><p>Head (Fig. 5 A). Anteclypeus densely punctured all along its length, extending slightly beyond anterior end of paraclypei; the latter flattened in their lateral margin; apically its mesial margin slightly overlapping anterior margin of anteclypeus. Lateral margins of head slightly concave. Antennae short, all five segments of similar length; antennal segment I reaching near the middle of paraclypei; second segment reaching apex of clypeus. Bucculae wide with subparallel dorsoventral margins, covering nearly entire broadness of labial segment I, only ventral margin slightly visible, with a basal punctured line and other points beyond it. Labial segment I slightly surpassing posterior end of bucculae, labium extending to metacoxae. Head ventrally densely punctured.</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum subquadrangular; cicatrices immaculate; lateral margins of pronotum straight, strongly carinate, more broadly on its anterior half; humeral angles rounded, a little produced. Scutellum longer than wide at its base, with an ivory callus on each side of base. Hemelytra not covering connexiva on its apical half; basal margin of membrane arising near apex of abdomen. Sternal area without median carina. Each ostiolar peritreme short, twisted, protruding, apically with spiniform process; evaporatoria densely punctured similarly as remainder of thoracic venter. Legs short; femora robust; each tibia flattened ventrally on its apical half, with tuft of spiniform, dark bristles near middle, this tuft may have a stridulatory function as observed in all other species of this genus-complex, and in many other genera of this family.</p><p>Abdomen. Strongly, densely punctured except medially. Connexiva with very small, shallow punctures. Basi-abdominal spine present, short, apically rounded, reaching to middle of hind trochanters. Pendergrast’s organs absent in females. In males, lateral margins of 7th sternites nearly straight; pygophore subrhomboid, posterior margin strongly convex, slightly prominent in mesial portion of posterior edge.</p><p>Etymology. prefix Epaktios - from the Greek, meaning “coastal, from the coast” (Brown, 1985), because the four collection sites of this species were on the marine coast, and -hellica from the closely related genus  Hellica . The gender is feminine.</p><p>Discussion. Beyond its functional importance (Fischer, 2006; Tsai et al., 2015) the Pendergrast’s organ is a character not yet used in the definition of  Acanthosomatidae genera. Its  form and relative location, and even its presence/absence are nonetheless constant and very characteristic of each genus. From this study, the authors present this character as useful and complementary to other characters for the discernment of the South American genera of this family.</p><p>Epactiohellica differs from the closely related genus  Hellica by its smaller size, the density of the punctures on its body, the shorter antennal segments and legs, the wider bucculae, and by the absence of Pendergrast’s organs in the female (Fig. 3). In addition to the above, it differs from  Hellicoides by the flattened (not concave) paraclypei.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFF6FFCEFCDAFA88FD7B4369	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFF4FFC8FCF7FF7BFE2640A3.text	03C81908FFF4FFC8FCF7FF7BFE2640A3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epactiohellica farinai Carpintero & De Biase 2019	<div><p>E. farinai sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2, 3)</p><p>Studied material. HOLOTYPE, MACN-En. 34206. Male, ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires,  San Clemente del Tuyú, 23-31/XII/1952, N. Kormilev (MACN).  PARATYPES: 6 males and 5 females, same collection data as the holotype (MACN);  1 male, Mar Chiquita Reserve, III-2002, pitfall, Cicchino (MACN);   1 female, Pto. Achaval (Mar de Cobo),  Pdo. de Mar Chiquita, 12-IV-1989, col. J. L. Farina (MMLS) ;   URUGUAY: Maldonado: 1 female,  Punta del Este (MACN)  .</p><p>Description. Male (Fig. 2 A). Measurements: (n=5). Total length 4.07 (4.53) 4.76; width: 2.08 (2.35) 2.48; head length: 0.91 (0.98) 1.05; width: 1.11 (1.20) 1.24; interocular space: 0.75 (0.81) 0.85; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.23 (0.25) 0.28; II: 0.23 (0.28) 0.31; III: 0.24 (0.26) 0.29; IV: 0.27 (0,31) 0.35; V: 0.41 (0.42) 0.46; pronotum length: 0. 99 (1.11) 1.20; width at base: 1.97 (2.28) 2.43; scutellum length: 1.18 (1.34) 1.43; width: 1.09 (1.28) 1.41.</p><p>General coloration yellowish-brown dorsally, with calli, base of scutellum, and endocorium pale reddish; lateral margins of scutellum whitish with dark brown punctures; venter yellowish-brown.</p><p>Head. (Fig. 5 A). Wider than long (0.2 times), entirely covered by dense, dark brown punctures, which are homogeneously distributed throughout except around eyes and in two short, smooth, longitudinal bands between ocelli. Antennal segment II very short, but longer than third, and subequal in length to fourth; fifth segment longer. Eyes small, prominent, rounded laterally, their mesial and basal margins straight, junctures between margins angulate; ocelli rounded, larger than surface punctures, not contiguous with pronotum. Posterior margin of bucculae at level with middle of eyes; apex of labium reaching mesosternum; labial segment II longest, third segment shorter than second but slightly longer than fourth segment; third and fourth segments smaller in diameter than observed in species of  Hellica .</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum two times wider than long; dorsal surface covered by dense, strong, brown punctures; calli, anterior and posterior margins of pronotal collar smooth. Scutellum apically narrow, with uniform, disperse, brown punctures, except along sublateral margins and within a median line, which are smooth; a small, ivory callus in each humeral angle, associated with a fovea (on each side) with dark brown punctures. Hemelytra slightly convex; clavi and coria densely punctured; membrane hyaline, each with a median brown stripe, and a few weak longitudinal veins. Thoracic sterna covered with dense brown punctures, interspersed with a few smooth patches. Legs concolorous with body, tibiae and tarsi with broad, suberect, golden hairs on their inner margins, becoming more dense towards their apical halves; second tarsal segment longer than first.</p><p>Abdomen. Connexival segments concolorous with body, punctured. Genitalia: Pygophore (Fig. 2 D) slightly punctured along lateral margins, ventral rim slightly concave medially, with two tufts of golden, erect hairs, which are visible in dorsal and ventral views; parameres narrow, elongate, with basal portions laterally black, extremely curved, touching apices of both parameres; apices of parameres sharpened, apically pointing forward. Female (Fig. 2 B). Measurements: (n=5). Total length: 4.35 (4.77) 5.11; width: 2.23 (2.50) 2.68; head length: 0.95 (1.07) 1.11; width: 1.15 (1.24) 1.30; interocular space: 0.78 (0.85) 0.90; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.24 (0.26) 0.28; II: 0.28 (0.30) 0.34; III: 0.25 (0.26) 0.27; IV: 0.28 (0.31) 0.33; V: 0.39 (0.42) 0.44; pronotum length: 1.02 (1.17) 1.27; width at base: 2.17 (2.46) 2.63; scutellum length: 1.34 (1.46) 1.57; width: 1.23 (1.41) 1.55.</p><p>Similar to male in coloration; Pendergrast’s organs absent (Fig. 2 E). Genitalia: First gonocoxae elongate, wide, surface rugose, each gonocoxite markedly convex posteriorly; second gonocoxae small, with each gonocoxite nearly rectangular posteriorly; paratergites 8 narrow, rounded posteriorly; paratergites 9 acute posteriorly, straight anteriorly (Fig. 2 F).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to our friend Juan L. Farina who has contributed greatly to the knowledge of the entomological fauna of the southeastern regions of the province of Buenos Aires.</p><p>Distribution. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, URUGUAY: Punta del Este (Fig. 7).</p><p>Host plant. Overlaying their geographic distributions and environments in which they have been found, the authors hypothesize that  E. farinai occurs primarily on  Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla subspecies paludosus (A. Nelson) T. Koyama (previously known as  Scirpus robustus Pursh paludosus (A. Nelson) Fernald) ( Cyperaceae); an association that had not been verified until now.</p><p>Discussion. See under genus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFF4FFC8FCF7FF7BFE2640A3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFF2FFC8FE8DFB46FC274240.text	03C81908FFF2FFC8FE8DFB46FC274240.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Alloeohellica Carpintero & De Biase 2019	<div><p>Alloeohellica new genus</p><p>(Fig. 4)</p><p>Type species:  Alloeohellica faundezi sp. nov., by present designation.</p><p>Diagnosis. This genus is characterized by the long hairs on the labium and legs, by the large eyes, and by the elongate hemelytra, which exceeds beyond the apex of the abdomen.</p><p>Description. Oval elongate, medium-sized species; in lateral view, pronotum (without lateral carina) and head forming medial angle with respect to dorsal profile (Fig. 4 B). Dorsal surface covered with narrow, scattered punctures.</p><p>Head (Fig. 5 B). Short, wide; lateral margins not flattened; head ventrally sparsely punctured. Anteclypeus with few punctures on basal third, extending well beyond apices of paraclypei, which are apically narrow and lateral margins curved, and mesial margins opening towards apices, causing anteclypeus to be twice as wide apically than basally. Antennae long, surpassing base of pronotum (when stretched posteriorly); segment I reaching, or sometimes slightly surpassing apex of head; segment II slightly longer than III; segments II and III longer than segments IV and V. Bucculae narrow, covering less than half the broadness of labial segment I, with a few basal punctures, appearing smooth. Labium short, only reaching base of mesosternum; covered by erect hairs which are longer than broadness of labial segments, aligned along its ventral margin (Fig. 4 E); labial segments I and II narrow in diameter, segment III slightly enlarged in diameter, segment IV less enlarged.</p><p>Thorax. Lateral margins of pronotum straight, not carinate. Scutellum 0.2 times wider along base than medial length. Ostiolar peritremes small, twisted, protruding, each with apical spiniform process. Legs with sparse, long, erect hairs on ventral surfaces (Fig. 4 D); femora broader than tibiae, but not particularly short or robust; tibiae not flattened ventrally on apical halves; tarsomere I much shorter than segment II, also with long hairs.</p><p>Abdomen. Basi-abdominal spine present, somewhat more elongate than in other genera of this complex, reaching bases of posterior coxae, apically rounded. Extreme margins of connexival segments smooth. In males, lateral margins of 7th sternites slightly curved; pygophore with setae along posterior margin, grouped in loose patches.</p><p>Etymology. prefix Alloios - from the Greek, meaning “of another kind, different” (Brown, 1985) and -hellica, from  Hellica, thefirstdescribed genus of this group. The gender is feminine.</p><p>Discussion.  Alloeohellica gen. nov. differs from the closely related genus  Hellica by the shorter and wider head, the larger eyes, the longer antennae, the erect pilosity on the ventral surfaces of labium and legs, which is greater in length than the width of the segments (much more so than in the other species of this complex), and by the particular shape of pygophore and the apically spatulate parameres.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFF2FFC8FE8DFB46FC274240	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFF2FFCAFC82F9E5FD7B4369.text	03C81908FFF2FFCAFC82F9E5FD7B4369.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Alloeohellica faundezi Carpintero & De Biase 2019	<div><p>Alloeohellica faundezi sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 4)</p><p>Studied material. HOLOTYPE, ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, Male,  Laguna de los Padres (Partido de General Pueyrredón), 7-IV-1990, col. J. L. Farina. (MMLS)  .</p><p>Description. Male (Fig. 4 A). Measurements: (n=1). Total length: 5.72; width: 3.28; head length: 1.00; width: 1.51; interocular space: 0.92; Antennal segment lengths, I: 0.39; II: 0.45; III: 0.42; IV: 0.71; V: 0.81; pronotum length: 1.31; width at base: 3.35; scutellum length: 1.64; width: 2.00.</p><p>Medium-sized species, less than 6 mm long. Dorsally pale greenish with extreme base of pronotum, clavus, mesial margins and apices of endocoria, dark brown. Head pale greenish, unicolorous. Each callus with a small dark spot ahead of him. Scutellum pale greenish without black blotches at base. Ventrally, same coloration as dorsum, abdomen yellow, with a longitudinal sublateral dark area on each side, reaching to posterior margin of fifth sternite (Fig. 4 C).</p><p>Head. (Fig. 5 B). Wider than long (0.5 times), entirely covered with sparse, dark-brown punctures. Eyes large, prominent, rounded laterally, their mesial and basal margins straight, juncture between these margins angulate; ocelli rounded, larger than surface punctures, nearly contiguous with pronotum. Posterior margins of bucculae ending near level with middle of eyes. Labium reaching base of mesosternum; labial segment I short, not surpassing posterior margins of bucculae, second segment longest, third segment shorter than second, but slightly longer than fourth.</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum subquadrangular, two and a half times wider than long, lateral margins rounded, without lateral carinae; dorsal surface covered by sparse, strong, brown punctures, anterior lobe more sparsely punctate. Scutellum apically narrow, with uniform, disperse, brown punctures, except along sublateral margins which are smooth, and two small, ivory calli one in each humeral angle. Hemelytra slightly convex, sublinear; clavi densely punctate; coria sparsely punctate; membranes long, extending far beyond apex of abdomen, hyaline with a few weak longitudinal veins. Thoracic sterna covered with dense brown punctures interspersed with some smooth patches. Legs concolorous with body, tibiae and tarsi with broad, suberect, golden hairs on their inner margins, becoming more dense towards their apical halves.</p><p>Abdomen. Very small, scattered punctures along lateral margins. Connexival segments in dorsal and ventral views, concolorous with body. Genitalia: Pygophore with basal angles protruding, with a large tufts of hairs on each basal angle, sparsely punctured; ventral rim straight medially; parameres narrow, quite curved, with basal portions apically rounded, flattened, spatula-shaped; apices of parameres sharpened, acute, curved inwards. (Fig. 4 F).</p><p>Female: Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Eduardo I. Faúndez in recognition of his contributions towards our studies of South American  Acanthosomatidae .</p><p>Distribution. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires (Fig. 7).</p><p>Host plant. Unknown.</p><p>Discussion. Unfortunately, the only known specimen is dotted with a substance that complicates seeing some details. On the other hand, those characters important for its separation from other related genera and species are visible.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFF2FFCAFC82F9E5FD7B4369	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFF0FFC5FCD1FF78FD6841C8.text	03C81908FFF0FFC5FCD1FF78FD6841C8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hellicoides Carpintero & De Biase 2019	<div><p>Hellicoides new genus</p><p>(Fig. 6)</p><p>Type species:  Hellica johni (Froeschner, 2000), by present designation.</p><p>Diagnosis. This genus is characterized by having the paraclypei marginally concave and subequal in length to anteclypeus, antennal segment II always longer than III and in females, and the Pendergrast’s organ vestigial.</p><p>Description. Oval, medium-sized species with paraclypei depressed, curved anteriorly. Dorsal surface covered with strong, deep, dense punctures.</p><p>Head (Fig. 5 D). Lateral margins of head flattened; head sparsely punctate ventrally. Anteclypeus extending apically almost at the same level as the paraclypei with many punctures only on the basal half; the latter depressed, concave, subapically flattened along their lateral margins; apically, their mesial margins slightly overlapping lateral margins of anteclypeus anteriorly; anteclypeus approximately of uniform width for its entire length. Antennae long, segment I not reaching apex of head, segment II always longer than III; segments II + III together longer than IV or V. Bucculae narrow, covering less than half the broadness of labial segment I, with some basal, shallow punctures, appearing smooth. Labium short, only reaching base of mesosternum; labial segments I and II narrow in diameter, segment III not particularly enlarged in diameter, segment IV less enlarged.</p><p>Thorax. Lateral margins of pronotum straight, without well-developed carinae. (Fig. 6 C). Scutellum with ratio of medial length/basal width subequal. Ostiolar peritremes small, twisted, protruding, each with apical spiniform process. Legs with femora broader in diameter than tibiae, but not particularly short or robust; tibiae not flattened ventrally on their apical halves; tarsomere I much shorter than II.</p><p>Abdomen. Strongly but sparsely punctured, except in a medial, longitudinal band. Basi-abdominal spine present, short, apically rounded, reaching to middle of hind trochanters. Extreme margins of connexival segments smooth. Pendergrast’s organs present, but only slightly developed, restricted to anterior half of sternite VII (last pregenital segment), scarcely darker than rest of ventrite, glabrous, with punctures inside. In males, lateral margins of 7th sternite slightly curved; pygophore subrhomboid.</p><p>Etymology. Suffix - oides from the Greek, meaning “like, resembling, having the form of” (Brown, 1985) after the prefix hellic- from the closely related genus  Hellica . The gender is feminine.</p><p>Discussion. The more elongate habitus, the distinctive shape of the anteclypeus and the paraclypei (concave and of subequal length), characters already highlighted by Froeschner (2000), along with the relative lengths of antennal segments II and III (II longer than III), and the characteristics of Pendergrast’s organs, lead us to propose that this species is not congeneric with  Hellica .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFF0FFC5FCD1FF78FD6841C8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFFFFFC6FF54FA7FFD4F4028.text	03C81908FFFFFFC6FF54FA7FFD4F4028.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hellicoides johni (Froeschner 2000)	<div><p>Hellicoides johni (Froeschner, 2000) (Fig. 6)</p><p>Hellica johni Froeschner 2000: 166; Grazia &amp; Schwertner 2015: 402; Dellapé 2016: 84; Coscarón 2017: 11.</p><p>Studied material. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires (city), 1 male, 7479 (MACN); 10 males, 6 females, 1 nymph (I), 2 nymphs (V), CABA, Res. Costanera Sur, 2-II-2019, De Biase - Carpintero, on  Scirpus giganteus (MACN);  Buenos Aires (province), 1 male, Isla Talavera (Partido de Campana), 30-X-2004, Carpintero (MACN);  1 male, 26949, San Isidro, Gemignani – Daguerre (MACN);  5 males, 42109, Tigre, II-1938, De Carlo – Viana (MACN);  1 male, same locality, M. J. Viana (MACN);  2 males, same locality, 25.5- 1945, M. J. Viana (MACN) .</p><p>Description. Male (Fig. 6 A). Measurements (n=5). Total length: 4.86 (4.94) 5.01; width: 2.67 (2.78) 2.91; head length: 0.90 (0.98) 1.02; width: 1.26 (1.27) 1.29; interocular space: 0.80 (0.81) 0.82; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.23 (0.26) 0.29; II: 0.37 (0.42) 0.48; III: 0.32 (0.33) 0.35; IV: 0.45 (0.50) 0.53; V: 0.59 (0.62) 0.64; pronotum length: 1.14 (1.23) 1.40; width at base: 2.65 (2.76) 2.91; scutellum length: 1.44 (1.51) 1.59; width: 1.47 (1.55) 1.62.</p><p>General coloration reddish-brown (in living specimens) or yellowish-brown (in dry specimens) dorsally, with basal lobe of pronotum darker; in some living or fresh specimens, extreme base of pronotum is reddish; with a characteristic whitish, transverse, well-delimited “H” on anterior lobe. Scutellum whitish with two light-brown blotches along base, and a light brown longitudinal medial band. A small, dark-brown longitudinal band in centre of each corium, which is continued as a long, sublateral stripe on each membrane. Ventral surfaces yellowish-brown, with a tapering, longitudinal, fuscous area of varying width on each side; some specimens may have abdominal venter dark brown, except for abruptly-delimited yellow lateral margins, as in the other members of the genus- complex.</p><p>Head. (Fig. 5 D). Wider than long (0.3 times), entirely covered by dense dark-brown punctures, which are distributed uniformly throughout, except for smooth, impunctate bands on internal margins between eyes and ocelli. Eyes small, prominent, rounded laterally, their mesial and basal margins straight, the juncture angulate. Ocelli rounded, larger than surface punctures, not contiguous with pronotum. Posterior margins of bucculae ending at level near middle of eyes. Labial segment I slightly surpassing posterior margins of bucculae, second segment longest, third segment shorter than second, but slightly longer than fourth; third and fourth segments smaller in diameter than observed in species of  Hellica .</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum subquadrangular, more than two times wider than long; humeral angles round-ed; dorsal surface covered by dense, strong, brown punctures, except for characteristic H-shaped spot of anterior pronotal lobe, and two sublateral bands and extreme base near scutellum, smooth. Scutellum apically narrow, with a few disperse, brown punctures medially, and two small ivory calli, one on each humeral angle. Hemelytra slightly convex; clavi densely punctured; coria densely punctate; hemelytral membranes hyaline, each with a median brown stripe, and a few weak longitudinal veins. Thoracic sterna covered with dense, brown punctures interspersed with some smooth patches. Legs concolorous with body; tibiae and tarsi with broad, suberect, golden hairs on their inner margins, becoming much more dense towards their apical halves.</p><p>Abdomen. Connexival segments in dorsal and ventral views, concolorous with body. Genitalia: Pygophore punctured along lateral margins, setae along posterior margin grouped in loose patches; parameres broad, angular apically, with basal portions apically sharpened, acute, black; apices of parameres also sharpened, acute, pointing back and up (Fig. 6 F).</p><p>Female (Fig. 6 B). Measurements (n=5). Total length: 5.05 (5.44) 5.65; width: 2.76 (2.86) 3.05; head length: 0.95 (1.01) 1.06; width: 1.23 (1.28) 1.30; interocular space: 0.80 (0.83) 0.85; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.23 (0.26) 0.27; II: 0.37 (0.42) 0.46; III: 0.29 (0.31) 0.34; IV: 0.47 (0.50) 0.52; V: 0.56 (0.59) 0.61; pronotum length: 1.08 (1.17) 1.28; width at base: 2.63 (2.76) 2.98; scutellum length: 1.48 (1.57) 1.63; width at base: 1.51 (1.54) 1.61.</p><p>Similar to male in coloration. Pendergrast’s organs present, but small, not well-developed, slightly darker than rest of sternite (Fig. 6 D). Genitalia: “Last pregenital segment with posterior margin broadly concave, virtually transverse in middle third. Lateral end of second plate not covered by third genital plate (Fig. 6 E).” (Froeschner, 2000).</p><p>Distribution. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, Formosa. URUGUAY: Montevideo (Fig. 7).</p><p>Host plant.  Scirpus giganteus ( Cyperaceae).</p><p>Discussion. See under genus.</p><p>Nymphs. There is only one nymph I and two nymphs V (see studied material). We believe, however, that it is interesting to give these measurements and descriptions since, even though we do not have enough material to see the variability, this is the first study that is made of the nymphs of this species.</p><p>First instar. Measurements (n= 1). Total length 1.26; width 0.95; length of head 0.54, width 0.71, interocular space 0.42; antennal segment lengths, missing; pronotal length 0.26, width at base 0.84.</p><p>Body oval.</p><p>Head: Dark brown, with large scattered punc-punctures. Eyes of silver color. Antennae and labium, pale brown. Paraclypei subtriangular, shorter than anteclypeus. Labium reaching the medium coxas.</p><p>Thorax: Pronotum dark brown, with lateral margins paler and legs whitish. Large scattered punctures: two transversal rows of punctuations on the anterior margin and one on the posterior margin. Pleural area dark brown with scattered punctuations. Legs whitish.</p><p>Abdomen: Mostly contracted, dark brown. The visible segments (1-3) with scattered rows of large punctures.</p><p>Fifth instar. (Fig. 12 D). Measurements (n= 2). Total length 2.95 (3.05) 3.16; width 2.26 (2.32) 2.37; length of head 0.58 (0.63) 0.68, width 1.06 (1.08) 1.11, interocular space 0.89 (0.95) 1.00; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.20 (0.23) 0.26; II: (0.45); III: 0.39 (0.40) 0.42; IV: 0.43 (0.45) 0.47; pronotal length 0.58 (0.69) 0.80, width at base 2.00 (2.03) 2.06.</p><p>Oval elongate.</p><p>Head: yellowish, with broad, longitudinal, light brown, medial line that narrows or disappears near middle of anteclypeus; subglabrous and homogenously punctured. Paraclypei as in adults, a slightly shorter than anteclypeus. Eyes small, prominent, rounded, greyish with a red line below each, posterolateral margins dark brown; primordia of ocelli red. Antennae pale brown; setae short, sparse on segments I and II, more abundant on segments III and IV; ratio of antennal segment lengths 1: 2.6: 2.2: 2.8. Labium pale brown with a red dot near its base, apex reaching hindcoxae.</p><p>Thorax: Pronotum light brown with two broad, dark-brown submedian longitudinal stripes, each with two medial light-brown circles; sparse and homogeneously punctured, subglabrous. Mesoand metatergum light brown, with dark brown stripes; punctured, subglabrous. Wing pads with similar stripes and punctures. Legs pale brown, a few short setae on femora and basal halves of tibiae, becoming more abundant, long on apical halves of tibiae and tarsi.</p><p>Abdomen: yellowish brown with intersegmental margins reddish, with short lines parallel to them of same color; densely punctured near lateral margins, along intersegmental sutures, and around scent glands, except area between scent glands; scent glands between segments III-IV, IV-V, V-VI and VI-VII: the first divided into two, more separated from remaining scent glands; second not divided, entire, somewhat wider than third, and last very small, non-functional. Abdomen with similar red lines as in dorsal view; punctures only along lateral margins; spiracles 2 to 8 sublateral; no visible setae. Ventrally pale brown, with two sublateral dark-brown stripes on pleural regions.</p><p>Discussion. Due to the distinct differences in shape, measurements, and coloration observed between the fifth instar nymphs of this species and  Hellica nitida, we speculate that the immature forms present characters of high taxonomic value and as such, future projects on this family should include the study of immature forms.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFFFFFC6FF54FA7FFD4F4028	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFFCFFC6FEA5FBC2FC0B4200.text	03C81908FFFCFFC6FEA5FBC2FC0B4200.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hellica Stal 1867	<div><p>Hellica Stål, 1867</p><p>Hellica Stål 1867: 533 (Type species:  Hellica nitida Haglund 1868: 161, by subsequent monotypy); Stål 1872: 62; Lethierry &amp; Severin 1893: 258; Kirka-ldy 1909: 179; Kumar 1974: 28; Rolston &amp; Kumar 1974: 272; Froeschner 1981: 8; Froeschner 2000: 165; Grazia &amp; Schwertner 2015: 402; Dellapé 2016: 84; Coscarón 2017: 11.</p><p>Description. Broadly oval, small to medium-sized species; in lateral view, margin of hemelytra and lateral margin of pronotum showing a wellmarked angle (Fig. 8 C). Dorsal surface covered with strong, deep and sparse punctures.</p><p>Head (Fig. 5 C). Lateral margins of head flattened; head sparsely punctured ventrally. Anteclypeus with some punctures on the basal quarter of its length, length extending well beyond apices of paraclypei (differing from illustrations in Froeschner, 2000); paraclypei with mesial margins divergent towards apices, allowing anteclypeus to be twice as wide apically than basally. Antennae long, segment I not reaching apex of the head; segment II always equal to or shorter than III (also differing from illustrations in Froeschner 2000); segments IV and V of equal length or longer than segments II and III taken together. Bucculae narrow, concealing less than half the broadness of labial segment I, with only a basal punctured line; labial segments I and II smaller in diameter; segment III particularly enlarged in diameter; segment IV less enlarged.</p><p>Thorax. Lateral margins of pronotum straight, not carinate. Scutellum wider along base than medial length. Ostiolar peritremes small, twisted, protruding, each with apical spiniform process (Fig. 8 F, 9 D, 11 F). Legs with femora greater in diameter than tibiae, but not particularly short or robust; tibiae not flattened ventrally on their apical halves; tarsomere I much shorter than II (differing from illustrations in Froeschner, 2000).</p><p>Abdomen. Strongly and sparsely punctured except for a medial longitudinal band; basi-abdominal spine present, short, apically rounded, reaching hind coxae. Pendergrast’s organs large, well-developed, dark, with short hairs, restricted to anterior half of sternite VII (last pregenital segment) (Fig. 8 D). In males, lateral margins of 7th sternite slightly curved; pygophore subrhomboid.</p><p>Discussion. According to Froeschner (2000): “ Among those (preƲiously knoaen) genera of the tribe  Lanopini Kumar aeith juga not surpassing the tylus and humeri not projecting beyond the outline of the costa,  Hellica is recognizable by the Ʋery short peritreme that is Ʋirtually no longer than aeide ”. In addition to this definition, the genus  Hellica differs from the rest of the  Lanopini, by its geographical distribution. The discovery of new taxa with virtually the same morphological characters, and with similar distributions leads us to believe that a natural group of species has evolved in this region. This group of species, representing several different genera, is considered here to be a “genus-complex.” To date, there has been no thorough phylogenetic analysis of the tribe, but it appears that this complex of genera has diversified at these latitudes, including particular morphological adaptations, which has led us to group them into at least four different, but closely related genera.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFFCFFC6FEA5FBC2FC0B4200	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFFCFFC2FCBBF925FF14469C.text	03C81908FFFCFFC2FCBBF925FF14469C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hellica nitida Haglund 1868	<div><p>Hellica nitida Haglund, 1868</p><p>(Figs. 1, 3, 8)</p><p>Hellica nitida Haglund 1868: 161; Stål 1872: 62; Lethierry &amp; Severin 1893: 258; Kirkaldy 1909: 179; Kumar 1974: 28; Thomas &amp; Yonke 1990: 657; Froeschner 1999: 169; Bachmann 1999: 210; Coscarón &amp; Grazia 2000: 25; Fisher 2006: 1045; Mendonça et al. 2009: 123; Grazia &amp; Schwertner 2011: 713; Carpintero &amp; De Biase 2011: 37; 2012 Weiler et al.: 188; Carpintero et. al. 2014: 77; Carpintero et al. 2015: 277; Grazia &amp; Schwertner 2015: 402; Di Iorio &amp; Turienzo 2015: 35; Coscarón et al. 2015: 89; Dellapé et al. 2015: 9; Dellapé 2016: 85; Melo et al. 2017: 496; Coscarón 2017: 11.  Banasa pulchella Berg 1884: 101; Lethierry &amp; Severin 1893: 168; Pennington 1920: 9; Bosq 1937: 122; Pirán 1948: 10; Ruffinelli &amp; Pirán 1959: 45; Quintanilla et al. 1976: 124; Viana &amp; Williner 1978: 71.  Banasa (Atomosira) pulchella Kirkaldy 1909: 123 .  Nezara (Atomosira) pulchella Pennington 1919: 530 .  Bonasa [sic] pulchella Viana &amp; Williner 1972: 26 .  Atomosira pulchella Grazia-Vieira &amp; Casini 1973: 58 .</p><p>Studied material. TYPUS.  Banasa pulchella Berg, URUGUAY: B(anda) O(riental), 1 male (MACN)  .  ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires (city), 4 males, 3 females y 5 nymphs (V), 273 (MACN);  1 F, 15-I-1912, J. B. (MACN);  1 male, RECS (Reserva Costanera Sur), Vivero, 29-II-2008, Carpintero (MACN);  3 males, 2 females, idem, Canal Viamonte, 27-II-2008, Carpintero (MACN);  1 female, idem, al costado Vivero, 14- III-2010, Damer (MACN);  1 female, idem, canal cerca Vivero, 14-XI-2008, Carpintero (MACN);  Buenos Aires (proƲince), 1 female, Delta, 22-III-1947, 3899, Leg. Bachmann (MACN);  1 male, idem, 3-XII-1945, 1212, Leg. Bachmann (MACN);  2 males, 2 females, idem, Paraná Guazú, II-1919 (MACN);   4 males, 1 female, 1 nymph, Res. Laguna de los Padres, 14-I-2019, on  Cyperus eragrostis eragrostis ( Cyperaceae), Carpintero (MACN) ;  I. M. García, 15-II-1933, Daguerre – P. Moreau (MACN);  3 females, I. Talavera (Campana), 30- X-2004, Carpintero (MACN);  4 males, 4 females, idem, XII-2004, Carpintero (MACN);  1 male, Res. Paititi (Gral. Pueyrredon), 29-X-2003, Cicchino (MACN);  1 male, San Isidro, 26949, Gemignani – Daguerre (MACN);  1 male, 1 female, Tigre, Daguerre J. (MACN);  1 female, idem, II-1938, De Carlo – Viana (MACN);  1 male, idem, 36806 (MACN);  2 males, 1 female, 1 male, Veronica (Punta Indio), IX- 2001, Carpintero (MACN);  Chaco, 1 male, Fontana, 2-XI-1935, Daguerre (MACN);  1 male, II-1936, Viana (MACN);  Corrientes, 2 males, 2 females, Nueva Valencia, X-1947, Viana (MACN);  Entre Ríos, 3 females, Brazo Largo, La Selva, 15-II-1948 (MACN);  1 male, 1 female, Colón, 27218, Daguerre (MACN);  1 male, 1 female, Gualeguaychú excursión, 19- IV-1924, 12833, Prof. M. D. Jurado (MACN);  6 males, 6 females, Paranacito, 29976, X-1931, Daguerre (MACN);  Misiones, 1 male, Sta. María (Dto. Concepción), IV/ V-1960, Viana (MACN);  Santa Fe, 1 male, C. I., 17-XI-1927, Reboredo (MACN);  1 male, Piquete, 11-XII-1928, Bridaroli S. J. (MACN);   Santiago del Estero, 1 male, S. D. E. City, + 1 male of  Microporus nigropunctatus (Berg) ( Cydnidae) (MACN)  .  BRAZIL: Paraná, 2 males, Bituruna, Staviaski col. (MACN);  Rio de Janeiro, 3 males, 2 females, Petrópolis, I e II-1958, D’Albuquerque (MACN) .  URUGUAY: Canelones, 1 male, Bañados de Carrasco, 25-XII-1960, Monné (MACN);  Cerro Largo, 1 male, Sta. Clara de Olimar, 12-V-1960, Zalessi (MACN);  Colonia, 1 male, San Juan, II-1884, Speg(azzini) (MACN);  1 male, II-1989, Carpintero D. J. (MACN);  Maldonado, 2 males, 2 females, Punta del Este, I-1963 (MACN);  RiƲera, 1 female, Arroyo de las Ánimas, I-1971, L. E. F. A. (MACN) .</p><p>We have also examined an image of the lectotype (designated by Kumar, 1974) conserved in the Swedish Museum of Natural History (see: http:// www2.nrm.se/en/het_nrm/n/hellica_nitida.html)</p><p>Description. Male (Fig. 8 A). Measurements (n=5). Total length: 4.71 (4.87) 5.11; width: 2.83 (2.94) 3.05; head length: 1.02 (1.12) 1.17; width: 1.40 (1.44) 1.51; interocular space: 0.93 (1.00) 1.05; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.28 (0.29) 0.31; II: 0.30 (0.36) 0.41; III: 0.35 (0.39) 0.44; IV: 0.64 (0.66) 0.68; V: 0.71 (0.74) 0.77; pronotum length: 1.19 (1.31) 1.50; width at base: 2,85 (2,96) 3,06; scutellum length: 1.35 (1.50) 1.94; width: 1.67 (1.83) 2.26.</p><p>General coloration green dorsally, with calli, base of scutellum and endocoria light brown (in living specimens), basal angles and apex of scutellum whitish, with dark brown punctures; ventral surfaces green with legs light brown.</p><p>Head. (Fig. 5 C). Wider than long (0.3 times), covered by strong, disperse dark-brown punctures, with two oblique rows of punctures on frons, additional rows along margins of paraclypei, another around eyes and another at base of head; a few scattered punctures on base of anteclypeus. Labium elongate, reaching metacoxae.</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum 2.5 times wider than long, laterally without carinae; dorsal surface covered by sparse, strong, brown punctures, posterior lobe homogenously punctured, anterior lobe only with punctures along its margins and around calli. Scutellum relatively broad apically, with a tight row of punctures along its margins, some scattered punctures in the centre; hemelytral membranes hyaline.</p><p>Abdomen. Connexival segments in dorsal view concolorous with body, mesially with a row of punctures. Genitalia: Pygophore with sparse punctures; parameres broad and elongate, with entire basal portion black, extremely rounded; apical portion of parameres angulate, pointed (Fig. 8 E). Female (Fig. 8 B): Measurements: (n=5) Total length: 5.01 (5.14) 5.19; width: 3.11 (3.18) 3.31; head length: 1.08 (1.15) 1.25; width: 1.47 (1.50) 1.56; interocular space: 0.95 (1.02) 1.10; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.27 (0.31) 0.34; II: 0.38 (0.39) 0.40; III: 0.35 (0.40) 0.44; IV: 0.64 (0.67) 0.73; V: 0.72 (0.72) 0.73; pronotum length: 1.24 (1.27) 1.29; width at base: 3.08 (3.19) 3.34; scutellum length: 1.45 (1.53) 1.61; width: 1.80 (1.87) 1.96.</p><p>Similar to male in coloration; Pendergrast’s organs present on seventh sternite and well-developed.</p><p>Distribution. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires (Pennington, 1920); Santa Fe (Bosq, 1937); Córdoba, Misiones, Tucumán (Pirán, 1948); Corrientes (Quintanilla et al., 1976); Formosa (Froeschner, 1999); Martín García Island (Carpintero &amp; De Biase, 2011). BRAZIL: Amazonas (?), Santa Catarina (Haglund, 1868); Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná (Mendonça et al., 2009). URUGUAY: Colonia (Berg, 1884).</p><p>Neae records. ARGENTINA: Chaco, Entre Ríos, Santiago del Estero (Fig. 10). BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro. URUGUAY: Canelones, Cerro Largo, Maldonado, Rivera.</p><p>Host plant.  Cyperus eragrostis eragrostis ( Cyperaceae). We question the validity of the host plant records reported in the literature:  Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. ( Cucurbitaceae) (Bosq, 1937 as  Banasa pulchella Berg).  Solanum sp. ( Solanaceae) (Di Iorio &amp; Turienzo, 2015).</p><p>Discussion. This species differs from  H. johnpolhemi by its smaller size, by the coloration of the scutellum, and by the fact that the two species seem to prefer different habitats. That is,  H. johnpolhemi has always been found above 1500 m asl, while  H. nitida appears to be only found at lower elevations in the plain. From  H. kolla sp. nov., it differs by its general coloration, by having broader parameres, and it is also usually found at higher altitudes, similar to  H. johnpolhemi .</p><p>Nymphs. Fifth instar. (Fig. 12 A, B) (n= 5) Total length 3.16 (3.47) 3.79; width 2.84 (2.94) 3.04; length of head 0.74 (0.78) 0.84, width 1.32 (1.39) 1.42, interocular space 1.00 (1.02) 1.06; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.24 (0.27) 0.32; II: 0.47 (0.51) 0.55; III: 0.50 (0.54) 0.58; IV: 0.58 (0.61) 0.64; pronotal length 0.89 (0.92) 0.95, width 2.47 (2.59) 2.71.</p><p>Description: Rounded oval.</p><p>Head. Light brown; subglabrous, homogenously punctured; anteclypeus red; paraclypei as in adults, markedly shorter than anteclypeus. Eyes small prominent, rounded, greyish with anterior half of each red; primordia of ocelli red. Labium pale brown, reaching metasternum. Antennae pale brown, fourth segment darker; erect setae sparse on segments I to III, more abundant and mixed with very short, dense hairs on segment IV; ratio of antennal segment lengths 1: 1.8: 1.7: 2.1.</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum yellowish-brown with two pale spots at the level of calli, each surrounded by reddish-brown semicircle; punctured as in adults, subglabrous. Meso- and metatergites subglabrous, with two smooth, pale sublateral bands and a medial, brown band which is darker laterally than medially, with scattered punctures. Wing pads yellowish-brown, darker along mesial margins, with scattered punctures. Legs pale brown, a few long setae on ventral surfaces of femora and on basal halves of tibiae, becoming more abundant on apical halves of tibiae and tarsi.</p><p>Abdomen. greenish (yellowish-brown in dried specimens) with lateral halves greenish, area surrounding scent glands yellowish-brown, scent glands, themselves, reddish brown; ventrally densely punctured towards the lateral margins, area surrounding scent glands smooth (Fig. 12 C), each scent glands surrounded by a row of punctures, with more punctures between them; those between segments III-IV, IV-V, V-VI and VI-VII: the first divided into two parts and more separated from the following; second not divided, entire, somewhat wider than third, and last very small, non-functional. Ventrally greenish brown. Abdominal venter only punctured along lateral margins; spiracles 2 to 8 sublateral; no visible setae.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFFCFFC2FCBBF925FF14469C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFF8FFDDFF20FCB0FD5A409E.text	03C81908FFF8FFDDFF20FCB0FD5A409E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hellica johnpolhemi Froeschner 2000	<div><p>Hellica johnpolhemi Froeschner, 2000 (Fig. 9)</p><p>Hellica johnpolhemi Froeschner 2000: 168; Grazia &amp; Schwertner 2015: 402; Dellapé 2016: 84; Coscarón 2017: 11.</p><p>Studied material. ARGENTINA: Jujuy, 1 female, Palpalá, II-1981, Carpintero (MACN);  Salta, 2 females, 20-I-1897, 5653, S. Venturi (MACN);   Tucumán, 1 female, Trancas, J. M. Arnau, II-1951, col. A. C. Pirán (as  Banasa alboapicata Stål) (MACN) ;  1 female, Tucumán (MACN);  1 female, idem, 5656 (MACN) .</p><p>Description. Female (Fig. 9 A). Measurements (n=5). Total length: 6.00 (6.63) 7.20; width: 3.50 (3.86) 4.12; head length: 1.24 (1.35) 1.40; width: 1.67 (1.81) 1.87; interocular space: 1.08 (1.15) 1.21; antennal segments length, I: 0.31 (0.36) 0.43; II: 0.50 (0.54) 0.57; III: 0.44 (0.47) 0.52; IV: 0.73 (0.77) 0.84; V: 0.87 (0.90) 0.93; pronotum length: 1.36 (1.51) 1.63; width at base: 3.45 (3.80) 3.97; scutellum length: 1.90 (2.12) 2.30; width: 2.01 (2.30) 2.47.</p><p>Larger species, between 6 and 7.2 mm long. Dorsally pale brown with a narrow yellowish band on each exocorium. Head yellowish with a brown central stripe and a fuscous band in centre near basal margin. Scutellum yellowish and as stated by Froeschner (2000): “ this species can be readily recognized by the presence of taeo (usually joined) black blotches at base of scutellum ”. Pronotum yellowish, basal lobe, excepting lateral margins, darker. Calli pale brown with a dark spot on each of them.</p><p>Head. Thirty percent wider than long, entirely covered with dark-brown punctures, which are uniformly sparsely distributed throughout except around eyes and two short, smooth, longitudinal stripes between ocelli.</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum more than two times wider than long, laterally without carinae (Fig. 9 B); dorsal surface covered by strong, brown punctures; calli and anterior and posterior margins of pronotal collar, smooth. Scutellum wider than long, apically narrow, with uniform, disperse, brown punctures, except on basal half of sublateral margins. Hemelytra slightly convex; coria sparsely punctured. Thoracic sterna covered with dense, brown punctures interspersed with some smooth patches. Legs pale yellowish, second tarsal segment longer than first.</p><p>Abdomen. Connexival segments in dorsal and ventral views pale yellowish. Genitalia: According to Froeschner (2000): “ the posterolateral margin of the third genital plate is conƲexly rounded, coƲering the lateral end of the second genital plate and slightly oƲerlapping the posterior lateral angle of the basal genital plate ” (Fig. 9 C).</p><p>Male: Descriptive characters apply to both sexes (according to Froeschner, 2000). Genitalia: “ the apical margin of the genital capsule is broadly and shalloaely bilobed in the middle third; the posterolateral margin of the third genital plate is conƲexly rounded, coƲering the lateral end of the second genital plate and slightly oƲerlapping the posterior lateral angle of the basal genital plate ” (Froeschner, 2000).</p><p>Distribution. BOLIVIA: Quime (3048 msnm); ARGENTINA: Formosa (Froeschner, 2000) (see under Discussion); Tucumán, Jujuy (Dellapé, 2016).</p><p>Neae record. ARGENTINA: Salta (Fig. 10).</p><p>Host plant. Unknown.</p><p>Discussion. In the six specimens we have examined, the scutellum has a long, basal, black blotch. This character, its large size, and the characters of the genitalia, together with the fact that this species is found only at altitudes greater than 1500 m asl, differentiates this species from the other species of the genus. We have noted the presence of two blotches in all other species of the genus. Froeschner (2000) stated:” Because there aeere no males and females bearing the same locality data, there is a possibility they are improperly associated here …” Based on this, and considering that the Formosa specimen is geographically distant from the rest of the known material of this species (see Dellapé, 2016 and the current work), we consider that this specimen, which we have not examined, probably belong to  H. nitida . Froeschner’s reference (2000: 169) to “Brazil: Tafe del Valle, Quebradada la Angostura” refers to Tafí del Valle, Quebrada la Angostura, Tucumán, Argentina (see also Dellapé, 2016).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFF8FFDDFF20FCB0FD5A409E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
03C81908FFE7FFDCFEB8FAB3FB4C4212.text	03C81908FFE7FFDCFEB8FAB3FB4C4212.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hellica kolla Carpintero & De Biase 2019	<div><p>Hellica kolla sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 11)</p><p>Studied material. HOLOTYPE, MACN-En. 34205. Male, ARGENTINA: Salta, 10 km NO Comunidad Kolla de Los Naranjos (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-64.727325&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.098684" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -64.727325/lat -23.098684)">Dto. Orán</a>), 1000m, VI-2007, 23º05’55.26’’S 64º43’38.37’’W, Carpintero coll. (MACN);  PARATYPES: 1 male, 1 female, with same label data as the holotype (MACN) .</p><p>Description. Male (Fig. 11 A). Measurements (n=2). Total length: 5.20 (5.36) 5.52; width: 3.27 (3.31) 3.36; head length: 1.18; width: 1.56 (1.57) 1.58; interocular space1.04: (1.05) 1.06; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.39; II: 0.45 (0.45) 0.46; III: 0.46 (0.46) 0.47; IV: 0.74; V: 0.82; pronotum length: 1.26 (1.30) 1.35; width at base: 3.25 (3.29) 3.34; scutellum length: 1.56 (1.62) 1.68; width: 1.94 (1.96) 1.99.</p><p>Medium-sized species, less than 6 mm in length. Dorsally orange-brown with basal lobe of pronotum, clavi and mesial margins of endocoria, greenish; head orange yellowish, unicolorous; Calli pale brown with a dark spot on each of them. Scutellum orange yellowish with two black blotches at base. Ventrally, similar coloration as in  H. nitida .</p><p>Head. Wider than long (0.3 times), entirely covered by sparse, dark-brown punctures, which are more abundant between eyes. Antennal segment I nearly reaching apices of paraclypei, second segment slightly shorter than or subequal to third segment, and second and third segments taken together much shorter than fourth and fifth segments. Eyes small, slightly prominent, rounded laterally, their mesial and basal margins straight, their juncture angulate; ocelli rounded, larger than surface punctures, nearly contiguous with pronotum. Posterior margins of bucculae ending at level near centre of eyes. Labium reaching middle of mesosternum; labial segment I short, slightly surpassing posterior margins of bucculae, second segment longest, third segment shorter than second but slightly longer than fourth; third and fourth segments broadened.</p><p>Thorax. Pronotum subquadrangular, two and a half times wider than long, laterally without carinae (Fig. 11 B), humeral angles rounded; dorsal surface covered by sparse, strong, brown punctures; anterior and posterior margins of calli, and pronotal collar, smooth. Scutellum 20% wider than long, apically narrow, with uniform, disperse, brown punctures, except smooth sublateral margins and two small, ivory calli, one in each humeral angle. Hemelytra quite convex; clavi and coria densely punctured; membranes hyaline with a few weak, longitudinal veins. Thoracic sterna covered with dense brown punctures interspersed with some smooth patches. Legs concolorous with body, tibiae and tarsi with broad, suberect, golden hairs on their inner margins becoming more dense on their apical halves; second tarsal segment longer than first.</p><p>Abdomen. Connexival segments in dorsal and ventral views concolorous with body. Genitalia: Pygophore hairy along its margins, centrally punctured; ventral rim straight medially. Parameres narrow, quite curved, with basal portions apically black, gently curved; apex of each paramere somewhat rounded, not sharpened and touching each other (Fig. 11 E).</p><p>Female (Fig. 11 A): Measurements: (n=1) Total length: 5.72; width: 3.56; head length: 1.20; width: 1.65; interocular space: 1.11; antennal segment lengths, I: 0.36; II: 0.36; III: 0.42; IV: missing; V: missing; pronotum length: 1.44; width at base: 3.57; scutellum length: 1.71; width: 2.17.</p><p>Similar to male in coloration. Pendergrast’s organs present, large, well-developed, slightly dark-er than rest of the segment (Fig. 11 C). Genitalia: First gonocoxae elongate, wide, surfaces rugose; second gonocoxae small, each gonocoxite nearly triangular posteriorly; paratergites 8 narrow, short, widely rounded posteriorly; paratergites 9 subtriangular (Fig. 11 D).</p><p>Etymology. The specific name comes from “ kolla ” the ethnic group that inhabits the area where this species was found.</p><p>Distribution. ARGENTINA: Salta (Fig. 10).</p><p>Host plant. Unknown.</p><p>Discussion. This species differs from  H. johnpolhemi, its closest relative, by its smaller size and different coloration, especially by the presence of two dark spots on the base of the scutellum (in  H. johnpolhemi, there is a continuous dark band on the base of the scutellum).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C81908FFE7FFDCFEB8FAB3FB4C4212	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Carpintero, Diego;De Biase, Sebastián	Carpintero, Diego, De Biase, Sebastián (2019): Revision of genus Hellica Stål, 1867 and description of three new genera of South American Lanopini (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae: Blaudusinae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 21 (2): 133-158, DOI: 10.22179/revmacn.21.632, URL: https://doi.org/10.22179/revmacn.21.632
