Heza sericans Stål, 1859

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R., 2022, New records, taxonomic notes, and the description of a new species of Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from French Guiana, Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 381-400 : 391

Heza sericans Stål, 1859

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Heza sericans was described from Brazil ( Stål 1859), then recorded from French Guiana only by Villiers (1971). Subsequent publications on the genus ( Maldonado 1976, 1983, 1990) omitted this record, therefore it seemed advisable to confirm its presence in this country here. The species was redescribed by Maldonado (1976) and may be recognized by the diagnostic criteria of the conspicuous annuli on first antennal segment, veins of membrane being whitish basally, and the three-spined connexival segments.

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana (confirmed record), Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela.

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

Figures

FIGURES 27–34. 27–28, dorsal view, scale bar 5.0 mm, 27, Heza sericans Stål, 1859, female, 28, Isocondylus elongatus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825), male; 29–33, Notocyrtus costai Gil-Santana & Forero, 2009; 29–31, female holotype deposited in MZUSP, 29–30, scale bar 2.0 mm, 29, dorsal view, 30, lateral view, 31, labels and right hind leg glued to a card pinned with the specimen; 32–33, female from French Guiana, dorsal view, 32, scale bar 5.0 mm, 33, head, scale bar 1.0 mm; 34, Notocyrtus depressus Stål, 1872, female, dorsal view, scale bar 5.0 mm.