Guayascoris foreroi, Carpintero & Dellapé, 2012

Carpintero, Diego Leonardo & Dellapé, Pablo Matías, 2012, Neotropical Scolopini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae): new taxa, diagnostic characters and a key to the genera of the tribe, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1), pp. 49-66 : 58

Guayascoris foreroi sp. nov.

Type locality. Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J (slide mounted), ECUADOR: ‘ Guayas, Guayaquil , 4 m, en sector de manglar, 7 nov 2000, D. Forero leg.’ ( UNCB) . PARATYPES: 5♀♀, same data as holotype (pinned) ( MACN, UNCB) ; 1♀ and 4 nymphs, same data as holotype (slide mounted) ( MACN, UNCB) .

Diagnosis. Characterized by its particular coloration, with two whitish bands, as well as by its male genitalia.

Description. Male. General coloration dark brown. Apex of head, antennae, and basal third of mid and hind femora yellowish. Hemelytra reddish brown, with two whitish transversal fascia on corium, nearly translucent. Cuneus shiny, dark brown. Membrane dark, with a clear spot at base, near the apex of cuneus.

Female. Similar to male in coloration and measurements. Measurements: Ratio (maximum–minimum) (n = 5). Total length: 2.24 (2.35–2.13); maximum width at level of cuneus base: 0.75 (0.80–0.71). Head length: 0.36 (0.36–0.35); width: 0.40 (0.41–0.38); interocular space: 0.19 (0.20–0,19).Antennae: length of segments I: 0.10 (0.11–0.09); II: 0.30 (0.33–0.29); III: 0.22 (0.22–0.21); IV: 0.23 (0.25–0.22). Pronotum: length: 0.48 (0.52–0.45); width at base: 0.71 (0.73-0.68). Cuneus length: 0.43 (0.45–0.42); width at base: 0.44 (0.47–0.36). Similar coloration to male.

Etymology. The specific epithet is given in honour of our friend Dimitri Forero (Heteropteran Systematics Lab, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, USA) who sent us many specimens of Anthocoridae from Colombia and this species from Ecuador.

Comments. The sole male (holotype) was not measured because of the montage method: we believe that the structures of slide-mounted specimens can be distorted.