Cylapus ruficeps Bergroth, 1922

Chérot, Frédéric, Wolski, Andrzej & Carpintero, Diego Leonardo, 2023, The Cylapinae of French Guiana: an illustrated catalogue with the description of a new species (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae), Zootaxa 5230 (3), pp. 351-366 : 354

8) Cylapus ruficeps Bergroth, 1922 new species for French Guiana

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Cylapus ruficeps Bergroth, 1922: 2 (as n. sp.); Schuh 1995: 24 (catalogue), 2002–2013 (online catalogue); Gorczyca 2006: 16 (catalogue); Wolski 2017: 436–438 (redescription), 2021: 31 (female genitalia).

Examined specimens: 1♀: French Guiana, Patawa , P.K. 37.5, 29.xi.2001, Cerda J. leg. (FC n° 11006) ( AMPF) ; 1♀: French Guiana, Patawa , 15.xii.2001, Cerda J. leg. (FC n° 11003) ( AMPF) ; 1♀: French Guiana, Patawa , 06.i.2002, Cerda J. leg. (FC n° 11005) ( AMPF) ; 1♀: French Guiana, Patawa , P.K. 37, 18.ii.2002, Cerda J. leg. (FC n° 11004) ( AMPF) ; 1♁, 1♀: French Guiana, Patawa , P.K. 37, 25.iii.2002, Cerda J. leg. (FC n°s 10001–11002) ( AMPF) .

New country record for this species originally described Peru and later reported from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela ( Wolski 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Cylapinae from French Guiana. Habitus in dorsal view. A. Cylapus antennatus (Carvalho & Fontes, 1968). B. Cylapus citus Bergroth, 1922. C. Cylapus ruficeps Bergroth, 1922. D. Cylapus tucuriensis (Carvalho, 1989). Scales = 1 mm.