Montina lobata Stål, 1859

Gil-Santana, Hélcio R., 2019, New records, taxonomic notes, and the description of a new species of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Ecuador, Zootaxa 4613 (3), pp. 502-520 : 516

Montina lobata Stål, 1859

( Figs. 32–33 )

Montina lobata Stål (1859: 197) (original description), Stål (1872: 73) (catalog), Walker (1873: 91) (catalog), Lethierry & Severin (1896: 195) (catalog), Wygodzinsky (1949: 41) (catalog), Maldonado (1990: 234 –235) (catalog).

New record: Ecuador.

The specimens examined here ( Figs. 32–33 ) fit well with the concise description of Montina lobata ( Stål 1859) . However, a difference in the size of the female, regarded here as intraspecific variation, was noted.

Stål (1859) recorded the length of the male 19 mm and of the female 28 mm. While the male from Ecuador measured 18.5 mm (to tip of abdomen) and 21.0 mm (to tip of hemelytra), the female measured 22.0 and 23.0 mm respectively.

Material examined. Montina lobata / Stål, 1859 /Gil-Santana det., 18// ECUADOR, prov. Napo (18)/ 0.4 km NNW of BAEZA 1880 m /“Las Cascadas”, S 00°27’36’’ / W 77°53’30’’; 26.xi.2006 /M. Fikáček & J. Skuhrovec lgt.// cloud forest with rich understory/vegetation ( Araceae , Heliconia )/near rocky stream, with large/amount of leaf litter//COLLECTIO/NATIONAL MUSEUM/Praha, Czech Republic (1 female, NMPC); Montina lobata / Stål, 1859 / Gil-Santana det., 18// ECUADOR, prov. Napo (3)/1,5 km SW of BAEZA, 1950 m / S 00°28’21’’ W 77°53’58’’ / 25. xi.2006 , J. Skuhrovec lgt.//dense low forest close to the/mountain brook, shaded, with/only thin layer of leaves// COLLECTIO/NATIONAL MUSEUM/ Praha, Czech Republic (1 male, NMPC) .

Figures

FIGURES 32–37. Figs. 32–33. Montina lobata, dorsal view, scale bar 5.0 mm, 32, female, 33, male. Figs. 34–35. Montina sinuosa, female, 34, dorsal view, scale bar 5.0 mm, 35, abdomen, lateral view, scale bar 2.0 mm. Figs. 36–37. Zelus lewisi, female, dorsal view, 36, scale bar 5.0 mm, 37, head and thorax, scale bar 1.0 mm.