Apiomerus bosqi

Carmen, Coscarón María Del & Magnanelli, Marco Andres, 2006, Redescription of Apiomerus bosqi Costa Lima, Campos Seabra & Hathaway 1952 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae: Apiomerini), and new distributional records for this genus in temperate South America, Zootaxa 1204, pp. 31-36 : 32-35

Apiomeru bosqi Costa Lima, Campos Seabra & Hathaway

Apiomerus bosqi C. L., C. S. & H., 1952, 50:265. Fig. 1,2 .

Redescription

Total length 8.88 mm. Head thick, almost black (fig. 2), densely setose with erect setae. Length of head 2.25 mm. Ocelli present, interocellar area slightly swollen, interocellar space 0,91 mm. Median transverse pit between eyes at their posterior margins. Eyes large, hemispherical, width of eyes 0.33 mm Antenae dark brown, length 3.3 mm (without segment 4), segment I slightly thickened sparsely covered with several setae shorter than its diameter, segment II with moderately dense short setae and scarce long ones shorter than its diameter, segment III densely covered with regularly spaced short setae, segment IV missing, ratio of segment lengths 1:1:1.4. Rostrum straight, length 2.76 mm, reaching stridulatory furrow between anterior coxae: segment I 0.63 mm, with numerous short decumbent and long erect setae; segment II 1.75 mm almost glabrous, segment III 0.31 mm, covered with erect setae; ratio of segment lengths 1:2.8:0.6. Pronotum: length 2.44 mm width 3.88 mm. anterior lobe dark brown almost black except anteriorly light brown, with abundant pilosity. Posterior lobe anterolateral angles divergent, humeral angles rounded, densely pilose. Pleurae dark brown, pilose except tinged with yellow near coxae. Stridulatory furrow light brown, striate, with oval glabrous areas on each side tinged with orange. Sterna light brown pilose and covered with erect setae. Scutellum dark brown almost black with abundant long setae. Hemielytra length 7.8 mm dark brown except corium light brown, surpassing apex of abdomen. Corium and clavus sparsely setose. Legs dark brown almost black except coxae, trochanter, and femur basally brown, hind right leg missing, fore and mid tibiae with abundant long setae. Middle and hind femur with short abundant setae. Tarsi length 0.64 mm, each tarsus with two simple, widely divergent claws. Abdomen oval, elongate, setose. Connexivum seen from above as seen in Figure 1 , light brown. Ventrally light brown and brown, not homogeneously pigmented. Some specimens are darker and base of clavus with a faint band light brown. Female abdomen with abundant erect setae.

Male genitalia: pygophore globose and marginally setose (fig. 3), posterior process developed (fig. 4), parameres elongated with internal setae (fig. 5). Phallus: As seen in Figure 6 .

Female genitalia: general view as Figure 7 , gonocoxite VIII subquadrangular with posterior margin setosae, gonapophysis short, grabrous (fig. 8). Gonocoxite IX with two bilobed lateral projections and two finger­shaped internal projections, both with abundant setae (fig. 9). Tergites IX + X pilose (fig. 10).

Distribution

Argentina: Santiago del Estero. New records. Argentina: Córdoba, Misiones.

Studied material

HOLOTYPE: 1 male, ( MLP), Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Río Salado, Wagner col.; PARATYPE: 1 female, ( MLP), Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Río Salado, Wagner col.

One female ( MLP), Argentina: Córdoba. Nº12211 female ( CPC); 1 male ( MACN), Argentina: Misiones, Pinalito, 1952, Viana col.; Bolivia: Pº Sta. Cruz, II­1962, Martinez col.; 1 male ( CPC), Bolivia Pº Sta. Cruz, II­1962, Martinez col.

Remarks

This is the first record of this species from Córdoba and Misiones provinces.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Apiomerus bosqi, 1, general aspect. 2, head. 3, male genitalia (general view). 4, pygophore (posterior view). 5, parameres. 6, phallus. 7, female genitalia (general). 8, gonocoxite VIII and gonapophysis. 9, gonocoxite IX. 10, Tergites IX + X.