Rhyssocephala splendens (Blanchard, 1840)

Castro-Huertas, Valentina, Grazia, Jocelia, Forero, Dimitri, Fernández, Fernando & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2022, Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Colombia: An annotated checklist of species, Zootaxa 5097 (1), pp. 1-88 : 52

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scientific name	Rhyssocephala splendens (Blanchard, 1840)
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Rhyssocephala splendens (Blanchard, 1840) [ Fig. 79 View FIGURES 64‒79 ]

Distribution. Mexico to northwestern South America.

Distribution in Colombia. Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca.

Remarks. Rhyssocephala splendens has the dorsal surface of the head bicolorous, metallic green basally becoming orange to red distally at least on the apices of the mandibular plates.

References. Rider 1991.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: 1♂, 1♀, Cundinamarca, San Agustín, Chaguaní, 10 iv 1974, H. León & C. Barbosa / ICN _077410 ( ICN); Vía a Girardot, km 108, Centro vacacional “El Abanico” Asmedas, 330 m, viii 1991, R . O. / MPUJ _ ENT 0018131 ( MPUJ _ ENT) ; 1♀, Risaralda, La Suiza, 1910 m, 23 iii 1992, Aguilar & Guerrero / MPUJ _ ENT 0018130 ( MPUJ _ ENT) ; 1♀, Valle del Cauca, Tuluá, Mateguadua, Jardín Botánico Juan María Céspedes, 1100 m, 04.02913° N, 76.166981° W, 24-31 viii 1996, D. Forero / MPUJ _ ENT 0010701 ( MPUJ _ ENT); GoogleMaps L. Barragán / MPUJ _ ENT 0018132 ( MPUJ _ ENT) GoogleMaps .