Agaveocoris distanti ( Reuter, 1905 )

Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, Zootaxa 5178 (2), pp. 101-151 : 119

Agaveocoris distanti ( Reuter, 1905)

( Figs. 8 , 45–46 )

Eurycipitia distanti Reuter, 1905: 4 (original description).

Caulotops distanti: Reuter, 1908a: 155 (new combination).

Caulotops ruffoscutellatus Carvalho, 1948: 530 (original description). Synonymized by Carvalho, 1954c: 424.

Agaveocoris distanti: Henry and Menard, 2020: 219 (new combination).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 3 ♂ 3 ♀ 2?, Bello, 1.ix.1971, “Fique” (R. Vélez) ( MEFLG 673- 9–­ MEFLG 673-11, MEFLG 313-4); 2 ♀, Bello, 1.x.1971, “Fique” (R. Vélez) ( MEFLG 313-3); 3 ♂ 1?, Ciudad Bolívar, 1.vii.1942, “Fique” (F.L. Gallego) ( MEFLG 313-1, MEFLG 313-2); 2 ♀, El Peñol, 1.i.1975, “Fique” (R. Vélez) ( MEFLG 673-7, MEFLG 673-8); 1 ♂ 4 ♀ 3?, El Peñol, 1.x.1958, “Fique” (C. Carmona) ( MEFLG 3697- 1–­ MEFLG 3697-8); 1 ♂ 3 ♀, Giraldo, 1.viii.1973, Agave sp. (Asparagaceae) (E. Urueta) ( MEFLG 673-1– MEFLG 673-4); 11 ♂ 23 ♀, Itagüí, 26.iv.1961, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (K. Kopf) ( CTNI 101); 1 ♂, Medellín, 1.vii.1975, “Fique” (R. Vélez) ( MEFLG 673-6); 1 ♂, Medellín, 1.viii.1975, “Fique” (R. Vélez) ( MEFLG 673- 5); 3 ♀, San Vicente, 5.iii.1976, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (G. Martínez) ( CTNI 101); 6 ♂ 1 ♀, Valle de Medellín, 1479 m, 6°14’N, 75°34’W, vi.194_ (F.L. Gallego) ( MEFLG NC26550–­ MEFLG NC26557); Boyacá: 3 ♂ 7 ♀ 1?, Altiplano, vi.194_, “Cabuya” (F.L. Gallego) ( MEFLG NC26558–­ MEFLG NC26568); 3 ♂ 18 ♀, Villa de Leyva, Museo Paleontológico de Villa de Leyva, 2149 m, 5°38’30”N, 73°30’57”W, manual collecting, 1.vii.2015, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (A. Álvarez) ( UNAB 1898); 1 ♂ 3 ♀, 18.iii.1969, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) - “fique” (J. Chaparro) ( CTNI 101); Cauca: 1 ♀ 15?, Popayán, 1.vii.1952, “ Agave ” (F.L. Gallego) ( MEFLG 313-5); Cundinamarca: 5 ♂ 5 ♀, Pacho, 23.x.1975, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (L. Nuñez) ( CTNI 101); Santander: 3 ♂ 11 ♀, Girón, 1.iii.1975, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (L. Nuñez) ( CTNI 101).

Diagnosis. General body color yellowish brown to reddish brown. Antennal segment II black. Hemelytron in dorsal view tending to bluish black; corium pale whitish laterally. Pubescence pale.Antennal segment I approximately as long as vertex width. Body length 3.30–3.60 mm ( Carvalho 1948, 1985b). Right paramere ( Fig. 45 ) with basal process slightly wider towards the paramere body; body elongate and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process with a notch. Left paramere ( Fig. 46 ) with basal process straight; body flat and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process gradually terete.

Associated plants. Agave cerulata Trel. [unknown subspp. subcerulata] ( Asparagaceae ) ( Henry & Menard 2020), A. cupreata Trel. & Berger (Asparagaceae) ( Figueroa-Castro et al. 2019), A. fourcroydes Lem.(Asparagaceae) , A. murpheyi Gibson (Asparagaceae) ( Henry & Menard 2020), A. vivipara L. ( Asparagaceae ) ( Figueroa-Castro et al. 2019; Henry & Menard 2020), Agave sp. (Asparagaceae) ( Carvalho 1948), Furcraea acaulis (Kunth) (Asparagaceae) ( Carvalho 1948), Furcraea sp. (Asparagaceae) ( Gallego & Vélez 1992) and Yucca gigantea Lem. (Asparagaceae) ( Henry 1985).

Distribution. Costa Rica, U.S.A. ( Henry 1985), Mexico, Venezuela ( Carvalho 1948). Colombia (Antioquia) ( ICA 1976); new department records: Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Santander.

Figures

FIGURES 7–18. Dorsal habitus. 7. Adneella columbiensis. 8. Agaveocoris distanti. 9. Bothrophorella nigra. 10. Cyrtocapsus columbiensis. 11. Eccritotarsus anolaimus. 12. Eccritotarsus colombianus.13. Eccritotarsus cruxnigra. 14. Eccritotarsus curtipilis. 15. Eccritotarsus gallegoi. 16. Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus. 17. Eccritotarsus palmirensis. 18. Eccritotarsus restrepus Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 43–56. Parameres. 43–44. Right and left parameres of Adneella columbiensis. 45–46. Right and left parameres of Agaveocoris distanti. 47–48. Right and left parameres of Bothrophorella nigra. 49–50. Right and left parameres of Cyrtocapsus columbiensis. 51–52. Right and left parameres of Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus. 53–54. Right and left parameres of Eccritotarsus palmirensis. 55–56. Right and left parameres of Eccritotarsus restrepus. Scale bars 0.1 mm.