Eurycipitia clarus ( Distant, 1883 )

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 : 127-128

Eurycipitia clarus ( Distant, 1883)

( Figs. 23 , 59–60 )

Sysinas clarus Distant, 1883: 249 (original description).

Eccritotarsus splendens Distant, 1884: 284 (original description). Synonymized by Carvalho 1952a: 5.

Eurycipitia splendens: Reuter, 1905: 4 (new combination).

Eurycipitia clarus: Carvalho, 1952a: 5 (new combination).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 23 ♂ 1?, Medellín, Universidad Nacional de Colombia , 1.ii.2017 (J. Quiroz-Gamboa) ( MEFLG NC36535 –­ MEFLG NC36558 ) ; 29 ♂, Medellín, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Museo entomológico FLG, 1490 m, 6°15’41”N, 75°34’39”W, manual collecting in samples of Epicatua sp. ( Meloidae ), 1.iii.2017 (J. Quiroz) ( UNAB 3987 ) ; 3 ♂ 6♀ 3?, Medellín , 1486 m, 24.i.2002, Aleurites fordii (Euphorbiaceae) (A. Madrigal) ( MEFLG NC27899 –­ MEFLG NC27910 ) ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Medellín , 1486 m, 6°14’N, 75°34’W, manual collecting, 24.i.2002, Euphorbiaceae (A. Madrigal) ( UNAB 3987 ) ; Chocó: 1 ♂, PNN Los Katíos, Centro Administrativo Sautatá , 30 m, 7º51’N, 77º8’W, Malaise trap, outside the forest, 15–­ 30.vi.2003 (P. López) (IAVH-E-164426) .

Diagnosis. Head and pronotum light orange. Hemelytron predominantly black with metallic blue sheen. Legs light orange with dark brown spots in distal part of femur and at base of middle and hind tibiae. Body length 4.00– 5.10 mm. Right paramere ( Fig. 59 ) with basal process straight; body elongate, slightly flat and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process flat, circular, and slightly concave. Left paramere ( Fig. 60 ) with basal process knobbed; body curved, slightly concave; sensory lobe absent; apical process short, curved and gradually terete.

Associated plants. Vernicia fordii (Hemsl.)Airy Shaw (Euphorbiaceae) and Cattleya sp. (Orchidaceae) ( Swezey 1945).

Host plants. Hura crepitans L. ( Euphorbiaceae ) and Erythrina sp. (Fabaceae) ( Ramírez et al. 2021).

Distribution. Brazil (Alayo 1974), Bolivia, Dominican Republic ( Ramírez et al. 2021), Cuba (Alayo 1974), Haiti ( Ramírez et al. 2021), Mexico ( Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Panama ( Distant 1883, Hernández & Henry 2010), Peru, Trinidad ( Ramírez et al. 2021), Venezuela ( Reuter 1892). Colombia (Antioquia) ( Ramírez et al. 2021); new department records: Chocó.

Comments. E. clarus is attracted to cantharidin extract from meloid beetles ( Ramírez et al. 2021).

Figures

FIGURES19–30.Dorsalhabitus.19. Eccritotarsustandapianus.20.Eccritotarsusvilletanus.21.Emboliocoris. 22. Eurychilella. 23. Eurycipitia clarus. 24. Mecolaemus carvalhoi. 25. Meridatibius. 26. Neella carvalhoi. 27. Neofurius colombiensis. 28. Neoleucon panamensis. 29. Pachymerocerista pilosus. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 57–70. Parameres. 57–58. Right and left parameres of Eccritotarsus tandapianus. 59–60. Right and left parameres of Eurycipitia clarus. 61–62. Right and left parameres of Mecolaemus carvalhoi. 63–64. Right and left parameres of Neella carvalhoi. 65–66. Right and left parameres of Pachymerocerista pilosus. 67–68. Right and left parameres of Pachyneurhymenus pallidolimbatus. 695–70. Right and left parameres of Parafurius discifer. Scale bars 0.1 mm. Arrow indicates another view.