Eccritotarsus tandapianus Carvalho & Schaffner, 1986

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 : 125-126

* Eccritotarsus tandapianus Carvalho & Schaffner, 1986

( Figs. 21 , 57–58 )

Eccritotarsus tandapianus Carvalho & Schaffner, 1986b: 477 (original description).

Material examined. 1 ♂, no collection data ( MEFLG 3691-1); COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 1 ♂, Caldas, weeds, 1.ix.1973 (A. Madrigal) ( MEFLG 3691-2); 3 ♀, Concepción, rastrojo bajo, 1.ii.1997 (F.J. Serna & J.G. Hurtado) ( MEFLG NC26635); 2 ♀, Jardín, 1.ii.1980 (A. Molina) ( MEFLG NC26638); 1 ♀, Rionegro, 1.iv.1984 (R. Vélez) ( ICN 092897); Boyacá: 1 ♂ 2 ♀, Duitama, El Carmen, 3450 m, 30.xi.1978 (I. de Arévalo) ( ICN 092886); Caldas: 1 ♀, Manizales, Jardín Botánico, 2150 m, 5°06’15”N, 75°33’10”W, net sweeping, pasture, 29.iii.2010 (L. Lozano) ( UNAB 619); Cauca: 1 ♀, PNN Munchique, Sector La Romelia, Zona abierta, 2640 m, 2º38’N, 76º54’W, Malaise trap, 10-26.vii.2004 (H. Pino) (IAVH-E-164687); 1 ♂, same but 24.v-09.vi.2004 (E. Fino) (IAVH-E-164591); Cundinamarca: 1 ♂, Anapoima, 679 m, 4°33’N, 74°32’W, 24.iii.2011 (A. Silva) ( UNAB 618); 1 ♀, Anolaima, Vda. La María, 1596 m, 4°56’N, 74°28’W, 10.iv.2000 (A. Silva) ( UNAB 616); 1 ♂, same but 1560 m, 4°56’N, 74°28’W, 3.iv.2011 (D. López) ( UNAB 618); 1 ♂, Anolaima, Vda. Santo Domingo, 1605 m, 4°46’N, 74°28’W, 1.ix.2011 (J. Paredes) ( UNAB 618); 1 ♂, Anolaima, 1616 m, 4°’59’N, 74°28’0.2”W, 1.ix.2011 (A. Perdomo) ( UNAB 618); 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Arbeláez, 1417 m, 4°44’N, 74°32’W, 30.viii.1996 (A. Naranjo) ( UNAB 616); 1 ♂, Cachipay, 1600 m, 4°35’N, 74°26’W, 27.i.1999 (D. Forero) ( ICN 092896); 1 ♀, Cachipay, 1100 m, 4°43’N, 74°26’W, 8.ix.2001 (A. Camelo) ( UNAB 619); 1 ♂, La Mesa, 1200 m, 4°37’N, 74°27’W, 11.ix.2003 (G. Guataquira) ( UNAB 616); 1 ♂, La unión, Vda. Ucualoque, 2574 m, 4°60’N, 74°29’W, net sweeping, 22.iii.2012 (D. Villegas) ( UNAB 617); 1 ♀, Mesitas del Colegio, 990 m, 4°34’N, 74°26’W, 5.iii.1994 (N. Pinzón) ( UNAB 616); 1?, Quipile, Vda. Berlín, 1400 m, 4°44’N, 74°32’W, 1.xi.2000, Rubus sp. (Rosaceae) -“mora” (G. Manrique & M. Orozco) ( UNAB 616); 1 ♂, San Antonio del Tequendama, Vda. San José, 1579 m, 4°37’37.14”N, 74°21’0.24”W, net sweeping, 18.iv.2015 (A. Cotrino) ( UNAB 617); 1 ♀, Silvania, Vda. Yayala, 1470 m, 74°28’N, 74°25’W, net sweeping, 1.i.2012 (E. Díaz) ( UNAB 617); 1 ♀, Silvania, 1470 m, 4°24’N, 74°23’W, 1.iv.2002 (A. Olaya & D. Villamil) ( UNAB 616); 2 ♂ 4 ♀, Tena, around Laguna Pedro Palo, 4.iii.1999 (Curso entomología-ICN_UN) ( ICN 092889); 1 ♂, Tena, Laguna Pedro Palo, 1384 m, 4°39’N, 74°23’W, 28.vi.1997 (F. Villamil) ( UNAB 617); 1 ♂, Tibacuy, Vda. La Vuelta, Fca. La Esperanza, 1600 m, 4°20’N, 74°27’W, net sweeping, pasture, 1.v.2010 (O. Rodríguez) ( UNAB 619); 1 ♀, Viotá, 567 m, 4°26’N, 74°31’W, 11.ii.1997 (W. Rabon) ( UNAB 616); Huila: 2 ♂ 1 ♀, PNN Cueva de Los Guácharos, Cabaña Cedros, 2100 m, 1º37’N, 76º6’W, Malaise trap, 06-27.iv.2002 (J. Fonseca) (IAVH-E-164585); Quindío: 5 ♂, Armenia, manual collecting, 19.i.2000, Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) (A. Madrigal) ( MEFLG 7463-1); 1 ♂, Montenegro, Fca. La Estancia, 1294 m, 4°34’N, 75°45’W, 20.v.2000 (P. Alvarado) ( UNAB 616); 1 ♂, Salento, Valle del Cocora, 23.vii.1977 (R. Restrepo) ( ICN 092895); Risaralda: 1 ♂, SFF Otún Quimbaya, Urapanera, 1960 m, 4º44’N, 75º35’W, Malaise trap, 04-19.iv.2003 (G. López) (IAVH-E-164741); 1 ♂, same but 08-23.vii.2003 (G. López) (IAVH-E-164707); Santander: 1 ♀, Cañaverales, 1780 m, 3.xi.1976 (I. de Arévalo) ( ICN 092873); 2 ♂ 2 ♀, same but 3.xi.1978 (I. de Arévalo) ( ICN 092876); 1 ♀, Cañaverales, Río Luisito, 1780 m, 1.xii.1980 (I. de Arévalo) ( ICN 092875); 1 ♂ 6♀, Charalá, Virolin, Río Luisito, 1780 m, 1.xii.1978 (I. de Arévalo) ( ICN 092879); Tolima: 2 ♀, Icononzo, Vda. El Palmar, 1710 m, 20.iii.1978 (R. Restrepo) ( ICN 092898).

Diagnosis. Body yellowish and black. Head in dorsal view, pronotum, propleural areas anterior and posterior to the coxal cleft and xyphus black. Corium whitish with transverse stripe, always extending to the clavus and generally to the embolium, sometimes narrowing towards the embolium. Silvery pruinosity absent. Body length 3.80–4.60 mm. Right paramere ( Fig. 57 ) with basal process short and wide; body wide with a concavity close to the basal process; sensory lobe absent; apical process elongate, with lateral protuberance. Left paramere ( Fig. 58 ) with basal process widened towards the body; body wide and convex with lateral protuberance; sensory lobe absent; apical process elongate, distally bent, with excavation before apex, apex truncate.

Associated plants. Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) and Rubus sp. (Rosaceae) .

Distribution. Ecuador ( Carvalho & Schaffner 1986b). Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima).

Comments. This is the first record of this species in Colombia.

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.