Pachymeroceroides Carvalho & Gomes, 1971

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 : 132

* Pachymeroceroides Carvalho & Gomes, 1971

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Pachymeroceroides Carvalho & Gomes, 1971a: 468 (original description). Type species: Eurycipitia bromeliae Carvalho, 1946: 2 . Original designation.

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Amazonas: 1 ♂, PNN Amacayacu, Caña Brava , 200 m, 3º3’S, 70º3’W, net sweeping, 29.viii.2001 (D. Campos) (IAVH-E-164663) ; Putumayo: 1 ♂, PNN La Paya, La Nueva Paya , 210 m, 0º2’S, 75º12’W, net sweeping, 02.ii.2003 (C. Sarmiento) (IAVH-E-164705) ; Tolima: 1 ♂, Fresno , Vda. Colombia, Fca. Las Perlas, 1508 m, 5º12’N, 75º2’W, pan trap, 23–­ 26.xii.2002 (T. Arias, D. Arias & S. Arias) (IAVH-E- 164665) .

Diagnosis. Pronotum with well-defined collar. Labium length reaching hind coxae. Corium with pit-like depression ( Carvalho & Gomes 1971a).

Associated plants. Aechmea sp. (Bromeliaceae) ( Carvalho & Gomes 1971a).

Distribution. Brazil ( Carvalho & Gomes 1971a).— Colombia (Amazonas, Putumayo, and Tolima).

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

We couldn’t place the material examined to species. The genus is in need of revision.

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.