Neoleucon panamensis Carvalho, 1988

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 : 131

* Neoleucon panamensis Carvalho, 1988

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Neoleucon panamensis Carvalho, 1988b: 175 . (original description).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Chocó: 1 ♂, PNN Los Katíos, Centro Administrativo Sautatá , 30 m, 7º51’N, 77º8’W, Malaise trap, outside the forest, 27.vii–­ 12.viii.2004 (O. Cardona) (IAVH-E-164698) .

Diagnosis. Body color yellowish with white, dark brown and black areas. Head in dorsal view yellowish with frons black. Pronotum yellowish with calli black; posterior pronotal lobe with two transverse black spots. Corium with dark brown circular spot. Embolium predominantly black. Cuneus yellowish with anterior margin, posterior margin and apex black. Body length 5.00– 5.60 mm. Parameres as in Carvalho (1988b, Figs. 3–4 ).

Associated plants. Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken (Boraginaceae) ( Carvalho 1988b).

Distribution. French Guiana ( Chérot & Carpintero 2016), Panama ( Carvalho 1988b).— Colombia (Chocó).

Comments. This is the first record of this species in Colombia. The holotype of N. columbiensis in the original description is 5.60 mm long ( Carvalho1988b). The specimen in the present work is 5.00 mm; hence, length ranges 5.00– 5.60 mm .

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 1–6. 1. Head, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view. 2. Head and appendices, lateral view. 3. Head, thorax and appendices, ventral view. 4. Pronotum and propleuron, lateral view. 5. Propleuron and prosternum, ventral view. 6. Hemelytron, extended