Lasiomerus constrictus (Champion, 1899)

Cornelis, Marcela & Coscaron, Maria C., 2013, The Nabidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina, ZooKeys 333, pp. 1-30 : 8-10

Lasiomerus constrictus (Champion, 1899) Figs 2a, 3, 13c

Nabis (Hoplistoscelis) constrictus Champion 1899. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2: 303.

Nabis constrictus Blatchley 1926. Heteroptera or True Bugs of Eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida: 596.

Nabis (Lasiomerus) constrictus Harris 1928. Entomologica Americana 9: 51.

Lasiomerus constrictus Henry and Lattin 1988. Catalog of the Heteroptera , or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States, p 512. Volpi and Coscarón 2010. Zootaxa 2513: 57.

Material examined.

ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: San Isidro 34°28'14.98"S, 58°31'43.00"W, 1 ♀ (NHRS).

Distribution in Argentina.

Buenos Aires: San Isidro.

Distribution outside Argentina.

Guatemala; Honduras; México: Atoyac, Teapa; Panama: Volcan de Chiriqui. México to Panama.

Measurements.

Female (n = 1):Length 6.88. Head: length 0.83, width 0.67; eye width 0.31, interocular width 0.26. Rostrum: ratio of segment lengths about 1: 3.86: 3.47: 2.08. Antenna: ratio of segment about 1: 1.56: 1.56:1.45. Pronotum length 1.19, width 1.40. Hemelytra length 4.68. Abdomen: length 3.12, width 1.76. Legs: fore femora: length 1.82, width 0.26; middle femora: length 1.71, width 0.20; hind femora 2.34, width 0.15. Fore tibiae: length 1.66, width 0.10; middle tibiae: length 1.71, width 0.10; hind tibiae: length 2.96, width 0.078.

Description.

Body elongated and light brown. Head covered with abundant long white setae; area between eyes and antennae, and lateral anteocular region brown. Rostrum reaching middle coxae. Antennae long with setae, segment II with a distal band dark brown band; segments III and IV darker than I and II.

New records.

1 ♀: Argentina: Buenos Aires: San Isidro 34°28'14.98"S, 58°31'43.00"W, (NHRS).