A striking sexually dimorphic new species of Castolus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera Reduviidae) from Colombia, with new records from Neotropical countries and taxonomic notes on the genus
Forero, Dimitri
Mejía-Soto, Andrés
Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-08
5048
4
538
560
RQPF
Stal, 1872
Stal
1872
[151,543,293,321]
Insecta
Reduviidae
Castolus
Animalia
Hemiptera
16
554
Arthropoda
species
multicinctus
( Fig. 9C, 10A)
Remarks. This species was only known from “ Nova Granada, Bogota” ( Stål 1872), a political division that encompassed mostly what is nowadays Colombiaand Panama. This is the first time that an exact locality is given for this species. Unlike other Reduviidaespecimens similarly labelled as “Bogotá” that might be actually from lowland areas (e.g., Forero 2006), the examined specimen and photograph of the syntype( Holston 2019) indicate that C. multicinctusis found in the high Andes, and only known from the Bogotá plateau. Castolus multicintusmight be confused with species of Rhynocorisdue to its external resemblance, but Rhynocorisdo not occur in South America. Maldonado (1976)redescribed this species based on a single female syntypespecimen. Label data of the examined specimen indicate that it was on a “fique”, probably a Furcraea(Asparagaceae), preying on a caterpillar. Males of this species are so far unknown.
Distribution. Originally described from “ Nova Granada” ( Stål 1872), and here recorded from two localities nearby Bogotá, on the high Andes in Colombia( Fig. 10A).
Material examined: SYNTYPE:[ COLOMBIA] • 1 ♀; “ Bogota” / NHRS-GULI000000499 ( NHRS). https:// www.gbif.org/occurrence/1146459445 OTHER EXAMINED MATERIAL: COLOMBIA— Cundinamarca• 1 ♀: El Rosal; [ 04.8622°N, 74.2641°W]; 2750m; 29 Sep 2002; E. Florezleg.; sobre hoja de agave (fique), depredando sobre oruga, cerca a termal; ICN 044922( ICN). (iNaturalist observation): COLOMBIA— Cundinamarca• 1 ♀: Facatativá; 04.8508°N, 74.3471°W; 1 Jul 2020; N. Bareschleg.; bajo tablas; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51623700.
3383561354
NHRS
Colombia
Bogota
16
554
1
1
Bogota
syntype
3383561372
2002-09-29
OTHER, EXAMINED, MATERIAL
El Rosal & E. Florez
Colombia
2750
4.8622
El Rosal
7
-74.2641
16
554
1
1
Cundinamarca
3383561398
ICN
Colombia
16
554
ICN 044922
1
Cundinamarca
3383561399
2020-07-01
N. Baresch
Colombia
4.8508
Facatativa
7
-74.3471
16
554
1
1
Cundinamarca