Castolus multicinctus Stål, 1872

Forero, Dimitri & Mejía-Soto, Andrés, 2021, 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, Zootaxa 5048 (4), pp. 538-560 : 554

Castolus multicinctus Stål, 1872

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Remarks. This species was only known from “ Nova Granada, Bogota ” ( Stål 1872), a political division that encompassed mostly what is nowadays Colombia and Panama. This is the first time that an exact locality is given for this species. Unlike other Reduviidae specimens 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. multicinctus is found in the high Andes, and only known from the Bogotá plateau. Castolus multicintus might be confused with species of Rhynocoris due to its external resemblance, but Rhynocoris do not occur in South America. Maldonado (1976) redescribed this species based on a single female syntype specimen. 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. Florez leg.; 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. Baresch leg.; bajo tablas; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/51623700 .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Images of species of Castolus present in Colombia. A. C. lineatus Maldonado, 1976 (Colombia; photo L.M. Constantino); B. C. pallidus Maldonado, 1976 (Panama; photo A. Anker); C. C. multicinctus Stål, 1872, dorsal and lateral views (Cundinamarca, Colombia); D. C. plagiaticollis Stål, 1858 (Mexico; photo C.G. Velazco-Macias); E. C. rufomarginatus Champion, 1899 (Costa Rica; photo G. Kunz); F–G. Castolus sp. (Medellín, Colombia; photos J.C. Fernández and R. Sánchez).

FIGURE 10. Distribution map of Castolus species based on data from examined specimens and iNaturalist observations. A. C. multicintus Stål, 1872; B. C. pallidus Maldonado, 1976; C. C. plagiaticollis Stål, 1858; D. C. rufomarginatus Champion, 1899.