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A NEW GENUS AND A NEW SPECIES OF WASP-MIMICKING HARPACTORINI (HEMIPTERA, HETEROPTERA, REDUVIIDAE, HARPACTORINAE), WITH AN UPDATED KEY TO THE NEOTROPICAL GENERA
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Laboratório de Entomologia em Saúde Pública. São Paulo, SP, Brasil / Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas UNESP/FCFAR, Rodovia Araraquara Jaú. Araraquara, SP, Brasil.
Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Laboratório de Entomologia em Saúde Pública. São Paulo, SP, Brasil / Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas UNESP/FCFAR, Rodovia Araraquara Jaú. Araraquara, SP, Brasil.
Abstract
Quasigraptocleptes maracristinae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae,
Harpactorini) is described based on male and female specimens from Brazil. Photographs and comments
about the syntypes of Myocoris nigriceps Burmeister, 1835, Myocoris nugax Stål, 1872, Myocoris tipuliformis
Burmeister, 1838 and Xystonnytus ichneumoneus (Fabricius, 1803) are presented. The intra-specific variability
and sexual dimorphic characteristics among specimens of Q. maracristinae sp. nov. are recorded.
General characteristics of Hiranetis Spinola, 1837, Graptocleptes Stål, 1866, Quasigraptocleptes gen. nov.
and Parahiranetis Gil-Santana, 2015, which seem to be closer genera, are compared, including those of
the male genitalia of some species. A key to the species of Myocoris Burmeister, 1835, and an updated key
to Neotropical wasp-mimicking Harpactorini genera are provided.
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