First description of the male and redescription of the female of Parahiranetis salgadoi Gil-Santana (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae)

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Díptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Biologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia. Campinas, SP, Brasil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”. Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas. Araraquara, SP, Brasil.

Abstract

The male of Parahiranetis salgadoi Gil-Santana, 2015 is described for the first time, with a redescription of the female of this species based on additional specimens. Comments on possible mimicry and crypsis exhibited by adults and nymphs of this species, respectively, are provided.

Keywords in Portuguese

Região Neotropical
Caracteres Sexuais
Mimetismo de vespas
Reduviidae

Keywords

Graptocleptes
Harpactorini
Hiranetis
Neotropics
sexual dimorphism
wasp mimicry

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Pensoft Publishers

Citation

GIL-SANTANA, Hélcio; SALOMÃO, Adriana Trevizoli; OLIVEIRA, Jader de. First description of the male and redescription of the female of Parahiranetis salgadoi Gil-Santana (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae). Zookeys, v.671, p.19-48, 2017.

DOI

10.3897/zookeys.671.11985

ISSN

1313-2989

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/18669

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