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FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE OF VOLESUS NIGRIPENNIS CHAMPION, 1899, WITH NEW RECORDS FROM ECUADOR AND PANAMA, TAXONOMICAL NOTES, AND AN UPDATED KEY TO THE GENERA OF SPHAERIDOPINAE (HEMIPTERA, REDUVIIDAE)
Gil-Santana, Hélcio R. et al. | Date Issued: 2019
Author
Gil-Santana, Hélcio R.
Oliveira, Jader
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho. Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas. Laboratório de Parasitologia. Araraquara, SP, Brasil.
Abstract
The genus Volesus Champion, 1899 is redescribed and the male of V. nigripennis Champion, 1899 is described for the first time and found to be similar to the female in both structure and coloration. The genus and the species are recorded from Ecuador and Panama for the first time. Notes on the taxonomic history of Sphaeridopinae and an updated key to the genera are provided.
Keywords in Portuguese
Equador
Panamá
 
Keywords
Heteroptera
Male genitalia
Neotropics
Salyavatinae
Sphaeridops
Veseris
 
DeCS
Heterópteros
Genitália Masculina
Região Neotropical
 
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
Citation
GIL-SANTANA, Hélcio R.; OLIVEIRA, Jader. First description of the male of Volesus nigripennis Champion, 1899, with new records from Ecuador and Panama, taxonomical notes, and an updated key to the genera of Sphaeridopinae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). Zookeys, v. 841, p.97-123, 2019.
DOI
10.3897/zookeys.841.31153
ISSN
1313-2989