Pycnoderes atratus (Distant, 1884)

(Figs. 34, 71–72)

Eccritotarsus atratus Distant, 1884: 285 (original description).

Physetonotus atratus Reuter, 1892: 395 (new combination).

Pycnoderes atratus Reuter, 1908a: 160 (new combination).

Material examined. COLOMBIA 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Qda. El Naranjal, 5.vi.1970 (A. Santoyo) (ICN 092940, ICN 092941); Antioquia: 1 ♂, Carepa, Hda. Tulenapa, 27 m, 7°46’N, 76°39’W, 31.iii.2014 (S. Vergara) (UNAB 610) ; 3 ♂ 1 ♀, Medellín, Moravia, 1530 m, 6°16’38.54”N, 75°34’04.41”W, net sweeping, 1.v.2008 (A. Bedoya) (MEFLG NC26679, MEFLG NC26680, MEFLG NC26682, MEFLG NC26684) ; 2 ♂ 1 ♀, Turbo, weeds, 1.v.1971 (E. Urueta) (MEFLG NC26685 – MEFLG NC26687); Chocó : 1 ♂, PNN Los Katíos, Centro Administrativo Sautatá, 30 m, 7º51’N, 77º8’W, Malaise trap, forest edge, 13–­ 28.i.2004 (P. López) (IAVH-E-164622) ; 1 ♂, same but outside the forest, 13–­ 29.vi.2003 (P. López) (IAVH-E-164644); 1 ♀, same but outside the forest, 27.vii–­ 12.viii.2004 (O. Cardona) (IAVH-E-164697); 1 ♂, same but outside the forest, 29.v–­ 13.vi.2003 (P. López) (IAVH-E-164715); Cundinamarca: 1 ♀, La Vega via Villeta, 1230 m, 4°59’N, 74°20’W, 9.vi.2002 (D. Castañeda) (UNAB 610) ; 1 ♂, Mesitas del Colegio, Fca. Las Brisas, 1100 m, 4°34’N, 74°26’W, 9.iii.2002 (A. Bejarano) (UNAB 610) .

Diagnosis. Embolium in dorsal view dark brown to black with a white apical spot. When hemelytra at rest, overlapping membranes forming a cross-shaped spot. Body length 2.30–2.80 mm. Right paramere (Fig. 71) with basal process short, curved; body elongate and thick with protuberance before apical process; sensory lobe somewhat triangular; apical process flattened, slightly concave, with apex rounded. Left paramere (Fig. 72) with basal process short, straight; body heart-shaped, wide, flattened, thicker towards the basal process; sensory lobe absent; apical process curved at base, directed towards the body with apex bent and blunt.

Associated plants. Commelina diffusa Burm.f. (Commelinaceae) (Crowe 1953), Arachis hypogaea L. ( Fabaceae) (Coto et al. 1995), Phaseolus sp. (Fabaceae) (Maes & Tellez 1991) and Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) (Carmona 2016).

Distribution. Brazil (Carvalho 1951a), Costa Rica (Carvalho 1951c), Dominican Republic (Carvalho 1951a), El Salvador (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), French Guiana (Chérot & Carpintero 2016), Grenada (Uhler 1894b), Guatemala (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Honduras (Carvalho 1951a),

Mexico (Uhler 1894b), Nicaragua (Maes & Tellez 1991), Panama (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Peru (Carvalho 1991), Trinidad (Crowe 1953), U.S.A., Venezuela, West Indies (Uhler 1894b).— Colombia (without details) (Uhler 1894b); new department records: Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Chocó.