Tenthecoris exitiosus (Distant, 1889)

(Fig. 42, 81–82)

Eccritotarsus exitiosus Distant 1889: 202 (original description).

Tenthecoris exitiosus Costa Lima, 1942: 100 (new combination).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 13 ♂ 5 ♀, Medellín, Valle de Medellín, 1538 m, 6°14’N, 75°34’W, 1.ix.1942, Orchidaceae (F.L. Gallego) (UNAB 609) ; 3 ♂ 1?, Medellín, 1.ix.1942, Orchidaceae (F.L. Gallego) (MEFLG 1254-1, MEFLG 1254-2, MEFLG 1254-3, MEFLG 1254-3) .

Diagnosis. Body reddish-orange and black. Head in dorsal view, pronotum in dorsal view orangish-red. Antennal segment I and II black. Scutellum black with metallic-blue sheen, base orangish-red. Corium, clavus, and embolium black with a metallic-blue sheen and base orangish-red. Hemelytral membrane fuscous proximally and whitish distally. Femora whitish. Antennal segment II longer than antennal segment I and vertex width. Labium length exceeding hind coxae. Body length 3.75–4.90 mm (Hsiao & Sailer 1947). Right paramere (Fig. 81) with basal process slightly flattened; body slightly flattened and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process flattened and slightly concave. Left paramere (Fig. 82) with basal process elongate, wider towards the body; body flattened, sub-oval; sensory lobe absent; apical process somewhat curved and gradually terete.

Associated plants. Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae) (Hsiao & Sailer 1947), Cattleya sp. (Orchidaceae) (Hsiao & Sailer 1947; Gallego & Vélez 1992) and Orchidaceae (Distant 1889) .

Distribution. Trinidad (Distant 1889).— Colombia (Antioquia) (Hsiao & Sailer 1947).