Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Reduviidae

Diaditus semicolon Stal

Diaditus semicolon Stål, 1859: 383; Berg 1879: 278; Lethierry and Severin 1896: 86; Pennington 1921: 22; Barber 1930: 220; Giacchi 1982: 22; Maldonado Capriles 1990: 501; Nanni et al. 2011: 34; Dellapé and Carpintero 2012: 130.

Diaditus annulipes Berg, 1883: 112; Lethierry and Severin 1896: 86; Pennington 1921: 22; Coscarón 1998: 2.

Diagnosis.

(After Barber 1930, Giacchi 1982, Blinn 2009) Males with setae on ventral and lateral internal face of pedicellus, seta length three times the diameter of pedicellus. Juga reaching 1/5 of scapus in males and 1/3 in females. Fore femora with one or two setigerous tubercles, not larger than setigerous tubercles of the trochanter.

Material examined.

1♂ (MLP) Typus Diaditus annulipes Berg synonymized by Wygodzinsky 1949, 1:66, 67. (Geographic origin not given). Salta: 3♀, Embarcación (23°12'42.0798"S, 64°6'4.9026"W), 2♂ (MLP) City (24°47'6"S, 65°24'32.9904"W). Mendoza ♀ (MLP) Typus Diaditus annulipes Berg synonymized by Wygodzinsky 1949, 1:66-67.

Distribution in Argentina.

Buenos Aires: Baradero (33°48'30.4704"S, 59°30'19.6986"W), Chacabuco (34°38'22.4304"S, 60°28'9.9726"W), Partido de Campana: Delta del Paraná (34°9'9.8166"S, 58°58'11.136"W); Córdoba; Catamarca; Chaco: San Bernardo (27°17'18.6072"S, 60°42'45.6516"W), Tandil; Corrientes; Entre Ríos; Formosa; Jujuy; La Pampa; La Rioja; Mendoza; Misiones; Neuquén; Salta; San Juan; San Luis; Santa Fe: Colonia Mascías (30°48'7.6032"S, 60°0'19.6266"W), Departamento General Obligado, Lanteri (28°50'27.765"S, 59°38'9.981"W); Santiago del Estero; Tucumán .

Observation.

First record for Salta province.

Remarks.

The species currently assigned to the taxon is listed in Coscarón et al. (2014).