Apiomerus beckeri

Carmen, Coscarón María Del & Magnanelli, Marco Andres, 2006, Redescription of Apiomerus bosqi Costa Lima, Campos Seabra & Hathaway 1952 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae: Apiomerini), and new distributional records for this genus in temperate South America, Zootaxa 1204, pp. 31-36 : 35-36

Apiomerus beckeri Costa Lima, Campos Seabra & Hathaway

Apiomerus beckeri Costa Lima, Campos Seabra & Hathaway, 1952, 50:266. Fig. 8–10 .

Distribution

Brazil, Uruguay

New records. Argentina: Misiones, Córdoba, Formosa, Chaco.

Material studied

Three males, Nº 37100, Daguerre col. ( MACN); 1 female, Córdoba: Villa del Dique, I­ 1960, Piran col. ( MACN); 1 female, Chaco, 10­XII­1935, Daguerre col. ( MACN); 1 female, Formosa: Las Palmas, IX­1936, Daguerre col. ( MACN); 1 male, Misiones: Pinalito, 1952, Viana Col ( MLP).

Remarks

This is the first record of this species from Argentina.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Apiomerus bosqi, 1, general aspect. 2, head. 3, male genitalia (general view). 4, pygophore (posterior view). 5, parameres. 6, phallus. 7, female genitalia (general). 8, gonocoxite VIII and gonapophysis. 9, gonocoxite IX. 10, Tergites IX + X.