Sephina esquivelae Brailovsky & Sánchez, 1983

Brailovsky, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2021, Illustrated key to the species in the genus Sephina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Spartocerini), with descriptions of three new species and new distributional records, Zootaxa 5048 (1), pp. 77-98 : 93

Sephina esquivelae Brailovsky & Sánchez

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Sephina esquivelae Brailovsky & Sánchez 1983: 189–191 .

General distribution. Previously known from México. MEXICO: CHIAPAS: Lagunas de Montebello. PUEBLA: Necaxa ( Brailovsky & Sánchez 1983, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2020).

Material examined. New records. MÉXICO. CAMPECHE: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, El Tormento, 13-vi-1985, M. Vertiz ( UNAM) . CHIAPAS: 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, Laguna Belgica , 12 mi N Ocozocuautla, 8-ix-1985, D. B. Thomas ( UNAM) , 5–13-vi-1990, D. B. Thomas, B. Gill, and H. and A. Howden ( UNAM) ; 1 ♀, Sumidero National Park , 17-vi-1989, D. B. Thomas, H. Howden & B. Ratclife ( UNAM) ; 1 ♀, 4 km E. Rayon, 26-ix-1983, E. González ( UNAM) ; 2 ♀♀, Tuxtla Gutierrez , El Chorreadero, 26-ix-1961, F. Pacheco ( UNAM) . QUINTANA ROO: 1 ♂, Tulum , 19-vi-1957, E. C. Welling ( UNAM) ; 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, X-Can, 14–16-v-1967, E. C. Welling ( UNAM) . SAN LUIS POTOSI: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 4.1 mi E Agua Zarca , 2-vi-1982, R. Turnbow ( UGAG) . TAMAULIPAS: 1 ♀, Gomez Farias , 20-iv-1985, J. Pettis ( UGAG) . VERACRUZ: 1 ♀, Orizaba , v-2005, L. Rivera ( UNAM) . New country records . COLOMBIA. DEPARTAMENTO CORDOBA: 1 ♂, Hacienda el Torno de Matamoros, entre Monteria and Tierra Alta , 5-i-1968, M. Descamps ( MHNP) . COSTA RICA. PROVINCIA GUANACASTE: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa , 17-ii-1979, C. K. Starr ( UGAG) , 3-ix-1988, C. W. & L. O’Brien ( UNAM) ; 1 ♀, Finca Jenny , 30 km N. Liberia, iii– iv-1989, Biodiversity Survey ( INBIO) ; 2 ♂♂, 15 km N Bagaces , 11-ii-1972, G. Frankie ( UNAM) . PANAMA. CHIRIQUI: 1 ♀, Fortuna , 8˚44’N–82˚15’W, 16-v-1978, O’Briens & Marshall ( UMRM) . COLON: 1 ♀, Isla Barro Colorado , 130 m, 06˚2670’N–101˚2277’W, 6–8-xi-2018. J. A. Ramirez ( UNAM) . VENEZUELA. GUARICO: 1 ♂, 20 km SW de Altagracia de Or , 300 m, 21-viii-1983, C. Bordon ( UNAM) . ARAGUA: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, El Limon, 24-v-1948, H. E. Box ( UNAM) ; 1 ♂, Portachuelo, Rancho Grande , 1100m, 20-v-1980, J. A. Clavijo & A. Chacon ( UNAM) . CARABOBO: 1 ♀, Chirgua, Montecristo , 700 m, 24-v-1976, B. Bechyne ( UNAM) .

Figures

FIGURES 17‒22. Dorsal view of Sephina spp. 17, S. limbata Stål (male). 18, S. esquivelae Brailovsky & Sánchez (male). 19, S. ayalai Brailovsky (male). 20, S. pagella Brailovsky & Sánchez (male). 21, S. subulata Brailovsky & Sánchez (male). 22, S. gundlachi (Guérin-Méneville) (male).