Sephina pubera (Erichson)

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 : 95

Sephina pubera (Erichson)

( Figs. 29‒30 )

Spartocera pubera Erichson 1848: 611 .

Sephina excellens Schmidt 1907: 109‒110 , nov. syn.

Sephina pubera da Silva Costa, Barcellos, & Brailovsky 2020: 1–35.

Remarks. We examined photographs of the type specimens for both S. excellens and S. pubera , and we did not see any significant differences in color or morphology. So, we are placing S. excellens as a subjective junior synonym of S. pubera .

General distribution. Described from British Guiana, and later reported from Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela. BOLIVIA: Gonini and Tapanahoni. BRITISH GUIANA: R. Berhice. VENEZUELA: CURAPO: Delta Amacuro. ( Schmidt 1907, Brailovsky & Sanchez 1983, Blöte 1936, Packauskas 2010, CoreoidaeSF Team 2020).

Material examined. Type species housed at MIZ: Peru : Chanchamayo, ♂. New country records. BRAZIL: ATO TURI : 1 ♀, Sta. Helena, 18-vi-1965, Ed Cerq ( UNAM). AMAZONAS: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, São Paulo de Olivença, x– xi-1959 Diring ( MZUS). ECUADOR: NAPO: 1 ♀, El Aula, 10-xi-1984, J. Valamezo ( UNAM); 1 ♀, Rio Hol- lin, 1100 m, 7-xii-1996, E. Gortaire ( PUCE). SURINAME: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Driebabhely, 3-iii-1952, without collector ( RMNH); 1 ♀, Mambari, 26-ii-1952, without colector ( RMNH) .

Figures

FIGURES 29‒33. Dorsal view of Sephina spp. 29, S. pubera (Erichson) (male). 30, S. excellens Schmidt (male type = synonym of S. pubera). 31, S. indierae Wolcott (male). 32, S. effrena sp. nov. (female). 33, S. effrena sp. nov. (male).