Ochterus aeneifrons surinamensis Nieser, 1975

Kment, Petr, Carapezza, Attilio & Jindra, Zdeněk, 2020, Taxonomic catalogue of the family Ochteridae with description of Ochterus papaceki sp. nov. from Socotra Island and Tanzania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 23-64 : 32

Ochterus aeneifrons surinamensis Nieser, 1975 ( Fig. 14 )

Ochterus aeneifrons surinamensis Nieser, 1975: 26– 27 –28, 31, Pl. 2b (key to species, description, illustrations). HOLOTYPE:, Suriname: Carolinakreek , upstream of bridge (UM + ZMAN + RMNH).

Ochterus aeneifrons surinamensis : HECKMAN (2011): 458, 462 (diagnosis, illustration); MOREIRA et al. (2011): 58 (checklist Brazil); CORDEIRO et al. (2014): 67 (key to species for Brazil, illustration); BARBOSA & RODRIGUES (2015): 182 (illustrations).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: CUNDINAMARCA: Rio Frio, 15.iii.1925, 2 ♀♀ ( Fig. 14 ), C. J. Drake det. as O. aeneifrons, P. Kment revid. ( NMPC).

Distribution. Neotropical Region: South America: Brazil: Amazonas ( PEREIRA & MELO 2007, MOREIRA et al. 2011, CORDEIRO et al. 2014), Minas Gerais ( PELLI et al. 2006, MOREIRA et al. 2011, CORDEIRO et al. 2014); Colombia (new record), Suriname ( NIESER 1975); Venezuela ( DRAKE 1952, as O. aeneifrons ; POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 2016).

Note. The holotype of the species was originally deposited in Zoölogisch Museum der Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht. Later, its insect collection was transferred to ZMAN, which was later merged with RMNH. However, N. Nieser recently failed to find the holotype in RMNH (N. Nieser, pers. comm.).

Figures

Fig. 14. Ochterus aeneifrons surinamensis Nieser, 1975, female, Colombia: Rio Frio, 4.51 mm.