Tenthecoris exitiosus ( Distant, 1889 )

Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, Zootaxa 5178 (2), pp. 101-151 : 141-142

Tenthecoris exitiosus ( Distant, 1889)

( Fig. 42 , 81–82 )

Eccritotarsus exitiosus Distant 1889: 202 (original description).

Tenthecoris exitiosus Costa Lima, 1942: 100 (new combination).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 13 ♂ 5 ♀, Medellín, Valle de Medellín , 1538 m, 6°14’N, 75°34’W, 1.ix.1942, Orchidaceae (F.L. Gallego) ( UNAB 609 ) ; 3 ♂ 1?, Medellín, 1.ix.1942, Orchidaceae (F.L. Gallego) ( MEFLG 1254-1 , MEFLG 1254-2 , MEFLG 1254-3, MEFLG 1254-3 ) .

Diagnosis. Body reddish-orange and black. Head in dorsal view, pronotum in dorsal view orangish-red. Antennal segment I and II black. Scutellum black with metallic-blue sheen, base orangish-red. Corium, clavus, and embolium black with a metallic-blue sheen and base orangish-red. Hemelytral membrane fuscous proximally and whitish distally. Femora whitish. Antennal segment II longer than antennal segment I and vertex width. Labium length exceeding hind coxae. Body length 3.75–4.90 mm ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947). Right paramere ( Fig. 81 ) with basal process slightly flattened; body slightly flattened and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process flattened and slightly concave. Left paramere ( Fig. 82 ) with basal process elongate, wider towards the body; body flattened, sub-oval; sensory lobe absent; apical process somewhat curved and gradually terete.

Associated plants. Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947), Cattleya sp. (Orchidaceae) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947; Gallego & Vélez 1992) and Orchidaceae ( Distant 1889) .

Distribution. Trinidad ( Distant 1889).— Colombia (Antioquia) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947).

Figures

FIGURES 31–42. Dorsal habitus. 31. Pachyneurhymenus pallidolimbatus. 32. Pachypoda major. 33. Parafurius discifer. 34. Pycnoderes atratus. 35. Pycnoderes incurvus. 36. Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus. 37. Spartacus. 38. Stictolophus. 39. Sysinas pallidipes. 40. Tenthecoris balloui. 41. Tenthecoris colombiensis. 42. Tenthecoris exitiosus. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURES 71–82. Parameres. 71–72. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes atratus. 73–74. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes incurvus. 75–76. Right and left parameres of Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus. 77–78. Right and left parameres of Sysinas pallidipes. 79–80. Right and left parameres of Tenthecoris balloui. 81–82. Right and left parameres of Tenthecoris exitiosus. Scale bars 0.1 mm.