Peregrinator biannulipes (Montrouzier & Signoret, 1861)

Forero, Dimitri & Mejía-Soto, Andrés, 2025, Filling in the gaps for assassin bugs: taxonomic notes and new records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Neotropical countries, Zootaxa 5584 (4), pp. 451-481 : 476-478

Peregrinator biannulipes (Montrouzier & Signoret, 1861)

Figs. 16B–D

Distribution: Originally described from New Caledonia, but now considered a cosmopolitan species ( Maldonado 1990), commonly found in many areas of the Palearctic such as China, Japan, and Egypt ( Aukema & Rieger 1996). In the Neotropical region it is so far known from Jamaica ( Maldonado & Farr 1977), Cuba, Panama ( Champion

1899), and Trinidad and Tobago ( GBIF 2024). Despite P. biannulipes being found in many countries around the world, it is the first time that this genus and species are formally recorded from Colombia.

Remarks: Peregrinator biannulipes is the combination currently recognized as valid for this species, as it has been erroneously placed in Alloecranum Reuter, 1881 ( Ghauri 1962). This species is commonly associated with stored grain because of its predatory habits over grain pest species ( Awadallah et al. 1984; Maldonado & Farr 1977). The examined specimens from Palmira were found in a warehouse (“bodega”), probably a grain warehouse, thus explaining its presence there. In contrast, the specimens from Gutierrez were collected on vegetation using an entomological net.

Examined material: COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: 1 ♂, Guiterrez, [vereda] El Carmen, finca los Arraynes, 2500 m, en cultivo de frijol bola roja [= on red bean crop], on leaves, jama [= entomological net], 29.ix.2003, J. Pardo ( UNAB) . Valle del Cauca: 7 ♂♂, 3 ♀, Palmira, 23.vii.1958, bodega [= warehouse], G. Bravo ( CTNI) .

Figures

FIGURE 16. Habitus and detailed images of Aradomorpha championi and Peregrinator biannulipes. A. A. championi, dorsal view; B–D. P. biannulipes; B. dorsal view; C. detail of the head in lateral view; D. lateral view.