Sosius foliaceus Champion, 1899

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 : 473

Sosius foliaceus Champion, 1899

Figs. 14A, B

Distribution: This species was known from Mexico ( Veracruz and Yucatán), Panama (Bugaba) ( Champion 1899), and Brazil ( Gil-Santana 2007). It is a new generic and species record from Colombia.

Remarks: Sosius Champion, 1899 was revised by Maldonado & Carpintero (1993), including two very similar species, S. foliaceus and S. australis Maldonado & Carpintero, 1993 . The examined female specimen fits better the description of S. foliaceus given the structure and dimensions of the pronotum, which is almost as long as wide (length/width = 0.93). The examined specimen was found preying over other insects on a coffee plantation ( Figs. 14A–B ).

Examined material: COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca: 1 ♀, Ansermanuevo, depredador en café [= predator on coffee plantation], 10.v.2017, M. Jiménez / MEMB 201471 ( MEMB) .

Figures

FIGURE 14. Habitus images of Harpactorini species. A, B. Sosius foliaceus, images of the live specimen; A. dorsal view; B. lateral view (images courtesy of L.M. Constantino); C, D. Zelus championi; C. dorsal view; D. lateral view.