Diaditus latulus Barber

Diez, Fernando & Coscaron, Maria del Carmen, 2014, The Stenopodainae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina, ZooKeys 452, pp. 51-77 : 58-59

Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Reduviidae

Diaditus latulus Barber

Diaditus latulus Barber, 1930: 221; Wygodzinsky 1949: 66; Dispons 1971: 274; Giacchi 1982: 26; Maldonado Capriles 1990: 501; Martin-Park and Coscarón 2011: 56.

Diagnosis.

(After Barber 1930, Giacchi 1982) Head short, less than twice as long as wide. Head shorter than pronotum. Males with setae in the ventral and lateral internal face of Pedicellus, seta length equal to twice the diameter of Pedicellus. Juga short, robust, subparallel, not reaching 1/4 of scapus in males, but reaching almost half in females. Collar angles blunt.

Material examined.

La Pampa: 1♂ (MLP) Santa Rosa (36°36'56.8902"S, 64°17'49.7106"W), Diez F. Col.; Córdoba: 3♂ (MACN) Departamento Calamuchita: El Sauce (31°6'0.3312"S, 64°19'0.0084"W).

Distribution in Argentina.

Buenos Aires: Daguerre (34°39'17.4636"S, 58°28'53.2878"W), Delta (34°14'12.4188"S, 58°34'10.1598"W), Dolores (36°18'53.2044"S, 57°40'47.7798"W), Hurlingham (34°35'52.4004"S 58°38'8.7"W), Baradero (33°48'30.4704"S 59°30'19.6986"W), Rosas (35°57'56.7714"S, 58°56'24.1944"W), San Miguel (34°32'39.4152"S, 58°42'59.457"W), Wilde (34°42'15.7752"S, 58°19'13.623"W); Córdoba: Sierras (31°26'20.4678"S, 64°50'4.0992"W); Entre Ríos: Villaguay (31°51'53.0244"S, 59°2'8.5956"W); Mendoza; Salta; San Juan; Santa Fe: Bridarolli (31°37'56.5998"S, 60°41'58.0518"W).

Observation.

First record for La Pampa province.