Stenoeurilla hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera)

Brailovsky, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2019, A revision of the Costa Rican species of Stenoeurilla Brailovsky & Barrera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Stenoscelideini), with the description of two new species, new distributional records, synonymical note, and key to the known species, Zootaxa 4550 (4), pp. 545-556 : 546

Stenoeurilla hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera)

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Stenoscelidea hansoni Brailovsky & Barrera, 1997: 264 –267.

General distribution. Described from Costa Rica (Prov: Guanacaste: Estacion Cacao (SW of Volcan Cacao); 3 km SE of R. Naranjo. Prov. Puntarenas: San Luis (R. B. Monteverde). Prov. Alajuela: Dos Rios de Ulpala, and W Station of San Ramon). ( Brailovsky & Barrera 1997, Packauskas 2010).

Material examined. New records. COSTA RICA: 1 male, Prov. Guanacaste, Estacion Las Pallas, P. N. Rincon de la Vieja, 800 m, 27-VI–15-VIII-1992, C. Cano ( INBIO) ; 1 female, Prov. Alajuela, Finca San Gabriel , 2 km SW Dos Rios, 600 m, V-1980, GNP Biodiversity Survey ( INBIO) .

Discussion. This species is recognized by having the abdominal segments III–VI yellowish -orange with posterior margin of each segment and scars IV–V and V–VI black; pronotal disk yellowish-orange, punctures castaneous, anterolateral margin pale reddish to pale brown and pale yellow longitudinal medial stripe; scutellar disk pale castaneous-orange with three longitudinal yellow stripes; pro-, meso-, and metapleura, and abdominal sterna yellow with few scattered black dots; hind tibiae with outer expansion short, occupying 44 % of the total length of hind tibiae in males, 56 % in females, inner expansion occupying 48 % of the total length of hind tibiae in males, 51 % in females; maximum width of outer expansion of hind tibiae 0.94 in males and 1.18 in females; maximum width of inner expansion of hind tibiae 0.30 in males and 0. 35 in females ( Fig. 16 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Dorsal view of Stenoeurilla spp. 1, S. aenescens (Stål) (female). 2, S. hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera) (male). 3, S. pellucida (Brailovsky & Barrera) (female). 4, S. herediana sp. nov. (male). 5, S. mesoamericana sp. nov. (male).

FIGURES 6–9. Dorsal abdominal segments of Stenoeurilla spp. 6, S. aenescens (Stål) (female). 7, S. hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera) (male). 8, S. herediana sp. nov. (male). 9, S. mesoamericana sp. nov. (male).

FIGURES 10–14. Abdomen in lateral view of Stenoeurilla spp. 10, S. aenescens (Stål) (male). 11, S. hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera) (male). 12, S. herediana sp. nov. (male). 13, S. mesoamericana sp. nov. (male). 14, S. pellucida (Brailovsky & Barrera) (female).

FIGURES 15–19. Hind tibiae of Stenoeurilla spp. 15, S. aenescens (Stål) (female). 16, S. hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera) (male). 17, S. herediana sp. nov. (male). 18, S. mesoamericana sp. nov. (male). 19, S. pellucida (Brailovsky & Barrera) (female).

FIGURES 20–23. Male genital capsule of Stenoeurilla spp. 20, S. hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera). 21, S. mesoamericana sp. nov. 22, S. aenescens (Stål). 23, S. herediana sp. nov.

FIGURES 24–27. Parameres of Stenoeurilla spp. 24, S. hansoni (Brailovsky & Barrera). 25, S. mesoamericana sp. nov. 26, S. aenescens (Stål). 27, S. herediana sp. nov.