Cuscohoplininus pagoreni: A new genus and species of Hoplinini from Peru (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Berytidae).

DELLAPÉ, P. M. & CARPINTERO D. L.

REVISTA DE BIOLOGíA TROPICAL

REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL

Lugar: Turrialba; Año: 2007 p. 673 - 676

0034-7744

The Berytidae or stilt bugs are a cosmopolitan family of lygaeid bugs, which are slender, elongate insects, with generally cylindrical body and very long and thin antennae and legs. The members of the tribe Hoplinini are characterized by the lack of a distinct scent channel and the possession of a dorsally directed process on the caudal edge of the male genitalia capsule (absent in Xenoloma and Cuscohoplininus). In this paper we described the new genus and species Cuscohoplininus pagoreni from Peru. Scanning electron microphotographs are provided in order to illustrate taxonomic important structures. Between the eight genera known in the tribe Hoplinini, the new genus Cuscohoplininus resembles Parajalysus in general aspect and size. But can be easily distinguished by the following characters: Parajalysus is characterized by the four large, erect pronotal spines, one centered on the anterior lobe, and on the posterior lobe, one at each humeral angle, and one at the base of the meson; on the other hand Cuscohoplininus has a single spine on the pronotum, on the anterior pronotal lobe, a scutellar spine (a tubercle is present in Parajalysus) and lacks a process on the caudal edge of the male genitalia capsule.