Taurocerus abruptus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Bloco IV, Prédio 43435, 91501 - 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- 2. Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 1188, 90001 - 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Description
Taurocerus abruptus (Walker, 1867)
(Figs. 2, 3)
Canaca abrupta WALKER, 1867:404.
Taurocerus abrupta; DISTANT, 1880:82, pl. 8, fig. 1 (list).
Taurocerus abruptus; LETHIERRY & SEVERIN, 1893:151 (cat.); KIRKALDY, 1909:150 (cat.).
Type-locality. Guatemala.
Type material. Holotype, examined, labeled: a) Type; b) Guatimala (sic) 52 119; c) Canaca abrupta (BMNH).
Dorsal surface reddish-castaneous, abdominal venter castaneous, more reddish on laterals. Humeri directed laterad, tougher than in the other species, apex blackish (fig. 2). Rostrum attaining third sternite. V-shaped callous of scutellum thin.
Genitalia (fig. 3). Gonocoxites 8 quadrangular, about one and a half wider than long. Sutural borders contiguous at apical two thirds. Posterior borders of gonocoxites 8 almost rectilineal. Laterotergites 9 almost as long as gonocoxites 8, slightly surpassing the transversal band linking laterotergites 8.
Comments. This species, known only from the holotype, may be distinguished from the other congeners by its tougher, laterally directed humeri, and by the shape of gonocoxites 8.
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References
- WALKER, F. 1867. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera- Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London, British Museum. parts 1 - 2, p. 1 - 417.
- DISTANT, W. L. 1880. Insecta, Rhynchota: Hemiptera- Heteroptera. In: GOODMAN, F. D. & SALVIN, O. eds. Biologia Centrali-Americana. v. 1, 462 p.
- LETHIERRY, L. & SEVERIN, G. 1893. Catalogue General des Hemipteres - Pentatomidae 1. Bruxelles, F. Hayez. x + 286 p.
- KIRKALDY, G. W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera). 1. Cimicidae. Berlin, Felix L. Dames. xl + 392 p.