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Published: 2008-06-06
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New records, and nomenclatural and biological notes on Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Bolivia and Brazil

Laboratório de Diptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, 21045-900, Brazil
Hemiptera Ectrichodiinae Saicinae Stenopodainae mimetismo novos registros

Abstract

New occurrences of Reduviidae from Bolivia and Brazil are recorded for the first time. Morphological remarks on the female of Heza gilsantanai Bérenger (Harpactorinae) are given. The possible aposematicism between Notocyrtus colombianus Carvalho & Costa (Harpactorinae) and Ptilotrigona lurida (Smith) (Hymenoptera; Apidae; Apinae) is suggested. Based on biological observations, Zelus nigrispinus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) (Harpactorinae) is considered a junior synonym of Zelus versicolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848).

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