Review of the Ambrysus stali La Rivers species complex (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) with the description of a new species from Mesoamerica

ROBERT W. SITES; DANIEL REYNOSO-VELASCO

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018.2.7

Issue: Vol. 4018 No. 2: 15 Sept. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-09-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.2.7

Page range: 279–291

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**Review of the Ambrysus stali La Rivers species complex (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) with the description of a new species from Mesoamerica**

ROBERT W. SITES⁺⁻
DANIEL REYNOSO-VELASCO⁺⁻

Enns Entomology Museum, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, U.S.A. email: sitesr@missouri.edu

Enns Entomology Museum, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, U.S.A.

Heteroptera Naucoridae Ambrysus new species Mesoamerica Belize Guatemala Mexico

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Abstract

The Neotropical Ambrysus stali La Rivers species complex is reviewed and includes A. bifidus La Rivers & Nieser, A. scolius La Rivers, A. stali La Rivers, and A. tricuspis La Rivers. Ambrysus oblongulus Montandon is removed as a member of this complex. Features uniting these species are related to male genitalia and associated structures. Ambrysus maya n. sp. is the fifth species in the complex and is described from Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico based on specimens from recent collecting and museum collections.