First description of the male and redescription of the female of Parahiranetis salgadoi Gil-Santana (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae)

Hélcio R Gil-Santana; Adriana Trevizoli Salomão; Jader de Oliveira

doi:10.3897/zookeys.671.11985

First description of the male and redescription of the female of Parahiranetis salgadoi Gil-Santana (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae)

Zookeys. 2017 Apr 26:(671):19-48. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.671.11985. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Hélcio R Gil-Santana¹, Adriana Trevizoli Salomão², Jader de Oliveira³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365, 21040-360, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
² Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
³ Laboratório de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas UNESP/FCFAR, Rodovia Araraquara Jaú, KM 1, 14801-902, Araraquara, SP, Brazil.

Abstract

The male of Parahiranetis salgadoi Gil-Santana, 2015 is described for the first time, with a redescription of the female of this species based on additional specimens. Comments on possible mimicry and crypsis exhibited by adults and nymphs of this species, respectively, are provided.

Keywords: Graptocleptes; Harpactorini; Heteroptera; Hiranetis; Neotropics; sexual dimorphism; wasp mimicry.