Contribuição ao conhecimento de Zelurus fulvomaculatus (Berg, 1879) e sete outras espécies afins (Reduviidae, Hemiptera)

A new species of Zelurus Hahn, 1826 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae), with taxonomical notes on three other related species of the genus

“…Besides differences in coloration between the two species, the structural differences already recorded in the diagnosis provided above, give more support to the validity of the new species. This set of differential characteristics is in accordance to previous concepts and observations about the taxonomic value of morphological characteristics among species of Zelurus (e.g., Stål 1859Stål , 1869Stål , 1872Costa Lima 1940;Lent and Wygodzinsky 1945, 1951, 1955, 1957. On the other hand, Z. galvaoi sp.…”

“…The paratype and the male from Bolivia (Figs. 1-3, 5) agree well with the original description (Lent and Wygodzinsky 1951). Lent and Wygodzinsky (1955) briefly stated that the differences between Z. abalosi and Z. montivagus were the following: interocular distance, size of eyes, apical process of scutellum longer in relation to those of pronotum, absence of abdominal denticle and coloration of hemelytra.…”

“…nov., was considered by Lent and Wygodzinsky (1955) as proximate to Z. abalosi, the latter was included in this study for a more thorough comparison. Zelurus abalosi was described based on 12 type specimens (9 males and 3 females) from Argentina (Lent and Wygodzinsky 1951), without further records so far (Maldonado 1990). Photographs of a male paratype deposited in CTIOC are presented here (Figs.…”

“…The taxonomy of Zelurus species has been based on morphological external characters of coloration and structure, mostly based on the criteria previously stated by Stål (1859Stål ( , 1869Stål ( , 1872, followed by further authors (e.g., Walker 1873;Costa Lima 1940;Lent and Wygodzinsky 1945, 1947, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1968. While Stål (1859Stål ( , 1872 separated the species of Zelurus www.biotaxa.org/rce.…”

“…in "divisions", some set of species were considered as forming groups in the genus, such as "group femoralis" (Costa Lima and Costa Leite 1950;Lent and Wygodzinsky 1954), "group fulvomaculatus" (Lent and Wygodzinsky 1951) and "group formosus" (Lent and Wygodzinsky 1968). Among them, some species with morphological similarities in relation to the new species described here, Zelurus abalosi Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1951 and Z. montivagus Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1955 were included in the "group fulvomaculatus" Wygodzinsky 1951, 1955). Zelurus galvaoi sp.…”