Um novo gênero e espécie de Peiratinae de Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae)

A new species of Zeraikia Gil-Santana & Costa with taxonomic notes on Zeraikia novafriburguensis Gil-Santana & Costa (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Peiratinae)

“…The characteristics of Z. zeraikae sp. n. also corroborate placement of this species in Zeraikia in accordance with the definition of this genus by Gil-Santana and Costa (2003) and the diagnostic criteria of the keys furnished by Cai and Taylor (2006) and Gil-Santana et al (2015).…”

“…Zeraikia Gil-Santana & Costa, 2003 and Zeraikia novafriburguensis Gil-Santana & Costa, 2003 were described based on a single male that was collected in Nova Friburgo, a city located in a mountainous region of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Gil-Santana and Costa 2003). …”

Distribution Pattern and Climate Preferences of the Representatives of the Cosmopolitan Genus Sirthenea Spinola, 1840 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae)

“…The distribution of Peiratinae is limited to select zoogeographical regions, e.g., primarily confined to tropical areas ( S1 Appendix ). We can clearly distinguish groups of genera distributed in Nearctic and Neotropical regions: Eidmannia Taeuber, 1934 [ 15 ]; Froeschnerisca Coscarón, 1997 [ 5 ]; Lentireduvius Cai & Taylor, 2006 [ 9 ]; Melanolestes Stål, 1866 [ 16 ]; Phorastes Kirkaldy, 1903 [ 17 ]; Rasahus Amyot & Serville, 1843 [ 13 ]; Thymbreus Stål, 1859 [ 18 ]; Tydides Stål, 1865 [ 19 ]; Zeikiria Gil-Santana & Costa, 2003 [ 8 ]; Ethiopian region: Fusius Stål, 1862 [ 20 ]; Lamotteus Villiers, 1948 [ 21 ]; Microcleptocoris Villiers, 1968 [ 22 ]; Neopirates Miller, 1952 [ 23 ]; Pachysandalus Jeannel, 1916 [ 24 ]; Parapirates Villiers, 1959 [ 25 ]; Pteromalestes Miller, 1959 [ 26 ]; Rapites Villiers, 1948 [ 21 ]; Madagascan region: Bekilya Villiers, 1949 [ 27 ]; Hovacoris Villiers, 1964 [ 28 ]; Pseudolestomerus Villiers, 1964 [ 28 ]; Oriental region: Calistocoris Reuter, 1881 [ 29 ]; Catamiarus Amyot & Serville, 1843 [ 13 ]; Ceratopirates Schouteden, 1933 [ 30 ]; Australian region: Brachysandalus Stål, 1866 [ 16 ]; and genera distributed in Ethiopian and Oriental regions: Androclus Stål, 1863 [ 31 ]; Ethiopian, Madagascan and Oriental regions: Lestomerus Amyot & Serville, 1843 [ 13 ]; Ethiopian, Madagascan, Palaearctic and Oriental regions: Peirates Serville, 1831 [ 32 ], Phalantus Stål, 1863 [ 31 ]; as well as Ethiopian, Madagascan, Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions: Ectomocoris Mayr, 1865 [ 33 ] ( S1 Appendix ). Among all known genera of the subfamily Peiratinae, only Sirthenea occurs on almost all continents and zoogeog...…”

Genetic data of museum specimens allow for inferring evolutionary history of the cosmopolitan genusSirthenea(Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

“…6,800 described species, are one of the largest and most morphologically diverse families of Heteroptera, currently subdivided into 25 subfamilies (Zhang et al, 2016a; Weirauch et al, 2014). Among these, the subfamily Peiratinae is known from 30 described genera (Putshkov & Putshkov, 1986–1989; Maldonado Capriles, 1990; Coscarón, 1995, 1996, 1997a, 2002; Coscarón & Linnavuori, 2007; Coscarón & Morrone, 1995; Gil-Santana & Costa, 2003; Cai & Taylor, 2006). The distribution of Peiratinae has been the subject of many studies (Morrone & Coscarón, 1996, 1998; Coscarón, 2017; Coscarón & Carpintero, 1994; Coscarón & Morrone, 1995, 1997; Coscarón, 1983a, 1983b, 1984, 1986, 1994, 1996, 1997b, 2002), and it has recently been comprehensively revised (Chłond & Bugaj-Nawrocka, 2015).…”