A New Species of Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Saicinae) from Argentina

Varela, Pablo Sebastian; Melo, María Cecilia

doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.122

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“…For image editing Adobe Photoshop CS6 v13.1.2 was used, and for the position of the structures we mostly followed Forero & Weirauch (2012) and Castro‐Huertas et al (2018). Terminology follows mostly Forero & Weirauch (2012), but also Cobben & Wygodzinsky (1975) and Varela & Melo (2017).…”

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Outside the pattern: Evolution of the genital asymmetry in Saicinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Castro‐Huertas

Melo

2023

Journal of Morphology

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Despite genital structures in insects being consistently important as systematic and taxonomy evidence, within assassin bugs (Heteroptera, Reduviidae) at least, the male and female genitalic structures of several subfamilies are poorly or totally unknown. The genital structure is mostly symmetric within Saicinae genera, but male genital asymmetry has been recorded in Gallobelgicus, Polytoxus, and recently Pseudosaica. The subfamily has been considered as closely related to Emesinae and Visayanocorinae but this hypothesis has never been tested using a comprehensive taxa sampling, being a constraint to test morphological traits changes or exploring characters' evolution hypotheses. Here, we compiled a morphological data set of 170 characters that includes external morphological characters and genitalia of both sexes of Saicinae which was analyzed cladistically including 55 terminals, comprising 16 genera (64% of the generic diversity), 43 species of Saicinae and 12 outgroups. Saicinae was recovered as polyphyletic, Saicireta correntina is recovered as sister‐species of Empicoris armatus + Collartida (Emesinae), Oncerotrachelus, Carayonia (Visayanocorinae), and the Clade Saicinae sensu stricto. Carayonia orientalis is recovered as sister‐species of Saicinae sensu stricto. Ancestral state reconstruction of symmetry of the male genitalia shows an ancestor with symmetric male genitalia, two independent emergences of asymmetrical male genitalia within Saicinae sensu stricto, and the asymmetrical endosomal sclerites appearing before the other asymmetric traits.

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“…Specimens studied belong to the following institutions (Table 1). Abbreviations for institutions follow the suggestions of Evenhuis ( 2017 (2012), but also Cobben & Wygodzinsky (1975) and Varela & Melo (2017).…”

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Outside the pattern: Evolution of the genital asymmetry in Saicinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Castro‐Huertas

Melo

2023

Journal of Morphology

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New Neotropical Saicinae: new species of Buninotus Maldonado Capriles, Caprilesia Gil-Santana, Marques & Costa, and Pseudosaica Blinn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Castro‐Huertas

Forero

Melo

2022

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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Two New Species of Tagalis Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Saicini) from Panama and Brazil, with an Analysis of the Male Genitalia Morphology

Castro-Huertas,

Melo

2024

JIHS

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Tagalis matamorosae n. species and Tagalis pagu n. species are described from specimens collected in Barro Colorado (Panama) and Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), respectively. Among the species of Tagalis, both new species have coloration patterns and genital structure particularly different. Tagalis matamorosae n. species is the unique species with a gonoplac composed by a pair of sclerites, and T. pagu n. species shows the posteromedial process of pygophore with a curvature exclusive within the genus. Digital images of external morphological characters and of the genitalia are provided. To facilitate the identification of the new species, an updated key to the species of Tagalis is presented. Male genital structures along the genus and its taxonomic and phylogenetic implications are discussed.

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A New Species of Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Saicinae) from Argentina

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Outside the pattern: Evolution of the genital asymmetry in Saicinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Outside the pattern: Evolution of the genital asymmetry in Saicinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

New Neotropical Saicinae: new species of Buninotus Maldonado Capriles, Caprilesia Gil-Santana, Marques & Costa, and Pseudosaica Blinn (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Two New Species of Tagalis Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Saicini) from Panama and Brazil, with an Analysis of the Male Genitalia Morphology

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