Assassin Bugs of the Genus Ghilianella in the Americas (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae)

Abstract

This paper brings together and summarizes available data on the genus Ghilianella in the Americas. Descriptions of the genus and subgenera are given, as well as a checklist of the 88 known species. The keys differentiate the 80 species of which specimens were available for study; they are expansions of those published in 1925 by McAtee and Malloch (the fine work of these authors has aided me greatly in the completion of this paper). Among the species treated in the following pages, 15 are described as new, 1 is redescribed, and the ''hypotypes" of 7 others are described. For 32 previously described species, notes are given on specimens examined, and the paper closes with notes on the 8 species not included in the keys. In the illustrations (see pp. 407-421) I have tried to keep together similar structures from the various species so that a comparison of them could be made.In this paper, the term "hypotype" is used to refer to a specimen herein described and belonging to the opposite sex of the corresponding holotype described by another author. Additional specimens of the hypotype are called "parahypotypes." Thus, I have followed the terminology suggested by Frizzell (1933).•College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. 393

The Stenopodainae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina

“…Diaditus latulus Barber, 1930: 221; Wygodzinsky 1949: 66; Dispons 1971: 274; Giacchi 1982: 26; Maldonado Capriles 1990: 501; Martin-Park and Coscarón 2011: 56.…”

“…Diaditus semicolon Stål, 1859: 383; Berg 1879: 278; Lethierry and Severin 1896: 86; Pennington 1921: 22; Barber 1930: 220; Giacchi 1982: 22; Maldonado Capriles 1990: 501; Nanni et al 2011: 34; Dellapé and Carpintero 2012: 130.…”

“…This subfamily contains 113 genera with 713 species worldwide (Maldonado Capriles 1990). A total of 10 genera with 27 species have been recorded in Argentina (Coscarón in press).…”

Ghilianella beckeri sp. nov. of Emesinae from Brazil (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)

“…1). Posterior to the original description, Maldonado-Capriles (1960) and Wygodzinsky (1966) provided additional data about the species, including details on the male and female genitalia, extending the geographical distribution to Peru. The type-material of Ghilianella beckeri n. sp.…”

“…Considering the descriptions and keys provided by McAtee & Malloch (1925), Maldonado-Capriles (1960), andWygodzinsky (1966) and also the phallosoma aspect as depicted in Wygodzinsky´s drawings (1966), the species most closely resembling to G . beckeri n. sp.…”