Description of the male genitalia of Belminus rugulosus Stål and Belminus corredori Galvão & Angulo, and comments on the holotype of Parabelminus yurupucu Lent & Wygodzinsky (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae: Bolboderini)

Abstract

The male genitalia of Belminus rugulosus Stål and Belminus corredori Galvão & Angulo are described and illustrated for the first time. Comments on the holotype of Parabelminus yurupucu Lent & Wygodzinsky are presented (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae: Bolboderini). A discussion on previous data in the literature on male genitalia of species of Belminus Stål is provided.

Rhodnius micki, a new species of Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) from Bolivia

“…System of plates and apodemes for suspension of phallus and attachment of its motor muscles Articulatory apparatus (Apb) (apt) Lent and Wygodzinsky 1979;Lent and Jurberg 1984;Lent and Jurberg 1987;Lent et al 1993b;Mejia et al 1999;Carcavallo et al 2001;Valente et al 2001;Sandoval et al 2007;Jurberg et al 2009;Forero et al 2010;Berniker et al 2011;Forero and Weirauch 2012;Gil-Santana and Galvão 2013;Jurberg et al 2013;Castro-Huertas and Forero 2014; Lent and Wygodzinsky 1979;Lent and Jurberg 1984;Lent and Jurberg 1987;Lent et al 1993a;Mejia et al 1999;Carcavallo et al 2001;Valente et al 2001;Cai and Tomokuni 2003;Weirauch 2008;Sandoval et al 2007;Jurberg et al 2009;Frías-Lasserre 2010;Forero et al 2010;Berniker et al 2011;Forero and Weirauch 2012;Rosa et al 2012;Gonçalves et al 2013;Jurberg et al 2013;Zhao et al 2015;Ishikawa and Naka 2016;Souza et al 2016;Rosa et al 2017a;Chłond et al 2018 Lent and Jurberg 1984;Lent and Jurberg 1987;…”

“…Phallus (P) Intromittent organ inside the pygophore Phallus (Ph) (P) Lent and Jurberg 1984;Lent and Jurberg 1987;Lent et al 1993a, b;Mejia et al 1999;Carcavallo et al 2001;Valente et al 2001;Cai and Tomokuni 2003;Ishikawa et al 2007;Sandoval et al 2007;Weirauch 2008;Jurberg et al 2009;Frías-Lasserre 2010;Forero et al 2010;Forero and Weirauch 2012;Rosa et al 2012;Gonçalves et al 2013;Gil-Santana and Galvão 2013;Jurberg et al 2013;Castro-Huertas and Forero 2014;Zhao et al 2015 Lent and Jurberg 1984;Lent and Jurberg 1987;Lent et al 1993;Mejia et al 1999;Carcavallo et al 2001;Valente et al 2001;Sandoval et al 2007;Gonçalves et al 2013;…”

“…This inconsistency results in incompatible and sometimes misleading terminology for taxonomic descriptions and diagnoses. For example, some researchers have variously used the terms aedeagus, phallus, phallosoma, conjunctiva and phallothecal plate when describing the apical apart of the intromittent organ, and the sclerotized plate beneath the basal plate (Lent and Wygodzinsky 1979;Mejia et al 1999;Valente et al 2001;Jurberg et al 2009;Rosa et al 2012;Gil-Santana and Galvão 2013;Souza et al 2016;Oliveira et al 2018). To avoid ambiguity and achieve consistency with the description of other assassin bugs, we adopt the following terms in this study.…”

Belminus santosmalletae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae): New Species from Panama, with an Updated Key for Belminus Stål, 1859 Species

“…They provide a complete description, as well as ontogenetic morphometrics of post-embryonic head development. Gil-Santana and Galvão [15] described the male genitalia of B. rugulosus and B. corredori and provided a discussion on previous data in the literature on male genitalia of other species. It is impossible to make inferences on the biology of B. santosmalletae because, like B. pittieri, the description is based on a single female specimen.…”

Wings or hemelytra? brief considerations on terminology in studies with Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

“…However, despite extensive literature, there are frequent disagreements in morphological terminology. The nomenclatural misuse in relation to some male genitalia structures was previously pointed by Gil-Santana and Galvão (2013). These inconsistencies are often shared and can become an obstacle to developing the conceptual understanding expected from the study.…”