Three new species of Tagalis Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Brazil HÉLCIO R. GIL-SANTANA (Brazil)

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“…Tagalis Stål, 1860 is known from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Granada, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, continental United States, and Venezuela (Blinn 2008;Gil-Santana 2011;Melo 2008). It has seven described species: T. seminigra Champion, 1898; T. inornata Stål, 1860 with two subspecies T. inornata inornata and T. inornata cubensis McAtee & Malloch, 1923; T. femorata Melo, 2008; T. evavilmae Gil-Santana et al, 2010; T. baenai Gil-Santana, 2011, T. grossii Gil-Santana, 2011, and T. marquesi Gil-Santana, 2011.…”

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First record of the genus Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Colombia with the description of two new species

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2014

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Tagalis Stål is recorded for the first time from Colombia and two species are described as new: Tagalis dichroa sp. nov., from Acandí (Chocó), and Tagalis albispina sp. nov., from Gorgona Island (Cauca). Based on the structure of the male genitalia of the known species, we here propose at least four species groups within Tagalis: 1) T. evavilmae, 2) T. femorata, 3) T. baenai, T. grossii, and T. marquesi, and 4) T. dichroa sp. nov., T. inornata, and T. seminigra. Tagalis albispina sp. nov. known only from the female holotype, cannot be placed into this scheme. Digital micrographs of the habitus and genitalia of the new species are provided. An updated key to the species of Tagalis is presented to facilitate the identification of the new species.

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First record of the genus Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Colombia with the description of two new species

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2014

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“…Saicinae comprises 25 genera and 159 species worldwide (Castro‐Huertas et al, 2023; Gil‐Santana & Marques, 2005; Maldonado Capriles, 1990; Melo & Coscarón, 2005; Putshkov & Putshkov, 1985). Eleven genera are known from the Neotropical Region (Gil‐Santana et al, 2015, 2020; Gil‐Santana, 2011) with the remaining taxa distributed in the Afrotropical, Australian and Oriental regions (Rédei & Tsai, 2009, 2010; Villiers, 1969, 1979). The subfamily is characterized by the absence of ocelli; the second visible segment of the labium bulbous and expanded basally; the labium and the gular region with usually spiniform setae; and the presence of scopula on all tarsi (Gil‐Santana et al, 2015; Melo & Coscarón, 2005; Schuh & Weirauch, 2020).…”

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

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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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Three new species of Tagalis Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Brazil HÉLCIO R. GIL-SANTANA (Brazil)

Abstract: Tagalis baenai sp. nov., T. grossii sp. nov. and T. marquesi sp. nov. from Brazil are described. Morphological variations and male genitalia of Tagalis inornata inornata Stål, 1860, are described. A revised key to the species of Tagalis Stål, 1860, is presented.

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First record of the genus Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Colombia with the description of two new species

First record of the genus Tagalis Stål, 1860 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Colombia with the description of two new species

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

Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae Excluding Triatominae)

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