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-;c7>cr> ^- 2"n ABSTRACT C. and F., mariliensis C. and F., médius H., minensis C. and F., para- Carvalho, Jose C. M., Argentino Viegas guayensis C. and F., parauara C. and Fontes, and Thomas J. Heniy. 1983« F., platensis C. and F., punctipes H., Taxonomy of the South American species riodocensis C. and F., roppai C. and of Ceratocapsus, with descriptions F., seabrai C. and F., sericeicola H., of 45 new species (Hemiptera: Miridae). sinopensis C. and F., surinamensis C. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Techni- and F., testatipes H., teutonianus C. cal Bulletin No. 1676, 58 pp. and F., tucuruiensis C. and F., vera- ensis C. and F., vulcanopereirai C. The South American species of the s-^cl F., woytkowskii H., and wygodzin- lai^ely predaceous mirid genus skyi C. and F. Ceratocapsus Reuter are reviewed. C^. lividipes Reuter and _C. pilosus Reuter An identification key and illustrations are rédeseribed, and the following 45 of male genitalia for all species (ex- new species are described: aIvarengai cept pilosus) are provided to facili- Henry (H.), amapaensis Carvalho and tate recognition. Female genitalia of Fontes (C. and F.), amazonensis C. and 16 species are illustrated for the ^•> argentinus C. and F., bahiensis C. first time. The tribe Ceratocapsini, û^d F., boliviensis H., boliviosara C. erected by Knight, is recognized as ^^^ ^* > brunneus H., catarinensis C. containing the genera Ceratocapsella ^^^ ^* » contrastus H., corcovadensis Carvalho and Schaffner, Ceratocapsisca C. and F., cordobensis C. and F., Carvalho and Wallerstein, Ceratocapsus, cuneotinctus H. , diamantinensis C. and Pamillia Uhler, Pilophoropsis Poppius, ■^* » dispersus C. and F., emboabanus C. and Schaffneria Knight. and F., fuscopunctatus H., grandis H., graziae C. and F., guanabarinus C. and KEYWORDS: Ceratocapsini, Ceratocapsus, F., guaraniensis C. and F., guarati- Hemiptera, Miridae, new species. South banus C. and F., guianensis C. and F., America, taxonomy. itaguaiensis C. and F., londrinensis ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iri this study. All habitus and genital illustrations, except those We thank Antti Jansson, Zoological initialed by T. J. Henry (TJH), were Museum, Division of Entomology, drawn by Luiz Antonio Alves Costa, Helsinki, Finland, for the loan of Paulo Roberto Nascimento, and Paulo Reuter's type of Ceratocapsus pilosus Roberto Wallerstein, National Museum and Randall T. Schuh, American Museum of Brazil, under the guidance of J. C. of Natural History, New York, N.Y., M. Carvalho. for lending many other specimens used CONTENTS Page Page Genus Ceratocapsus Reuter, itaguaiensis Carvalho and Fontes, 1876: 87 2 new species 22 Key to South American species of lividipes Reuter 22 Ceratocapsus 4 londrinensis Carvalho and Fontes, Species of Ceratocapsus 9 new species 23 alvarengai Heniy, new species 9 mariliensis Carvalho and Fontes, amapaensis Carvalho and Fontes, new species 23 new species 9 médius Henry, new species 24 amazonensis Carvalho and Fontes, minensis Carvalho and Fontes, new new species 10 species 24 argentinus Carvalho and Fontes, paraguayensis Carvalho and Fontes, new species 10 new species 25 bahiensis Carvalho and Fontes, parauara Carvalho and Fontes, new new species 11 species 25 boliviensis Heniy, new species 11 pilosus Reuter 26 boliviosara Carvalho and Fontes, platensis Carvalho and Fontes, new species 12 new species 27 brunneus Henry, new species 12 punctipes Henry, new species 27 catarinensis Carvalho and riodocensis Carvalho and Fontes, Fontes, new species 13 new species 28 contrastus Heniy, new species 14 roppai Carvalho and Fontes, new corcovadensis Carvalho and species 28 Fontes, new species 14 seabrai Carvalho and Fontes, new cordobensis Carvalho and Fontes, species 29 new species 15 sericeicola Henry, new species 29 cuneotinctus Henry, new species-- 15 sinopensis Carvalho and Fontes, diamantinensis Carvalho and new species 30 Fontes, new species 16 surinamensis Carvalho and Fontes, dispersus Carvalho and Fontes, new species 30 new species 16 testatipes Henry, new species 31 emboabanus Carvalho and Fontes, teutonianus Carvalho and Fontes, new species 17 new species 31 fuscopunctatus Heniy, new tucuruiensis Carvalho and Fontes, species 17 new species 32 grandis Henry, new species 18 veraensis Carvalho and Fontes, graziae Carvalho and Fontes, new new species 32 species 19 vulcanopereirai Carvalho and guanabarinus Carvalho and Fontes, Fontes, new species 33 new species 19 woytkowskii Henry, new species 34 guaraniensis Carvalho and Fontes, wygodzinskyi Carvalho and Fontes, new species •— 20 new species 34 guaratibanus Carvalho and Fontes, Literature cited 35 new species 21 guianensis Carvalho and Fontes, new species 21 Issued April 1983
I I TAXONOMY OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES many or most species are predaceous. OF CERATOCAPSUS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF Blatchley (l926) believed that _C. 45 NEW SPECIES (HEMIPTERA: MIRIME) barbatus was probably predaceous, and Knight (1941) indicated that ^. de- by Jose C. M. Carvalho, Argentino curvatus Knight, C_. fuscinus Knight, Viegas Fontes, and Thomas J. 'Henryl/ and £. nigellus Knight were likely predatory. Slater and Baranowski Since only 2 of more than 75 known (1978) suggested that most, if not species of Ceratocapsus are recorded all, Ceratocapsus species were from South America (Carvalho, predaceous. Wheeler and Henry (1978), 1958),±/ we realized the need for the only authors to document descriptions of large numbers of predaceous habits in the genus, found undescribed species in this potentially that _C. modestus (Uhler) preyed on the economical important genus and for an eggs of grape phylloxera (Paktulo- identification key for the South sphaira vitifoliae (Fitch)yi^ We have American taxa. We pooled our efforts several examples of the common and and specimens from our respective widespread £. dispersus, n. sp., institutions, as well as borrowed collected on cotton, with one spec- specimens from several sources. This imen labeled "predaceous on [pink boll- bulletin is part of a continuing worm], H. [eliothus] virescens [(F.)]«" effort to revise this large New World In the Eastern United States, immatures genus. of nearly all Ceratocapsus species require some animal food to complete Taxonomically, Ceratocapsus is an development when being reared (pers. interesting but poorly defined group. observ., Henry). Undoubtedly, addi- Among the many species, a wide mixture tional observations will show that of species groups is evident. Carvalho many other species have similar habits. and Schaffner (1974) alluded to this when they described the genus Cerato- In this bulletin we describe 45 new capsella to accommodate three species species and redescribe C_. lividipes in Mexico. The genus Ceratocapsisca Reuter and jC, pilosus Reuter. A key Carvalho and Wallerstein (1975) also is provided to separate all the resembles other taxa currently placed species except £. pilosus.^/ in South in the broadly defined tribe Cerato- America. All male and female genitalia capsini Knight. Heniy (1979) reviewed (when adequate material was available) the North American Ceratocapsus and the dorsal view of six adults are lutescens group and indicated that the illustrated. generic boundaries were unsatisfactory and that several misplaced species The following abbreviations are used groups deserved generic status. for institutions or type depositories cited in this bulletin: AMNH (American The habits of Ceratocapsus species also Museum of Natural History, New York, are not well known, but evidence based N.Y.), PUMG (Federal University of on fragmented reports suggests that Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), JCMC (José C. M. Carvalho collection, ±/j. C. M. Carvalho and A. V. Fontes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), NMB (Museu Museu Nacional, Quita da Boa Vista, Nacional, Quita da Boa Vista, Rio de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 20940, and T. Janeiro, Brazil), USNM (U.S. National J. Heniy, Systematic Entomology Museum of Natural History, Washington, Laboratory, Insect Identification and D.O.), and ZMHF (Zoological Museum, Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute, Agricultural Research ¿/Because C. pilosus is known only Service, c/o U.S. National Museum of from females and cannot be positively Natural History, Washington, D.C. placed among the other South American 20560. species, it is omitted from the key. ±./The year after the author's name Externally, _C. pilosus is very close refers to Literature Cited, p. 35» to C^. teutonianus, n. sp. Division of Entomology, Helsinki, vergent parempodia. Finland). Remarks.--The genus Ceratocapsus can be GENUS CERATOCAPSUS REUTER, 1876: 87 distinguished by the head vertical to the pronotum with the carínate basal Type Species«-"Ceratocapsus lutescens margin of the head straight and con- Reuter (designated by Kirkaldy, 1906: tiguous with the anterior part of the 127). pronotum, by the equally thickened 2d, 5d, and 4th antennal segments, by the Description«--Medium size, length trapeziform pronotum with rounded 2.70-5«80 mm, generally with hemelytra lateral and posterior margins, by the subparallel and body elongate ovate; large and open male genital cavity and dorsum translucent, pallid, testaceous complex form of the male parameres or darker fuscous and black; impunc- (figs. 1-142), and by the convergent tate, finely granulate (shagreened), or parempodia. strongly punctured; pubescence tomen- tose and/or simple, with combination It must be emphasized that male of recumbent, semierect, and/or pilose genitalia offer the only characters setae. Head broader than long, base that allow certain identification of straight, touching anterior margin of the South America species. The key pronotum, distinctly carínate; eyes relies largely on external morphology large, granulate, more so in males, in the first 51 couplets, but there- often pubescent, vertex and frons after the genital characters are often with weak median groove, frons required for positive species sometimes weakly and transversely stri- identification. Even in the early ated. Rostrum reaching mesocoxae or couplets, it is advisable to compare beyond. Antennae set into eye emargi- male genitalia with the illustrations. nations on either side at base of tylus; segment I shortest and usually The female genitalia have been thickest; II longest, gradually en- illustrated when proper associations larged apically, apex approaching di- could be made. The drawings clearly ameter of segment I; segment III always indicate that these structures offer longer than segment IV; segments characters that may be useful for variously clothed with simple setae, identifying species and more accurate- viz, short, recumbent, and/or pilose. ly associating the sexes. Eventually, Pronotum trapeziform, basal width two they should be useful in helping to times or more width of anterior support the dimensions of subgeneric margin, lateral margins straight, base (species group) and generic divisions. broadly rounded, anterior margin with narrow, but distinct flattened collar; Measurements of all species described calli indistinct, at most weakly by Henry, including _C. pilosus Reuter, raised; surface smooth, finely were taken to three decimal places and granulate to distinctly punctate; rounded to two. Those for species mesoscutum narrowly exposed, often not described by Carvalho and Fontes, visible from dorsal aspect; scutellum including C^. lividipes Reuter, were subequilateral, basal width only taken to one decimal place for all slightly wider than sides are long. structures except the vertex and Hemelytra well developed, embolium and cuneus, which were taken to two places. radial veins distinct, length of cuneus subequal to or distinctly We recognize that the broad definition longer than basal width; membrane well of Ceratocapsus associates species developed in most species groups now groups that may deserve generic included in genus, strongly abbreviated status, but their analysis will not be in brachypterous individuals, two attempted until all the taxa can be closed cells (aréoles) present, evaluated. Ceratocapsus keys to the surface glabrous to finely pubescent. subfamily Orthotylinae, based on the Claws typically orthotyline with con- convergent parempodia, and to the tribe ürthotylini, based on the more allied to the species of Ceratocapsus, elongate fonn, the lack of a Ceratocapsella differs in having black constricted abdomen, and the lack of scalelike pubescence and slender third saltatorial metafemora (Carvalho, and fourth antennal segments; also the 1955). Knight (1923) first recognized sexes are strongly dimoi^hic, with the a separate tribe, Ceratocapsini, for males elongate, slender, and having the genera Ceratocapsus and Pamillia translucent hemelytra. Species of Uhler. He (1968) added Hlophoropsis Ceratocapsisca are strongly shining Poppius and Schaffneria Knight to this and sparsely pubescent, but they bear tribe in his Western U.S. key. Our long, erect, dark setae over the observations support Knight's separa- dorsum and on the first antennal tion of Ceratocapsini from the segment. Also the tylus is more Orthotylini. acutely produced and the first antennal segments are proportionately Although the species of Ceratocapsella more thickened than in Ceratocapsus and Ceratocapsisca are also closely and related genera. KEY TO SOUTH AMERI- !• Pronotum distinctly punctured 2 CAN SPECIES OF Pronotum without punctures, surface smooth, alutaceous 23 CERATOCAPSUS 2. Pronotum dark brown with median line pale or testaceous, at least anteriorly between calli 3 Pronotum light colored, or dark, or both, but never with median line pale 5 3» Dorsum clothed with only short recumbent setae, setae on 2d antennal segment short, recumbent, and much shorter than diameter of segment; male genitalia (figs. 86-88) médius Henry, n. sp. Dorsum clothed with long erect or pilose setae, eyes and 2d antennal segment thickly set with long setae (some setae on eyes nearly as long as diameter of 2d antennal segment) 4 4. Eyes densely pilose, length of setae equal to or longer than erect setae on 2d antennal segments; male geni- talia (figs. 47-49) dispersus Carvalho and Fontes, n sp- Eyes less pilose, length of setae equal to or less than length of erect setae on 2d antennal segments; male genitalia (figs. 65-67) guaraniensis Carvalho and Fontes, n sp. 5» Cuneus uniformly bright red or red with lateral margins narrowly brownish; hemelytral pubescence short and recumbent 6 Cuneus not red, or if reddish, then pubescence on dorsum long and erect 9 6. Cuneus bright red, abdomen reddish, 3d and 4th anten- nal segments dark; pubescence erect 7 Cuneus reddish with outer margin brown, abdomen pale yellow at middle, 3d and 4th antennal segments red- dish; pubescence recumbent 8 7» Antenna dark brown, 1st segment reddish; male geni- talia (figs. 40-42) cordobensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp« Antenna pale yellow with segments 3 and 4 reddish; male genitalia (figs. 104-106) riodocensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp« 8. Length of 2d antennal segment 0.84 mm, color pale with apical one-half reddish; male genitalia (fig. 43) cuneo tine tus Henry, n. sp. Length of 2d antennal segment 1.0 mm, color uniformly light brown; male genitalia (figs. 140-142) wygodzinskyi Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 9« Color light brown, vertex with transverse dark fascia, disc of pronotum dark at middle; male genitalia (figs. 37-39) corcovadensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. Vertex and pronotum without dark areas 10 10. Dorsum uniformly light brown; head with punctures 11 Dorsum dark brown to fuscous; head smooth, rugose, or with only a few punctures on basal margin 12 11. Hemelytra with numerous brown-stained punctures; abdo- men light brown with red along upper margin; male genitalia (figs. 122-124) testatipes Henry, n. sp. Hemelytra punctured only at sides of corial commis- sure; abdomen unifoimly light brown; male genitalia (figs. 68-70) guaratibanus Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 12. Body elongate; dorsum clothed with very long, erect, or pilose setae; male genitalia (figs. 22-24, 28-30, 128-130) 13 Body broad, compact, and rounded (fig. 4); dorsum clothed with semirecumbent and/or pilose setae; male genitalia otherwise fonned 15 13« Setae on 2d antennal segment semierect, with length of a seta approximately equal to diameter of segment; male genitalia (figs. 22-24) boliviensis Henry, n. sp. Setae on 2d antennal segment long, erect, with lengths approximately equal to or longer than diameter of seg- ment 14 14. Body unifoiroly dark golden brown; base of vertex with some distinct dark-brown punctures; male genitalia (figs. 28-30) b runneu s Henry, n. sp. Body dark, especially on head and pronotum; vertex dis- tinctly punctate; male genitalia (figs. 128-130) tucuruiensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 15« Head testaceous, clypeus, pronotum, and hemelytra fuscous; male genitalia (figs. 98-100) platensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Head, pronotum, and hemelytra unicolorous 16 16. Dorsum reddish brown, apex of 2d antennal segment red; male genitalia (figs. 53-55) fuscopunctatus Henry, n. sp. (part) Dorsum dark brown to fuscous, without reddish tinge, 2d antennal segment unifoimly pale or testaceous 17 17. Body densely pilose; male genitalia (figs. 119-121) surinamensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Body less pilose; male genitalia (figs. 59-61) graziae Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 18. Species large, length 3.9-4.0 mm; color testaceous, 3d and 4th antennal segments reddish; male genitalia (figs. 19-21) bahiensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Species of medium size, length less than 3.8 mm; brown or darker 19 19. Cuneus pale, dorsum densely pilose 20 Cuneus dark, dorsum with short or sparsely set pu- bescence 21 20. Membrane fuscous with pale area contiguous to apex of cuneus; male genitalia (figs. 53-55) fuscopunctatus Heniy, n. sp. (part) Membrane uniformly fuscous; male genitalia (figs. 44- 46) diamantinensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 21. Second antennal segment castaneous to reddish, at least apically; male genitalia (figs. 10-12) amapaensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Second antennal segment pale 22 22. Second antennal segment almost as thick as 1st seg- ment; male genitalia (figs. 107-109) roppai Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Second antennal segment much more slender than 1st segment; male genitalia (figs. 77-79) lividipes Reuter 23« Hemelytra with distinct brown-stained punctures at bases of setae ■- 24 Hemelytra alutaceous or shagreened, without punctures at bases of setae (sometimes present at sides of corial commissure) 27 24» Second antennal segment distinctly longer than basal width of pronotum; male genitalia (figs. 101-103) punctipes Henry, n. sp. Second antennal segment equal to or shorter than basal width of pronotum 25 25« Hemelytra with only short recumbent setae, at most basal area of clavus with a few long semierect setae; antennal segments 2, 3, and 4 brown to fuscous; male genitalia (figs. 7-9) alvarengai Henry, n. sp. Hemelytra covered by long, erect, or pilose setae; antennal segments 2, 3, and 4 reddish 26 26. Second antennal segment distinctly thicker at apical part; pronotum shiny; male genitalia (figs. 62-64) guanabarinus Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Second antennal segment becoming gradually incrassate toward apex; pronotum not shiny; male genitalia (figs. 50-52) emboabanus Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 27» Species large, length over 5*0 mm 28 Species smaller, length less than 4*7 mm 29 28. Dorsum unifoiroly testaceous; sparsely pubescent, only clavus and basal part of corium with long setae; anten- nae and legs pale yellow; male genitalia (figs. 56-58)- grandis Henry, n. sp. Dorsum fuscous to black; densely clothed with recumbent setae; tibiae reddish brown, antennae fuscous; male genitalia (figs. 137-139) woytkowskii Henry, n. sp. 29« Antennae brown, sometimes becoming reddish, especial- ly on 3d and 4th segments 30 Antennae pale yellow, or when brown, without reddish tinge 31 30. Dorsum dark brown; male genitalia (figs. 31-33) -.—catarinensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Dorsum lighter brown, sometimes with dark spots; male genitalia (figs. 89-91) minensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 31. Head pale yellow, distinctly lighter than dorsum; male genitalia (figs. 25-27) boliviosara Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Head brown to dark brown 32 32. Phallotheca acutely produced apically, always with slender, backward-pointing process or crest (figs. 13, 16, 56) 33 Phallotheca rounded, or sometimes acutely produced apically, but never with slender, backward-pointing process or crest 42 33» Backward-pointing process or crest of phallotheca bi- fid, and/or serrate apically (figs. 116, 134) 34 Backward-pointing process or crest of phallotheca acute apically 35 34. Slender process of phallotheca simply bifid apically (fig. 116); right paramere divided into 2 lobes, with each lobe subdivided (fig. 117) . sinopensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Slender process of phallotheca bifid, with shorter dorsal bifurcation serrate distally (fig. 134); right paramere with only 1 main stem bearing small basal tubercle (fig. 136) vulcanopereirai Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 35» Apex of phallotheca with distinct subapical notch giving beaklike appearance (figs. 80, 93, 113) 36 Apex of phallotheca without subapical notch, some- times indented but not forming distinct open notch 38 36. Extreme apex of phallotheca truncate (fig. 80); left paramere slender, undivided (fig. 8l) londrinensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Extreme apex of phallotheca acute or pointed (figs. 93, 113); left paramere slender, but having long basal branch (figs. 92, 114) 37 37« Apical area of phallotheca rather broadly rounded (fig. 113); basal branch of left paramere broad and truncate (fig. 114) sericeicola Henry, n. sp. Apical area of phallotheca rather slender (fig. 93); basal branch of left paramere more slender and nar- rower, apex finely serrate or spined (fig. 92) paraguayensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 38. Left paramere slender with only short, acutely pro- duced, basal tubercle (fig. 17) argentinus Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Left paramere slender, but with large basal process or branch 39 39» Basal branch of left paramere simply produced with apex rounded and finely spined (fig. 84) mariliensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Basal branch of paramere with apex broadly flared, divided, or with subapical spine 40 40. Basal branch of left paramere with apex flared into broadly rounded, finely serrate area and long, slender lateral process (fig. 126) teutonianus Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Basal branch of left paramere without broadly flared area and single slender process 41 41« Basal branch of left paramere with apex acutely bi- furcate or, at least, with stout subapical spine (fig. 15) amazonensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Basal branch of left paramere with apex acute but not bifurcate, instead with 2 long, lateral, parallel branches (fig. 75) itaguaiensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 42. Apical area of phallotheca with distally directed process 43 Apical area of phallotheca without any branches or processes 44 43- Lateral process of phallotheca long and thickened (fig. 110); basal branch of left paramere broad and smooth apically with either side pointed or acutely- produced (fig. Ill) seabrai Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Lateral process of phallotheca short and slender (fig. 131); basal branch of left paramere apically truncate and finely serrate with sides rounded (fig. 132) veraensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. 44. Apical area of phallotheca distinctly toothed or coarsely serrate (fig. 7l); right paramere simple and unbranched (fig. 73) guianensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. Apical area of phallotheca smooth, without serrations 45 45. Left paramere branched into 2 long slender arms that are much longer than main trunk (fig. 35) contrastus Henry, n. sp. Left paramere branched into 2 short stout anas that are much shorter than main trunk (fig. 97) parauara Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp. SPECIES OF CERATOCAPSUS subequal to the basal width of the pronotum), and the male genitalia Ceratocapsus aIvarengai Henry, new (figs. 7-9) as given here. species Etymology.—The name of this species is (Figs. 7-9) proposed in honor of the well-known collector M. Alvarenga, who has Male»—Length 3*24 mm, width 1.24 mm. collected a large number of inter- Head: Width 0.72 mm, vertex 0.26 mm. esting neotropical Miridae. Rostrum: Length 1.08 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.50 mm; II, 1.00 Ceratocapsus amapaensis Carvalho and mm; III, 0.56 mm; IV, 0.48 mm. Fontes, new species Pronotum: Length 0.66 mm, basal width 1.12 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal (Figs. 10-12, 143-144) width 0.40 mm (holotype). Male.--Length 3«3 mm, width 1.2 mm. General coloration brown with fuscous; Head: Length 0.30 mm, width 0.8 mm, head yellow brown, vertex becoming vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, fuscous, impunctate, transversely length 0.3 mm; II, 1.2 mm; III-IV, rugose, eyes reddish silver with a few mutilated. Pronotum: Length 0.5 mm, extremely short setae; pronotum uni- basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: Length formly fuscous or black, basal margin 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm (holo- slightly lighter brown, impunctate; type) . scutellum fuscous, impunctate, trans- versely rugose; hemelytra brown, very General coloration brown with pale- finely and shallowly punctate, sparsely yellow areas; head, pronotum, scutel- set with semierect and recumbent lum, and clavus darker; eyes castan- simple setae, intermixed with a few eous; antennae castaneous becoming silvery sericeous setae along clavi reddish, especially segment II, segment and inside margins of coria; membrane I pale yellow with reddish subbasal and veins smoky translucent. Venter fascia interiorly; head in front of fu9C0us to black, ostiolar opening eyes darkened; membrane fuscous. pale. Legs uniformly testaceous; Underside of body dark castaneous; antennae testaceous with 1st segment coxae and legs pale yellow. Body and apices of segment 2 tinged with compact, densely pilose; strongly red, segments 3 and 4 reddish. punctate on pronotum and hemelytra; scutellum rugose and punctate; eyes Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 7) simple, very large, occupying whole later- curved apically; left paramere (fig. 8) al part of head and reaching gula with main trunk curved apically and 2 below; rostrum extending to middle short projections at middle; right coxae. paramere (fig. 9) with large lateral arm that is bifid and serrate apically. Genitalia.— Aedeagus (fig. 10) with spiculum of vesica sclerotized; left Female. —Unknown. paramere (fig. ll) with lateral lobe branched, arms being serrate at apex; Holotype.--Male, Brazil, Mato Grosso, right paramere (fig. 12) with apical lat. 12*31", long. 55'37", Sinop, Oct. teeth and 2 small, preapical, spiny 1974, M. Alvarenga coll. (AMNH). tubercles.
Remarks.--This species is most similar Female.— Length 3*4 mm, width 1.3 to £. punctipes Heniy, n. sp., in mm. Head: Length 0.3 mm, width 0.7 having an impunctate pronotum and mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment shallowly brown-punctured hemelytra, I, length 0.3 mm; II, 1.2 mm; III, 0.7 ^"^^ alvarengai may be separated by the mm; IV, mutilated. Pronotum: Length short recumbent setae on the dorsum, 0.6 mm, basal width 1.1 mm. Cuneus: shorter 2d antennal segment (that is Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. General aspect and coloration similar Genitalia.— Aedeagus (fig. 13) with 2 to that of male; second antennal vesical sclerotized branches; left segment pale yellow. paramere (fig. 15) with 2 lobes, basal lobe with subapical spine and larger Genitalia.-" Sclerotized rings (fig. curved apically; right paramere (fig. 145); posterior wall (fig. 144). 14) branched, small arm irregular.
Holotype.— Male, Rio Cassipore, Female.— Unknown. Amapa, Brazil, 8/9, 1961, J. & B. Bechyne colls. (JCMC). Paratypes; 3 Holotype.— Male, Igarape, Tacana, Soli- females, same data as type, 1 from moes River, Amazonas, Brazil, Feb. Marituba, Para, Brazil, l/6, 1961, J. 1962, Candido and Dyrce colls. à B. Bechyne colls. (JCMC, MB). (JCMC). Paratype: Male, Linhares, Espirito Santo, Brazil, Sept. 1962, Remarks.—This species resembles ^. Roppa and Alvarenga colls. (JCMC). roppai Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp., and C_. lividipes Reuter but differs by Remarks.—This species with a the red 2d antennal segment and the shagreened, impunctate body can be structure of the genitalia (figs. 10- distinguished by the development of 12) as given here. the male genitalia (figs. 13-15) as given here and in the key. Etymology.— The trivial name refers to the Amapa Territory in northeastern Etymology.— The trivial name refers Brazil, where the specimens were col- to the Brazilian State of Amazonas, lected. where the holotype was collected.
Ceratocapsus amazonensis Carvalho and Ceratocapsus argentinus Carvalho and Fontes, new species Fontes, new species
(Figs. 13-15) (Figs. 16-18)
Male.--Length 3-8-4.0 mm, width Male.-- Length 4«7 mm, width 1.7 mm. 1.5-1.8 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.9 mm, width 0.9 mm, vertex 0.20-0.30 mm. vertex O.3O mm. Antenna: Segment I, Antenna: Segment I, length 0.3-0.4 length 0.4 mm; II, 1.1 mm; III, 0.7 mm; II, 1.1-1.2 mm; III, 0.6-0.7 mm; mm; IV, 0.6 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.8 IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7-0.8 mm, basal width 1.4 mm. Cuneus: mm, basal width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.70 mm, basal width O.3O mm. Length 0.50-0.60 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. General coloration brown; head above, anterior part of pronotum, and General coloration castaneous with scutellum dark; anterior part of head dark and pale-yellow areas; head, brown; antenna castaneous, segment I pronotum, scutellum, and basal area of pale yellow, with reddish subbasal clavus darker (in holotype, 2 paler fascia interiorly; segment II pale on areas, 1 at each side of pronotum); basal part; disc and hemelytra antennae castaneous, segment I pale castaneous; cuneus reddish internally, yellow with small subbasal spot embolium pale yellow. Underside of interiorly; clypeus, jugum, lorum, body brown; ostiolar peritreme, coxae, buccula, and apex of scutellum and and legs pale yellow. Body elongate, embolium pale yellow; membrane shagreened; segment III of antenna fuscous. Underside of body relatively long. castaneous; coxae, rostrum, and legs pale yellow. Body elongate; rostrum Genitalia.— Aedeagus (fig. 16) with reaching middle coxae; eyes moderately recurved, slender prolongation at compressed, reaching gula below. distal end; left paramere (fig. 17)
10 with falciform apex and pointed paramere (fig. 2l) also branched, subbasal appendage; right paramere small lobe with small teeth. (fig. 18) with 3 median branches. Female.--Length 4.0 mm, width 1.6-1.8 Female.— Unknown. mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment Holotype.— Male, Rio Negro, Choele I, length 0.3 mm; II, 1.2 mm; III, 0.5 Choel, Argentina, Nov. 1946 (JCMC). mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6-0.7 mm, basal width 1.3 mm. Remarks.—This species can be Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal width distinguished only by the formation of 0.30 mm. the male genitalia (figs. 16-18) as given here and in the key. Similar to male in coloration and general aspect, with spots on pronotum Etymology.— The trivial name refers darker. to Argentina, where the holotype was collected. Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. 145); posterior wall (fig. 146). Ceratocapsus bahiensis Carvalho and Fontes, new species Holotype.—Male, Estrada, Rio-Bahia, km 965, Motel da Divisa, 960 m, Encru- (Figs. 19-21, 145-146) zilhada, Bahia, Brazil, Nov. 1972, Sea- bra and Roppa colls. (JCMC). Para- Male.—Length 3»9-4»0 mm, width 1.6 types: 2 males and 15 females, same mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 data as for type (JCMC, NMB). mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.3 mm; II, 1.1-1.2 mm; III, Remarks.—This species is similar to 0.5 mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length C_. fuscopunctatus Henry, n. sp., but 0.6-0.7 mm, basal width 1.3 mm. differs by the fuscous membrane and Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal width the structure of the male genitalia 0.20 mm. (figs. 19-21) as given here.
General coloration brown with pale- Etymology.—The trivial name refers to yellow areas, with dark spot on the Brazilian State of Bahia, where vertex, basal area of scutellum, and 2 the species was collected. spots behind calli (l at each side or in some specimens as 2 continuous and Ceratocapsus boliviensis Heniy, new wide fasciae); antenna brown, segment species I pale yellow with subbasal spot interiorly, segments III and IV (Figs. 22-24) becoming red; hemelytra brown, middle part of corium and cuneus (in some Male.—Length 2.88 mm, width 1.12 mm. specimens) becoming red, clavus and Head: Width 0.58 ram, vertex 0.22 mm. corial commissure darker in some Rostrum: Length 0.90 mm. Antenna: specimens; membrane fuscous. Segment I, length 0.24 mm; II, 0.74 Underside of body brown; coxae and mm; III, 0.52 mm; IV, 0.36 mm. Pro- legs pale yellow. Body strongly punc- notum: Length 0.54 mm, basal width tate above (including scutellum and 1.00 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.38 mm, cuneus), setae very long, erect; ros- basal width O.36 mm. trum reaching posterior coxae. General coloration brown to testaceous; Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig* 19) with head brown, impunctate, frons trans- long sclerotized spiculum and small versely rugose, eyes fuscous with a few teeth on apices of lobes; left para- short scattered setae; pronotum brown, mere (fig. 20) branched, proximal arm anterior one-third more infuscated, situated slightly beyond middle; right evenly punctured; scutellum and hem-
11 elytra brown or testaceous, evenly specimens totally black); hemelytra punctured, apical area just inside em- brown, embolium pale yellow, cuneus bolia and middle of cunei tinged with largely reddish, membrane fuscous. red, dorsum thickly clothed with recum- Underside of body brown, propleura, bent and more scattered pilose, testa- coxae, mesosternum, and legs pale ceous setae, intermixed on pronotum, yellow. Body elongate, superficially scutellum, and hemelytra with short, punctated; rostrum reaching middle silvery, sericeous pubescence; membrane coxae. and veins translucent brown« Venter brown; abdomen more reddish brown. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 25) with Legs and antennae uniformly yellowish characteristic vesica; left paramere or testaceous; 1st antennal segment (fig. 26) with typical subbasal lobe with indistinct red mark on inside of and main branch recurved apically; basal one-half, apices of 2d and 3d right paramere (fig. 27) branched segments and base of 4th segment with subapically. weak reddish tinge, 2d segment clothed with semierect pale setae with lengths Female.—Length 3.9-4.6 mm, width approaching diameter of segment. 1.3-1.7 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.40 mm. Antenna: Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 22); left Segment I, length 0.3-0.4 mm; II, 0.9- paramere (fig. 25); right paramere 1.4 mm; III, 0.8 mm; IV, 0.6 mm. Pro- (fig. 24). notum: Length 0.7-0.8 mm, basal width 1.2-1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.40-0.50 Pemale. —Unknown. mm, basal width 0.30-0.40 mm.
Holotype.--Male, Bolivia, Prov. Sara, Similar to male in general aspect and Steinbach coll. (AMNH). coloration.
Remarks.--C. boliviensis is most Genitalia.—Not dissected, unique speci- similar to C_. cuneotinctus Henry, n. men. sp., but is distinguished by the weaker red markings on the cunei, the Holotype.—Male, Bolivia, Sara pilose setae on the dorsum, and the Province, Steinbach coll. (JCMC). male genitalia (figs. 22-24). Paratypes: 2 males, 1 female, same data as type (JCMC). Etymology.—The specific name of this species refers to Bolivia, where the Remarks.—This species can be holotype was collected. recognized by the pale punctate dorsum, reddish cuneus, and the Ceratocapsus boliviosara Carvalho and relatively short pubescence on the 2d Pontes, new species antennal segment.
(Pigs. 25-27) Etymology.—The trivial name refers to Bolivia, where the specimens were Male.—Length 3.8-3.9 mm, width 1.3 collected. mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.20 mm. Antenna: Segment Ceratocapsus brunneus Heniy, new I, length 0.3 mm; II, 1.2 mm; III, 0.6 species mm; IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6- 0.7 mm, basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: (Figs. 28-30) Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. Male.—Length 3.28 mm, width 1.28 mm. General coloration brown with reddish Head: Width 0.72 mm, vertex 0.28 mm. and pale-yellow areas; head pale, eyes Rostrum: Length 1.12 mm. Antenna: and antenna brown, segment I pale yel- Segment I, length 0.26 mm; II, 0.84 low with red subbasal spot interior- mm; III, 0.50 mm; IV, broken. Pro- ly f segments III and IV darker (in some 12 notum: Length 0.62 mm, basal width Ceratocapsus catarinensis Carvalho and 1.12 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, Fontes, new species basal width 0.36 mm. (Figs. 31-33) General coloration brown, dorsum uni- formly yellow brown; head impunctate Male.—Length 4.4 mm, width 1.3-1.5 mm. except along basal margin of vertex, Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, transversely rugose on frons, tylus vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, dark brown, eyes silver (faded?), with length 0.4 mm; II, 1.1-1.2 mm; III, several erect silvery setae; antennae 0.6 mm; IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length testaceous, 1st segment with red mark 0.7 mm, basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: on inner basal angle, clothed with Length 0.60 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. rather long, recumbent setae, some setae on 2d segment, especially General coloration brown with reddish basally, longer than diameter of and pale-yellow areas; head, pronotum, segment; pronotum, scutellum, and and scutellum dark, eyes and antenna hemelytra finely brown punctured; brown, segment I brown to dark but head, pronotum, scutellum, and lighter internally where a darker spot hemelytra clothed with numerous, long, can be seen, segment II paler at basal erect setae, intermixed with more part, apical parts of segments III and recumbent pubescence, bases of IV reddish; hemelytra brown, embolium scutellum and anterior area of prono- light brown, cuneus dark brown to tum with a few sericeous setae; mem- reddish internally, membrane fuscous, brane and veins smoky brown. Venter darker outside aréoles. Underside of dark brown; legs (mesoleg attached to body dark brown, ostiolar peritreme, point by glue uniformly testaceous), coxae, and legs pale yellow, apices of coxae testaceous. posterior femora and posterior tibiae darker, becoming reddish. Body Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 28) long, elongate, hemelytra slightly punctate, slender, and down curved on apical rostrum reaching middle coxae. one-third; left paramere (fig. 29) divided into 2 lobes with main lobe Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 3l); left widened apically and then abruptly paramere (fig. 33) wider at basal narrowed and truncated; right paramere third, where there are 3 branches, (fig. 30) with 2 lateral branches, main one recurved at apical part; lower one slender, upper one more right paramere (fig. 32) with branch thickened and foiming a slant T slightly before middle, with 4 apical apically. minute teeth.
Female.—Unknown. Female.—Unknown.
Holotype.—^Male, Brazil, Mato Grosso, Holotype.—Male, Nova Teutonia, Santa lat. 12'31", long. 55'37", Sinop, Oct. Catarina, Brazil, 27'11"N, 52'23"W, 1974, M. Alvarenga coll. (AMNH). Oct. 1970, Fritz Plaumann coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: 2 males, same data as Remarks.—^£. brunneus could be type, 1 collected Dec. 1970. confused with (Figs. 54-36) (Figs. 37-39) Male.—Length 4.60 mm, width 1.76 mm. Male.--Length 4.0-4.4 mm, width Head: Width 0.90 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. 1.7-1.8 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, Rostrum: Length ca. 1.40 mm (bent width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: under body over point). Antenna: Segment I, length 0.3-0.4 mm; II, Segment I, length 0.64 mm; II, 1.50 1.2-1.3 mm; III, 0.6 mm; IV, 0.5 mm. mm; III, 0.76 mm; IV, 0.54 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7 mm, basal width Pronotum: Length 0.90 mm, basal width 1.3-1.50 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.50 mm, 1.52 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.60 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. basal width 0.54 mm. General coloration brown; 2 spots on General coloration fuscous to black; vertex, 2 behind calli (shaped head yellowish orange, vertex darker as fasciae), and base of scutellum basally, impunctate, nearly smooth, dark; eyes and antennae castaneous eyes reddish brown with very short becoming reddish, segment I pale erect setae; pronotum black, impunc- yellow with subbasal reddish fascia tate; scutellum and hemelytra dark interiorly; embolium lighter, cuneus brown or fuscous; dorsum rather with apical inner margin reddish; thickly scattered with long erect or membrane fuscous. Underside of body pilose setae, scutellum and hemelytra brown, mesosternum laterally and sparsely set with recumbent, silveiy, pleura black; ostiolar peritreme, sericeous setae; membrane and veins coxae, and legs pale yellow. Body fúmate. Venter fuscous, basal area of compact, strongly punctate above; abdomen and genital segment lighter rostrum reaching hindcoxae; eyes not brown. Legs uniformly yellowish reaching gula below. orange. Antennae yellow orange, 1st segment with distinct red dash on Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 37) with inside of basal one-half, apical long vesical spiculum and lobes with one-half of 2d segment tinged with minute teeth; left paramere (fig. 39) red, segments 3 and 4 red. branched slightly beyond middle; right paramere (fig. 38) also branched, Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 34) thick- submedian branch with minute teeth. ened with apex widened and oblong; left paramere (fig. 35) with short, Female.--Length 4.1 mm, width 1.8 mm. widened base giving rise to 2 long, Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, slender branches; right paramere (fig. vertex 0.40 mm. Antenna: Segment I, 36) stout, bifid apically. length 0.4 mm; II, 1.3 mm; III, 0.5 mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 Female.—Unknown. mm, basal width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. Holotype.--Male, Bolivia, Sara Prov., Steinbach coll. (AMNH). General aspect and coloration identical to that of male. RemarkS.--C. contrastus is characterized by the black pronotum, Genitalia.—Not dissected, unique yellowish-orange head and appendages, female. and uniquely developed male genitalia (figs. 34-36) as given in the key and Holotype.—^Male, Corcovado, Guanabara, here. Brazil, Oct. 1970, C. A. Seabra coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: Male and female, Etymology.—The specific name of this same data as for type, 27 Oct. 1974. species denotes the contrasting orange appendages and the dark fuscous to Remarks.--This species differs from black dorsum. others in the genus by the spots on 14 the head, pronotum, and scutellum and Etymology.—The trivial name refers to the structure of the male genitalia Cordoba, one of the main cultural (figs. 57-59). centers of Argentina. Etymology.—The trivial name refers to Ceratocapsus cuneotinctus Henry, new Corcovado Mountain, one of the most species outstanding geographical areas of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Fig. 45) Ceratocapsus cordobensis Carvalho and Male.--Length 5*52 mm, width 1.56 mm. Fontes, new species Head: Width 0.72 mm, vertex 0.26 mm. Rostrum: Length 1.00 mm, reaching (Figs. 40-42) middle of mesocoxae. Antenna: Seg- ment I, length 0.24 mm; II, 0.84 mm; Male.—Length 2.7 mm, width 1.1 mm. III and IV, broken. Pronotum: Length Head: Length 0.5 mm, width 0.5 mm, 0.62 mm, basal width 1.20 mm. Cuneus: vertex 0.20 mm. Antenna: Segment I, Length 0.50 mm, basal width 0.44 mm. length 0.2 mm; II, 0.6 mm; III, 0.5 mm; IV, 0.5 nnn. Pronotum: Length 0.4 General coloration dark brown; head mm, hasal width 1.0 mm. Cuneus: brown, darker on tylus and under- Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm surface, impunetäte, frons trans- (holotype). versely rugose, eyes reddish brown, with a few short, scattered setae; General coloration castaneous with pronotum shiny dark brown, claval reddish areas; eyes reddish, antenna commissure and inner angle of corium dark brown, segment I reddish with testaceous, evenly brown punctured, small, darker, subbasal spot cuneus red, inner angles and narrow interiorly, segments II-IV dark brown; lateral margins brown, dorsum thickly pronotum black before calli, lighter clothed with semierect testaceous at humeral angles; scutellum reddish; setae intermixed with recumbent hemelytra castaneous to brown, apical silvery setae; membrane and veins half of embolium and cuneus reddish; fúmate. Venter dark brown to membrane fuscous. Underside of body, fuscous. Legs uniformly testaceous or including coxae and legs, castaneous, yellowish; antennae testaceous, 1st tibiae paler toward apex. Body segment with strong red dash on basal strongly punctate above, punctures one-half of ventral aspect, apical stained with brown; eyes reaching gula one-half of 2d segment red. below; rostrum attaining middle coxae. Genitalia.—Left paramere (fig. 45) Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 40, theca nearly S-shaped, with large, spatula- broken); left paramere (fig. 4l) falci- shaped, serrate basal process and more form; right paramere (fig. 42) simple, slender, recurved middle process; incrassate apically. aedeagus and right paramere obscured in glue. Female. —Unknown. Female.—Unknown. Holotype.—Male, Cordoba, Argentina, Calamuchita Dept., "El Sauce," Dec. Holotype.—Male, Argentina, Mado, 1958, Manual J. Viana coll. (JCMC). Puerto Magdalena Misiones, 4 Nov. 1964, A. Kovacs coll. (AMNH). Remarks. — This species resembles _C. riodocensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. Remarks.—This species is distinguished sp., but differs by the dark-brown from other Ceratocapsus by the brown antennae and the structure of the male dorsum and red cuneus, the recumbent genitalia (figs. 40-42) as given here. 15 setae on the hemelytra, and the unique Ceratocapsus dispersus Carvalho and left paramere (fig. 45) as given here. Pontes, new species ^ Etymology.--This species name refers (Pigs. 47-49, 147-148) to the distinctive red cuneus. Male.--Length 3.8-4.3 mm, width 1.5- Ceratocapsus diamantinensis Carvalho 1.7 mm. Head: Length 0.3-0.4 mm, and Pontes, new species width 0.8-0.9 mm, vertex 0.20-0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length (Figs. 44-46) 0.2-0.3 mm; II, 0.8-0.9 mm; III, 0.4-0.5 mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Male.—Length 3»4 mm, width 1.3 mm. Length 0.6-0.8 mm, basal width 1.2-1.3 Head: Length 0.3 mm, width 0.7 mm, mm. Cuneus: Length 0.50-0.60 mm, vertex 0.20 mm. Antenna: Segment I, basal width 0.20-0.40 mm. length 0.2 mm; II, 0.8 mm; III and IV, mutilated. Pronotum: Length 0.6 mm, General coloration light brown; eyes basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: Length dark brown, segment I of antennae pale 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. yellow with reddish subbasal spot interiorly, apex of segment II and seg- General coloration brown with pale- ments III and IV darker; pronotum brown yellow areas; clypeus black, antenna to light brown (in some specimens brown, segment I pale yellow with red- darker laterally), median line fre- dish subbasal spot interiorly; anteri- quently pale, at least between calli; or part of pronotum and basal part of hemelytra brown, embolium, apex of cuneus dark; apex of scutellum, scutellum, and lateral part of cuneus embolium, and cuneus lighter; membrane pale yellow; membrane fuscous. fuscous. Underside of body brown, Underside of body brown, propleura and abdomen with reddish tinge, ostiolar sides of mesosternum darker, ostiolar peritreme, coxae, and legs pale yellow. peritreme, coxae, and legs pale Body compact, densely pubescent, yellow. Body compact, strongly strongly punctate; rostrum reaching punctate above, densely pilose; middle coxae; eye not reaching gula rostrum reaching middle coxae; eyes interiorly. large, reaching gula b.elow. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 44) with Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 47); left apical part of theca characteristic; paramere (fig. 48); right paramere left paramere (fig. 45) with 4 lobes (fig. 49) with 2 median branches. at middle part, apex recurved; right paramere (fig. 46) with complex median Pemale.—Length 4,0-4.3 mm, width lobe as shown in illustration. 1.6-1.8 mm. Head: Length 0.3 mm, width 0.7-0.8 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Pemale.—Unknown. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.2-0.3 mm; II, 0.8 mm; III, 0.5 mm; IV, 0.4 Holotype.—Male, Diamantino, Pazenda, mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7 mm, basal S. Joao, Mato Grosso, Brazil, km 20, width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.60 Br. 163, Roppa coll. (JCMC). mm, basal width 0.30 mm. Remarks.--This species is close to _C. Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. fuscopunctatus Henry, n. sp., but dif- 147); posterior wall (fig. 148). fers by the fuscous membrane and the structure of the male genitalia (figs. Holotype.—Male, Piura, Peru, June 44-46) as given here. 1943f Borry coll. Paratypes: 16 males, 7 females (JCMC, NMB); 9 Etymology.—The trivial name refers to males, 17 females (USNM); 9 males, 5 the Chapada of Diamantino in the State females (AMNH). Same data as for holo- of Mato Grosso, Brazil. type; Ibera, Corrientes, Argentina, 16 Dec. 1974; Cuyaba, Brazil, Sept. 1900, General coloration castaneous to brown Silvestre coll.; Ac. (Acude), Quixada, with dark, pale-reddish, and reddish Br. 1975, M. Schubart coll.; Barra do areas; head, pronotum, and scutellum Tapirape, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 29 Mar. dark, eyes brown, jugum, lorum, and 1947, H. Sauer coll.; S. Paulo, A. buccula pale yellow, antenna brown, Giannoti coll.; Baracatu, MG, Brazil, segment I pale with reddish subbasal Jul. I960, 86/60, Exp. Formosa; Carmo spot interiorly, segment II pale do Rio Claro, MG, Brazil, Jan. 1958, basally, with apical part together Carvalho and Becker colls.; Casa Nova, with segments III and IV reddish; Pemambuco, Brazil, May 1964, Carvalho hemelytra brown, apex of embolium and coll.; Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, May cuneus reddish; membrane fuscous. 1974, Carvalho coll.; Estrada Picos, Underside of body dark brown, abdomen Joao, MT, Brazil, Roppa coll.; Bello, light brown, ostiolar peritreme, coxae, Ant. Brazil, 23 Mar. 1955, C. Carmena and legs pale yellow, apices of femora coll.; Caraquata, Mato Grosso, Brazil, and tibia reddish or with reddish 25 Mar. 1955, P* Plaumann coll.; tinge. Body elongate; pronotum Roraima, east bank of Rio Branco at shagreened, scutellum rugose; hem- Boa Vista, Brazil, 140 m, 50 Jul.-2 elytra finely punctate; rostrum Aug. 1975, R. T. Schuh coll., sweeping reaching middle coxae. roadside vegetation (AMNH); Pinchinche, Manabi, Ecuador, 2- (Mar.?), 1955, H. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 50); left R. Yust coll., "Just on cotton" (USNM); paramere (fig. 5l) with subbasal lobe Gran Chaco, Paraguay, 59*40" ¥, 22*25" branched into 5 parts, longest N, 260 km w. Paraguay River, 14 Jul. branched apically; right paramere 1955, A. Schulz coll.; Barranca, Peru, (fig. 52) with median lobe serrate. Ramos coll.; Chancas, Peru, Ramos coll.; Lima, 29 Apr. 1959, H. R. Yust coll.; Pemale.--Unknown. Piura, Peru, 5 May 1941, E. J. Hableton coll., on cotton (USNM); Holotype.—Male, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Montevideo, Peru, Paras Lab., Sullana, Carmo do Rio Claro, Jan. 1978, Carvalho 5 Sept. 1942, no collector data, pred. and J. C. Schaffner colls. (JCMC). ^^ H[eliothus] virescens larva (USNM); Boca del Rio, Edo Aragua, Venezuela, 19 Remarks.—This species is close to £. Nov. 1945, C. H. Ballou coll., on guanabarinus Carvalho and Fontes, n. cotton (USNM). sp., but differs by the slender antennal segment, the brilliant Remarks.—£. dispersus is distinguished surface of the disc on the pronotum, by the pale median area of the prono- and the structure of the male tum, pilose setae on the dorsum, and genitalia (figs. 50-52). the densely pilose eyes. Etymology.—The trivial name refers to Etymology.—The specific name dispersus the original settlers of the region is selected to indicate the wide South where the species was collected. American distribution of this species. Ceratocapsus fuscopunctatus Henry, new Ceratocapsus emboabanus Carvalho and species Pontes, new species (Figs. 1, 55-55, 149-150) (Figs. 50-52) Male.--Length 2.92 mm, width I.40 mm. Male.—Length 5»8 mm, width I.4 mm. Head: Width 0.70 mm, vertex 0.52 mm. Head: Length 0.5 mm, width 0.7 mm, Rostrum: Length ca. I.04 mm, reaching vertex 0.20 mm. Antenna: Segment I, metacoxae. Antenna: Segment I, length length 0.4 mm; II, 1.1 mm; III, 0.6 0.24 mm; II, 0.80 mm; III, 0.50 mm; mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 IV, 0.40 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.64 mm, basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: mm, basal width 1.20 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.50 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. Length 0.42 mm, basal width 0.56 mm. 17 General coloration brown to reddish 1943 (also June 1944 and 1945), brown shaded with fuscous, broadly Carvalho coll.; Represa do Cabeca, rounded; head dark brown, impunctate, Corcovado, Rio, Federal Department, strongly rugose, eyes reddish brown, 4-8, 1946, Wygodzinsky coll.; scattered with rather long pale setae; Paineiras, Guanabara, Brazil, Aug. pronotum fuscous, basal area of disc 1961, M. Alvarenga coll.; Floresta dos lighter brown, especially at posterior Macacos, Gb, Aug. 1961, Alvarenga angles, uniformly dark punctured; coll.; E. do Rio, Brazil, Paraiba do scutellum fuscous, evenly punctate; Sul, Carvalho coll.; Corcovado, Rio de hemelytra reddish brown, evenly punc- Janeiro, Federal Department, 22 Nov. tate, dorsum thickly clothed with long, 1947, Wygodzinsky coll. semierect, pale setae, inteimixed with recumbent, silvery, sericeous setae; Remarks.--This species, generally membrane fúmate or black, paler along characterized by the broad form and cunei, veins tinged with reddish apically red 2d antennal segments, brown. Legs uniformly testaceous or differs from other species by the yellowish, coxae reddish. Antenna structures of the male genitalia testaceous, 1st segment with red dash (figs. 53-55) as given here. at base of inner angle, apex of 2d and all of 3d segment red. Etymology.—The specific name fuscopunctatus refers to the dark Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 53) stout punctures on the dorsum. but elongate and slender apically, with complex, serrate, lateral process; Ceratocapsus grandis Henry, new species left paramere (fig. 54) with 2 dorsal processes; right paramere (fig. 55) (Figs. 56-58, 151-152) stout, with 2 slender, lateral Male.--Length 5.25 mm, width 1.80 mm. processes. Head: Width 0.98 mm, vertex 0.36 mm. Female."Length 3.08 ram, width 1.44 Rostrum: Length 1.74 mm, reaching mm. Head: Width 0.70 mm, vertex 0.34 apices of mesocoxae. Antenna: mm. Rostrum: Length 1.00 mm, reaching Segment I, length 0.60 mm; II, 1.84 metacoxae. Antenna: Segment I, length mm; III, 1.00 mm; IV, 0.76 mm. Prono- tum: Length 0.82 mm, basal width 1.46 0.26 mm; II, 0.74 mm; III, 0.44 mm; IV, broken. Pronotum: Length 0.66 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.80 mm, basal mm, basal width 1.28 mm. Cuneus: width 0.54 mm. Length 0.52 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. General coloration brown to testaceous; The female is more broadly oval and head brownish, impunctate, somewhat less reddish brown than the male. roughened, eyes reddish brown with a few short setae; pronotum dark brown, Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. impunctate, finely granulate; scutellum and hemelytra testaceous, impunctate, 149); posterior wall (fig. 150). sparsely clothed with short, recumbent, Holotype.--Male, Argentina, Quebrada and a few erect, testaceous setae; de la Angasture Tafi del Valle, Tucu- membrane and veins fúmate. Venter man, 1800 mm, 26 Feb. 1953, T. Ramires testaceous, abdomen darker brown; coll. (USM type No. 100239). Para- antennae and legs uniformly testaceous. types: 1 male, 1 female, Argentina, Mado, Puerto Magdalena Misiones, 6 Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 56) acutely tapered apically with large backward- Oct. 1964, A. Kovacs coll. (AMNH). Also 10 males from the following pointing process; left paramere (fig. localities (JCMC, MB): Rio de 58) with apex slender and looping and Janeiro (Paineiras) , Brazil, 3-4 Mar. basal process straight, taper- 1957, J» Carvalho and Becker colls.; ing and upright; right paramere (fig. Minas Gerais, Brazil, Vicosa, Aug. 57) with 3 lateral processes. 18 Female«—Length 5»66 mm, width 2.04 strongly punctate above; membrane mm. Head: Width 0.92 mm, vertex 0.40 short; rostrum reaching bases of mm. Rostrum: Length 1.74 mm, reaching middle coxae. middle or apices of mesocoxae. Anten- na: Segment I, length 0.62 mm; II, Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 59) 1.84 mm; III, 0.96 mm; IV, 0.70 mm. characteristic, as shown in Pronotum: Length 0.80 mm, basal width illustration; left paramere (fig. 6l) 1.46 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.72 mm, with complex subbasal lobe, distal end basal width 0.54 mm. of main branch T-shaped; right paramere (fig. 60) with 2 lateral The coloration is the same as that of branches, larger one with small teeth the males. at subapical part. Genitalia.--Sclerotized rings (fig. Female.—Length 2.9 mm, width 1.2 mm. 151); posterior wall (fig. 152). Head: Length 0.5 mm, width 0.7 mm, vertex 0.50 mm. Antenna: Segment I, Holotype.--Male, Brazil, Pelotas, Rio length 0.2 mm; II, 0.5 mm; III, 0.5 mm; Grande do Sul, 20 Feb. 1953, C. Bie- IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 mm, zanko coll. (AMNH). Allotype: basal width 1.1 mm. Cuneus: Length Female, same data as holotype (AMNH) . 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. Paratypes: 6 males, 2 females, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 28 Genitalia.—Not dissected, unique Nov. 1952, Biezanko coll. (JCMC). specimen. Remarks.--_C. grandis is similar to C_. Holotype.—Male, Paraguay, Horqueta, spinosus Henry of North America 1958, Alperto Schulze coll. (JCMC). (Henry, 1978) and _C. woytkowskii Paratype: Female, Trinidad, Bolivia, Henry, n. sp. , in its large size, but 1922-25, M. S. Pennington coll. (JCMC). it is readily distinguished by the uniformly testaceous coloration and Remarks.—This species, characterized the male genitalia (figs. 56-58) as by its small size, resembles _C. given here. surinamensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp., but differs by the more sparsely Etymology.—The specific name grandis pubescent body and the structure of is used to denote its large size. the male genitalia (figs. 59-61) as given here. Ceratocapsus graziae Carvalho and Fontes, new species Etymology.—The trivial name of this species is dedicated to our colleague, (Figs. 59-61) Jocelia Grazia, Museum of Natural History, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Male.—Length 2.8 mm, width 1.2 mm. Sul, in recognition of her work on the Head: Length 0.5 mm, width 0.6 mm, family Pentatomidae. vertex 0.50 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.2 mm; II, 0.6 mm; III, 0.4 mm; Ceratocapsus guanabarinus Carvalho and IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.5 mm, Fontes, new species basal width 1.1 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. (Figs. 62-64) General coloration light brown; eyes Male.—Length 4.0 mm, width 1.6 mm. dark brown, antenna brown, segment I Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.9 mm, pale yellow with reddish subbasal spot vertex 0.50 mm. Antenna: Segment I, interiorly, segments III and IV dark length 0.5 mm; II, 1.1 mm; III, 0.5 mm; brown; cuneus castaneous to reddish; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.8 mm, membrane fuscous, pale at base. basal width 1.5 mm. Cuneus: Length Underside of body brown, coxae and 0.50 mm, basal width 0.50 mm. legs pale yellow. Body compact. 19 General coloration dark brown with toward apex, segments III and IV brown; black and reddish areas; head, pronotum dark brown to brown with pronotum, and scutellum dark brown to longitudinal pale fascia between and black, part of head in front of eyes behind calli; scutellum dark brown pale yellow, eyes and antennae brown, with apical part paler; hemelytra segment I pale with longitudinal brown, darker in central area of dark-reddish to red spot or fascia corium and clavus, apical margin of anteriorly; hemelytra brown, lighter embolium lighter; membrane fuscous, at corial commissure, apex of embolium unicolorous. Underside of body brown, and cuneus reddish; membrane fuscous. coxae and legs ochraceous, hindfemora Body elongate; hemelytra punctate with darker apically. Body strongly punc- very long, erect setae, segments III tate above, rostrum reaching middle and IV of antennae very short. coxae. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 62); left Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 65); left paramere (fig. 63) with distal end paramere (fig. 66) with 3 branches, falciform and recurved subbasal 2 with origin in middle part recurved branch; right paramere (fig. 64). apically; right paramere (fig. 67) branched with median arm ending in Female.—Unknown. shape of a hammer. Holotype.--Male, Corcovado, Guanabara, Female.—Length 3-8-4.3 mm, width Brazil, 15 Sept. 1967, Alavarenga and 1.5-1*8 mm. Head: Length 0.3-0.4 mm, Seabra colls. (JCMC). width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.30-0.40 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.3 mm; Remarks. — This species is close to C^. II, 0.8 mm; III, 0.4-0.5 mm; IV, 0.4 emboabanus Carvalho and Fontes, n. mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7 mm, basal sp., but differs by the thickened 2d width 1.3-1«5 mm. Cuneus: Length antennal segment, the black pronotum, 0.50-0.60 mm, basal width O.3O mm. and the structure of the male genitalia (figs. 62-64) as given here. Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. 153); posterior wall (fig. 154). Etymology.—The trivial name refers to the Bay of Guanabara and to the former Holotype.—Male, Jacaré, Mato Grosso, State of Guanabara (now Rio de Janeiro) Brazil, Parque Exingu, Nov. 1965, in the Corcovado Mountain area. Alvarenga coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: 7 males, 22 females, Jacaré, Mato Ceratocapsus guaraniensis Carvalho and Grosso, Brazil, Parque Xingu, Nov. Fontes, new species 1965, Alvarenga coll. ; Tucuraan, Argentina, Dec. 1949, Wygodzinsky (Figs. 65-67, 153-154) coll.; Colon, Entre Rios, Argentina, Jan. 1975, Zelich coll.; Mendoza, Male.—Length 3.4-4.4 mm, width Uspallata, Argentina, 1850 m, Jan. 1.3-1*6 mm. Head: Length 0.3-0.4 mm, 1947; idem, 24 Jan. 1950, M. Hazel width 0.8-0.9 mm, vertex 0.20-0.30 coll.; Rio Negro, Choele Choel, Nov. mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.3 1946 (JCMC). mm; II, 0.8 mm; III, 0.4-0.5 mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7 mm, Remarks.—This species is characterized basal width 1.2-1.3 mm. Cuneus: by the pubescence of eyes and 2d Length 0.60 mm, basal width O.3O mm. antennal segment and the structure of the male genitalia (figs. 65-67) as General coloration brown to light given here. brown with pale-yellow areas; head light brown, areas of front and clypeus Etymology.—The trivial name refers to darker, eyes brown, segment I pale, the native Guarani language of the with subbasal reddish spot interior- area where this species occurs. ly, segment II pale at base, infuscated 20 Ceratocapsus guaratibanus Carvalho and mm, vertex 0.20 mm. Antenna: Segment Fontes, new species I, length 0.4 mm; II, 1.2 mm; III, 0.8 mm; IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 (Figs. 68-70) mm, basal width 1.0 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. Male.—Length 3-5 mni, width 1.2 mm. Head: Length 0.5 mm, width 0.7 mm, General coloration pale to lutescent vertex 0.50 mm. Antenna: Segment I, with pale-yellow and reddish areas; length 0.2 mm; II, 0.7 mm; III, 0.4 eyes dark brown, antenna pale yellow, mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.5 segment I with brown subbasal spot mm, basal width 1.1 mm. Cuneus: interiorly, segment II toward apical Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. part, and segments III-IV brown; hind- margin of pronotum pale; hemelytra General coloration light brown; eyes with wide pale to whitish transverse brown, antenna pale yellow, segment I fascia widening laterally between apex with obsolete, reddish, subbasal spot of clavus and apex of scutellum, interiorly (not visible on right embolium and cuneus (except extreme side); scutellum darker at base; base) ochraceous, apical part of membrane fuscous. Underside of body hemelytra with brown transverse light brown, coxae and legs pale fascia, reddish at apex of embolium yellow. Body compact, punctate, and extreme base of cuneus, exocorium punctures on each side of corial com- with small dark spot level with median missure stained with brown; pubescence part and contiguous to embolium; mostly recumbent with only a few membrane fuscous, veins darker. slender, erect setae; rostrum reaching Underside of body ochraceous, middle coxae. mesosternum, pleura, lateral fascia on abdomen, segments VI and VII, and Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 68); left pygophore reddish; ostiolar peritreme, paramere (fig. 69) curved at middle, coxae, and median part of abdomen at falciform on apical part; right base pale, legs ochraceous, apical paramere (fig. 70) simple, elongate. part of femura I and II and greater part of all femora brown to reddish, Female.--Unknown. tibiae brown at basal part, pale at apices. Body elongate, punctate, espe- Holotype.--Male, Federal District, cially on basal part of clavus where Guaratiba, Brazil, Nov. 1945, Carvalho punctures are brown to fuscous; pu- coll. (JCMC). bescence long and erect; rostrum reach- ing middle coxae; eyes with numerous Remarks.—This species is similar to hairs among ommatidia. £• testatipes Henry, n. sp., but differs by the light-brown abdomen, Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 7l); left the brown-stained punctures on the hem- paramere (fig. 72) with large median elytra, and the structure of the male lobe; right paramere (fig. 75) small, genitalia (figs. 68-70) as given here. simple. Etymology.--The trivial name refers to Female.—Similar to male in color and the locality of Guaratiba in the old dimensions; genitalia not examined. Federal District (now a part of the State of Rio de Janeiro). Holotype.—Male, Paramaribo, Suriname, Apr. 1961, P. H. van Doesburg, Jr., Ceratocapsus guianensis Carvalho and coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: 1 male, Fontes, new species same data as type, Aug. 1962; 1 female, P. 2117, Suriname, Apr. 1962, van (Figs. 71-75) Doesburg coll. Male.--Length 5-4-5.5 mm, width 1.2 Remarks.—This species differs from mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 others by the pale coloration of the 21 body and the structure of the male Remarks.—This species differs from genitalia (figs. 71-75) as given here other CeratK)cap3us species by the and in the key« structure of the genitalia (figs. 74- 76) as given here and in the key. Etymology.—The trivial name refers to the region formerly known as the Etymology.—The trivial name refers to Guyanas in northern South America. the town of Itaguai near Rural Univer- sity in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Ceratocapsus itaguaiensis Carvalho and Fontes, new species Ceratocapsus lividipes Reuter (Figs. 5, 74-76, 155-156) (Figs. 2, 77-79, 157-158) Male.--Length 4.2-4.4 mm, width 1.7 mm. Ceratocapsus lividipes Reuter, 1912: Head: Length 0.3-0.4 mm, width 0.8- 58. 0.9 mm, vertex 0.50-0.40 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.4-0.7 mm; II, 1.4- Male.—Length 5.1-5-6 mm, width 1.0-1.5 1.5 mm; III, 0.8 mm; IV, 0.6 mm. Pro- mm. Head: Length 0.2-0.5 mm, width notum: Length 0.6-0.7 mm, basal width 0.6-0.7 mm, vertex 0.50-0.40 mm. Anten- 1.2-1.5 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.50-0.60 na: Segment I, length 0.2-0.5 mm; II, mm, basal width 0.20 mm. 0.8 mm; III, 0.4-0.5 mm; IV, O.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6-0.7 mm, basal General coloration brown with pale- width 1.0-1.2 mm. Cuneus: Length yellow areas; anterior part of 0.40-0.50 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. pronotum and scutellum darker, eyes brown, segment I of antenna pale General coloration brown to dark brown; yellow with reddish subbasal spot head, anterior part of pronotum, and interiorly, segments III and IV brown basal part of scutellum darker, becoming darker toward apex; hemelytra antenna brown, segment I pale yellow brown, embolium pale yellow, cuneus with small, subbasal, reddish spot darker, becoming reddish; membrane interiorly, segment II pale at base fuscous. Underside of body brown, and dark toward apex, segments III and ostiolar peritreme, coxae, and legs IV dark brown. Underside of body dark pale yellow. Body elongate; pygophore brown, apices of coxae, femora, and with thick, recurved prong; rostrum tibiae pale yellow. Body compact, reaching middle coxae. strongly punctate above, densely pilose, rostrum reaching middle coxae. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 74) with 2 sclerotized vesical formations; left Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 77) with paramere (fig. 75) recurved apically, serrate vesical spiculum; left para- subbasal lobe with 4 points; right mere (fig. 78) branched, with longer paramere (fig. 76); pygophore with lobe serrate apically; right paramere thick left tubercle recurved inward. (fig. 79) elongate, with subapical tooth; pygophore with small left Female.—Length 4.5-4.4 mm, width 1.6 tubercle. mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.40 mm. Antenna: Segment Female.--Length 5.0-5.7 mm, width I, length 0.4-0.5 mm; II, 1.4-1.7 mm; 1.5-1.5 mm. Head: Length 0.2-0.5 mm, III, 0.8-0.9 mm; IV, 0.6 mm. Pronotum: width 0.6-0.7 mm, vertex O.4O mm. An- Length 0.5-0.6 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. tenna: Segment I, length 0.5 mm; II, 0.7-0.8 mm; III, 0.4 mm; IV, 0.5 mm. Genitalia.--Sclerotized rings (fig. Pronotum: Length 0.5-0.7 mm, basal 155); posterior wall (fig. 156). width 1.0-1.2 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.40-0.50 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. Holotype.--Male, Estrada Rio-Sao Paulo, Brazil, km 47, Feb. 1945, Wygodzinsky Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: 5 males, 10 157); posterior wall (fig. 158). females, same data as for type. 22 Specimens Studied,—10 males, 10 82) will separate londrinensis from females, Nova Teutonia, Santa other species as given here and in the Catarina, Brazil, 27*11" N, 52'23" W, key. 28 Mar. 1938, Fritz Plaumann coll; id., 22 Apr. 1938, Sept. 1944, Jul.-Dec. Etymology.—The trivial name refers to 1945, June 1968, May and Jul. 1970 the town of Londrina, a very important (JCMC, NMB). commercial center in the State of Paraná, Brazil. Remarks.—The species is similar to C_. roppai Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp., in Ceratocapsus mariliensis Carvalho and color and markings, but differs Fontes, new species by the slender 2d antennal segment and the structure of the male genitalia (Figs. 83-85) (figs. 77-79) as given here. Male.--Length 4.3-4.5 mm, width Ceratocapsus londrinensis Carvalho and 1.6-1.7 mm. Head: Length 0.3 mm, Fontes, new species width 0.8-0.9 mm, vertex O.3O mm. Antenna: Segment I, length O.4 mm; (Figs. 80-82) II, 0.9-1.2 mm; III, 0.6-0.7 mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7 mm, Male.—Length 4.4 mm, width 1.6 mm. basal width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, 0.60 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment If- length 0.4 mm; II, 1.2 mm; III, 0.7 General coloration brown with pale- mm; IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 yellow and reddish areas; eyes dark mm, basal width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: brown; anterior margin of pronotum and Length 0.60 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. base of scutellum dark brown; antennae brown, segment I pale, with small General coloration dark brown with subbasal spot interiorly, basal part pale-yellow and reddish areas; head, of segment II lighter; embolium pale pronotum, and scutellum dark, antenna yellow, cuneus dark brown to reddish; light brown, segment I pale with membrane fuscous with small pale spot subbasal reddish spot; clavus and contiguous to cuneus. Underside of corium brown, embolium light brown, body brown becoming reddish; lorum, cuneus with reddish tinge; membrane ostiolar peritreme, coxae, and legs fuscous, lighter outside aréoles. pale yellow. Body elongate, sha- Underside of body dark brown; greened; rostrum reaching hindcoxae. ostiolar peritreme, coxae, and legs pale yellow. Body elongate, pronotum Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 83); left and hemelytra shagreened; scutellum paramere (fig. 84) with subbasal somewhat rugose; rostrum attaining branch elongate and apex recurved; middle coxae. right paramere (fig. 85) with lateral arm branched, longer lobe curved and Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 80); left serrate at distal end, and main branch paramere (fig. 81) elongate, curved at divided into 2 slightly beyond middle. distal end; right paramere (fig. 82) branched with lateral lobe character- Female.—Unknown. istic. Holotype.—Male, Marilia, Sao Paulo, Female. - -Unknown. Brazil, 29 Mar. 1947, H. F. Sauer coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: 2 males, Holotype.—Male, Londrina, Parana, same data as type. Brazil, Mar. 1975, M. Alvarenga coll. (JCMC). Remarks.—This species can be differentiated from others only by the Remarks.—At this time, only the forma- tion of the male genitalia (figs. 80- 23 structure of the male genitalia (figs. Holotype.—Male, Brazil, Porto Velho, 83-85) as given here and in the key. Rio Madeira, May 1931, R« C. Schannon coll. (USNM type No. 100242). Etymology.—The trivial name refers to the town of Marilia, one of the im- Remarks.—^£. médius is similar to _C. portant commercial and agricultural dispersus Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp., centers in the northeastern State of in the pale median area of the prono- Sao Paulo, Brazil. tum, but it may be distinguished by the shorter recumbent setae on the Ceratocapsus médius Heniy, new species dorsum and 2d antenna and by the male genitalia (figs. 86-88) as given here. (Figs. 86-88) Etymology.—The name denotes the pale Male.—Length 5-48 mm, width 1.00 mm. median line on the pronotum. Head: Width 0.88 mm, vertex 0.24 mm. Rostrum: Length 1.02 mm, reaching Ceratocapsus minensis Carvalho and middle of mesocoxae. Antenna: Fontes, new species Segment I, length 0.50 mm; II, 0.94 mm; III and IV, broken. Pronotum: (Figs. 3, 89-91, 159-160) Length 0.66 mm, basal width 1.28 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.54 mm, basal width Male.--Length 3«5-3«6 mm, width 1.3 mm. 0.46 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.20 mm. Antenna: Segment I, General coloration testaceous to brown; length 0.4 mm; II, 1.2 mm; III, 0.6 head testaceous, tylus red, impunctate mm; IV, 0.5-0.6 mm Pronotum: Length except for a few indistinct punctures 0.7 mm, basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: basally on vertex, eyes reddish with a Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. few scattered erect setae; pronotum brown with anterior one-third (around General coloration brown with black calli), lateral margins, median line, and reddish areas; head light brown, and narrow basal margin testaceous, vertex dark, antenna pale yellow, evenly brown punctured; scutellum segment I with small reddish fascia testaceous, central area brown, dorsum subbasally, segment II toward apex and thickly clothed with rather short, segments III and IV reddish; pronotum recumbent, pale setae, intermixed with (except posterior margin) and very short, silvery, sericeous setae; scutellum black; hemelytra brown, membrane smoky brown, veins darker slightly darker on endocorium, brown. Venter testaceous, pleural embolium pale, cuneus reddish, para- areas of thoracic segments and sides cuneus black; membrane fuscous with of abdomen darker, 1st abdominal small pale area contiguous to cuneus. segment with red lateral spot, sides Underside of body brown lutescent; of propleura punctate. Legs uniformly rostrum, coxae, and bases of femora yellow or testaceous; antenna ochraceous, apices of femora reddish testaceous, 1st segment with elongate to fuscous, tibiae and tarsi pale. red dash on inside angle, 2d segment Some specimens have more reddish tinge becoming browner apically. than others, including on hindtibiae. Body punctate only on scutellum and Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 86) serrate hemelytra; pronotum shagreened; mem- apically, stout, with subapical brane long, rostrum reaching middle beaklike process laterally; left coxae. paramere (fig. 87) with 3 distinct branches; right paramere (fig. 88) Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 89) without with 1 rectangular lateral branch. sclerotized spiculum; left paramere (fig. 91) branched, 1 larger and Female.—Unknown. 24 serrate, smaller resembling shape of a anterior part, coxae, femora, and spiculum; right paramere (fig. 90). tibiae pale yellow. Body shagreened, rostrum, reaching middle coxae, Female.—Length 3»8 mm, width 1.5 mm. pygophore with large curved tubercle Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, on left side. vertex 0.50 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.5-0.4 mm; II, 1.0-1.1 mm; III, Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 95) with 0.6 mm; IV, 0.6 mm. Pronotum: Length theca ending in recurved point; left 0.5 mm, basal width 0.5 mm. paramere (fig. 92) branched, median lobe long and recurved; right paramere Genitalia.--Solerotized rings (fig. (fig. 94) with 5 branches, 2 of them 159); posterior wall (fig. 160). with small teeth; pygophore with medium-sized left tubercle curved Holotype.--Male, Parque Estadual, Rio inward. Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Apr. 1978 (lot No. 21-102), M. A. Vulcano and F. Female.--Length 4.2-4.4 mm, width Pereira colls. (JCMC). Paratypes: 2 1.5-1.6 mm. Head: Length 0.4-0.5 mm, males, 1 female, same data as type. width 0.8-0.9 mm, vertex 0.50-0.40 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.4- Remarks.—This species is near _C. 0.5 mm; II, 1.1-1.6 mm; III, 0.7-0.9 catarinensis Carvalho and Fontes, n. mm; IV, 0.5-0.6 mm. Pronotum: Length sp., but differs by the dark body with 0.7-0.8 mm, basal width 1.2-1.5 mm. black and red areas and the structure Cuneus: Length 0.60 mm, basal width of the male genitalia (figs. 89-91) as 0.50 mm. given here. Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. Etymology.—The trivial name refers to 161); posterior wall (fig. 162). Minas Gerais, one of the central States of Brazil. Holotype.—Male, Paraguay, Horqueta, 1958, A. Schluze coll. (JCMC). Para- Ceratocapsus paraguayensis Carvalho types: 12 males, 11 females, same and Fontes, new species data as for type, and Paraguay, Villa Rica, 18 Feb. 1925, F. Schade coll.; (Figs. 92-94, 161-162) id., 19 Mar. 1925; Paraguay, Villa Rica Distr., Independencia, 19 Oct. Male.—Length 4,5-4.6 mm, width 1951, R» F. Hussey coll.; Paraguay, 1.5-1.7 mm. Head: Length O.4 mm, Caaguasu District, Estancia Primera, width 0.8-0.9 mm, vertex 0.50-0.40 28 Dec. 1951; id., Corumba, Mato mm. Antenna: Segment I, length O.4 Grosso, Brazil, Jan. 1952; Chapada, mm; II, 1.4-1.6 mm; III, 0.7-0.8 mm; Mato Grosso, Brazil (JCMC). IV, 0.4-0.6 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7-0.8 mm, basal width 1.2-1.5 mm. Remarks.—This species differs from Cuneus: Length 0.50-0.60 mm, basal other species in the genus by the width 0.50-0.40 mm. structure of the male genitalia (figs. 92-94) as given here and in the key. General coloration brown with pale- yellow and reddish areas; anterior Etymology.—The trivial name refers to part of pronotum and base of scutellum Paraguay, where most of the specimens noticeably darker, eyes dark brown, were collected. antenna pale yellow to light brown, segment I with subbasal reddish spot, Ceratocapsus parauara Carvalho and apical part of segment II and segments Fontes, new species III-IV dark; hemelytra brown, embolium pale yellow, cuneus largely reddish (Figs. 95-97) (in some specimens brown to dark brown); membrane fuscous. Underside Male.—Length 5*2 mm, width 1.5 mm. of body brown, ostiolar peritreme on Head: Length 0.5 mm, width 0.7 mm. 25 vertex 0.50 mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.38 mm; II, I.I6 mm; III, length 0.3 mm; II, 0.8 mm; III,'0.6 0.70 mm; IV, 0.50 mm. Pronotum: mm; IV, O.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 Length 0.64 mm, basal width 1.24 mm. mm, basal width 1.0 mm. Cuneus: Cuneus: Length 0.54 mm, basal width Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. 0.42 mm. General coloration brown with pale- General coloration brown to yellow areas; eyes castaneous, antenna testaceous; head testaceous, eyes pale yellow, segment I with small fuscous; pronotum fuscous, disc subbasal reddish spot interiorly; brownish testaceous, impunctate, pronotum and hemelytra brown, apex of alutaceous; scutellum brown to scutellum and embolium lighter; mem- testaceous, slightly darker along brane fuscous. Body compact, strongly lateral margins, impunctate, punctate above, erect setae long; pu- alutaceous, transversely rugose; bescence on 2d antennal segment short; hemelytra brown to testaceous, slight- rostrum reaching middle coxae. ly darker at base of corium and clavus; cuneus translucent, largely Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 95) with tinged with red; membrane dusky or characteristic vesical spiculum; left brownish. Legs brown to testaceous; paramere (fig. 97) with 3 points at antennae testaceous, apex of 2d distal end; right paramere (fig. 96) segment and 3d and 4th segments branched. reddish. Head, pronotum, and hemelytra clothed with pilose Female.--Unknown. testaceous setae; hemelytra intermixed with recumbent silvery pubescence. Holotype.--Male, Tucurui, Para, Brazil, M. Alvarenga coll. (JCMC). Genitalia.—Abdomen missing. Remarks.—This species resembles Specimen Examined.—Lectotype female several others with a punctate (here designated) glued on rectangular pronotum and short pubescence on the card with data label 1, "27/6,91 M., 2d antennal segment, but it is easily Caracas"; label 2, "183"; label 3, differentiated by the structure of the "Ceratocapsus pilosus n. sp., 0. M. male genitalia (figs. 95-97) as given Reuter det."; label 3, "Mus. Zool. here and in the key. H:fors., Spec. typ. No. 10032, Ceratocapsus pilosus Reut.," (ZMHF). Etymology.—The trivial name refers to the inhabitants of the State of Para, Remarks.—This species is character- Brazil, and is derived from the Tupi ized by the brown dorsum, paler head aboriginal language. and disc of pronotum, red-tinged cuneus, and pilose and sericeous setae Ceratocapsus pilosus Reuter on the hemelytra. Ceratocapsus pilosus Reuter, 1905: 34; Because pilosus belongs in the last Carvalho and Hussey, 1954: 6. part of the key that relies on male genitalia for separation, and because Ceratocapsus pilosulus: Carvalho, Reuter based his description of this 1951: 155. species on two females, we cannot place pilosus with certainty. Female.—(Abdomen missing); length Externally, pilosus is very close to 3«83 mm, width (l hemelytron missing) _C. teutonianus Carvalho and Fontes, ca. 1.67 mm. Head: Width 0.78 mm, n. sp., but it exhibits a more reddish vertex 0.34 mm. Rostrum: Obscured in cuneus than is typical of most speci- glue, reaching, at least, to apices of mens of the latter. mesocoxae. Antenna: Segment I, 26 Ceratocapaus platensis Carvalho and Remarks.--It differs from other Fontes, new species species by the compact, rounded body, punctate dorsum, and structure of the (Figs. 4, 98-100, 163-164) male genitalia (figs. 98-100) as given here. Male.—Length 3«2-3.4 mm, width 1.3 mm. Head: Length 0.2-0.3 mm, width 0.7 mm, Etymology.—The trivial name refers to vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, the Rio de la Piara and basin area. length 0.2 mm; II, 0.8 mm; III, 0.4- 0.5; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length Ceratocapsus punctipes Henry, new 0.6-0.7 mm, basal width 1.2 mm. species Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. (Figs. 101-103) General coloration brown; area of Male.--Length 4.08 mm, width (l calli, sublateral part of pronotum, hemelytron missing). Head: Width and basal half of scutellum darker (in 0.80 mm, vertex 0.20 mm. Rostrum: some specimens whole disc or only- Length ca. 1.46 mm (bent), reaching anterior half darker), head light metacoxae. Antenna: Segment I, brown, lorum and apex of clypeus length 0.44 mm; II, 1.40 mm; III, 0.56 darker, antenna brown, segment I brown mm; IV, 0.48 mm. Pronotum: Length with small subbasal reddish spot 0.64 mm, basal width 1.28 mm. Cuneus: interiorly; hemelytra brown, embolium Length 0.54 mm, basal width 0.40 mm. pale yellow, exocorium darker; membrane fuscous (in some specimens entire General coloration brown; head and hemelytra uniformly dark brown). pronotum dark brown, impunetäte, Underside of body brown, coxae and finely granulate, eyes reddish, legs pale yellow. Body compact, antennae reddish brown, hemelytra strongly punctate above, densely translucent brown, with fine brown pilose, scutellum somewhat rugose; punctures, embolium and cuneus red or rostrum reaching middle coxae. tinged with red, membrane and veins fúmate; dorsum with scattered long, Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 98); left erect, and more thickly set recumbent, paramere (fig. lOO) with median lobe testaceous setae, hemelytra intermixed having 3 branches and apical end with short, silvery, sericeous setae. T-shaped; right paramere (fig. 99) Venter and legs reddish brown; pro- with subapical lobe divided into 2 tibiae and mesotibiae testaceous on branches, proximal one bifurcate at apical one-half to two-thirds, apex. metatibiae reddish. Female.--Length 3*0-3-6 mm, width 1.3- Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. lOl) stout 1.6 mm. Head: Length 0.2-0.3 mm, and broad apically; left paramere width 0.6-0.7 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. (fig. 102) with long slender process Antenna: Segment I, length 0.2 mm; II, and short apically hooked process; 0.6-0.8 mm; III, 0.4 mm; IV, 0.3 mm. right paramere (fig. 103) with 1 Pronotum: Length 0.5-0.8 mm, basal lateral branch possessing raised, width 1.1-1.2 mm. Cuneus: Length truncate, serrate process at middle. 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. Female.—Unknown. Genitalia.--Sclerotized rings (fig. 163); posterior wall (fig. 164). Holotype.—Male, Venezuela, Rancho Grande nr. Maracay, 6 May 1946, no Holotype.--Male, Argentina, Tigre, collector data (AMNH). Apr. 1943, Carvalho coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: 2 males, 6 females, same Remarks.—^C_. punctipes, characterized data as type, and Missiones, Iguasu, by the brown-stained punctures on the 10 Dec. 1951, Willink and Monros colls. hemelytra, is similar to £. alvarengai 27 Henry, n. sp. , but may be separated 0.5-0.7 mm, basal width 1.1-1.2 mm. from the latter by the lighter brown Cuneus: Length 0.40 mm, basal width pronotum, the red-tinged legs, pilose 0.30 mm. setae on the dorsum, and the male genitalia (figs. 101-103) as given Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. here. 165); posterior wall (fig. 166). Etymology.—This species is named Holotype.—Male, Parque Estadual, Rio punctipes to denote the brown- Doce, Brazil, Apr. 1978 (collection No. stained punctures on the hemelytra. 21-102), M. A. Vulcano and F. Pereira colls. (JCMC). Paratypes: 2 males, 6 Ceratocapsus riodocensis Carvalho and females, same data as for type, and Fontes, new species Encruzilhada, Bahia, Brazil, Seabra and Roppa colls. (FUMG, JCMC, NMB). (Figs. 104-106, 165-166) Remarks.—This species can be Male.—Length 5.1-3.2 mm, width 1.2 differentiated from others by the red mm. Head: Length 0.3 mm, width 0.7 mm, cuneus and the structure of the male vertex 0.20 mm. Antenna: Segment I, genitalia (figs. 104-106) as given length 0.2 mm; II, 0.8 mm; III, 0.4 mm; here. IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 mm, basal width 1.1 mm. Cuneus: Length Etymology.—The trivial name refers to 0.40 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. the Rio Doce, a large river that flows through the Rio Doce State Park in General coloration reddish brown; Minas Gerais, Brazil. antenna pale yellow, segment I pale yellow with small reddish subbasal Ceratocapsus roppai Carvalho and spot interiorly, segments III and IV Fontes, new species dark (in some specimens apex of segment II is also dark); apex of (Figs. 107-109) scutellum pale to reddish; apical part of embolium and cuneus reddish, Male.--Length 3.4 mm, width 1.2 mm. paracuneus and part of endocorium Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, contiguous with clavo-corial suture vertex O.3O mm. Antenna: Segment I, darkened; membrane fuscous. Underside length 0.2 mm; II, 0.7 mm; III, 0.4 of body reddish, mesosternum dark at mm; IV, O.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 sides, coxae toward apices and legs mm, basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: ochraceous, hindfemora slightly Length O.4O mm, basal width 0.20 mm. infúscate at middle part, apices of tarsi black. Body distinctly punctate General coloration brown to cinnamon; above; membrane relatively short; eyes brown, antennae pale yellow, rostrum reaching middle coxae. segment I pale yellow with small reddish subbasal spot interiorly, Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 104) with segments III and IV infuscated; characteristic sclerotized spiculum; embolium and external margin of cuneus left paramere (fig. 106) branched, ochraceous; membrane fuscous. basal lobe slender, apical one Underside of body brown, ostiolar enlarged and T-shaped at distal end; peritreme, coxae, and legs pale right paramere (fig. 105) with yellow. Body compact, densely subapical tooth and 2 serrate lobes; punctate above; rostrum reaching pygophore with small left tubercle. middle coxae; eyes large, occupying whole lateral part of head and Female.—Length 3.2-3.3 mm, width 1.3 reaching gula below. mm. Head: Length 0.3 mm, width 0.7 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 107) ending I, length 0.2 mm; II, 0.7-0.8 mm; III, in 3 points; left paramere (fig. 108); 0.4 mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 28 right paramere (fig. 109) with 2 Female.--Unknown. apical lobes« Holotype.—Male, Encruzilhada, Bahia, Female»—Length 3.4 mm, width 1«5 mm. Brazil, Seabra and Roppa colls. (JCMC). Head: Length 0.3 mm, width 0.7 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, Remarks.--This species differs from length 0.2 mm; II, 0.7 mim; III, 0.4 mm; others in the genus by the structure IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 mm, of the male genitalia (figs. 110-112) basal width 1.2 mm. Cuneus: Length as given here and in the key. 0.40 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. Etymology.—This species is named in Genitalia.—Not dissected, unique honor of Carlos Alberto Seabra, who specimen. has donated a great number of specimens to the National Museum, Rio de Janeiro. Holotype.--Male, Sinop, Rio Teles Pires, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2 Sept. Ceratocapsus sericeicola Henry, new 1974, Alvarenga and Roppa colls. species (J(MC). Paratype: Female, same data as for holotype. (Figs. 113-115) Remarks. — This species resembles _C. Male.--Length 4.32 mm, width ca. 1.72 lividipes Reuter, but it is differenti- mm (hemelytra slightly spread). ated by the thickened 2d antennal Head: Width 0.82 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. segment and the structure of the male Rostrum: Length ca. 1.62 mm (last genitalia (figs. 107-109) as given segment separated from segments 1-3), here. reaching metacoxae. Antenna: Missing. Pronotum: Length 0.70 mm, Etymology.—This species is named in basal width 1.24 mm. Cuneus: Length honor of Mr. Roppa, one of the 0.60 mm, basal width 0.48 mm. collectors. General coloration brown to fuscous, Ceratocapsus seabrai Carvalho and impunetäte; head yellow brown, slight- Fontes, new species ly darker on vertex; pronotum fuscous, becoming increasingly paler basally; (Figs. 110-112) hemelytra dark brown, cunei fusco- reddish; dorsum clothed with erect and Male.—Length 4-2 mm, width 1.5 mm. semierect long setae; scutellum and Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.9 mm, hemelytra intermixed with short, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, silvery, sericeous setae; membrane and length 0.4 mm; II, 1.1 mm; III, 0.7 mm; veins fúmate. Venter dark brown to IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.8 mm, fuscous. Legs uniformly testaceous, basal width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length tibial spines darker brown, metatibiae 0.50 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. infuscated. General coloration dark brown; antenna Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 113) stout light brown, segment I pale with small with apical notch and backward- subbasal reddish spot interiorly; mem- pointing process; left paramere (fig. brane fuscous. Underside of body dark 114) slender with upward-directed brown; coxae, ostiolar peritreme, and stout branch; right paramere (fig. 115) legs pale yellow. Body elongate, with stout, apically divided, lateral shagreened; rostrum reaching middle branch. coxae. Female.—Unknown. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 110); left paramere (fig. Ill); right paramere (fig. 112) with subbasal serrate lobe. 29 Holotype«—Male, Brazil, Rondonia, Female.—Length 3-8-4«0 mm, width Vilhena, Nov. 1973, M. Alvarenga coll. 1.5-1«6 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, {mm). width 0.8 mm, vertex O.3O mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.4 mm; Remarks.—^C_. sericeicola is similar to II, 1.0-1.2 mm; III, 0.6-0.7 mm; IV, C_. paraguayensis Carvalho and Fontes, 0.5-0.6 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7 mm, n. sp. , in the brown to fuscous basal width 1.2-1.3 mm. Cuneus: coloration and general body form, but Length 0.3 mm, basal width O.3O mm. it differs in the character of the phallotheca and left paramere as given Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. in the key. 167); posterior wall (fig. 168). Etymology.—This species is named Holotype.—Male, Sinop, 12'31"S, 55'37" sericeicola to denote the thickly set, ¥, Br,. 163, km 500-600, Mato Grosso, silvery, sericeous pubescence on the Brazil, 350 mm, Roppa and Alvarenga hemelytra. colls. (JCMC). Paratypes: 54 males and females, same data as for type, Ceratocapsus sinopensis Carvalho and Sept. 1974 (JCMC, NMB). Fontes, new species Remarks.—This species is differenti- (Figs. 116-118, 167-168) ated from others by the structure of the male genitalia (figs. 116-118) as Male.—Length 4.4-4.6 mm, width given here and in the key. 1.7-1.8 mm. Head: Length 0.5-0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Etymology.—The trivial name refers to Segment I, length O.4 mm; II, 1.3 mm; the locality called Sinop in the State III, 0.8 mm; IV, 0.6 mm. Pronotum: of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Length 0.6-0.7 mm, basal width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.60 mm, basal Ceratocapsus surinamensis Carvalho and width 0.30 mm. Fontes, new species General coloration brown with reddish (Figs. 119-121) and pale-yellow areas; eyes brown, segment I of antenna pale yellow with Male.—Length 2.8 mm, width 1.2 mm. reddish subbasal spot interiorly Head: Length 0.3 mm, width 0.7 mm, (obsolete in some specimens), segment vertex O.3O mm. Antenna: Segment I, II toward apex and segments III and IV length 0.2 mm; II, 0.6 mm; III, 0.4 mm; brown; hemelytra brown, embolium pale IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.5 mm, yellow, cuneus in some specimens basal width 1.0 mm. Cuneus: Length reddish or pumpkin color. Underside 0.30 mm, basal width 0.20 mm. of body brown, coxae and legs pale becoming castaneous. Pubescence of General coloration brown with pale- body very dense, erect setae long and yellow areas; head, eyes, anterior numerous; rostrum reaching middle margin of pronotum (in some specimens coxae; tubercle on left margin of entire pronotum), and basal part of pygophore slender. scutellum darker, segment I of an- tenna pale yellow with reddish sub- Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 116); left basal spot interiorly, apical part of paramere (fig. 118) branched, median segment II and segments III and IV arm with 2 apical spiny lobes, main darker; hemelytra brown, embolium branch recurved; right paramere (fig. lighter; membrane fuscous. Underside 117) ending in 2 points, median branch of body brown, ostiolar peritreme, bifurcate with 4 fields of denticles; coxae, and legs pale yellow. Body pygophore with tubercle curved compact, punctate above, densely downward. 30 pilose, erect setae very slender; Legs (on paratype) and antennae rostrum reaching middle coxae. testaceous or light yellow brown, 1st antennal segment with red dash on Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 119) with inside of base, 4th segment red. distal end narrowed, pointed; left paramere (fig. 120) branched slightly Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 122) stout, before middle; right paramere (fig. curved apically; left paramere (fig. 121). 123); right paramere (fig. 124) with 2 slender lateral arms. Female. - -Unknown. Female.—Unknown. Holotype.--Male, Paramaribo, Suriname, 24 Oct. 1961, P. D. van Doesburg coll. Holotype.—Male, Argentina, (JCMC). Reconquista, 18 May, 1945, 45-17612, Parker coll. (USNM type No. 100240). Remarks.—This species resembles _C. Paratype: Male, Chaco, Argentina, graziae Carvalho and Fontes, n. sp., Mar. 1978, Martinez coll. (JCMC). but differs by the densely pubescent body and the structures of the male Remarks.—^C_. testatipes is best genitalia (figs. 119-121) as given distinguished by the light-colored here. dorsum with numerous brown-stained punctures and the male genitalia Etymology.—The trivial name refers to (figs. 122-124) as given here. the country of Suriname, where the species was collected. Etymology.—This species is named testatipes to denote the light Ceratocapsus testatipes Henry, new yellowish-brown or testaceous dorsum. species Ceratocapsus teutonianus Carvalho and (Figs. 122-124) Fontes, new species Male.--Length 3.72 mm, width 0.80 mm. (Figs. 6, 125-127, 169-170) Head: Width 0.84 mm, vertex 0.54 mm. Rostrum: Length 1.28 mm, reaching Male.--Length 3.5-5«2 mm, width 1.4- metacoxae. Antenna: Segment I, length 1.7 mm. Head: Length 0.3-0.4 mm, 0.28 mm; II, 0.84 mm; III, 0.50 mm; IV, width 0.7-0.9 mm, vertex 0.30-0.40 mm. 0.42 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.70 mm, Antenna: Segment I, length 0.2-0.5 mm; basal width 1.36 mm. Cuneus: Length II, 0.9-1.5 mm; III, 0.5-0.8 mm; IV, 0.4- 0.54 mm, basal width 0.38 mm. 0.6 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6-0.9 mm, basal width 1.1-1.6 mm. Cuneus: General coloration uniformly Length 0.50-0.80 mm, basal width testaceous; head testaceous with 0.30-0.40 mm. several small red spots at base of tylus and reddish tinge on lora, General coloration brown with pale- sparsely brown punctured; pronotum yellow areas; anterior part of uniformly testaceous and evenly brown pronotum and scutellum darker (in some punctured, calli impunctate; scutellum specimens vertex is also dark), and hemelytra uniformly testaceous, segment I of antenna pale yellow with hemelytra translucent, both evenly reddish subbasal spot interiorly, brown punctured; dorsum thickly segments III and IV usually castaneous clothed with semierect, rather long, to reddish; hemelytra brown, embolium simple setae, intermixed with short, lighter, cuneus dark brown to reddish; silvery, sericeous setae; membrane membrane fuscous. Underside of body smoky brown, veins darker brown. brown; rostrum, ostiolar peritreme, Venter testaceous, sides of abdomen coxae, and legs pale yellow. Body reddish, propleura, mesopleura, and with pronotum shagreened, scutellum sides of sternum brown punctured. slightly rugose; hemelytra with 31 punctures near corial commissure; notum: Length 0.5 mm, basal width 1.1 setae long and erect; rostrum reaching mm. Cuneus: Length O.3O mm, basal posterior coxae. width 0.20 mm. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 125); left General coloration dark brown; eyes paramere (fig. 126) with unique sub- brown, segment I of antenna pale yellow basal lobe, apical part recurved; with small subbasal spot interiorly, right paramere (fig. 12?) with 4 segment II castaneous toward apex, seg- branches, 1 of them serrate. ments III and IV brown; hemelytra brown, embolium lighter, cuneus castan- Female.—Length 4.0-4.5 mm, width eous; membrane fuscous. Body strongly 1.5-1.7 mm. Head: Length 0.3-0.4 mm, punctate above, scutellum rugose, ¥idth 0.8 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: setae very long and erect; rostrum Segment I, length 0.4 mm; II, 1.1-1.3 reaching hindcoxae. mm; III, 0.6-0.7 mm; IV, 0.5-0.6 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7-0.8 mm, basal Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 128) with 2 width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.60- spiculi, 1 spiculum serrate distally; 0.70 mm, basal width 0.30-0.40 mm. left paramere (fig. 129) expanded at middle; right paramere (fig. 130) with Genitalia.--Sclerotized rings (fig. lateral arm just before middle. 169); posterior wall (fig. 170). Female.—Unknown. Holotype.--Male, Brazil, Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina, 27*H"N, 52'23" W., Holotype.—Male, Tucurui, Para, Brazil, Apr. 1976, Fritz Plaumann coll. (JCMC). Jan. 1979, M. Alvarenga coll. (JCMC). Paratypes: 35 males, 31 females, same data as for type (1935, 1938, 1945, Remarks.--This species differs from 1970, 1972, 1975); Tucuman, Argentina, others by the punctate pronotum, 1949, Wygodzinsky coll.; Argentina, darker color, vertex strongly Rio Negro Prov., Paso Rio Limay, 8 punctate, and structure of the male Feb. 1962, T. Cekalovic coll.; Punta genitalia (figs. 128-130) as given Chinea, Argentina, Prosen coll.; Sao here. Paulo, Brazil, Campinas, 1940, Carvalho coll.; id., 16 Feb. 1937, H. Etymology.—The name refers to the F. Sauer coll.; Cordoba, Argentina, Tucurui Dam, a major electrical de- Calaumuchita, "El Sauce," Dec. 1938, velopment in the State of Para, Brazil. M. J. Viana coll. (JCMC, NMB). Ceratocapsus veraensis Carvalho and Remarks.—This species is best Fontes, new species iifferentiated from others by the structure of the male genitalia (figs. (Figs. 131-133, 171-172) 125-127) as given here and in the key. Male.—Length 3.9-4.3 mm, width 1.6 mm. Etymology.—The trivial name refers to Head: Length 0.3-0.4 mm, width 0.8 Nova Teutonia, Brazil, an area where mm, vertex O.3O mm. Antenna: Segment Fritz Plaumann collected many insect I, length 0.4 mm; II, 1.2-1.3 mm; III, species. 0.7-0.8 mm; IV, 0.5 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7-0.8 mm, basal width 1.2-1.3 Ceratocapsus tucuruiensis Carvalho and mm. Cuneus: Length 0.50-0.60 mm, Fontes, new species basal width O.3O mm. (Figs. 128-130) General coloration brown with pale- yellow areas (in some specimens Male.—Length 3.1 mm, width 1.3 mm. pronotum and cuneus are darker); head Head: Length 0.2 mm, width 0.7 mm, and antenna brown, segment I pale vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, yellow with subbasal reddish spot length 0.2 mm; II-IV, mutilated. Pro- interiorly, apical parts of segments 32 Ill and IV dark brown; hemelytra brown, 0.6-0.8 mm, basal width 1.2-1.3 mm. emboliiim pale yellow; membrane fuscous. Cuneus: Length 0.40-0.60 mm, basal Underside of body brown, propleura and width, 0.30 mm. sternal parts laterally dark brown, coxae and legs pale yellow. Body General coloration brown with pale- elongate, shagreened, very superficial- yellow, reddish, and dark areas; head, ly punctate; setae erect and very pronotum, and scutellum dark brown to long; rostrum reaching middle coxae. black, eyes brown, apex of clypeus and lorum reddish, segment I of antenna Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 13l); left pale yellow with subbasal reddish paramere (fig. 152) branched, with fascia interiorly, segments III and IV subbasal arm obtuse and serrate dark; hemelytra brown, embolium pale apically and main arm curved sub- yellow, cuneus dark brown to reddish apically; right paramere (fig. 133) (especially on inner basal part); with curved subbasal branches (small membrane fuscous. Underside of body and large one), apex branched; pygo- dark brown, ostiolar peritreme reddish phore with small left tubercle. at middle, coxae and legs pale yellow, hindfemora toward apex, tibiae, and Female.—Length 4.0-4.4 mm, width antennal segments II and III dark 1.5-1.6 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, brown to reddish. Body elongate, with width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.30-0.40 mm. long erect setae; rostrum reaching Antenna: Segment I, length 0.4 mm; II, hindcoxae. 1.1-1.2 mm; III, 0.7 mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7 mm, basal width Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 134) with 1.2-1.3 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.50-0.60 characteristic vesica; left paramere mm, basal width 0.30 mm. (fig. 135) ending in 2 points, 1 long, slender, and recurved, lateral arm Genitalia.—Sclerotized rings (fig. long and recurved subapically; right 171); posterior wall (fig. 172). paramere (fig. 136) with long setae and small subbasal lobe. Holotype.--Male, Vera, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Alvarenga and Roppa colls. Female.--Length 4.5-5.3 mm, width 1.5- (JCMC). Paratypes: 2 males, 2 1.8 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width females, same data as for type. 0.8-0.9 mm, vertex O.4O mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.4-0.6 mm; II, Remarks.—This species differs from 1.2-1.8 mm; III, 0.7-0.8 mm; IV, 0.6 others by the structure of the male mm. Pronotum: Length 0.7-0.8 mm, genitalia (figs. 131-133) as given basal width 1.3-1.4 mm. Cuneus: here and in the key. Length 0.60 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. Etymology.—The trivial name refers to Genitalia.—Area of sclerotized rings the locality of Vera, Mato Grosso, (fig. 173); hindwall of genital Brazil, where many species of mirids chamber (fig. 174). have been collected by Alvarenga and Roppa. Holotype.—Male, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Apr. Ceratocapsus vulcanopereirai Carvalho 1978, col. 21 (light), Vulcano and and Fontes, new species Pereira colls. (JCMC). Paratypes: 7 males, 3 females, same data as for (Figs. 134-136, 173-174) type; MG, Brazil, Carmo do Rio Claro, Apr. 1943, Carvalho coll.; MG, Brazil, Male.—Length 4.3-5*0 mm, width 1.6- Vicosa, Carvalho coll.; Paracatu, MG, 1.8 mm. Head: Length 0.3-0.5 mm, Brazil, July I960, 86/60, Exp. Formosa width 0.8-0.9 mm, vertex 0.30-0.40 (FUMG, MB). mm. Antenna: Segment I, length 0.4- 0.5 mm; II, 1.2-1.8 mm; III, 0.8-0.9 Remarks.—It differs from other mm; IV, 0.6-0.9 mm. Pronotum: Length species of Ceratocapsus by the 33 structure of the male genitalia (figs. Huanuco, 26 Sept. 1946, F. Woytkowski 134-136) as given here. coll., J. C. Lutz colin. (USNM type No. 100241). Etymology.—The trivial name is dedi- cated to Maria Aparecida Vulcano and Remarks.—This species is distinguished Francisco Pereira, our colleagues who from all other Ceratocapsus by the have collected several species of large size, pale erect setae on the Miridae in the Parque Estadual of Rio uniformly black dorsum, orange legs, Doce, Brazil. and the male genitalia (figs. 137-139) as given here. Ceratocapsus woytkowskii Henry, new species Etymology.—This species is named in honor of its collector, Felix (Figs. 137-139) Woytkowski, a man well known for his valuable collections of botanical and Male.—Length 5»33 mm, width 2.12 mm. entomological specimens from Peru. Head: Width 1.02 mm, vertex 0.34 mm. Rostrum: Length 1.72 mm, reaching Ceratocapsus wygodzinskyi Carvalho and bases of mesocoxae. Antenna: Segment Fontes, new species I, length 0.48 mm; II, 1.70 mm; III, 0.82 mm; IV, 0.72 mm. Pronotum: (Figs. 140-142) Length 1.02 mm, basal width 1.82 mm. Cuneus: Length 0.66 mm, basal width Male.—Length 3-8 mm, width 1.8 mm. 0.54 mm. Head: Length 0.4 mm, width 0.8 mm, vertex 0.30 mm. Antenna: Segment I, General coloration uniformly black; length 0.3 mm; II, 1.0 mm; III, 0.6 head black, lora, juga, and bucculae mm; IV, 0.4 mm. Pronotum: Length 0.6 with pale-brown areas, impunctate, mm, basal width 1.3 mm. Cuneus: transversely rugose, eyes fuscous, Length 0.40 mm, basal width 0.30 mm. clothed with erect, rather long, pale setae; pronotum, scutellum, and hem- General coloration brown with reddish elytra uniformly black, impunctate, and pale-yellow areas; head pale dorsum uniformly clothed with long, yellow, eyes and clypeus dark, antenna erect, testaceous setae intermixed pale yellow, segment I with reddish with silvery sericeus setae at bases subbasal fascia interiorly and traces of clavi and on corial and claval of red at apex, segments III and IV margins along claval sutures; membrane castaneous, becoming reddish; anterior and veins fúmate. Venter fuscous to margin of pronotum dark; hemelytra black, genital segment dark brown, brown, embolium and external margin of ostiolar opening pallid. Legs cuneus lighter, latter with inner part uniformly orange, tibiae, especially reddish; membrane fuscous. Underside metatibiae, becoming reddish brown. of body brown, sides of mesosternum Antennae dark reddish brown; 1st fuscous, ostiolar peritreme, coxae, segment becoming more yellowish orange and legs pale yellow. Body compact, basally. pubescence dense; rostrum reaching hindcoxae. Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 137) stout with deep lateral cleft subapically; Genitalia.—Aedeagus (fig. 140); left left paramere (fig. 138) with 3 paramere (fig. 141) very complex; branches; right paramere (fig. 139) right paramere (fig. 142) with 3 with 3 lateral branches, basal one branches. hooked apically. Female.—Unknown. Female.--Unknown. Holotype.—Male, Rio de Janeiro (Old Holotype.—Male, Peru, S. Amer., Federal District), Brazil, Nov. 1Q44, Divisoria Forest region, 1700', Dept. Wygodzinsky coll. (JCMC). 3^ Remarks,--This species resembles _C. 1979. Review of the Cera- cuneotinctus Henry, n. sp., but tocapsus lutescens Group, With differs by the longer 1st antennal Descriptions of Seven New Species segment and the structure of the male From the Eastern United States genitalia (figs, 140-142) as given (Hemiptera: Miridae). Ent. Soc. here. Wash. Proc. 81 (3): 401-423. Kirkaldy, G. W. 1906. List of the Etymology*—The trivial name is given Genera of the Pagiopodous Hemiptera- to honor our colleague Peter Heteroptera, With Their Type Wygodzinsky, who has collected many Species, From 1758 to 1904 and Also species of Miridae from Brazil. of the Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Trochalopoda. Amer. Ent. Soc. LITERATURE CITED Trans. 32: 117-156. Knight, H. H. 1923. Family Miridae Blatchley, W. S. 1926. Heteroptera or (Capsidae). _In Britton, W. E., True Bugs of Eastern North America. ed.. The Hemiptera or Sucking 1116 pp. Nature Pub. Co., Indian- Insects of Connecticut. Conn. apolis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey. Bui. 34, Carvalho, J. C. M. 1951. Mirideos pp. 422-654. Neotropicais, XXXIII: Especies da 1941. The Plant Bugs, or Colecao do American Museum of Miridae, of Illinois. 111. Nat. Natural History, Inclusive a De- Hist. Survey. Bui. 22, 234 pp. scricao de uma Especies Nearctica 1968. Taxonomic Review: (Hemiptera) . Arq. Mus. Nac, Rio de Miridae of the Nevada Test Site and Janeiro, 42, pp. 153-158. Western United States. Brigham 1955» Keys to the Genera Young Univ. Sei. Bul. 9 (3), 282 pp. of the Miridae of the World (Hemip- Reuter, 0. M. 1876. Capsinae ex tera) . Bol. Mus. Goeldi 11: 1-151. America Boreali in Museo Holmiensi 1958. Catalogue of the Asservatae, Descriptae. Öfvers. Miridae of the World. Part III. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl. 32 Orthotylinae. Arq. Mus. Nac, Rio (9): 59-92. de Janeiro, 47, pp. 1-161. 1905. Capsidae in and R. F. Hussey. 1954. Venezuela a D:o D:re Fr. Meinert On a Collection of Miridae (Hemip- Collectae Enumeratae Novaeque tera) Prom Paraguay, With Descrip- Species Descriptae. Öfvers. af tions of Three New Species. Mich. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. Förhandl. 47 Univ. Mus. Zool. Occas. Papers 552, (19), pp. 1-39. pp. 1-11. -^912. Hemipterologisch and J. C. Schaffner. 1974. Miscellen. öfvers. af Finska Neotropical Miridae, CLXII: Cerato- Vetensk.-Soc. Soc. Förhandl. 54A capsella. New Genus and Seven New (17), 76 pp. Species of Orthotylini (Hemiptera). Slater, J. A., and R. M. Baranowski. Rev. Brasil, de Biol. 33 (sup.): 1978. How To Know the True Bugs 75-86. (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). 256 pp. and P. Wallerstein. 1975. Wm. C. Brown Co., Pub., Dubuque, Mirideos Neotropicais, CXCVI: Iowa. Descricoes de Cinco Géneros e Seis Wheeler, A. G. , Jr., and T. J. Henry. Especies Novas (Hemiptera) . Rev. 1978. Ceratocapsus modestus (Hemip- Brasil, de Biol. 35 (4): 625-637. tera: Miridae), a Predator of Grape Heniy, T. J. 1978. Two new Ceratocap- Phylloxera: Seasonal Histoiy and sus Reuter 1876, Prom the Eastern Description of Fifth Instar. United States (Hemiptera: Miridae). Melsheimer Ent. Ser. 25: 6-10. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 80: 383-387. 35 Figures l-6,--Dorsal habitus of Ceratocapsus adults: 1, C^. fuscopunctatus; 2, C_« lividipes; 3, C_. minensis; 4, £• platensis; 5, Ç_. itaguaiensis; 6, C. teutonianus. "" 36 ¿^r^ Figures 7-12.—Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. _C. alvarengai: 7, Aedeagus; 8, left paramere; 9, right paramere. C^. amapaensis; 10, Aedeagus; 11, left paramere; 12, right paramere. 37 Figures 13-18.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. £. amazonensis: 15, Aedeagus; 14, right paramere; 15, left paramere. _C. argentinas: 16, Aedeagus; 17, left paramere; 18, right paramere. 38 Ute Figures 19-24.—Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. £. bahiensist 19, Aedeagus; 20, left paramere; 21, right paramere. _C. boliviensist 22, Aedeagus; 23, left paramere; 24, right paramere. 39 26 27 31 Figures 25-33»—Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. £. boliviosara: 25, Aedeagus; 26, left paramere; 27, right paramere. —• ^runneus : 28, Aedeagus; 29, left paramere; 50, right paramere. C. catarinensis: 51, Aedeagus; 52, right paramere; 55, left paramere. ko 42 Figures 34-42.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. C^. contrastus; 34, Aedeagus; 35, left paramere; 36, right paramere. £.* corcovadensis: 37, Aedeagus; 38, right paramere; 39, left paramere. C. cordobensis: 40, Aedeagus; 41, left paramere; 42, right paramere. k] LffC Figures 43-49.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. jC. cuneo tine tus; 43, Left paramere. C^. diamant inensi s : 44, Aedeagus; 45, left paramere; 46, right paramere. ^. dispersus; 47, Aedeagus; 48, left paramere; 49, right paramere« 42 íflfC Figures 50-55«--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp« C_. emboabanus; 50, Aedeagus; 51, left paramere; 52, right paramere. C_, fuscopunctatus : 55, Aedeagus; 54, left paramere; 55, right paramere. ¿»3 arc Figures 56-61.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. C^. grandis: 56, Aedeagus; 57, right paramere; 58, left paramere. C_. graziae: 59, Aedeagus; 60, right paramere; 61, left paramere. kk Figures 62-70.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. C^. guanabarinus; 62, Aedeagus; 63, left paramere; 64, right paramere. —• g^a^aniensis: 65, Aedeagus; 66, left paramere; 67, right paramere. C_. guaratibanus: 68, Aedeagus; 69, left paramere; 70, right paramere. k5 Figures 71-79«--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. C_. guianensis: 71, Aedeagus; 72, left paramere; 73, right paramere. C^. itaguaiensis: 74, Aedeagus; 75, left paramere; 76, right paramere. C_. lividipes: 77, Aedeagus; 78, left paramere; 79, right paramere. 46 (¡Q •• D CO bO-H CO W 0) -H o a 00 COc bO CO w a| ocd oto -p aJ U Figures 80-88.—^Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. _C. londrinensisi 80, Aedeagus; 81, left paramere; 82, right paramere. £. mariliensist 85, Aedeagus; 84, left paramere; 85, right paramere. _C. médius; 86, Aedeagus; 87, left paramere; 88, right paramere. 47 94 Figures 89-97.—Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. _C. minensis; 89, Aedeagus; 90, right paramere; 911 left paramere. C^. paraguayensis; 92, Left paramere; 93, aedeagus; 94, right paramere. £. parauara: 95, Aedeagus; 96, right paramere; 97, left paramere. 48 Figures 98-106.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. _C. platensis; 98, Aedeagus; 99, right paramere; 100, left paramere. C^. punctipes: 101, Aedeagus; 102, left paramere; 105, right paramere. _C. riodocensis: 104, Aedeagus; 105, right paramere; 106, left paramere. ^♦9 Figures 107-112.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. _C. roppai: 107, Aedeagus; 108, left paramere; 109, right paramere. C. seabrait 110, Aedeagus; 111, left paramere; 112, right paramere. 50 115 113 114 119 Figures 115-121.--Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. C_. sericeicola: 113, Aedeagus; 114, left paramere; 115, right paramere. _C. sinopensis: 116, Aedeagus; 117, right paramere; 118, left paramere. _C. surinamensis: 119, Aedeagus; 120, left paramere; 121, right paramere. 51 122 126 Figures 122-127•—Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp- C^. testatipes: 122, Aedeagus; 123, left paramere; 124, right paramere. C. teutonianus: 125, Aedeagus; 126, left paramere; 127, right paramere. 52 131 130 135 136 Figures 128-156.—^Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. C^. tucuruiensis; 128, Aedeagus; 129, left paramere; 130, right paramere. £. veraensis: 131, Aedeagus; 132, left paramere; 133, right paramere. £. vulcanopereirai; 134, Aedeagus; 135, left paramere; 136, right paramere. 53 Figures 157-142.—^Male genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. C_. woytkowskiit 137, Aedeagus; 158a, left paramere, lateral view; 158b, left paramere, inside lateral view; 159, right paramere. _C. wygodzinskyi: 140, Aedeagus; 141, left paramere; 142, right paramere. 54 Lfm 144 143 145 147 148 'i^rU^ 149 150 Figures 145-150.--Female genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. : C^. amapaensis: 143, Sclerotized rings; 144, posterior wall. _C. bahiensis: 145, Sclerotized rings; 146, posterior wall. £. dispersus: 147, Sclerotized rings; 148, posterior wall. C_. fuscopunctatus: 149, Sclerotized rings; 150, posterior wall. 55 152 151 154 153 ipc 155 157 Figures 151-158.—Female genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. £. grandis; 151f Sclerotized rings; 152, posterior wall. £. guaraniensis; 153, Sclerotized rings; 154, posterior wall. £. itaguaiensis; 155» Sclerotized rings; 156, posterior wall. £. lividipes; 157, Sclerotized rings; 158, posterior wall. 56 »^'u'i'itlJAif^/^'' ^>/>'' 160 159 162 161 163 164 LWC 166 165 lAC Figures 159-166.--Female genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. _C. minensis; 159, Sclerotized rings; 160, posterior wall. C^. paraguayensis; 161, Sclerotized rings; 162, posterior wall. C^. platensis: 163, Sclerotized rings; 164, posterior wall. C_. riodocensis; 165, Sclerotized rings; 166, posterior wall. 57 167 169 Figures 167-174.—Female genitalia of Ceratocapsus spp. _C. sinopensist 16?, Sclerotized rings; 168, posterior wall. C^. teutonianust 169, Sclerotized rings; 170, posterior wall. C^. veraensis: 171, Sclerotized rings; 172, posterior wall. £. vulcanopereirai : 173, Sclerotized rings; 174, posterior wall. 58 United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Washington, D.C. 20250 OFFICIAL BUSINESS Penalty for Private Use, $300 Postage and Fees Paid United States Department of Agriculture AGR-101