Buenoa pallipes (Fabricius, 1803)

Buenoa pallipes (Fabricius, 1803) View in CoL

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Notonecta pallipes Fabricius, 1803: 103 [original description].

Anisops pallipes ; Stål (1868): 137 [genus transfer].

Buenoa pallipes View in CoL ; Kirkaldy (1904): 123 [genus transfer].

Diagnosis.

Medium-sized species, male length 5.5–6.2 mm. Synthlipsis wide, slightly <1 / 2 of vertex width. Labial prong arc-shaped, distinctly longer than third labial article, originating distally on article. Fore femur apex widened; stridulatory area subtriangular, with 17 ridges.

Taxonomic notes.

Another medium-sized species, B. pallipes is similar to B. mutabilis and B. platycnemis ( Fieber 1851) . However, it has the apex of the fore femur wider and the labial prong longer than in the former species, and the labial prong more parallel to the axis of the frons than in the latter.

Distribution.

Barbados ( Nieser 1967). Bolivia ( Kirkaldy 1899 d). Brazil: AL [new record] AM ( Nieser 1970), PA ( Nieser 1970), PE [new record]. Colombia ( Kirkaldy 1899 c). Costa Rica ( de la Torre-Bueno 1906). Cuba ( Nieser 1967). Ecuador ( Kirkaldy 1899 c). Guadeloupe ( Kirkaldy 1904). Hawaiian Islands ( Kirkaldy 1910). Honduras ( Truxal 1953). Jamaica ( Kirkaldy 1900). Martinique ( Kirkaldy 1904). Mexico ( Champion 1901). Panama ( Kirkaldy 1899 b). Paraguay ( Truxal 1953). Peru ( Truxal 1953). Puerto Rico ( Fieber 1851). St. Barthélemy ( Lethierry 1881). St. Vincent & The Grenadines ( Uhler 1893). U. S. Virgin Islands ( Fieber 1851). Records from North America north of Mexico are erroneous.

Material examined.

Brazil,! AL, 2018: 1 ♂, 1 ♀: Quebrângulo municipality, RBPT, Sítio Juliana, brejo, PPT 4 station , 04. VII. 2018. -9.2608, -36.4157. C. F. B. Floriano, J. M. S. Rodrigues and J. F. Barbosa cols., CEIOC 81705 GoogleMaps . ! PE, 2019: 5 ♂, 11 ♀, 6 nymphs: Tupanatinga municipality, PNCA, poço, aproximadamente 400 m da casa dos brigadistas, Água 1 station , 818 m, 14. III. 2019. -8.5725, -37.2367. H. Rodrigues & J. M. S. Rodrigues col., CEIOC 82011 GoogleMaps . Same state, 2021: 2 ♂, 2 ♀: same data, except: Buíque municipality, olho d’água do pico, Água 10 station , 763 m, 15. III. 2021. -8.5577, -37.1951. J. M. S. Rodrigues & R. Jordão cols., CEIOC 82079 GoogleMaps ; 20 ♂, 16 ♀: same data, except: Tupanatinga municipality, nascente do ICMBIO, brejo, Água 11 station , 807 m, 16. III. 2021. -8.5724, -37.2368, CEIOC 81918 GoogleMaps .