Rhyncholepta grandicallosa centroamericana KMENT, EGER & RIDER, 2018

Kment, Petr, 2023, New records of the genus Rhyncholepta BERGROTH, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from northern South America, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 75, pp. 103-109 : 105-107

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scientific name	Rhyncholepta grandicallosa centroamericana KMENT, EGER & RIDER, 2018
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Material examined. Colombia: Bogota [4°39′49.7″ N, 74° 6′43.5″ W], 1878, 1 ♂, Ribbe lgt. ( NHMW) GoogleMaps . – Panama: Panama, 1876, 1 ♀, no collector ( NHMW) .

Variation. KMENT et al. (2018) observed some variability in the structure of the genital capsule and hypandrium of R. g. centroamericana. They illustrated a male from Panama: Pipeline Road ( KMENT et al. 2018: figs 32–33, 44–45, 56–57, 67, 73): The genital capsule was slightly constricted posterolaterally, anterior hypandrial projection longer, with apex more prominent, and median margin slightly less concave medially than in the compared male from Costa Rica: Rancho Quemado ( KMENT et al. 2018: figs 34–35, 46–47, 58–59, 68, 74). The genital capsule of the male from Colombia: Bogota ( Figs 4–9) is most similar to the Panamanian specimen, differing only very slightly, e.g., the anterior hypandrial projection being less distinctly parabolic ( Fig.9).

Distribution (see Fig. 10). Mexico: Chiapas ( KMENT et al. 2018); Belize ( KMENT et al. 2018); Guatemala ( KMENT et al. 2018); Honduras ( ARISMENDI 2002, ARISMENDI & THOMAS 2003, both as R. grandicallosa ); Costa Rica ( ARISMENDI 2002, as R. grandicallosa ; KMENT et al. 2018); Panama ( BECKER & GRAZIA-VIEIRA 1971, FROESCHNER 1999, ARISMENDI 2002, CAMBRA et al. 2018, all as R. grandicallosa ; KMENT et al. 2018, this paper); Colombia:?Chocó ( TORRES GUTIÉRREZ 2004, as Rhyncholepta sp. ; CASTRO-HUERTAS et al. 2015, 2022, both as R. grandicallosa ); Bogota (this paper).

The subspecific identity of the single female of R. grandicallosa from Chocó (locality Riosucio: Sautatá) in Colombia ( TORRES GUTIÉRREZ 2004, CASTRO-HUERTAS et al. 2015, 2022) still requires revision based on male, but considering its position west of the Andes, not far from the borders of Panama, that record probably also belongs to this subspecies. The first confirmed record from Colombia is provided here.