Repipta lepidula Stål, 1866

Repipta lepidula Stål, 1866 View in CoL

Figs. 9C, D View FIGURE 9 ; 11A–G View FIGURE 11

Distribution: This species has been recorded from Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru (Huánuco) ( Martin-Park et al. 2012). It is a new species record from Colombia.

Remarks: Repipta lepidula is a very distinctive species due to the overall brown coloration, with the paramedial posterior margin of the pronotum and the scutellum yellow ( Fig. 9C View FIGURE 9 ). The previously known Brazilian and Peruvian localities are close to the Colombian one, and all known localities are restricted to the Amazon basin. Some of the Colombian specimens were collected in Várzea Forest, which is a seasonal floodplain forest.

Repipta Stål, 1859 is an ill-defined genus with dubious phylogenetic relationships. It includes 29 species ranging from the USA to Argentina ( Martin-Park et al. 2012). Although Martin-Park et al. (2012) revised Repipta , at least four species (cf. Maldonado 1990) were omitted from their treatment without explanation, including R. sanguinea (see below), thus making it very difficult to use their key or treatment for species identification. Given that the documentation of the genitalia of the species of Repipta seems to be critical to identify Repipta species, and that Martin-Park et al. (2012) images of the male and female genitalia were either extremely poorly detailed or not documented at all, we are providing high quality images here. This is the first time the male genitalia of R. lepidula are documented ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 ). The median process of the pygophore is short, broadly rounded, and shortly setose ( Figs. 11A–C View FIGURE 11 ). The paramere is cylindrical, relatively long, about half as long as the pygophore length, with a few scattered setae, denser and longer near the apex ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ). The aedeagus has the endosoma with a pair of very short median basal sclerotizations ( Fig. 11E View FIGURE 11 ); the median dorsal lobe has a pair of U-shaped areas beset with small triangular microtrichia, and an apical round field of similar microtrichia. The dorsal phallothecal plate is flat, ovoid and broadly rounded apically ( Fig. 11G View FIGURE 11 ).

Examined material: COLOMBIA. Amazonas: 1 ♂, Leticia, comunidad Monilla   GoogleMaps [Comunidad indígena Monifue Amena   GoogleMaps , Km 9,8 vía Leticia-Tarapacá   GoogleMaps , 04.141667°S 69.923256°W, 70 m], Várzea Forest, 60 m, 30.iv.2002, manual collecting at night, Cadena, Gualdron, Pans ( MPUJ_ENT); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, PNN Amacayacu, Vía Palmeras , edge of Varzea Forest , jameo [= entomological net], D. Campos & F. Fernández, 1.ix.1997 / IAvH-E-87164 , IAvH-E-87209 , IAvH-E-87224 , IAvH-E-87254 ( IAVH) ; 2 ♂♂, PNN Amacayacu, Vía Palmeras , borde, jameo [= entomological net], D. Campos & F. Fernández, 2.ix.1997 / IAvH-E-87194 , IAvH-E-87239 ( IAVH) ; 1 adult (sex unknown), PNN Amacayacu, Matamata , 3°23ˊS 70°6ˊW, 150 m, entomological net, D. Chota, 2.i.2000 / IAvH-E-87887 ( IAVH) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata , 3°23ˊS 70°6ˊW, 150 m, entomological net, M.1887, A. Parente, 28.v.2001 / IAvH-E-87848 ( IAVH) GoogleMaps .