Tagalis Stål, 1860

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Type species: Tagalis inornata Stål, 1860 . By monotypy, 13 species included.

Diagnosis: First visible labial segment as long as the second one; first and second visible labial segments with a pair of spiniform processes; posterior region of anterior pronotal lobe nearly flat; scutellum with a spine apically; procoxae elongate; humeral angles flat; profemora with spines ventrally and on the upper margin of inner surface; protibiae with three or four spines; second tarsomere as long as the third one; third tarsomere slender and just slightly dilated ( Castro-Huertas and Melo 2023, 2024). In addition, head glabrous; anteroventral margin of the proepisternal supracoxal lobe with a simple seta; ventral surface of procoxae with only simple setae; apex of paramere acute; and gonoplac composed by one sclerite (by fusion).

Examined material: Tagalis dichroa Castro-Huertas and Forero, 2014 : one male, PANAMA: Panama province, Barro Colorado Is, 17–18.v.2015, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W), light trap, LT ARM 3- MAY2015 -A, A. Bobadilla et al. / BCI 1114426 ( MPUJ). Tagalis drakkar Varela and Melo, 2017 : one male, paratype, ARGENTINA: Misiones, Caraguata[y], i.[19]98 ( MLP). Tagalis graziae Castro-Huertas and Forero, 2021 : one male, holotype, COLOMBIA: Risaralda, Pueblo Rico, Montezuma Ecolodge, 5.9 km de Puerto Rico, 05.23016° N 76.08364° W, 1336 m, 2–7.ix.2018, D. Forero/Bosque húmedo [Trampa de luz UV]/ MPUJ _ENT 0065075 ( MPUJ). Tagalis inornata inornata Stål, 1862 : one male, PERU: Ucayali, Kirigueti (Luz), ii.[20]04, J. Williams, 73°07’08 ʹʹ W 11°38’13 ʹʹ S. ( MLP); one female, ARGENTINA: Misiones, Puerto Iguazú, 4.x.1947, Col. Duret. ( MLP). Tagalis inornata cubensis McAtee and Malloch, 1923 : one male, PARAGUAY: Canindeyú, Res. Mbaracayú, Aguará-ñu (luz), xii.2003, O. Di lorio ( MLP); one male, MEXICO: Veracruz, Los Tuxtlas, Estación de Biología, 22.iv.1985, C. Mayorga ( MLP). Tagalis matamorosae Castro-Huertas and Melo, 2024 : PANAMA: 1 male, Paratype, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is., 3–4.xi.2016, light trap, LT-ARM 4-NOV2016 -B, Bobadilla, López, Ramírez/BCI144906 ( MLP); one female, paratype, Panama Oeste Province, Barro Colorado Is., 27–28. xi.2019, light trap, LT-ZET 1-NOV2016 -B, Bobadilla, López, Ramírez/BCI171879 ( STRI). Tagalis pagu Castro-Huertas and Melo, 2024 : one female, paratype, BRASIL: Rio Grande do Sul, Santiago, 1.i.2013, Brusa, F. leg/ Tagalis pagu Castro-Huertas and Melo, 2024 ( MLP). Tagalis seminigra Champion, 1898 : PANAMA: one male, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is., 16–17.iii.2018, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W, light trap, LT DRA- MAR 2018 -A, A. Bobadilla et al. / BCI162391 ( STRI); one male, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is., 8–9.iii.2019, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W, light trap, LT ARM-MAR2019-A, A. Bobadilla et al. / BCI168278 ( STRI); PERU: one male, Ucayali, Kirigueti (luz), vii.2004, J. Williams, 73˚07’08“ W 11˚38’13 ʹʹ S ( MLP); one female, Cuzco, Pagoreni (luz), vii.2004 Williams, 72˚54’07 ʹʹ W, 11˚42’22 ʹʹ S ( MLP).