Tibraca similima Barber, 1941

Tibraca similima Barber, 1941

Figs 3, 4 View Figs 1-6 , 9,10,13,18, 19,24,25,30

Tibraca simi/imaBarber, 1941: 110; Costa Lima, 1947:313.

Holotype male labeled " Santa Ana, Ecuador, VI- 1939, F. Campos; Pest in Rice field; male; Tibraca similima Barb. , Type det. H.G. Barber; Type n° 55160 USNM" (USNM), examined .

Thirty one specimens were examined from: ECUADOR: Azuay: Cuenca, Manabi: Portoviejo, Santa Ana, Guayas: Guayaquil.

Body length from 13.0- 15.0. Pronotal width 6.7-8.0. Abdominal width 6.6-8.0. Male. Pronotal lateral margin punctured; punctures not uniform in size. Ostiolar ruga two or three times larger than openning of scent gland, developed through 1/3 to 1/4 metapleural width. Legs concolorous with the body. Abdominal area between trichobothria and lateral margin yellowish with punctures almost as concentrated as in the abdomen. Basal processes ofproctiger in a conical projection ( Fig. 3 View Figs 1-6 ). Processus conjzlnctivae I widened at apex, in profile ( Fig. 25 View Figs 22-27 ).

Female. Similar to male. Ductus receptaculi, before vesicular area around five times longer than this area; diameter ofthe ductus, before vesicular area, larger than the diameter afier vesicular area ( Fig. 30 View Figs 29-30 ).