Agaveocoris distanti
Creators: name: Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra
name: Ferreira, Paulo S. F.
name: Serna, Francisco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Agaveocoris
Agaveocoris distanti

description: Agaveocoris distanti (Reuter, 1905)
(Figs. 8, 45–46)
Eurycipitia distanti Reuter, 1905: 4 (original description).
Caulotops distanti: Reuter, 1908a: 155 (new combination).
Caulotops ruffoscutellatus Carvalho, 1948: 530 (original description). Synonymized by Carvalho, 1954c: 424.
Agaveocoris distanti: Henry and Menard, 2020: 219 (new combination).
Material examined. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 3 ♂ 3 ♀ 2?, Bello, 1.ix.1971, “Fique” (R. Vélez) (MEFLG 673- 9–­ MEFLG 673-11, MEFLG 313-4); 2 ♀, Bello, 1.x.1971, “Fique” (R. Vélez) (MEFLG 313-3); 3 ♂ 1?, Ciudad Bolívar, 1.vii.1942, “Fique” (F.L. Gallego) (MEFLG 313-1, MEFLG 313-2); 2 ♀, El Peñol, 1.i.1975, “Fique” (R. Vélez) (MEFLG 673-7, MEFLG 673-8); 1 ♂ 4 ♀ 3?, El Peñol, 1.x.1958, “Fique” (C. Carmona) (MEFLG 3697- 1–­ MEFLG 3697-8); 1 ♂ 3 ♀, Giraldo, 1.viii.1973, Agave sp. (Asparagaceae) (E. Urueta) (MEFLG 673-1– MEFLG 673-4); 11 ♂ 23 ♀, Itagüí, 26.iv.1961, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (K. Kopf) (CTNI 101); 1 ♂, Medellín, 1.vii.1975, “Fique” (R. Vélez) (MEFLG 673-6); 1 ♂, Medellín, 1.viii.1975, “Fique” (R. Vélez) (MEFLG 673- 5); 3 ♀, San Vicente, 5.iii.1976, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (G. Martínez) (CTNI 101); 6 ♂ 1 ♀, Valle de Medellín, 1479 m, 6°14’N, 75°34’W, vi.194_ (F.L. Gallego) (MEFLG NC26550–­ MEFLG NC26557); Boyacá: 3 ♂ 7 ♀ 1?, Altiplano, vi.194_, “Cabuya” (F.L. Gallego) (MEFLG NC26558–­ MEFLG NC26568); 3 ♂ 18 ♀, Villa de Leyva, Museo Paleontológico de Villa de Leyva, 2149 m, 5°38’30”N, 73°30’57”W, manual collecting, 1.vii.2015, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (A. Álvarez) (UNAB 1898); 1 ♂ 3 ♀, 18.iii.1969, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) - “fique” (J. Chaparro) (CTNI 101); Cauca: 1 ♀ 15?, Popayán, 1.vii.1952, “ Agave ” (F.L. Gallego) (MEFLG 313-5); Cundinamarca: 5 ♂ 5 ♀, Pacho, 23.x.1975, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (L. Nuñez) (CTNI 101); Santander: 3 ♂ 11 ♀, Girón, 1.iii.1975, Furcraea sp. (Agavaceae) -“fique” (L. Nuñez) (CTNI 101).
Diagnosis. General body color yellowish brown to reddish brown. Antennal segment II black. Hemelytron in dorsal view tending to bluish black; corium pale whitish laterally. Pubescence pale.Antennal segment I approximately as long as vertex width. Body length 3.30–3.60 mm (Carvalho 1948, 1985b). Right paramere (Fig. 45) with basal process slightly wider towards the paramere body; body elongate and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process with a notch. Left paramere (Fig. 46) with basal process straight; body flat and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process gradually terete.
Associated plants. Agave cerulata Trel. [unknown subspp. subcerulata] (Asparagaceae) (Henry & Menard 2020), A. cupreata Trel. & Berger (Asparagaceae) (Figueroa-Castro et al. 2019), A. fourcroydes Lem.(Asparagaceae), A. murpheyi Gibson (Asparagaceae) (Henry & Menard 2020), A. vivipara L. (Asparagaceae) (Figueroa-Castro et al. 2019; Henry & Menard 2020), Agave sp. (Asparagaceae) (Carvalho 1948), Furcraea acaulis (Kunth) (Asparagaceae) (Carvalho 1948), Furcraea sp. (Asparagaceae) (Gallego & Vélez 1992) and Yucca gigantea Lem. (Asparagaceae) (Henry 1985).
Distribution. Costa Rica, U.S.A. (Henry 1985), Mexico, Venezuela (Carvalho 1948). Colombia (Antioquia) (ICA 1976); new department records: Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Santander.
description: Published as part of Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, pp. 101-151 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7022163