Limnocoris insularis Champion 1901
Creators: name: Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Naucoridae
Limnocoris
Limnocoris insularis

description: Limnocoris insularis Champion
(Fig. 3)
Limnocoris insularis Champion, 1901: 359–360 (original description).
Limnocoris alcorni: Rodrigues & Sites, 2019: 465 (synonymy).
Published records. Belize: Belize, Cayo, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, Toledo; Costa Rica: Alajuela, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, San José; Guatemala: Baja Verapaz, El Progreso, Guatemala, Izabal, Santa Rosa, Zacapa; Honduras: Islas de la Bahía; México: Chiapas, Veracruz; Nicaragua: Atlántico Norte, Jinotega, Río San Juan (Champion 1901; La Rivers 1976; Stout 1978, 1981, 1982; Sites et al. 2018; Rodrigues & Sites 2019)
New state record. México: Oaxaca.
Distribution. Limnocoris insularis is distributed from central-eastern Mexico south to Costa Rica (Rodrigues & Sites 2019). In Mexico, most of the records are in the south (Fig. 3). The range of the species includes the southern part of the Veracruzan (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz) and Pacific Lowlands (Chiapas, Oaxaca) biogeographic provinces.
Material examined. MÉXICO: CHIAPAS: Mpio. Benemérito de las Américas, Flor de Cacao, Río Salinas tributary, 16°09’24.4’’N, 90°29’38’’W, 140 m, 30-Mar-2015, L-1891, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (9♂, 10♀); Mpio. Chilón, Santa Cruz, Río Tulija, 17°11’37.8’’N, 91°44’11.6’’W, 480m, 01-Jun-2014, L- 1806, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (5♂, 5♀); Mpio. Huixtla, Huixtla, Río Huixtla, 15°08’59.9’’N, 92°27’04.6’’W, 67 m, 31-Mar-2015, L-1899, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (4♂, 1♀); same but 01-Apr-2015 (5♂, 8♀); Mpio. Ixtapa, Ixtapa, 16º48’43.7’’N, 92º54’30’’W, 1030 m, 17-May-2012, L-1341, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (1♂); Mpio. Ixtapa, Río Lajas at Pte. Río Lajas, 16º50’42.6’’N, 92º54’01.7’’W, 1020 m, 28-Mar-2015, L-1885, ReynosoVelasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (1♂, 2♀); Mpio. Jiquipilas, Rancho Bonito, Pte. Rancho Bonito, 16°22’06’’N, 93°52’04.2’’W, 689 m, 03-Jun-2014, L-1814, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (1♂, 1♀); Mpio. Maravilla Tenejapa, 13 de Septiembre, Río Puerto Rico at Pte. Puerto Rico, 16°04’47.9’’N, 91°01’17.4’’W, 163 m, 30-Mar-2015, L-1895, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (1♂); Mpio. Marqués de Comillas, Santa Rita La Frontera, Arroyo Manzanares at Pte. Manzanero, 16°04’59.1’’N, 90°47’50.8’’W, 182 m, 30-Mar-2015, L-1892, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (3♂, 1♀); Mpio. Ocosingo, Rancho Puerto Rico, 16°04’46.9’’N, 91°00’44.6’’W, 183 m, 30-Mar-2015, L-1894, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (5♂, 9♀); Mpio. Pichucalca, El Azu-fre, Pte. Azufre I, 17°33’25.9’’N, 93°00’28.0’’W, 49 m, 26-Mar-2015, L-1882, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (2♂, 3♀); Mpio. Tonalá, Velo de Novia Waterfall, 15º55’11.3’’N, 93º29’45.9’’W, 144 m, nr. Pte. Las Hermanas, 01-Apr-2015, L-1903, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (1♂); Mpio. Villa Comal-titlán, Chapingo Dos, Río Vado Ancho at Pte. Vado Ancho, 15°14’51.8’’N, 92°36’02.2’’W, 57 m, 01-Apr-2015, L-1902, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (1♀); Mpio. Villa Comaltitlán, Lázaro Cárdenas, km 238 carr. Huixtla-Mapastepec, 15º10’47.4’’N, 92º32’50.7’’W, 16 m, 20-May-2012, L-1353, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (2♂, 1♀); Mpio. Villa Comaltitlán, 1.36 km SE of Villa Comaltitlán, 15°12’45.8’’N, 92°33’46.1’’W, 48 m, 31-Mar-2015, L-1900, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Barr colls. (3♂, 5♀). OAXACA: Mpio. Ayotzintepec, San José Mano Marqués, 17º47’26.2’’N, 96º00’15.3’’W, 66 m, 24-May-2012, L-1371, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (3♂); Mpio. Juchitán de Zaragoza, Parque Eólico La Venta II, 16º34’28.1’’N, 94º48’22.7’’W, 30 m, 22-May-2012, L-1361, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (1♂, 3♀); Mpio. San Juan Cotzocón, Arroyo Carrizal at km 110 carr. Palomares-Tuxtepec, 17º26’55.6’’N, 95º26’39.1’’W, 94 m, 22-May-2012, L-1365, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (1♀); Mpio. San Juan Guichi-covi, Piedra Blanca, Pte. Malatengo, 17º00’16’’N, 95º00’50.2’’W, 83 m, 22-May-2012, L-1362, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (2♂, 5♀); Mpio. San Juan Guichicovi, Colonia Zapote, Pte. El Zapote at km 163.5 carr. Palomares-Tuxtepec, 17º08’28.1’’N, 95º07’57.5’’W, 98 m, 22-May-2012, L-1363, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (14♂, 9♀); Mpio. San Pedro Yaneri, San Juan Tepanzacoalco, Sierra de Juarez, [17º23’51.32’’N, 96º22’38.19’’W], R. Novelo coll. (1♂); Mpio. Santiago Jocotepec, San José Río Manso, Centro Ecoturístico Cerro Chango, 17º42’06.6’’N, 95º54’01.6’’W, 54 m, 23-May-2012, L-1367, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (4♂, 2♀); Mpio. Santiago Jocotepec, nr. San José Río Man-so, 17º38’44.3’’N, 95º52’02.1’’W, 61 m, 23-May-2012, L-1368, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (7♂, 1♀); Mpio. Santo Domingo Zanatepec, carr. Arriaga-Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Colonia Río Ostula, Pte. Ostula, 16º29’59.5’’N, 94º26’00.5’’W, 40 m, 22-May-2012, L-1360, Reynoso-Velasco coll. (4♂, 1♀). VERACRUZ: Mpio. Tlapacoyan, Ixtacuaco, 10-Jun-2002, R. Novelo coll. (1♀); same but 07-Nov-2009 (2♂, 3♀); Mpio. Tlapacoyan, Río Bob- os, 19 º 55’39.8”N, 97º09’45.5”W, 281 m, 14-Jun-2013, L-1551, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites, Shepard & Novelo colls. (5♀); Mpio. Tlapacoyan, Rojo Gómez, Río Filobobos, 20°02’41.7’’N, 97°05’38.5’’W, 89 m, 12-Jun-2013, L-1548, Reynoso-Velasco, Sites & Shepard colls. (2♂, 3♀).
description: Published as part of Reynoso-Velasco, Daniel, 2020, A new species of Limnocoris Stål (Heteroptera: Naucoridae: Limnocorinae) and new state records for species of the genus in Mexico, pp. 375-392 in Zootaxa 4860 (3) on page 380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4413979