Parafurius discifer
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
Parafurius
Parafurius discifer

description: Parafurius discifer (Stål, 1860)
(Figs. 33, 69–70)
Eccritotarsus discifer Stål, 1860: 57. (original description).
Parafurius discifer: Carvalho & China, 1951: 692 (new combination).
Eccritotarsus holmbergi Berg, 1883: 26. Synonymized by Carvalho & China, 1951: 43.
Neofurius amethystus Distant, 1884: 293. Synonymized by Carvalho & China, 1951: 43.
Neofurius variabilis Distant, 1884: 292. Synonymized by Carvalho & China, 1951: 44.
Neofurius infumatus Distant, 1884: 294. Synonymized by Carvalho & China, 1951: 43.
Neofurius aurora Kirkaldy, 1902: 250. Synonymized by Carvalho & China, 1951: 43.
Neofurius tethis Kirkaldy, 1903: 15. Synonymized by Carvalho & China, 1951: 44.
Material examined. COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: 2♂ 1♀ 1?, Anolaima, 1.vi.1948 (MEFLG 3683-1, MEFLG 3683-2, MEFLG 3683-3, MEFLG 3683-4); 1?, Tocancipá, 2606 m, 4°58’N, 73°55’W (UNAB 626); Magdalena: 2 ♂, PNN Tayrona, Cañaveral, 70 m, 11º18’N, 73º56’W, Malaise trap, 07–­ 13.i.2003 (C. Sarmiento) (IAVH-E-164601, IAVH-E-164602); Santander: 1 ♂, Barbosa, 1588 m, 5°55’N, 73°37’W, 28.ix.2003 (C. Soto) (UNAB 626).
Diagnosis. Body yellow to red. Posterior pronotal lobe in the middle, clavus (except base) and base of membrane reddish, brown or black. Corium with reddish, brown or black spot extending from the apical third of the embolium to claval commissure. Body length 3.50–5.00 mm (Carvalho & China 1951; Maldonado Capriles 1969; Ferreira & Henry 2011). Right paramere (Fig. 69) with basal process short with parallel sides; body elongate, bent in the middle so the proximal part is transverse to the distal part; sensory lobe absent; apical process curved, gradually terete, with blunt apex. Left paramere (Fig. 70) with basal process wide and short; body elongate, wider at base, apically rounded; sensory lobe absent; apical process small, gradually terete, transverse to the basal process.
Associated plants. Zantedeschia aethiopica Spreng. (Araceae) (Carpintero & Carvalho 1993; Ferreira & Henry 2011), Dioscorea spp. (Dioscoreaceae) (Alvarez et al. 2013), Coffea arabica L. (Rubiaceae) (Ferreira et al. 2001), Coffea sp. (Rubiaceae) (Carpintero & Carvalho 1993; Ferreira & Rossi 1979) and Smilax sp. (Smilacaceae) (Ferreira & Henry 2011).
Distribution. Argentina, Brazil (Carvalho 1957), Costa Rica, Guatemala (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Mexico, (Carvalho 1957), Nicaragua (Maes & Carvalho 1989), Panama (Maldonado Capriles 1976), Peru (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Puerto Rico (Maldonado Capriles 1969), Surinam (Carvalho & Rosas 1965), and Venezuela (Carvalho 1957).— Colombia (Bolívar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Sucre) (Alvarez et al. 2013; Gaviria-Rivera & Tapias-Múnera 2018); new department records: Magdalena, Santander.
Comments. This species has been synonymized several times due to variations in the color pattern. Specimens from Colombia conform to the diagnosis provided.
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 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7022163