New record and ecological notes of Phimophorus spissicornis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phimophorinae) in Colombia

ABSTRACT: Phimophorus spissicornis, the enigmatic and exclusively Neotropical representative of the Phimophorinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), is recorded for the first time from Colombia. Six adult specimens and one nymph were collected in the municipalities of Vegachí and San Carlos, department of Antioquia. In both localities P. spissicornis was collected from palms (Arecaceae) in associatión with Rhodnius pallescens (Reduviidae: Triatominae). Phimophorus spissicornis was found on the axils of palm fronds of Attalea butyracea and Oenocarpus bataua. Dorsal habitus illustrations of the male, female, and late instar nymph of P. spissicornis are provided.

• Autores: Chaverra Rodríguez, Duverney; Forero, Dimitri; Jaramillo Ocampo, Nicolás; Triana Chávez, Omar
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2010
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/24169
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/24169
• Palabra clave: Arecaceae; Attalea; Rhodnius pallescens; http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_703
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/