Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Centro de Investigaciones Costeras La Mancha, Actopan, Veracruz, México

Abstract

TEN SPECIES OF CYDNIDAE (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA) FROM THE AREA OF THE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES COSTERAS LA MANCHA (CICOLMA), WHICH BELONGS TO INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA, A.C. ON THE COAST OF VERACRUZ ARE CITED. FIVE GENERA ARE REGISTERED: AMNESTUS, CYRTOMENUS, DALLASIELLUS, MELANAETHUS Y PANGAEUS AND 2 NEW SPECIES ARE DESCRIBED, DALLASIELLUS RUGOSUS SP. NOV., AND MELANAETHUS DUNENSIS SP. NOV. MOST OF THE SPECIES WERE COLLECTED UNDER THE CROWN OF FICUS SPP. TREES, FEEDING ON FRUITS AND SEEDS. A BRIEF REDESCRIPTION OF EACH SPECIES, AND NOTES OF THEIR BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE STUDY AREA AND IN THE COUNTRY ARE INCLUDED; EACH SPECIES IS ILLUSTRATED AND AN IDENTIFICATION KEY IS ALSO PROVIDED.