First record of <i>Buninotus</i> Maldonado Capriles and <i>B.palikur</i> Castro-Huertas, Forero & Melo from Brazil, with taxonomic notes (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae) and an updated key to the genera of Saicini of the New World.

ABSTRACT: Buninotus Maldonado Capriles, 1981 and Buninotuspalikur Castro-Huertas, Forero & Melo, 2022 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae, Saicini) are recorded from Brazil for the first time. Taxonomic notes on Buninotus and its species are provided mainly based on the examination and photographs of the holotype and paratype of Buninotusniger Maldonado Capriles, 1981. Previous doubts on some characteristics of the genus are clarified. A hypothesis suggesting that the holotype and paratype of B.niger may belong to different species is presented. An updated key to the New World genera of Saicini is provided.

SUBMITTER: Gil-Santana HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447457 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature