Hiranetis vanderheydeni sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), an example of how a superficial evaluation may impair the taxonomy

Abstract

Hiranetis vanderheydeni sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) is described from Brazil based on females and male specimens. This species, from Brazilian Atlantic Forest, has remained undescribed for at least about a century, because of two previous mistakes involving the taxonomy of species with similar general aposematic coloration.

Keywords

• graptocleptes bicolor
• harpactorini
• hiranetis atra
• reduvius coleopteroides
• wasp mimicry