Oebalus insularis Stål, 1872

Distribution. USA, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Panama, and Colombia.

Distribution in Colombia. Boyacá, Caldas, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Santander, and Tolima.

Remarks. Oebalus insularis has the genital structure similar to O. poecilus, but O. insularis can be recognized by a small tooth on the inner rim of the lateral angle of the pygophore; and the paramere is regularly concave in lateral view, and its apex is linear in dorsal view.

References. Sailer 1944.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: 1♂, 1♀, Boyacá, Chiquinquirá, 19 ii 1970, L.M. Caballero / ICN _ 077062 (ICN); Sogamoso, 29 xi 1970, L.M. Caballero / ICN _076953 (ICN); 1♂, 1♀, Caldas, La Dorada, 23 iii 1970, C. Riveros / ICN _077050 / ICN_ 076992 (ICN); 1♂, 1♀, Chocó, Golfo de Tribugá, cultivo de arroz, 1 iv 1998 / IAvH-E_151847 / IAvH-E 151848 (IAvH-E) ; 16♂, 10♀ Cundinamarca, Guaduas, 3 xii 1972, Emira G. / ICN _ 077041 (ICN); La Capilla, 24 x 1970, H.A. Palma / ICN _ 077068 (ICN); La Mesa, maíz, 22 v 1982, A. Murillo / ICN _ 077031 / ICN_ 077038 (ICN); Mesitas, suelo, 26 v 1982, A. Murillo / ICN _ 076995 (ICN); Sasaima, 1 x 1965, N. Becerra / ICN _ 076954 (ICN); Villeta, 11 vii 1972, N. Bastidas / ICN _ 077039 (ICN); Tocaima, 30 vi 1972, Jimenez Pianetta / ICN _ 077004 (ICN); Tocaima, 30 vi 1972, J.A. Rodríguez / ICN _ 077151 (ICN); Tolemaida, La Naranjala, 19 v 1968, J.M. Rincón / ICN _077122 (ICN); 1♂, Santander, Vélez, 17 xi 1970, H.A. Palma / ICN _077140 (ICN); 4♂, 2♀, Tolima, Armero, maíz, 12 xi 1972 / ICN _ 077125 (ICN); Alvarado, Cultivo de arroz, 28 iii 1974, G. Márquez / ICN _ 076955 (ICN); Melgar, 29 xi 1970, JVR-JEMS / ICN _077063 / ICN_ 077046 / ICN 076975 / ICN _ 056007 / ICN_056011 / ICN_056012 / ICN_077152 / ICN_077064 / ICN_077127 / ICN_077136 / ICN_077072 / ICN_077070 / ICN_ 077073 (ICN); Melgar, 29 ii 1970, L.M. Caballero / ICN _077044 / ICN_077137 / ICN_ 077128 (ICN); Miravalle, 18 iv 1970, G. Guillot / ICN _ 076983 (ICN); Miravalle, 15 iii 1970, G. Guillot / ICN _ 077069 (ICN); Prado, 6 km de Prado, Chanchito, 26 iii 1986 (ICN) .