Eccritotarsus cruxnigrus Stål

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Eccritotarsus cruxnigra Stål, 1860: 58 (orig. descrip.).

Diagnosis. General color yellowish. Eyes, first antennal segment, and apex of second antennal segment black. Scutellum, clavus (except yellowish spot at middle), transverse stripe on apical half of corium and embolium, membrane on basal half, apex of cuneus, apices of hind and middle femora, and tibiae black. Length 4.10–4.80 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) (Carvalho, 1957); Peru (Carvalho and Ferreira, 1972); and Ecuador (Carvalho and Afonso, 1977).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 1 Ψ, Viçosa, Oct. 1945, E. Lorenz (UFVB); 3 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 27 Mar. 1974, P. S. Fiuza Ferreira (UFVB); 1 Ψ, Viçosa, 7 Feb. 1974, Ferreira and Rossi (UFVB); 2 ɗɗ, 1 Ψ, Viçosa, 26–27 Mar. 1993, T. J. Henry (USNM).