Abstract

BRAILOVSKY, Harry  and  BARRERA, Ernesto. The genus Pagasa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae: Prostemmatinae) in Mexico, new records and key to the known species. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2018, vol.89, n.4, pp.1060-1067. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2018.4.2534.

The genus Pagasa Stål (Heteroptera: Nabidae: Prostemmatinae) from Mexico is revised. Pagasa (P.) henryi Kerzhner is recorded for the first time, and new records to P. (L.) confusa Kerzhner, P. (L.) fusca (Stein), P. (P.) brailovskyi Kerzhner, P. (P.) luteiceps (Walker), P. (P.) pallipes (Stål) and P. (P.) prostemmatoides Kerzhner are given. Key to subgenera and species is added; notes on the biology of some species are given, and photographs of dorsal habitus and parameres are provided.

Keywords : Insecta; Damsel bugs; Pagasa; Distribution; Mexico.