Eduardo I. Faúndez

Bed Bugs Are Back and Also Arriving is the Southernmost Record of Cimex lectularius (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) in South America

ABSTRACT The arrival and establishment of the bed bug Cimex lectularius L., 1755 in Magallanes Region (Chile) is reported. The present record is the southernmost for this species in America. The circumstances that provided for the species reaching this southern locality are discussed.

A new genus for a Chilean species of Acanthosomatidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera).

Sinopla canaliculus Reed, 1898 is revalidated and illustrated for first time. Pseudosinopla n. gen. (Blaudusinae: Lanopini) is erected to place S. canaliculus Reed, 1898. A key to Chilean Lanopini genera is included.

Photography-based taxonomy: Is it necessary to reform the Code , and what that exactly means?

A recent series of papers, and rebuttals, regarding Photography-based taxonomy (PBT) (Pape et al. 2016, Krell et al. 2016, Ceríaco et al. 2016, Thorpe 2017) has raised much controversy and discussion about the practice of describing new species without preserved type specimens. Although there has been thoughtful discussion upon this issue, there is still much misunderstanding, especially regarding the idea of changing parts of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) to regulate this practice.

Notas sobre la familia Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) en el extremo sur de Chile, con descripción de un subgénero y especie nuevos

A fossil gelastocorid, Nerthra subantarctica Faundez & Ashworth sp. nov, is described from Puerto Eden (~49 °S), Ultima Esperanza province, Magallanes Region, Chile. The new species is described on basis of a head and a pronotum. Although it is a fossil species it is not believed to be extinct. New records and first description of the male are given for Nerthra praecipua Todd, 1957, and a new subgenus Rhinodermacoris Faundez subgen. nov., is erected to place N. praecipua. The male of N. praecipua is described for the first time. The new records for N. praecipua extends its north distribution up to Los Rios Region (~40 °S). On the other hand N. subantarctica is the southernmost distributed gelastocorid in South America.

First Case of a Human Being Bitten by a Water Boatman (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixidae) from Chile.

Abstract The first record of a water boatman (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixidae) biting humans is described. The case is from Chile, and the biting species was identified as Sigara trimaculata (Le Guillou, 1841). The possible causes of the bites are discussed.

A Case of Biting Humans by Nabis americoferus (Heteroptera: Nabidae), With Comments on Bites by Other Species of the Genus Nabis in the United States

Abstract A case of biting humans by the common damsel bug Nabis americoferus Carayon, 1961 is reported for an adult male in Fargo, ND. The symptoms and evolution of the bite are described. A compilation of cases of other Nabis spp. biting humans in the United States is provided and discussed.

A new species of Acledra s. str. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from the highlands of Argentina and Bolivia, with a checklist and key to the species of the nominate subgenus.

Acledra (Acledra) bichromocornis n. sp. from the highlands of Argentina and Bolivia is described. A checklist of the species of Acledra s. str. is provided, including the distribution by country. A key to the species of Acledra s. str. is included.

CONTRIBUCIÓN AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LAS ESPECIES DEL COMPLEJO DE NABIS PUNCTIPENNIS BLANCHARD, 1852 (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: NABIDAE) EN CHILE

New data is provided for the Nabis punctipennis complex in Chile. New biological and distributional data are delivered for Nabis faminei. The distribution of N. punctipennis in Chile is clarified. A new species, Nabis ashworthi is described from Southern Chile. A key to the species of the complex present in Chile is included.

CONTRIBUCIÓN AL CONOCIMIENTO DE CYLINDROCNEMA PLANA MAYR, 1864: (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: ACANTHOSOMATIDAE)

Acanthosomatidae is a family of Heteroptera, commonly named “shield bugs”, which is one of the least diversified families within Pentatomoidea, containing near 200 species classified in 47 genera (Kment 2005). Currently, there are 12 valid species of Acanthosomatidae in Chile, and much of those are poorly known.

ARAÑAS (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE) PELIGROSAS DE LA REGIÓN DE MAGALLANES

Se consideran animales potencialmente peligrosos todos los que perteneciendo a la fauna salvaje, siendo utilizados como animales domesticos o de compania, con independencia de su agresividad, pertenecen a especies o razas que tengan capacidad de causar la muerte o lesiones a las personas o a otros animales y danos a las cosas (Melic 1995).Todas las aranas, excepto la pequena familia Uloboridae (unas 200 especies), son venenosas, es decir producen sustancias toxicas (com. pers. A. Melic). Sin embargo, solamente una pequena parte de estas son capaces de producir dano a los humanos, pese a esto las aranas se encuentran den-tro de los animales mas temidos por los humanos desarrollando en algunas personas casos extremos de aracnofobia.Chile cuenta constantemente con una gran cantidad de casos de mordeduras de aranas, siendo normal la aparicion de noticias al respecto en los distintos medios de comunicacion nacionales.En Chile la aranas mas conocidas por su peli-grosidad son las del genero Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe, 1832 (Sicariidae), principalmente Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet, 1849), estas aranas son llamadas, comunmente “aranas de los rincones” seguida por las especies del genero Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805 (Theridiidae) conocidas comunmente como “viudas negras”, “aranas del trigo” o “aranas de poto colorado”, en el caso de ambos generos se han registrado mordeduras con efectos fatales generando en la comunidad la impresion de que estas son las unicas aranas peligrosas de Chile. Canals et. al. (2004) proponen para Chile como aranas peligro-sas a las pertenecientes a los generos Loxosceles, Latrodectus y Lycosa Latreille, 1804; sin embargo, existen otros generos de aranas presentes en el pais que son consideradas peligrosas para los humanos, como es el caso del genero Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Theridiidae) conocidas como “falsas viudas” y el genero Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 (Sicariidae) cuyo nombre vulgar es “aranas sicario”.La mayoria de los registros de mordeduras de aracnidos en Chile se refieren a Loxosceles, se-guidos por Latrodectus (Schenone 2003) y Lycosa (Donoso 1948). Este ultimo autor responsabiliza de lesiones necroticas cutaneas a L. murina Nicolet, 1849, actualmente L. implacida Nicolet, 1849.La principal razon de que estos generos de aranas sean los unicos considerados peligrosos puede deberse a tres razones: son los unicos en que los ejemplares mordedores han sido taxonomicamente bien identificados, a que los pacientes normalmente