Ernesto Barrera

Ernesto Barrera
National Autonomous University of Mexico | UNAM · Department of Zoology

About

33
Publications
3,778
Reads
How we measure 'reads'
A 'read' is counted each time someone views a publication summary (such as the title, abstract, and list of authors), clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the full-text. Learn more
157
Citations

Publications

Publications (33)
Article
The genus Bubaces Distant, 1893 is reviewed and three new species are described: B. gloriosus sp. nov., from Costa Rica (Puntarenas Province) and Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz), B. occidentalis sp. nov., from Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, and Michoacan) and B. rostralis sp. nov., from Mexico (Quintana Roo). Addition...
Article
Full-text available
Four new species of Coreidae are described: Crinocerus fernandezi sp. nov. (Acanthocerini) from Colombia, Nectoquintius papillosus sp. nov. from Ecuador, Neoquintius boyacanus sp. nov. from Colombia, and Neoquintius foreroi sp. nov. from Paraguay (all Nematopodini). Keys to all the known species included in the genera Crinocerus Burmeister, 1835, N...
Article
The genus Stenoeurilla Brailovsky & Barrera (Coreidae) in Costa Rica is revised. Two new species, S. herediana, and S. mesoamericana, are described. New distributional records for S. hansoni are added. A key to the known species of the genus is included. Photographs of dorsal habitus, male genital capsule and parameres are provided as well as drawi...
Article
Full-text available
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...
Article
Se revisa el género Stenoscelidea Westwood, 1842 (Coreidae: Coreinae: Stenoscelideini) para Ecuador, describiendo dos nuevas especies y citando por primera vez a S. blotei Brailovsky y Barrera, 1996 y a S. hilaris Breddin, 1903. Se incluye una clave para separar a las especies, y una serie de fotografías que ilustran el hábito de las mismas, y la p...
Article
The genus Alloeorhynchus Fieber (Nabidae) from Mexico is revised. Three species A. moritzii, A. nigrofasciatus and A. nigrolobus are recorded for the first time from Mexico. Six new species are described: A. aureus (from Chiapas and Veracuz), A. bellatulus (from Chiapas and Oaxaca), A. convolutus (from Oaxaca and Veracruz), A. epigaeus (from Guerre...
Article
Two new genera of Ozophorini (Lygaeoidea) are described, each containing a single new species: Cryptotrophora limonensis from Costa Rica, and Neolonginischus bocononus from Venezuela. Dorsal habitus for each are illustrated and photographed, and drawings of the male genital capsule and paramere of C. limonensis are provided.
Article
Full-text available
Resumen Se describen 2 especies nuevas Acroleucus colombianus y Acroleucus lojus provenientes de Colombia y Ecuador; Acroleucus haemopterus Stål es redescrita y citada para Venezuela. Cada especie es fotografiada en vista dorsal y comparada con sus especies afines.
Article
Full-text available
Melucha grandicula sp. n. and M. perampla sp. n., (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Nematopodini) are described from Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru. Melucha quadrivittis Stal, 1862, stat. restit., is resurrected from synonymy under M. phyllocnemis (Burmeister, 1835). Melucha ruficornis Breddin, 1903, syn. n., is synonymized under M...
Article
One new species of Narnia is described from Mexico, N. anaticula sp. nov. A key to the species is provided together with dorsal view photograph of each known species of Narnia. The genus is divided in two groups according the color of the dorsal abdominal segments.
Article
Napoblissus foreroi, is described as a new genus and species of Blissidae from the mountains of Ecuador. A key to the known genera of the Western Hemisphere Blissidae with apterous or micropterous condition is included. Illustrations included a dorsal view of the insect and details of the metathoracic scent gland auricle. (© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag G...
Article
Four new species of Vazquezitocoris Brailovsky from Chile, Ecuador, and Peru are described. Dorsal and lateral view habitus, head, antennae, pronotum, female genital plate, parameres, and male genitalia capsule are illustrated; and a key to the known species is included.
Article
The new Drymini species Drymus chiapensis, and the new Ozophorini genus and species Longinomerus aequilus from México are described. Gastrodes arizonensis Usinger (Drymini) is reported from México for the first time; dorsal view illustrations of the first one and dorsal and lateral photographs of the last two are included.
Article
The subgenus Neoquintius Brailovsky and Barrera (Coreidae: Nematopodini) is elevated to generic level, and 4 new species from Bolivia, Panama, and Peru are described. Diagnostic taxonomic characters of pronotum and male genital capsule (pygophore) are illustrated. An identification key to the genera closely related to Quintius Stål, as well as a ke...
Article
A new species of the genus Merocoris subgenus Merocoris belonging to the coreid monobasic tribe Merocorini is described from Brazil under the name M. (M.) tumulus. Keys to the known subgenera and species of Merocorini are provided, along with dorsal view illustration of adult and drawings of parameres.Una nueva especie de coreido del género Merocor...
Article
Three new species of Anasa Amyot and Serville (Heteroptera: Coreidae), Anasa byssoidecerus Brailovsky and Barrera from Peru and Anasa rapax Brailovsky and Barrera and Anasa onorei Brailovsky and Barrera from Ecuador, are described. Habitus illustrations and drawings of the pronotum, male genital capsule, and paramere are provided.
Article
Full-text available
Five new species of Pselliopus Bergroth (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Mexico (Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora and Tamaulipas) and from the United States of America (Arizona) are described. Pselliopus karlenae Hussey is a new record for Mexico. Diagnostic taxo...
Article
Full-text available
Five new species of Pselliopus Bergroth (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Mexico (Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora and Tamaulipas) and from the United States of America (Arizona) are described. Pselliopus karlenae Hussey is a new record for Mexico. Diagnostic taxo...
Article
Plinachtus aldabrensis new species, collected in Aldabra Atoll, and P. contortus new species, collected in Madagascar are described, and included in the dubius-group. The relationships with P. dubius Herrich-Schaeffer, and P. schoutedeni van Reenen are discussed. The adult dorsal habitus, and drawings of pronotum, and male genital capsule are provi...
Article
Plinachtus aldabrensis new species, collected in Aldabra Atoll, and P. contortus new species, collected in Madagascar are described, and included in the dubius-group. The relationships with P. dubius Herrich-Schaeffer, and P. schoutedeni van Reenen are discussed. The adult dorsal habitus, and drawings of pronotum, and male genital capsule are provi...
Article
Eight new species of Hygia from Malaysia (Borneo) are described, and included in the tribe Colpurini. The new species are as follows: H. alta from Sarawak, H. borneensis from Sarawak, H. mjobergi from Sarawak and Sabah, H. murudina from Sarawak and Sabah, H. reyesi from Sarawak and Sabah, H. tomokunii from Sarawak and Sabah, H. vantoli from Sabah,...
Article
Two new genera and five new species of Colpurini are described from New Guinea and illustrated. The new taxa are as follows: Heydonhygia n. gen. containing H. lata n. sp. from Papua New Guinea, H. mucronata n. sp. from Indonesian New Guinea, H. prolata from Indonesian New Guinea, and H. venusta n. sp. from Papua New Guinea; and Riedelhygia n. gen.,...
Article
Cervantistellus Brailovsky & Barrera, new genus, and two new species (C. guerrerensis and C. insolitus) from México are described in the tribe Acanthocephalini (Coreidae). The nymphs and adults are associated with bamboo. A key to the known species is included.
Article
The new genus Ullrihygia and five new species Ullrihygia iriana, Heisshygia tafa, Lothygia sordida, Lothygia consocia, and Sciophyroides splendidula collected in New Guinea are described in the tribe Colpurini (Coreidae). Dorsal habitus illustrations and drawings of the head, male genital capsule, and female genital plates are provided to distingui...
Article
Dicranoccphalus aroonanus new species, is the first member of the family Stenocephalidae to be formally described from Australia. Its relationships are discussed. Dorsal habitus illustrations and drawings of the male genital capsule and parameres are provided.
Article
Six new species of Mozena, M. atra, M. nogueirana, M. pardalota, M. perezae, M. preclara, and M. presigna, collected in Mexico, are described; dorsal habitus, antennal segments, pronotum, abdomen in lateral view, paramere and male genital capsule of most of the species are illustrated. /// Seis nuevas especies de Mozena, M. atra, M. nogueirana, M....
Article
One new genus, Panstronhygia, and two new species, Panstronhygia delectabilis and Panstronhygia faceta, collected in Sulawesi, Indonesia, are described in the tribe Colpurini (Coreidae). Dorsal habitus illustrations and drawings of the male and female genitalia are provided. A key to the known genera of Colpurini from Sulawesi is presented.