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Abstract
The genus Manicocoris and its only species, M. rufipes, are described and illustrated, including nymphal instars I, II, III, and V. Descriptions include morphological and morphometrical characters. This article also provides a new record of an association between M. rufipes and the fruits of Clusia grandiflora Splitg. In French Guiana, adult specimens and nymphal instars II and III of M. rufipes were collected within fallen C. grandiflora fruits, where they awaited prey with their raptorial forelegs coated with a sticky fruit-derived substance.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) PIP n° 0545 and National Geographic Foundation grant n° 7104-01. Special thanks to the IRD for permitting field research in French Guiana, which was funded by PSC-CUNY Award #666193 and The Fund for Neotropical Plant Research of The New York Botanical Garden. We are grateful to J. Adis (MPIL) for the loan of Brazilian specimens and R. Schuh (AMNH) for the loan of specimens from Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Surinam. Thanks also to Tam Nguyen (AMNH) for assistance with the figures, David Grimaldi and Sarfraz Lohdi (AMNH) for checking beetle and fly family identifications, and Lee Herman (AMNH) and Scott Mori (NYBG) for manuscript review.