Notes on and descriptions of new pamphantinae, including four new species of Cattarus and a remarkable new myrmecomorphic genus and species (Heteroptera : Lygaeoidea : Geocoridae)

Four new species of the cattarine genus Cattarus Stal are described (C. erw ini from Peru, and C. nigritus, C. pseudoculatus, and C. pallidus from Ecua dor); Phaeax balteatus Distant and P. formicaritus (Distant) are redescribe d and formally transferred to Cattarus; C. stysi Slater is redescribed; the new myrmecomorphic cattarine genus Cephalocattarus and new species waorani are described from Ecuador; and new distribution records are given far the pamphantines Parapamphantus erikae Brailovsky from Ecuador and Venezuela, and Tropico-parapamphantus amazonicus Brailovsky from Ecuador and Peru. Dor sal photographs of all species (except Cattarus insignia Stal) and dorsal i llustrations of the adults of Cattarus formicarius, Cattarus stysi, and Cep halocattarus waorani and its model ant species (Cephalotes pavonii), and a key to the eight species of Cattarus are given to facilitate identification .