Pelocoris bipunctulus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)

Naucoris bipunctulus Herrich-Schäffer, 1853: 39–40 (original description)

Pelocoris bipunctulus: Stål, 1876: 142 (combination change)

Pelocoris bipunctulus Kirkaldy & Torre Bueno 1909: 184 (catalog)

Pelocoris impicticollis Stål 1876: 144 (synonym)

Pelocoris horvathi Montandon 1905: 405–406 (synonym)

Pelocoris lautus Berg 1879: 188–189 (synonym)

(Figs. 2, 7B, 7H, 8B, 8E, 9B, 10B, 11B, 12A, 13)

Diagnosis: Body length 9.10–9.60 mm; hemelytra and scutellum with vermiculate pattern and densely punctate (Figs. 2A, C); posterolateral corners of abdominal segments III–VI spinose and distinctly produced posteriorly (Fig. 8E); male abdominal tergum VII with posterior margin asymmetrical (Fig. 7B) (Rodrigues et al., unpublished data).

Material examined: All specimens macropterous. 1 male and 4 females, BRAZIL, Bahia, Saquaíra municipality, Maraú Pool, 14°02'15.6"S 38°57'11.7"W, R. Mariano, M. Rodrigues, C. C. De Paula, F. N. Souza, L. Lima colls., LOA 0001, C. L. Franco, 2022 det . 2 males, Maranhão, Caxias municipality, Buriti do Meio pool, 4°54'28.96"S 43°06'45.42"W, 29.III.2017 and 21.XI.2018, LEAq 00242, 00249, R. S. Viana, 2022 det .; 1 male, Guarimã stream, 4°48'45.1"S 43°29'29.0"W, 11.VIII.2022, M. A. G. Almeida, R. S. Viana, F. Stefanello, C. C. Martins colls., LEAq 00376, R. S. Viana, 2022 det . 1 male and 1 female, Chapadinha municipality, Reserva Ambiental da Itamacaoca, 3°44'56.2"S 43°19'55.3"W, 08.IX.2022, F. Stefanello col., F. Stefanello, 2022 det . 1 male and 1 female, Codó municipality, Pool, 4°35'09.0"S 43°57'27.2"W, 04.X.2019, C. L. Franco et al. colls., LEAq 00176, 00209, C. L. Franco, 2022 det .

Distribution: ARGENTINA (Poi de Neiff 1993). BOLIVIA (López Ruf & Nieser 1999). BRAZIL (Herrich-Schäffer 1853): Amazonas (Nieser 1975), Bahia *, Maranhão *, Mato Grosso (Nieser 1975), Mato Grosso do Sul (Floriano et al. 2013), Minas Gerais (Nieser & Melo 1997; Pelli & Barbosa 1998; Melo & Nieser 2004; Souza et al. 2006), Pará (Nieser 1975), Rio de Janeiro (Stål 1876), Rio Grande do Sul (Neri et al. 2005) (Fig. 13). COLOMBIA (Roback & Nieser 1974). FRENCH GUIANA (Nieser 1975). PARAGUAY (Moreira et al. 2011). SURINAME (Nieser 1975).

Comments: This species shares some morphological characteristics with P. subflavus, including the female subgenital plate with the posterior margin shallowly concave medially (Figs. 9B, F); abdominal tergum VIII broadly rounded (Figs. 10B, F); valvulae 1 smooth along the dorsal and lateral margins, with distal setal tufts (Figs. 11B, F); and the distal portion of the metapleura broadly rounded and only slightly projected (Fig. 12A). However, this species differs from P. subflavus by abdominal tergum VII asymmetrical in the males and abdominal tergum III with the posterolateral corner spinose.