Bothrophorella nigra Stål

Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza & Henry, Thomas J., 2011, Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae, Zootaxa 2920, pp. 1-41 : 14-15

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277915
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098763
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scientific name	Bothrophorella nigra Stål
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Bothrophorella nigra Stål View in CoL

Eccritotarsus nigra Stål, 1860: 58 View in CoL (orig. descrip.); Carvalho 1945d: 318 (descrip., distr.). Eccritotarsus procurrens Distant, 1893: 442 (orig. descrip.). Synonymized by Bergroth, 1922: 21. Bothrophorella procurrens: Reuter, 1907 View in CoL (n. comb.).

Bothrophorella nigra: Bergroth, 1922: 19 View in CoL (n. comb.); Ferreira et al., 2006: 9 (list, distr.).

Diagnosis. Overall coloration shiny black; head brownish orange, vertex and sometimes entire median line fuscous. Pronotum and scutellum distinctly punctate; hemelytra more finely punctate. Antenal segment I and apex of segment II black; legs pale or whitish, tibiae often with a basal or subbasal fuscous band. Length 3.20–4.20 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama (Carvalho, 1957), and Suriname ( Carvalho and Rosas, 1965). Ferreira et al. (2006) gave the first report of this species in Minas Gerais.

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Viçosa, Jan. 1946, Schlottfeldt ( UFVB); 1 Ψ, Viçosa, 18 Dec. 1978, Ferreira and Rossi ( UFVB).