Phthia lunata ( Fabricius, 1787 )

Leavengood, John M., Brailovksy, Harry & Barrera, Ernesto, 2024, Studies in the New World tribe Anisoscelini Laporte, 1832 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae): updated distributions, nomenclatural changes, and keys to the genera of the tribe and the species of Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829 and Bitta Osuna, 1984, Zootaxa 5415 (2), pp. 241-268 : 258-259

Phthia lunata ( Fabricius, 1787)

( Figs. 26 , 55 , 59–60 )

Distribution. This species is known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Martinica, Mexico, New Granada, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Surinam (Bl̂te 1936, Pirán 1963, Froeschner 1981, Maes & Ĝllner-Scheiding 1993, Packauskas 2010, Garcete-Barrett 2016, Linares & Orozco 2017, Meurgey & Ramage 2020). Dominican Republic and Venezuela are new country records.

Material Examined. New Records. Dominican Republic: San Cristobal, VII-1969, J Maldonado C. ( NMNH, 1) ; Venezuela: Exp. Territ. Amazonas, Upper Cunucunuma, Julian, 27-V-1950 ( NMNH, 1); Suapure , El Caura, VI-1899 ( UNAM, 1); Tachira, La Morita , 300 m, 13–17-V-1972, J. Salcedo, A. Fernandez ( UCVM, 2); 140 km NE Barrancas Cano Marisa, Orinoco Delta , 29-VII-1958, A. Menke ( LACM, 1); Estado Bolivar, Pijiguaos Quebrada , Trapichote-Bauxiven , 90 m, XI– XII-1991, J. M. Ayala ( UNAM, 1) .

Figures

FIGURES 26–31. 26. Phthia lunata (Fabricius); 27. Phthiacnemia picta (Drury); 28. Phthiadema cyanea (Signoret); 29. Phthiarella decorata (Stål); 30. Tarpeius egeri Brailovsky & Barrera; 31. Ugnius badius (Herrich-Schäffer).

FIGURES 50–56. 50. Ugnius badius (Herrich-Schäffer); 51. Phthiacnemia picta (Drury); 52. Mamurius mopsus Stål; 53–54. Malvana serrulata Stål; 55. Phthia lunata (Fabricius); 56. Phthiarella decorata (Stål).

FIGURES 57–62. 57–58. Phthiadema cyanea (Signoret); 59–60. Phthia lunata (Fabricius); 61–62. Phthiarella decorata (Stål).