Gelastocoris flavus quadrimaculatus ( Guérin-Méneville, 1844 )

Peralta-Argomeda, Jorge Luis, Rodrigues, Juliana Mourão Dos Santos, Huamantinco-Araujo, Ana & Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, 2024, Checklist of the aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha & Nepomorpha) of Peru, Zootaxa 5467 (1), pp. 1-72 : 31-32

Gelastocoris flavus quadrimaculatus ( Guérin-Méneville, 1844)

Geographic distribution. Colombia ( Padilla-Gil 2013a), Ecuador ( Melin 1929), Peru ( Montandon 1910), Bolivia ( Guérin-Méneville, 1844), Chile ( Todd 1955), Argentina ( De Carlo 1954) .

Distribution in Peru. San Martín, Ucayali ( Todd 1955; Nieser 1972), Huánuco ( Todd 1955; Nieser 1972; Nieser & Chen 1992; Estévez & López-Ruf 2006), Pasco, Junín, Ayacucho ( Todd 1955; Nieser 1972), Cusco ( Melin 1929; Poisson 1954; Todd 1955; De Carlo 1959; Nieser 1972), unknown department ( Montandon 1910; Todd 1955, 1972; Nieser 1972).

Notes. There has been confusion regarding the correct name, publication date, identity, and limits of Gelastocoris flavus (Guérin-Méneville, 1835) and its two subspecies, G. f. flavus (Guérin-Méneville, 1835) and G. f. quadrimaculatus. For a summary, see Todd (1955), De Carlo (1959), Todd (1961), Nieser (1972), and Nieser (1975).