Loxa virescens Amyot & Serville, 1843

Castro-Huertas, Valentina, Grazia, Jocelia, Forero, Dimitri, Fernández, Fernando & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2022, Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Colombia: An annotated checklist of species, Zootaxa 5097 (1), pp. 1-88 : 55

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scientific name	Loxa virescens Amyot & Serville, 1843
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Distribution. Southern of Mexico to Argentina.

Distribution in Colombia. Casanare, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca.

Remarks. Loxa virescens has the paramere process projected laterally, and the female has the pronotum between the humeral angles with a transverse fascia of the rugae, and the corium has a discoidal pale spot.

References. Eger 1978; Dellapé et al. 2020.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: 1♀, Casanare, Mochuelo , caserío indígena. selva de galería, 100 m, vii 1972, E. Ortíz / ICN _077280 (ICN); 1♂, Caldas, Samacá, Norcasia, Campamento de la CHEC, 500 m, 7 xi 1988, I.S. A / ICN _077302 (ICN) ; 2♀, Cundinamarca, Cáqueza , 29 xii 1982, P. Moreno / ICN _077215 ( ICN); GoogleMaps Ubalá, San Pedro de Jagua , Puerto Soya B, 4°42’48’’ N, 3°18’6’’ W, 550 m, manual, 2 vii 1998, A. Varón & E. Flórez ( ICN) GoogleMaps ; 1♂, 1♀, Magdalena, Santa Marta, Minca, Hda. La Victoria , Casa Vieja , 11°7’7.2’’ N, 54°5’21.6’’ W, 1027 m, con luz, 13-16 x 2007, F. Fernández & Est. Sist. ( ICN); Sierra Nevada de Sta. Marta , Minca , iv 1977, R GoogleMaps . Restrepo / ICN _077214 (ICN); 3♂, 3♀, Meta, Macarena , 500 m, xii 1949, L. Richter / ICN _ 077272 ( ICN); Macarena , 500-650 m, ii 1950, L. Richter / ICN _ 077254 ( ICN); Puerto López , 6 vi, L.E. Aguirre / ICN _ 077279 ( ICN); Restrepo , Sede CREAD , 523 m, jameo, 5 iv 1988, C. Novoa / ICN _077304 ( ICN); San Martín, Fca. El Caduceo, cerca al río Camoa , 400 m, trampa de luz, 18 v 2006, D. Ochoa ( ICN); Villavicencio, Vda. La Vanguardia , Pozo azul, trampa de luz, 6 iv 2005, Curso Sist. ( ICN); Risaralda, Pereira, PRN Ucumari, P. Nevados, 19 viii 1992, Matuk-Ochoa / MPUJ _ ENT 0010673 ( MPUJ _ ENT) ; 1♂, Santander, Carare, Pwd. Campo Capote , v 1970, I. Cabrera / ICN _077211 (ICN); 2♂, 4♀, Tolima, Alvarado, Miravalle , 19 iv 1974, M.L. Baena / ICN _ 077257 ( ICN); Armero, Vda. San Felipe , 15 i 1983, G. Hilda / ICN _ 077305 ( ICN); Chaparral , 11 iii 1973, L. Quiñones / ICN _ 077260 ( ICN); Ibagué, Vda. El Totumo 4°26,701’ N, 75°11,950’ W, 1100 m, 6-9 vii 2013, J.E. Eger & A.A. Calixo ( ICN); Mariquita , 29 viii 1987, R GoogleMaps . Arce / MPUJ _ ENT 0010676 ( MPUJ _ ENT); Mariquita , 495 m, 29 viii 1987, S. Niño et al. / MPUJ _ ENT 0010677 ( MPUJ _ ENT) ; 1♂, 3♀, Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, Bajo Calima, 70 m, 22 iii 1995, CFT / MPUJ _ ENT 0010678 ( MPUJ _ ENT); Buenaventura , Río Raposo, manglar, 17 vii 1997, C. Medina / ICN _ 077256 ( ICN); Río Anchicaya, 400 m, 20 Oct 1970, R . Cortés / MPUJ _ ENT 0010674 / MPUJ _ ENT 0010675 ( MPUJ _ ENT); Sevilla , 11 iv 1974, J. Aguirre / ICN _077278 (ICN).