Tenthecoris orchidearum (Reuter)

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza, Martins, David Dos Santos, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza & Fornazier, Maurício José, 2024, Synopsis of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Atlantic Forest Dominion, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: keys, diagnoses, new species, plant associations, and geographic distribution. Part I: Bryocorinae, Cylapinae and Deraeocorinae., Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 201-254 : 229

Tenthecoris orchidearum (Reuter) ( Fig. 6-Z )

Eccritotarsus orchidearum Reuter 1902:157 ; Carvalho, 1951B: 296 (review, new combination).

Diagnosis. General color red, with extensive metallic-blue or black areas. Pronotum and head reddish, and the eyes black. Hemelytron with clavus and corium metallic blue with a translucent red border; embolium and cuneus reddish. Membrane fuscous within areoles. ( Ferreira & Henry 2011). Male genitalia as Figure 11-S .

Plant Associations. Amaryllidaceae : Hippeastrum sp. (Nogueira et al. 2019A); Orchidaceae : Cattleya aclandiae Lindl. , Cattleya labiate Lindl. ( Ferreira & Rossi 1979; Ferreira et al. 2001), Cattleya perrinii Lindl. , and Laelia perrinii Bateman ( Ferreira et al. 2001) .

Distribution. Brazil: Espírito Santo * (Guarapari: State Park Paulo César Vinha), Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, ( Carvalho 1957; Ferreira et al. 2006; Nogueira et al. 2019A).

Espírito Santo material examined. Brazil: Espírito Santo: 1♀, Guarapari, P. E. Paulo César Vinha, Restinga, Mata 26, Coord. 26º 36’ S / 40º 25’ W, 4m, Col.: Kawada & equipe, 08-15. v.2006 .

Remarks. Records for North America are based on port interceptions from international commerce, not established populations ( Ferreira & Henry 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Tribe Eccritotarsini, A—Cyrtocapsus rostratus, B—Eccritotarsus brotaensis, C—Eccritotarsus carioca, D— Eccritotarsus emboabanus (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes, 1971A, with permission), E—Eccritotarsus hyalinus, F— Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus, G—Eurychilella discoidalis, H, I—Eurychilella incaperanus n. sp.; J, K—Knightocoris carlosleitei n. sp.; L—Neela lutescens, M—Neofurius capichabensis (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971B, with permission), N— Pachymeroceroides bromeliae (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971C, with permission), O—Pycnoderes cataguasensis, P— Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus, Q—Sinervus baerensprungi, R—Sinervus hyalipedes; S, T—Sinervus vendanovensis n. sp.; U, V— Sinervus venturai n. sp.; W—Spartacus albatus, X—Sysinas pallidipes, Y—Tenthecoris nanus, Z—Tenthecoris orchidearum.

FIGURE 11. Male genitalia of the tribe Eccritotarsini, A—Cyrtocapsus rostratus, A1—Right paramere, A2—Left paramere (Henry 2022, with permission); B—Eccritotarsus carioca, B1—Left paramere, B2—Pygophore, B3—Right paramere (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971A, with permission); C—Eccritotarsus emboabanus, C1—Vesica, C2—Left paramere (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971A, with permission); D—Eccritotarsus hyalinus, D1—Vesica, D2—Left paramere, D3—Right paramere (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971, with permission); E—Eccritotarsus nigrocruciatus, E1—Right paramere, E2—Left paramere (modified from Ferreira & Henry 2011, with permission); F—Eurychilella discoidalis, F1—Pygophore, F2—Left paramere, F3—Right paramere (Modified from Carvalho 1953B, with permission); G—Neella lutescens, G1—Left paramere, G2—Right paramere (Modified from Carvalho, 1954, with permission); H—Neofurius capichabensis, H1—Vesica, H2—Right paramere, H3—Left paramere(dorsal), H4—Left paramere (ventral) (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971B, with permission); I—Pachymeroceroides bromeliae, I1—Left paramere, I2—Right paramere, I3—Vesica (Modified from Carvalho & Gomes 1971C); J—Pycnoderes cataguensis, J1—Right paramere (Modified from Carvalho 1988, with permission); K—Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus, K1—Left paramere, K2—Right paramere (Modified from Zapata 2016, with permission); L—Sinervus baerensprungi, L1—Left paramere, L2—Endosoma, L3—Apex of left paramere, L4—Right paramere (Modified from Carvalho 1945C, with permission); M—Sinervus hyalipedes, M1—Left paramere, M2—Right paramere, (Modified from Carvalho 1945C, with permission); N—Sinervus vendanovensis n. sp., N1—Right paramere, N2—Left paramere, N3— Endosoma; O—Sinervus venturai n. sp. O1—Right paramere, O2—Left paramere, O3—Endosoma; P—Spartacus albatus, P1— Right paramere, P2—Left paramere, P3—Vesica (Modified from Carvalho 1945C, with permission); Q—Sysinas pallidipes, Q1—Right paramere, Q2—Left paramere (Modified from Zapata 2022, with permission); R—Tenthecoris nanus, R1, R2— Right paramere (dorsal), R3—Right paramere (ventral) (Modified from Carvalho 1948A, with permission); S—Tenthecoris orchidearum, S1—Right paramere, S2—Left paramere (Modified from Carvalho 1951B, with permission).