Macrolophus praeclarus ( Distant, 1884 )

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 : 211-212

Macrolophus praeclarus ( Distant, 1884) ( Fig. 4-D )

Pandama praeclarus Distant 1884:271 ; Dicyphus prasinus Gibson 1917:218 . Synonymized by Bruner 1934:44; Macrolophus praeclarus : Bruner 1934:44 (note); Carvalho 1945A:528 (description); Schuh 2002 –2013 (catalog online)

Diagnosis. General color yellow to yellowish green.Antennal segment I, post-ocular stripe, basal angles of scutellum fuscous to black. Two spots on apical angle of corium, apex of cuneus, veins of membrane fuscous to black. Two spots on corium near corial commissure and two spots near apex of cuneus at membrane pale. Only bases of claval setae with dark spots ( Ferreira & Henry 2011). Male genitalia as figure 10-D.

Plant Associations. Amaranthaceae : Amaranthus spinosus L.; Cucurbitaceae : Cucurbita sp. ; Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poiret ; Euphorbiaceae : Jatropha gossypiifolia L.; Pedeliaceae: Martynia annua L.; Poaceae : Panicum maximum Jacq ; Solanaceae : Nicotiana tabacum L. ( Ferreira et al. 2001; Ferreira & Henry 2011; Schuh 2002 –2013, Nogueira et al. 2019A; Vélez et al. 2020).

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo (São José do Calçado), Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Santa Catarina ( Ferreira & Henry 2011; Nogueira et al. 2019A; Vélez et al. 2020), Colombia, Cuba , Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela ( Ferreira et al. 2023).

Espírito Santo material examined. Brazil : Espírito Santo: 1♂, São José do Calçado , Fazenda Vida Nova Soledade, Coord. 20º 58’ 19.81” W / 41º 36’ 19.54” W, Col.: M. C. Vélez, 28/II/2013 .

Remarks. See comments for Campyloneuropsis infumatus and Engytatus varians .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Tribe Dicyphini, A—Campyloneuropsis infumatus; B—Engytatus itatiaianus; C—Engytatus varians; D— Macrolophus praeclarus; E—Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus.