Pachypoda major Carvalho, 1984

Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco, 2022, A taxonomic synopsis of the Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae) of Colombia, Zootaxa 5178 (2), pp. 101-151 : 133

* Pachypoda major Carvalho, 1984

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Pachypoda major Carvalho, 1984a: 279 . (original description).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca: 1 ♀, Tena, El Ospicio via Tena , 1384 m, 4°39’N, 74°22’W, 22.xi.1997 (D. Venegas) ( UNAB 623 ) .

Diagnosis. Body dark brown to black, with red and orange areas. Head orange to red. Pronotum with anterior lobe red and posterior lobe brown to black. Body length 5.50–6.00 mm.

Associated/host plants. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica ( Carvalho 1984a).— Colombia (Cundinamarca).

Comments. This is the first record of this species in Colombia. Specimens of P. major in literature are 6.00 mm long ( Carvalho 1984a). Specimen in the present work is 5.50 mm; hence, length ranges are 5.50–6.00 mm.

Figures

FIGURES 31–42. Dorsal habitus. 31. Pachyneurhymenus pallidolimbatus. 32. Pachypoda major. 33. Parafurius discifer. 34. Pycnoderes atratus. 35. Pycnoderes incurvus. 36. Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus. 37. Spartacus. 38. Stictolophus. 39. Sysinas pallidipes. 40. Tenthecoris balloui. 41. Tenthecoris colombiensis. 42. Tenthecoris exitiosus. Scale bars 1 mm.