Tenthecoris Scott, 1886

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 : 140

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.1
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scientific name	Tenthecoris Scott, 1886
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Tenthecoris Scott, 1886 View in CoL

Tenthecoris Scott, 1886: 65 View in CoL (original description). Type species: Tenthecoris bicolor Scott, 1886: 65 View in CoL . Original designation.

Diagnosis. Body orange to red with black areas sometimes with metallic sheen ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947). Hemelytron with anterior margin convex ( Scott 1886).

Comments. In addition to the species of Tenthecoris listed herein, Tenthecoris bicolor Scott, 1886 is recorded in Colombia in Swezey (1945) but was excluded from this synopsis due to the doubtful identification of the species.

Tenthecoris bicolor was recorded in 1945 from material intercepted in the United States in Cattleya sp. and Cattleya gigas (Orchidaceae) ( Swezey 1945) arriving from Colombia. However, identifications of T. bicolor Scott, 1886 and T. orchidearum (Reuter, 1902) before 1951 must be questioned as Tenthecoris orchidearum Reuter, 1902 was synonymized with T. bicolor by Reuter in 1907, but later in 1951, after studying the holotypes of both species, Carvalho (1951b) restored the species status of T. orchidearum . Reliable records of Tenthecoris bicolor and T. orchidearum before 1951 can be found in Carvalho (1957).