Tenthecoris exitiosus ( Distant, 1889 )

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 : 141-142

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7022394

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scientific name

Tenthecoris exitiosus ( Distant, 1889 )
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Tenthecoris exitiosus ( Distant, 1889) View in CoL

( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 31–42 , 81–82 View FIGURES 71–82 )

Eccritotarsus exitiosus Distant 1889: 202 View in CoL (original description).

Tenthecoris exitiosus View in CoL Costa Lima, 1942: 100 (new combination).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 13 ♂ 5 ♀, Medellín, Valle de Medellín , 1538 m, 6°14’N, 75°34’W, 1.ix.1942, Orchidaceae (F.L. Gallego) ( UNAB 609 View Materials ) GoogleMaps ; 3 ♂ 1?, Medellín, 1.ix.1942, Orchidaceae (F.L. Gallego) ( MEFLG 1254-1 View Materials , MEFLG 1254-2 View Materials , MEFLG 1254-3, MEFLG 1254-3 View Materials ) .

Diagnosis. Body reddish-orange and black. Head in dorsal view, pronotum in dorsal view orangish-red. Antennal segment I and II black. Scutellum black with metallic-blue sheen, base orangish-red. Corium, clavus, and embolium black with a metallic-blue sheen and base orangish-red. Hemelytral membrane fuscous proximally and whitish distally. Femora whitish. Antennal segment II longer than antennal segment I and vertex width. Labium length exceeding hind coxae. Body length 3.75–4.90 mm ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947). Right paramere ( Fig. 81 View FIGURES 71–82 ) with basal process slightly flattened; body slightly flattened and curved; sensory lobe absent; apical process flattened and slightly concave. Left paramere ( Fig. 82 View FIGURES 71–82 ) with basal process elongate, wider towards the body; body flattened, sub-oval; sensory lobe absent; apical process somewhat curved and gradually terete.

Associated plants. Cattleya warscewiczii Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947), Cattleya sp. (Orchidaceae) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947; Gallego & Vélez 1992) and Orchidaceae ( Distant 1889) .

Distribution. Trinidad ( Distant 1889).— Colombia (Antioquia) ( Hsiao & Sailer 1947).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Tenthecoris

Loc

Tenthecoris exitiosus ( Distant, 1889 )

Alvarez-Zapata, Alejandra, Ferreira, Paulo S. F. & Serna, Francisco 2022
2022
Loc

Tenthecoris exitiosus

Costa Lima, A. M. da 1942: 100
1942
Loc

Eccritotarsus exitiosus

Distant, W. L. 1889: 202
1889
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