Collaria scenica (Stål, 1859)

Barreto-Triana, Nancy, Ferreira, Paulo Sergio F., Osorio-Mejía, Pablo Andrés & Fiuza Ferreira, Luciano S., 2018, Plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) associated with pastures in Colombia, Zootaxa 4441 (2), pp. 390-400 : 394

Collaria scenica (Stål, 1859)

( Figs. 9–12 )

Diagnosis: General color dark; head entirely black on sides and ventral usually with distinct V-shaped pale stripe behind posterior margin of eyes; cuneus mostly dark; endosoma with row of about six thick spines apically, and a small field of spicules just basad to secondary gonopore.

Distribution: Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina ( Morales et al. 2016)

Plant associations: Poaceae : Echinocloa colonum, Eleusine indica, Digitaria sanguinalis , Panicum maximum , Pennisetum clandestinum ( Martínez & Barreto 1998; Morales et al. 2016), Holcus lanatus , Phalaris tuberinacea synonimus of P. arudinacea (new record from specimens labels).

Specimens examined Antioquia : 9 ♂ 7 ♀ Santa Elena [6?12'N; 6?12'W] 2500m, iv.1989, F. Giraldo, host grasses ( MEFLG) . 6 ♂ 4 ♀ San Pedro [6?27'N; 75?33'W] 2400m, ix.1990, R. Vélez, host: P. clandestinum ( MEFLG) . 8 ♂ 4 ♀ San Pedro [6?27'N; 75?33'W] 2400m, iv.1996, F. Cardona, host: grass ( MEFLG) . 2 ♂ 3 ♀ Santa Elena [6?12'N; 75?29'W] 2500m, 29.v.2000, G. Abril, host: Holcus lanatus ( MEFLG) . 4 ♂ 2 ♀ Santa Elena [6?12'N; 75?29'W] 2500m, 29.v.2000, G. Abril, host: Phalaris tuberinacea ( MEFLG) . 24 ♂ 12 ♀ Entrerrios [6.56739; -75.51703] 8.xii.1996, H. Granda, host: P. clandestinum ( CTNI) . 3 ♂ 1 ♀ Santa Rosa de Osos [6°38'N; 75°27'W] 16.xi.1994, N. Barreto, host: grass ( CTNI) . 1 ♂ Yarumal [6°57'N; 75°24'W] 16.xii.1999, G. Abril and F. Yepes ( CTNI) . Boyacá: 3 ♂ 2♀ La Calidad , ii.2000, M. Cano, host: P. clandestinum ( MEFLG) . 1 ♂ 87173 Villa de Leyva , Claustro San Agustín , 1 ♀ 87668 1 ♀ 87743 [5?38'N; 73?31'W] 2200m, ix.1998, D. Forero (IAvH). 1 ♀ Arcabuco, SFF de Iguaque, laguna San Rafael [5?41'N; 73?25'W] 3600m, 30.iv.2006, M. Cuevas, T. Morales and H. Salinas ( MPUJ) . Cundinamarca: 1 ♀ Cota [4?48'N; 74?6'W] 2584m, 14.xi.1999 M.A.B. ( MPUJ) . 20 ♂ 20 ♀ Mosquera , 1.x.1996, H. Granda, host: P. clandestinum ( CTNI) , 2 ♂ 1 ♀ Mosquera, Tibaitatá [4°41'40,1''N; 74°12'14,8''W] 2542m, iii.2010, P. Osorio (CTNI). 2 ♂ Junín [4°47'N; 73°39'W] 2009, P. Osorio ( CTNI) . 3 ♂ 1 ♀ Tenjo [4°52'N; 74°8'W] 8.xii.1994, N. Barreto, host: P. clandestinum ( CTNI) . 1 ♂ 5 ♀ Venecia [4°5'N; 74°28'W] iv.1997 ( ICN). Reserva Chichaque, refugio [4°36'35''N; 74°18'2''W] 8–12.iv.2013, D. Forero (MUPJENT 0017949–0017953).

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Collaria scenica: (9) habitus (dorsal view). 10–12: male genitália: (10) aedeagus; (11) left paramere; (12) right paramere (redrawn from Carvalho & Fontes, 1981).