Dichelops (Diceraeus) caatinguensis Grazia

Brito, Lucas Cavalcanti, Grazia, Jocelia & Barão, Kim Ribeiro, 2019, Stink bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Catimbau National Park, a protected area in Brazil’s largest dry forest, Zootaxa 4612 (4), pp. 571-580 : 576

Dichelops (Diceraeus) caatinguensis Grazia & Poock-da-Silva, 2013

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Distribution: Brazil (RN, PB, PE, BA).

Examined material: 26.IX.2017 (10 ♀), 29.IX.2017 (1 ♂), 21.IV.2018 (8 ♂, 9 ♀), 22.IV.2018 (10 ♂, 10 ♀), 24.IV.2018 (2 ♂, 1 ♀).

Comments. Grazia & Poock-da-Silva described D. caatinguensis based on several specimens collected from the 1930s to the 1970s in the Caatinga ( Poock-da-Silva et al. 2013). To our knowledge, there were no recent records of this species in collections. All specimens of D. caatinguensis were collected in Croton spp. ( Euphorbiaceae ).

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FIGURE 3. Dorsal habitus of species of Pentatomidae collected at the Catimbau National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil. (A) Podisus nigrispinus; (B) Tetragonotum megacephalum; (C) Edessa rufomarginata; (D) Edessa triangularis; (E) Edessa sp.; (F) Chinavia runaspis; (G) Cyptocephala alvarengai; (H) Dichelops (Diceraeus) caatinguensis; (I) Loxa deducta; (J) Mormidea v-luteum; (K) Piezodorus guildinii; (L) Thyanta humilis. Scale bars = 2 mm.