Podisus nigrispinus ( Dallas, 1851 )

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 : 573

Podisus nigrispinus ( Dallas, 1851)

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Distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Surinam ( Thomas 1992; Grazia et al. 2015).

Examined material. 26.IX.2017 (4 ♂, 4 ♀)

Comments. According to Thomas (1992), P. nigrispinus can be recognized by the dark bifid humeral angles contrasting with the pale and rugulose anterolateral margins of pronotum This species is widespread ( Grazia et al. 1985) and show potential in controlling populations of phytophagous insects ( Grazia et al. 2015).

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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.