Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, 1873

María C. Melo, Gimena Dellapé, Leonela Olivera, Pablo S. Varela, Sara I. Montemayor & Pablo M. Dellapé, 2017, Diversity of true bugs from Iguazú National Park, Argentina, Check List 13 (5), pp. 479-511 : 487

Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, 1873

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Distribution. Antilles, Australia, Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Fiji Is., French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mexico, Micronesia, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Republic of Mauritius, Saint Vincent, Venezuela, and USA ( Drake and Ruhoff 1965).

Material examined. 2♀ 1♂, 25°40´40.8ʺ S, 54°26ʹ55.9ʺ W, 1-XI-2012, S.I. Montemayor coll., PNI0154-6 (MLP); 19♂ 11♀, CIES, 2-XI-2012, P.M. Dellapé coll., PNI0157-86 (MLP); 4♂ 2♀, CIES, 2-XI- 2012 PNI0187-92 (MLP); 1♀, CIES, 8-XII-2013, G. Dellapé coll., PNI0193 (MLP).

Remarks. New country record.

This species can be distinguished by its five cephalic spines, its short hood not reaching the anterior margin of the eyes, its pronotum three carinated, the paranota carinae like, the hemelytra with dark brown “X” pattern and its costal area with one row of rectangular areolae.

Figures

Figure 18–20. Tingidae. 18. Corythaica dellapei Montemayor & Melo, 2012. 19. Teleonemia carmelana (Berg, 1892). 20. Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, 1873, new country record.