Monalocoris pallidiceps (Reuter)

Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza & Henry, Thomas J., 2011, Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae, Zootaxa 2920, pp. 1-41 : 6-7

Monalocoris pallidiceps (Reuter)

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Bryocoris pallidiceps Reuter, 1907: 43 (orig. descrip.).

Monalocoris pallidiceps: Carvalho and Hussey, 1954: 3 (n. comb.); Carvalho and Afonso, 1977: 8 (list); Carvalho, 1980: 646 (diag., type).

Diagnosis. General color brown to dark brown. Hemelytra dark brown, with pale areas. Pronotum and scutellum dark brown. Apical third of corium dark brown; cuneus, except apex and inner basal angle clear or translucent. Length 3 mm or more.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Carvalho, 1957; Ferreira et al., 2006). Minas Gerais specimens examined. 4 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 30 Apr. 1975, 6 Dec. 1978, Ferreira and Rossi (UFVB); 2 ɗɗ, 2 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 18 Sept. 1982, Fiuza and Martins (UFVB); 15 ɗɗ, 38 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 13 Oct.–1 Nov. 1985, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira, sweeping ferns (USNM); 11 ɗɗ, 6 ΨΨ, Mata da Prefeitura, 6 Nov. 1985, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira, beating ferns (USNM); 5 ɗɗ, 8 ΨΨ, Paulo Candido (Sitio do Fiuza), 28 Feb. 1993 (USNM).