Vulsirea violacea Fabricius, 1803

Castro-Huertas, Valentina, Grazia, Jocelia, Forero, Dimitri, Fernández, Fernando & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2022, Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Colombia: An annotated checklist of species, Zootaxa 5097 (1), pp. 1-88 : 52

Vulsirea violacea Fabricius, 1803 [ Fig. 81 ]

Distribution. Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina.

Distribution in Colombia. Antioquia and Tolima.

Remarks. The genus was recorded for Colombia by Torres (2004). We confirm the identification of the species as V. violacea , which can be recognized by the coloration metallic dark blue with red maculae distributed along the body, which present high polymorphism within populations.

References. Kirkaldy 1909; Kormilev 1951, 1956; Rolston & McDonald 1980; Torres 2004; Lopez & Cervantes 2010.

Figures

FIGURES 80‒95. Pentatominae genera in Colombia. 80. Runibia decorata (MPUJ). 81. Vulsirea violacea (MZUSP). 82. Chlorocoris sororis (MPUJ). 83. Loxa nesiotes (MPUJ). 84. Mayrinia variegata (MPUJ). 85. Rhyncholepta grandicallosa (ICN). 86. Elanela hevera (MPUJ). 87. Rio insularis (MPUJ). 88. Chinavia scutellata (MUSENUV). 89. Cyptocephala antiguensis (ICN). 90. Nezara viridula (MZUSP). 91. Roferta marginalis (MPUJ). 92. Thyanta perditor (MPUJ). 93. Arvelius porrectispinus (MPUJ). 94. Banasa saileri (MPUJ). 95. Boea sp. (MPUJ). Scale bar: 5 mm.