Macrolophus basicornis (Stål), Stal

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 : 10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277915
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098721
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scientific name	Macrolophus basicornis (Stål)
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Macrolophus basicornis (Stål) View in CoL

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Deraeocoris basicornis Stål, 1860: 52 View in CoL (orig. descrip.)

Pandama aureus Distant, 1893: 432 (orig. descrip.). Synonymized by Carvalho, 1945c: 530. Macrolophus basicornis: Bergroth, 1922: 21 View in CoL (list); Carvalho, 1945c: 526 (descrip.); Carvalho and Dolling, 1976: 793 (type desig.).

Diagnosis. General color yellow to greenish yellow. Eyes, first and apex of second antennal segments, post-lateral stripe on head, apex of clavus, two rounded spots on corium, and apex of cuneus fuscous to black (in some specimens the spots are faint or lacking). Scutellum black with two small pale spots. Two stripes on mesoscutum (in some specimens stripes reach the pronotum) and apex of cuneus fuscous. Hemelytral setae with dark spots at bases. Length 3.60–4.00 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Goias, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina), Cuba, Guatemala ( Carvalho, 1958); Venezuela ( Carvalho and Afonso, 1977).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 2 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 20 Jan. 1982, 24 Feb. 1986, P. S. Fiuza Ferreira ( UFVB); 2 ɗɗ, Ponte Nova, 30 Oct. 1979, 8 Apr. 1980, Planalsucar ( UFVB); 3 ɗɗ, 4 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 13 Oct.–1 Nov. 1985, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira ( USNM).