Plochiocoris longicornis Champion, 1900

Carpintero, Diego Leonardo, 2014, Western Hemisphere Lasiochilinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) with comments on some extralimital species and some considerations on suprageneric relationships, Zootaxa 3871 (1), pp. 1-87 : 13-14

Plochiocoris longicornis Champion, 1900

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Plochiocoris longicornis Champion, 1900: 315 .

Plochiocoris comptulus Drake & Harris, 1926: 36 .

Lasiochilus longicornis: Carpintero et al., 1997: 24 (error for Plochiocoris longicornis )

Diagnostic characters: Measurements, see Table II. Male: Dorsal view: Dorsally shining. Pronotal sulcus and apex of scutellum opaque. General coloration piceous; hemelytra testaceous, translucent, with apical half of clavus and cuneus slightly darker, external margin of the latter reddish; legs, labium and antennae paler; the latter with segment I and apex of II blackish. Antennal segments in male (I:II:III:IV) 1: 4.4: 2.1: 2.1. Genitalia (see under generic description). Female: More robust than male, with smaller eyes and second antennal segment. Antennal segments (I:II:III:IV) 1: 3.1: 2.2: 2.2.

Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, USA. The species has also been newly recorded from Peru. ( Fig. 21 ).

Material examined: Holotype, ♂, B. C. a., Rhynch. II, Plochiocoris longicornis Champ. , David in Chiriqui, Champ., sp. figured. Type ( BMNH). Holotype, ♂, Brownsville , Texas, May 16, 1904, H. S. Barber coll. Type #29148 ( USNM). ( Plochiocoris comptulus ) .

ARGENTINA: ♀ Misiones, Posadas, Aº Mártires , XI-1993, CDC, Carpintero. MACN ; ♂ idem, (slidemounted). MACN ; ♂ Santa Fe, El Rabón, XI-1939, (slide-mounted). MACN ; BRAZIL: 2♀ Amazonas, Reserva Ducke, Am 010, Km 26, 25-X-1977. INPA ; ♀ Same locality, 18-X-1977. INPA ; 2♀ Same locality, 1-XI-1977. INPA ; ♂ Am, P. Laranjeiras , 8/ 14-VII-1981, Arias col., (slide-mounted). MACN ; NICARAGUA: ♀ Masaya, Las Flores , VI-1959, UV, col. C. Lecoq —R. Cantaressa. MACN ; 1♀, 4♂ León, Las Marías , II-1995, Maës coll. MACN ; 2♂ same data, (slide-mounted). MACN ; ♂ same locality, III-1995, (slide-mounted). MACN ; ♂ Granada, Vn. Mombacho, bosque Nubl., 31-III-98, Malaise (trap), J. M. Maës, (slide-mounted). MACN ; PERU: 1♀, 2♂ Cusco, Cashiriari , (light), 4/ 22-VII-2005, J. Williams. MACN ; ♂ same data, (slide-mounted). MACN .

Figures

FIGURE 21. Distribution of Plochiocoris and Dolichiella.

FIGURES 17–20. Plochiocorini. 17, Plochiocoris longicornis male (2.53 mm); 18, Dolichiella pilosa male (2.50 mm); 19–20, idem. Female syntypes (2.61 mm).