Chelycoris lethierry ( Montandon, 1895 )

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 : 501

Chelycoris lethierry ( Montandon, 1895) ( Fig. 43 )

Distribution. Argentina: Córdoba, Salta, and Tucumán; Brazil, Peru and Uruguay ( Barcellos et al. 2014, Eger et al. 2015).

Material examined. 1♂, XI-1944, M. Birabén coll., PNI0821 (MLP).

Remarks. First record for Misiones province.

This species can be distinguished by its elongate oval body of about 11 mm or more, and the shape of the pygophore (Eger pers. com.).

Figures

Figure 38–44. Pentatomoidea. 38. Peromatus sulcifer Berg, 1892. 39. Banasa angulobata Thomas, 1990, new country record. 40. Chinavia obstinata (Stål, 1860), new country record. 41. Loxa virescens Amyot & Serville, 1843. 42. Loxa viridis (Palisot de Beuvois, 1805). 43. Chelycoris lethierry (Montandon, 1895). 44. Symphylus ramivitta Walker, 1868.