Spartacus minensis Carvalho

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 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277915
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098896
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scientific name	Spartacus minensis Carvalho
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Spartacus minensis Carvalho View in CoL

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Spartacus minensis Carvalho, 1985c: 577 View in CoL (orig. descrip.).

Diagnosis. General color yellowish green. First antennal segment with base very narrow and thicker than other segments; outer margin of first segment with a black stripe and covered with long setae. Hemelytra hyaline and densely pilose; claval commissure (some specimens) fuscous; embolium (some specimens) yellowish at apex. Length 4.75–5.00 mm.

Host. Heliconia psittacorum Sessé and Moç. [ Musaceae ] ( Ferreira et al., 2001).

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais) ( Carvalho, 1985c).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Viçosa, June 1938, Snipes ( UFVB); 1 Ψ, Viçosa, Aug. 1943, J. C. M. Carvalho, nº 585 ( UFVB); 1 ɗ, 6 ΨΨ (paratypes), Viçosa, Aug. 1943, J. C. M. Carvalho ( USNM); 8 ɗɗ, 13 ΨΨ, Araponga Reserva da Serra do Brigadeiro, 4–5 Mar. 1993, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira ( USNM).