Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae
Author
Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza
Author
Henry, Thomas J.
text
Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.277915
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277915
Macrolophus basicornis
(Stål)
(Fig. 9)
Deraeocoris basicornis
Stål, 1860
: 52
(orig. descrip.)
Pandama aureus
Distant, 1893: 432
(orig. descrip.). Synonymized by
Carvalho, 1945c
: 530
.
Macrolophus basicornis
:
Bergroth, 1922
: 21
(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
).