Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville
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Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville |
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Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville View in CoL
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Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857: 404 View in CoL (orig. descrip.).
Diagnosis. Body oval elongate. Head, pronotum, and scutellum black. Hemelytra blackish, with a pale spot on anterior and posterior margin of embolium; cuneus pale; basal margin of large cell fuscous. Legs pale, except for fuscous apex of hind femur. Length 2.95–3.65 mm.
Hosts. Amaranthus sp. [ Amaranthaceae ], Cucurbita maxima Wall. [ Cucurbitaceae ], and Phaseolus vularis Wall. [ Fabaceae ] ( Ferreira et al., 2001). This pest species, known as the bean capsid, feeds on the undersurface of its host leaves, often causing severe chlorosis and leaf dieback ( Wheeler, 2001).
Distribution. Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States (Carvalho, 1957); Suriname ( Carvalho and Rosas, 1965); Peru ( Carvalho and Ferreira, 1972); Colombia, Guatemala, Panama ( Carvalho and Afonso, 1977).
Minas Gerais specimens examined. 27 ɗɗ, 63 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 7 Feb. 1974, 27 Mar. 1974, 18 Sept. 1982, 2 Feb. 1983, P. S. Fiuza Ferreira ( UFVB); 6 ɗɗ, 7 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 23 Mar. 1974, 21 June 1974, 30 Apr. 1975, 6 Dec. 1978, Ferreira and Rossi ( UFVB); 2 ΨΨ, Viçosa, Sept. 1943, J. C. M. Carvalho ( UFVB).
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Vicosa, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Museum of Entomology |
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Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville
Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza & Henry, Thomas J. 2011 |
Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1857 : 404
Guerin-Meneville 1857: 404 |