Stiretrus decemguttatus ( Lepeletier & Serville 1828 )

Dellapé, Pablo Matías, Martínez, Auria Paula & Coscarón, María Del Carmen, 2003, New distributional records for the asopine pentatomids in temperate South America, Zootaxa 318, pp. 1-16 : 11

Stiretrus decemguttatus ( Lepeletier & Serville 1828)

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, and Uruguay.

Material studied ( Fig. 10 ): Argentina: Buenos Aires: 1 female, ( MACN); 1 female, II/1918, ( MLP). Punta Lara: 34º 54´S 57º 58´W, 1 female, 27/I/1946, ( MLP). Chaco: 1 female, VII/39, Denier Coll., ( MLP). Córdoba: Dep. Calamuchita: "El Sauce": 32º 03´S 64º 32´W, 4 males, 3 females, II/1938, Viana Coll., ( MACN); 1 female, XII/1938, Viana Coll., ( MACN). La Falda: 31º 5´S 64º 29´W, 1 female, 1922, A. Frers col., ( MACN). Tanti: 31º 20´S 64º 36´W, 1 male, ( MLP). La Paz:Dep. San Javier: 32º 14´S 65º 3´W, 1 female, 15­31/XII/1928, C. Bruch det., ( MLP). Mina Clavero : 31º 43´S 65º 0´W, 1 female, 15/II/1940, Biravent col., ( MLP). Villa Dolores: 31º 19´S 64º 36´W, 1 female, I/ 1940, Bosq Coll., ( MLP); 1 male, II/1940, Denier Coll., ( MLP). Corrientes: 1 female, I/ 1921, Bosq Coll., ( MLP). S. Tome: 28º 33´S 56º 2´W, 1 male, 2 females, ( MACN). Entre Ríos: 1 male, ( MACN). Formosa: Clorinda: 25º 19´S 57º40´W, 1 female, III/1940, ( MLP). La Rioja: 1 female, ( MACN). Misiones: Dto. Concepción: Sta. María: 27º 55´S 55º 23´W, 1 male, X/1946, ( MACN). 2 de Mayo: 27º 02´S 54º 38´W, 1 female, ( MACN). Pindapoy: 1 female, II/1936, ( MLP); 1(without abdomen), I/1913, A. Bridarolli col., ( MACN). Puerto Bemberg: 1 female, XI/1941, ( MLP). San Ignacio: 27º 16´S 55º 33´W, 1 male, ( MACN); 1 female, 15/XI/1929, ( MLP); 2 males, 2 females, W. Bade col., ( MACN). Salta: 1 male, C. Bruch Coll., ( MLP). Oran: 23º 08´S 64º 19´W, 1 female, ( MACN). San Luis: 1 female, ( MLP). Santa Fé: Rosario: 32º 56´S 60º 40´W, 1 male, ( MACN). Santiago del Estero: 1 female, 1920, ( MACN); 1 male, Wagner col., Bosq Coll., ( MLP). Río Salado: 16 males, 10 females, Wagner col., Bosq Coll., ( MLP). Tucumán: 1 male, ( MLP); 1 female, 3/XI/1897, ( MACN); 3 females, Berg Coll., ( MLP); 1 male, 1889, C. Bruch Coll., ( MLP); 1 female, VI/1909, C. Bruch Coll., ( MLP). Bolivia: 1 female, ( MACN); 1 female,( MLP). Brazil: Pará: Mato Grosso, Guayurus: 4 males, 2 females, ( MACN). Saõ Paulo: Río de Janeiro: 22º 55´S 43º 12´W, 1 female, 6/V/1901, ( MLP); 1 male, 21/X/1901, ( MLP); 1 male, 21/XII/1901, ( MLP). Paraguay: 1 female, ( MLP). San Pedro: San Pedro del Paraná: 24º 34´S 57º 58´W, 1 female, Koslonski col., ( MLP).

Observations: Besides the characters mentioned by Thomas (1992) we observed that some specimens have 3 ­ 5 stripes yellow, orange or red, the rest black or brown.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 12: Geographic distribution 9, Podisus; 10 – 11, Stiretrus; 12, Tylospilus.