Taurocerus achilles Stål, 1862

Castro-Huertas, Valentina, Grazia, Jocelia, Forero, Dimitri, Fernández, Fernando & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2022, Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Colombia: An annotated checklist of species, Zootaxa 5097 (1), pp. 1-88 : 69

Taurocerus achilles Stål, 1862 [ Fig. 103 ]

Distribution. Colombia and Brazil. The record in Mexico is doubtful.

Distribution in Colombia. Amazonas.

Remarks. Taurocerus achilles has the body brown, and the humeral angles with the apex black and somewhat curved directed anterolaterally.

References. Thomas 2000; Grazia & Barcellos 2005; Castro-Huertas et al. 2015.

Figures

FIGURES 96‒108. Pentatominae genera in Colombia. 96. Elsiella plana (MPUJ). 97. Neotibilis parva (MPUJ). 98. Pellaea stictica (MPUJ). 99. Phalaecus sp. (IAVH). 100. Pharypia pulchella (MPUJ). 101. Placocoris sp. (MPUJ). 102. Serdia delphis (MPUJ). 103. Taurocerus achilles (MPUJ). 104. Piezodorus guildinii (MPUJ). 105. Odmalea concolor (MPUJ). 106. Pseudobebaeus truncatus (UFRG). 107. Murgantia bifasciata (ICN). 108. Patanius vittatus (MZUSP). Scale bar: 5 mm.