Diceraeus melacanthus ( Dallas, 1851 )

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 : 38

Diceraeus melacanthus ( Dallas, 1851) [ Fig. 60 ]

Distribution. Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina.

Distribution in Colombia. Caquetá and Cundinamarca.

Remarks. Diceraeus melacanthus has the mandibular plates acute, the ventral margin of the pygophore is medially bisinuate, and the gonocoxite VIII is flat, not inflated.

References. Grazia 1978; Barão et al. 2020

Figures

FIGURES 48‒63. Edessinae and Pentatominae genera in Colombia. 48. Brachystethus improvisus (MPUJ). 49. Doesburgedessa elongatispina (MZUSP). 50. Edessa rufomarginata (MPUJ). 51. Grammedessa stillativentris (UFRG). 52. Hypoxys sp. (MZUSP). 53. Lopadusa fuscopunctata (ICN). 54. Paraedessa subrectangulata (ICN). 55. Peromatus sp. (MPUJ). 56. Agroecus griseus (ICN). 57. Amauromelpia miri (UFRG). 58. Berecynthus hastator (MPUJ). 59. Cosmopepla cruciaria (MPUJ). 60. Diceraeus melacanthus (MZUSP). 61. Dichelops sp. (MPUJ). 62. Euschistus carbonerus (MPUJ). 63. Galedanta myops (MPUJ). Scale bar: 5 mm.