Athaumastus haematicus ( Stal )

Pall, Jose Luis & Coscaron, Maria del Carmen, 2013, Synopsis of Acanthocerini (Hemiptera, Coreidae) from Argentina, ZooKeys 305, pp. 33-53 : 35-36

Athaumastus haematicus ( Stal) Figs 1-5, 6-10, 39

Crinocerus haematicus Stål 1859: 455.

Athaumastus haematicus Berg 1878: 85.-Pennington 1920: 13.-Pennington 1921: 36.-Bosq 1937: 113.-Hayward 1942: 72.-Hayward 1960: 30.-Quintanilla et al. 1968: 31.-Viana and Williner 1972: 27.-Quintanilla et al. 1976: 117.-Rizzo 1976: 34.-Viana and Williner 1978: 74.-Quintanilla et al. 1981: 147.

Redescription.

Male. n= 8. Total body length: 12.3-14.2: head length 1.0-1.2; head width 1.4-0.18; eye width 0.2-0.3; interocular space 0.8-0.9; preocellar distance 0.4; interocellar space 0.2. Rostrum: I 0.7-0.8, II 1.2, III 1.0, IV 0.64-0.7. Antennal seg ments: I 1.8-2.1, II 1.3-2.2, III 2.2-2.7 and IV 1.4-2.0. Pronotum length 2.3-2.9; width 4.6-6.4. Scutellum length 2.3, width 2.2. Length of abdomen with hemelytra: 8.6-9.8; length abdomen with hemelytra: 9.0-10.0; Abdomen width: 3.9-4.6. Dorsal coloration: Head brown tinged with red except antennal segments 2-3, bases of segments with brown tonalities. Pronotum brown, tinged with red. Scutellum dark read. Corium and clavus brown, tinged with red and hemelytral membrane dark brown, veins light brown. Connexival segments dark brown, tinged with red. Ventral coloration: Ground color light brown, tinged with red, mesosternun darker and abdomen not homogeneously dark pigmented. Legs dark brown, tinged with red. Structure: Pronotum rugose. Frontal angles rugose projecting with in as acute projecting spines, humeral angles with two rounded projections. Scutellum granulate. Metafemora with two rows of spines, tibia with small teeth basally. Hemelytra shorter than the abdomen.

Female. n=8. Total body length: 12.0-13.5; head length: 10.0; head width: 1.4-1.6; eye width: 0.2-0.3; interocular space: 0.8-0.9; preocellar distance: 0.4; interocellar space: 0.3. Rostrum: I 0.6-0.8, II 1.2, III 0.9, IV 0.7. Antennal segments: I 1.1-1.7, II 1.5-1.6, III 1.9-20.0 and IV 1.2-1.5. Pronotal length: 2.2-2.7; width: 4.2-5.0. Scutellar length: 1.7; width: 1.5. Length of abdomen with hemelytra: 9.0-11.0; length of abdomen without hemelytra: 9.6-11.3; abdomen width: 4.7-5.4. Dorsally and ventrally light brown. Anterior angles granulate; humeral angles with two rounded projections.

Specimens examined.

Argentina: Catamarca: 1♂ Andalgalá (27°36'02"S, 66°18'56"W), 1♂ Pomán (28°23'44.38"S, 66°13'06.91"W). Córdoba: 2♀ Cabaña (31°13'00.56"S, 64°22'00.32"W), 1♂ Makena (31°21'52.69"S, 64°10'18.54"W), 3♀ 2♂ Marull (30°59'43.72"S, 62°49'38.55"W), 1♂ Mar Chiquita (30°48'35.46"S, 62°52'31.68"W), 1♂ Rayo cortado (30°04'26.09"S, 63°49'25.99"W). 2♀ 3♂ Corrientes. Chaco: 1♀ Charata (27°13'06.31"S, 61°11'15.89"W), 1♀ El zapallar (26°32'17.85"S, 59°20'42.57"W), 8♀ 7♂ Gancedo (27°29'21.89"S, 61°40'31.52"W), 1♀ Resistencia (27°27'05"S, 58°59'10"W). Formosa: 2♂ Ingeniero Juárez (23°53'46.85"S, 61°51'37.88"W). 1♂ La Rioja. 1♀ San Luis. Santiago del Estero: 1♂ Río Salado (27°44'32.51"S, 64°21'16.97"W).

Distribution.

Argentina: Buenos Aires; Catamarca; Córdoba: Carlos Paz, El Sauce, San Javier; Corrientes: Alvear Department, Bella Vista Department, Berón de Astrada Department, Capital Department, Colón Department, Concepción Department, Concordia Department, Diamante Department, Empedrado Department, Esquina Department, General Paz Department, La Paz Department, Mburucuyá Department, Paraná Department, Paso de los Libres Department, Saladas Department, San Martín Department, San Miguel Department, San Roque Department, Santo Tomé Department, Victoria Department; Chaco; Entre Ríos: Concordia; Formosa; Jujuy; La Pampa; La Rioja; Mendoza; Misiones: Alem Department, Apóstoles Department, Cainguás Department, Concepción de la Sierra Department, Guaraní Department, Montecarlo Department, Oberá Department, San Javier Department, San Martín Department, 25 de Mayo Department; Neuquén; Salta; San Juan; San Luis: San Gerónimo, Suyuque; Santa Fé; Santiago del Estero; Tucumán.