Acrosternum, Fieber, 1861

Grosso-Silva, José Manuel, Félix, Rui, Barros, Francisco, Soares, Albano, Antunes, Sandra, Monteiro, Eva & Garcia-Pereira, Patrícia, 2020, The genus Acrosternum Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in Portugal., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 22, pp. 257-262 : 258-259

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12810291
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C46087F0-543D-FFE6-BFA0-F9F2FB52FE3C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Acrosternum
status

Treatment

Acrosternum View in CoL millierei (Mulsant & Rey, 1866)

Material examined:

* Bragança district: Vila Flor municipality: Senhora da AssunÇão (29 TPF5179 ), 13/02/1999 (1 ♂, Grosso-Silva leg., GS col.) .

* Faro district: Albufeira municipality: Cortelhas-Guia (29 SNB6110 ), 15/07/2012 (1 ♂ and 1 ♀, Grosso-Silva leg., GS col.). São Brás de Alportel municipality: Quinta do Peral (Environmental Interpretation Centre) (29 SPB0209 ) , 15/10/2019 (1 ♀, Albano Soares leg., Tagis col.).

* Guarda district: Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo municipality: Escalhão (29 TPF7435 ), 12/07/2019 (1 specimen photographed by Amílcar Jorge: Fig. 2 View Fig ). Vila Nova de Foz Côa municipality: Near the former Almendra train station, on the left bank of the river Douro (29 TPF6744 ), 23/07/1995 (1 ♀, Grosso-Silva leg., GS col.); Almendra (29 TPF6340 ), 17/08/1996 (1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀, Grosso-Silva leg., GS col.), 23/11/1997 [1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀, Grosso-Silva leg., MHNC-UP col.: MHNCUP/ART/37642 (♂), MHNCUP/ART/37643 (♀) and MHNCUP/ART/37644 (♀)] .

In Spain, the known distribution range of Acrosternum millierei comprises the provinces of Murcia ( LETHIERRY, 1884); the Balearic Isles ( MORAGUES DE MANZANOS, 1894); Ciudad Real ( FUENTE, 1920); Valencia ( MOR ̎DER, 1920); Alicante (J. RIBES & SAULEDA, 1979); Barcelona, Zaragoza (J. RIBES et al., 1997); and Tarragona ( JIMÉNEZ et al., 2003) ( Map 2 View Map 2 ).

The only previous Portuguese record of this species was published by JOSIFOV & HEISS (1989), through an illuStrAtion of the mAle GenitAliA of A Specimen collected in “ PortuGAl ”. AS A reSult, the occurrence of the species in the country is now confirmed and a first approach to its national distribution is presented, which currently includes the three districts shown in Map 2 View Map 2 .