Nezara viridula ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Barros, Lurdiana D., Paim, Marcelo R., Krein, Verônica, Carabajal, Victor, Brandão, Marcela N., Bernardes, Paula De O. & Lindner, Mariana F., 2021, Illustrated guide to Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) species associated with the four main grain crops in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 430-478 : 462-463

Nezara viridula ( Linnaeus, 1758)

( Figs 92–95 )

Cimex viridulus Linnaeus, 1758: 444 .

Nezara viridula ; Amyot & Serville, 1843; Stål, 1865: 193–195; 1872: 41; 1876: 91; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 167; Kirkaldy, 1909: 117, 381; Schouteden, 1910: 88; Freeman, 1940: 357–360; Pirán, 1948: 13; DeWitt & Godfrey, 1972: 1–23; Costa & Link, 1974: 398–399; Azim & Shafee 1978: 507–508; Zheng, 1982: 195–196; Cassis & Gross, 2002: 520–524; Rider, 2006: 329–330; Ferrari et al. 2010: 17–18 .

Material studied. Cachoeirinha : 1♀, 18.IV.1981, R. P. Mocellin leg. ( UFRG) . Canoas : 1♂, 22.XII.1985, J. A. M. Fernandes leg. ( UFRG) . Cruz Alta : 1♂, 19.X.1981, Link & Costa leg., “em Colza”, ( UFRG) . Estrela : 1♀, 01.IV.07, C. Greve leg. ( UFRG) . Guaíba : 1♂, 2♀, 01.X.1985, M. C. Del Vecchio leg., “em Joá”( UFRG) . Rio Grande : 1♂, Estação Ecológica do Taim, 23.III.1981, 04.IV.1981, J. Grazia leg. ( UFRG) . Santa Maria : 1♂, 02.VII.1980, J. Pauichi leg., J. Grazia det. 1986 ( UFRG) ; 1♂, 26.IV.1982, Costa & Link leg., “em soja” ( UFRG) ; 1♂, 2♀, XII.1981, D. Link leg., “em Feijão”, J. Grazia det. 1986 ( UFRG) ; 1♂, 07.XII.1981, Link & Costa leg., “em colza”, J. Grazia det. 1986 ( UFRG) .

Diagnostic features. Body dorsal and ventral surfaces green to yellow. Mandibular plates subequal to clypeus and rounded apically. Anterolateral margins of pronotum straight. Humeral angles not developed ( Fig. 92 ). Abdominal spine free, not reaching metacoxae ( Fig. 93 ). Spiracles green, surrounded by a green maculae ( Fig. 94 ). Body length: 10.00 to 15.00 mm.

Recorded host plants. Canola (Marsaro Jr. et al. 2017; Bianchi et al. 2019), maize ( Roza-Gomes et al. 2011; Valicente 2015), oat ( Pereira & Salvadori 2020), rice ( Lopes et al. 1974; Link & Grazia 1987), rye ( Pereira & Salvadori 2020), soybean ( Costa & Link 1974; Lopes et al. 1974; Grazia 1977; Link & Grazia 1987; Medeiros & Megier 2009) and wheat ( Lopes et al. 1974; Link & Grazia 1987).

Distribution in Rio Grande do Sul. Cachoeirinha, Canoas, Cruz Alta, Estrela, Guaíba, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande, Santa Maria and São Sepé ( Fig. 95 ).

Comments. In some specimens, the anterior half of pronotum and posterolateral margins of head are yellowish (see Garbelotto & Campos 2014).

Figures

FIGURES 92–95. Nezara viridula. 92: Dorsal view, scale bar = 1.0 mm. 93: Ventral view, showing abdominal spine (arrow). 94: Ventral view of lateral area of abdominal sternites, showing spiracles. 95: Distribution within Rio Grande do Sul.