Acledra fraterna ( Stål, 1859 )

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 : 436-437

Acledra fraterna ( Stål, 1859)

( Figs 10–12 )

Pentatoma fraterna Stål, 1859: 225–226 .

Acledra reflexa Signoret, 1863: 547–548 , pl. 12, fig. 13 (syn. by Stål, 1867).

Acledra fraterna: Stål, 1867: 528 .

Material studied. Júlio de Castilhos : 1♀, 29.X.1981, Link & Costa leg., “Colza”, J. Grazia det. 1986 ( UFRG) . Santa Maria : 1♂, 2♀, XI.1981, D. Link leg., “Colza”, J. Grazia det. 1986 ( UFRG) . Três Passos : 1♀, 5.XI.1986, I. H. Kuhn ( UFRG) .

Diagnostic features. Body yellow with greenish tones. Mandibular plates longer than clypeus ( Fig. 11 , black arrow). Humeral angles rounded ( Fig. 11 ). Internal angle of cicatrices of pronotum with dark spots. Basal angles of scutellum with black maculae ( Figs 10, 11 ). Apex of radial vein of corium with a dark spot. Body length: 8.90 mm ( Faúndez & Verdejo 2010; Garbelotto & Campos 2014).

Recorded host plants. Soybean ( Link & Grazia 1987).

Distribution in Rio Grande do Sul. Júlio de Castilhos, Santa Maria and Três Passos ( Fig. 12 ).

New records. Júlio de Castilhos and Três Passos.

Figures

FIGURES 10–12. Acledra fraterna. 10: Dorsal view, scale bar = 1.0 mm. 11: Head and pronotum. 12: Distribution within Rio Grande do Sul.