Loxa deducta Walker, 1867

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 : 458

Loxa deducta Walker, 1867

( Figs 78–81 )

Loxa deducta Walker, 1867: 242 .

Material studied. Cachoeira do Sul: 1♀, Bairro Santo Antônio , 14.VI.2008, P. Albuquerque leg. ( UFRG) . Porto Alegre: 1♂, 23.XII.1999, ( CMPA) , J. Grazia leg. ( UFRG); 1♀, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 26.III.1999, J. Grazia leg. ( UFRG) . Santa Maria: 1♂, 21.I.1972, D. Link leg., light trap, ZUEC–1558 ( UFRG) ; 2♀, 19.XII.1971, D. Link leg., light trap, ZUEC–1555, 1556 ( UFRG) .

Diagnostic features. Body dorsal and ventral surfaces green ( Fig. 78 ). Outline of lateral margin of mandibular plates, anterolateral margins of pronotum and lateral margin of corium reddish ( Fig. 80 ). Mandibular plates longer than clypeus and rounded apically, with dense red punctures on the mesial and lateral margins.Anterolateral margins of pronotum concave and with spaced denticles ( Fig. 80 ). Humeral angles strongly developed, acute apically and directed laterally. Corium with impunctate pale callosities, irregularly distributed ( Fig. 78 ). Body length: 13.00– 19.50 mm ( Garbelotto & Campos 2014).

Recorded host plants. Soybean ( Costa & Link 1974; Lopes et al. 1974; Link & Grazia 1987; Grazia & Freyda-Silva 2001).

Distribution in Rio Grande do Sul. Cachoeira do Sul, Porto Alegre, Santa Maria and São Sepé ( Fig. 81 ).

Figures

FIGURES 78–81. Loxa deducta. 78: Dorsal view, scale bar = 1.0 mm. 79: Leg, arrow indicates the spine at the apex of femur. 80: Head and pronotum. 81: Distribution within Rio Grande do Sul.