Aspidobothrys flavicostus Carvalho

Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza & Henry, Thomas J., 2011, Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae, Zootaxa 2920, pp. 1-41 : 14

Aspidobothrys flavicostus Carvalho

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Aspidobothrus [sic] flavicosta Carvalho, 1949: 325 (orig. descrip.).

Aspidobothus [sic] flavicostus: Steyskal, 1973: 206 (etymol.); Felippe, 1985: 380 (descrip.). Aspidobothrys flavicosta: Schuh, 1995: 537 (cat.).

Diagnosis. General color shiny black. Head (except median black spot), base of antennal segment I, pronotum (except median black spot), mesoscutum, central area of scutellum, and base of clavus, corium, and embolium reddish, remainder of embolium yellow; membrane fuscous, with area around veins paler. Length 5.50–6.80 mm. Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Goias, Minas Gerais), Paraguay (Carvalho, 1957; Ferreira et al., 2006). Minas Gerais specimen examined: 1 Ψ, Campos Altos, 18–20 Apr. 1992, P. S. Fiuza Ferreira (UFVB).