Antiteuchus mixtus (Fabricius, 1787) Dallas, 1851

Panizzi, Antônio Ricardo & Grazia, Jocélia, 2001, Stink Bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) And An Unique Host Plant In The Brazilian Subtropics, Iheringia, Série Zoologia 90, pp. 21-35 : 30

Antiteuchus mixtus .

Specimens were recovered only occasionally, and only adults were intercepted. This species also is suspected not to reproduce on privet. Similar to A. tripterus , it feeds on cacao ( CALLAN, 1944).

Adults oval, dorsally convex. Median body length of females 14 mm (n = 5), and of males 13 mm (n = 5). Color design variegated in females ( fig. 21 ), and completely fuscous in males. Lighter forms sordid flavescent with ferrugineousto black punctures tending to form small clusters especially on hemelytra. Nymphs (female) have a black and white appearance ( fig. 22 ); eggs were not recovered.

Figures

Fig. 21-23. Antiteuchus mixtus: 21, adult on fruits of privet; 22, fifth instar on a privet leaf; 23, egg mass of Antiteuchus tripterus on a privet leaf. (Scales: 3mm).