Tenthecoris orchidearum (Reuter)

Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza, Martins, David Dos Santos, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza & Fornazier, Maurício José, 2024, Synopsis of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Atlantic Forest Dominion, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: keys, diagnoses, new species, plant associations, and geographic distribution. Part I: Bryocorinae, Cylapinae and Deraeocorinae., Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 201-254 : 229

Tenthecoris orchidearum (Reuter) ( Fig. 6-Z)

Eccritotarsus orchidearum Reuter 1902:157 ; Carvalho, 1951B: 296 (review, new combination).

Diagnosis. General color red, with extensive metallic-blue or black areas. Pronotum and head reddish, and the eyes black. Hemelytron with clavus and corium metallic blue with a translucent red border; embolium and cuneus reddish. Membrane fuscous within areoles. ( Ferreira & Henry 2011). Male genitalia as Figure 11-S.

Plant Associations. Amaryllidaceae : Hippeastrum sp. (Nogueira et al. 2019A); Orchidaceae : Cattleya aclandiae Lindl. , Cattleya labiate Lindl. ( Ferreira & Rossi 1979; Ferreira et al. 2001), Cattleya perrinii Lindl. , and Laelia perrinii Bateman ( Ferreira et al. 2001) .

Distribution. Brazil: Espírito Santo * (Guarapari: State Park Paulo César Vinha), Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, ( Carvalho 1957; Ferreira et al. 2006; Nogueira et al. 2019A).

Espírito Santo material examined. Brazil : Espírito Santo: 1♀, Guarapari, P. E. Paulo César Vinha, Restinga, Mata 26, Coord. 26º 36’ S / 40º 25’ W, 4m, Col.: Kawada & equipe, 08-15. v.2006 .

Remarks. Records for North America are based on port interceptions from international commerce, not established populations ( Ferreira & Henry 2011).