Ambracius dufouri Stål, 1860

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 : 237-238

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Ambracius dufouri Stål View in CoL ( Fig. 9-A View FIGURE 9 )

Ambracius dufouri Stål, 1860:59 View in CoL (original description); Ferreira & Henry 2010:4 View Cited Treatment (review, descriptions, key species); Hernández & Henry 2010: 49 (synonymy, diagnosis, color habitus, male genitalia, pray); Schuh 2002 –2013 (online catalog).

Diagnosis. Head pale with a fuscous stripe emerging from of each antennal fossa and coalescing posteriorly on the vertex; a broad, longitudinal black stripe widening from the anterior to posterior margins of the pronotum or having large to small black spots on the disc and no yellowish dots on the calli; the uniformly fuscous scutellum; and the hemelytron with clavus mostly fuscous, the corium with a large basal transverse stripe reaching the embolium, and membrane uniformly hyaline or brown and lacking a stripe ( Ferreira & Henry 2010). Male genitalia as figure 13- A.

Prey. Ortheziidae ( Hemiptera : Sternorrhyncha) ( Hernández & Henry 2010). Ferreira & Henry (2010) documented Ambracius dufouri Stål preying on Orthezia sp. in Brazil.

Distribution. Brazil (Paraiba, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo: Vitória, Linhares), Colombia, Guatemala, Peru, Cuba ( Schuh 2002 –2013, Ferreira & Henry 2010, Hernández & Henry 2010).

Material examined. Brazil: Espírito Santo: 1♀, Linhares, Bioma Mata Atlântica, Col. Martins & Fiuza, 30/ XI/2016 .

References

Ferreira, P. S. F. & Henry T. J. (2010) Revision of the genus Ambracius Stal, 1860 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Clivinematini), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 2485 (1), 1 - 15. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2485.1.1

Hernandez, L. M. & Henry, T. J. (2010) The plant bugs, or Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Cuba. Pensoft Series, Sofia and Moscow, Faunistica, 92, 1 - 212.

Schuh, R. T. (2002 - 2013) On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Available from: http: // research. amnh. org / pbi / catalog / (accessed 17 September 2023)

Stal, C. (1860) Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-fauna. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 2 (7), 1 - 84.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Subfamily Deraeocorinae, A—Ambracius dufouri, B, C—Clivinema sp. C1-extended hood-like over head; D— Lundiella reinhardit, E—Lundiella rubra (Modified from Carvalho & Capriles, 1982, with permission), F—Annona fuscata G—Brasiliocarnus incaicus H—Carijoanus ruberfasciatus, I—Florus insolitus, J—Hyaliodes beckeri, K—Hyaliodocoris clarus, L—Hyaliodocoris insignis, M—Perissobais heroni.