Arvelius albopunctatus (De Geer, 1773)

(Figs 20–23)

Cimex albopunctatus De Geer, 1773: 331–332, pl. 34, fig. 6.

Cimex gladiator Fabricius, 1775: 705 (syn. by Lepeletier & Serville, 1825).

Arvelius albopunctatus: Amyot & Serville, 1843: 150–151; Costa & Link, 1974: 399.

Material studied. Eldorado do Sul: 1♂, Est [ação] Agron [ômica], Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 28.III.2015, N. Pires leg. (UFRG) . Itaara: 1♀, Barragem, 2006, R. Costa e Silva & J. Garlet leg. (UFRG) . Jóia, 1♂, 2009, M. F.Aguero leg. (UFRG) . São Domingos do Sul: 2♀, 13.VII.2018, R. Brugnera, leg. (UFRG) . São Francisco de Paula: 1♀, Pro-Mata, 22.XI.1997, C. Weirauch leg. (UFRG) .

Diagnostic features. Body green in living specimens, muted yellow in pinned specimens. Mandibular plates longer than clypeus (Fig. 22) (Brailovsky 1981). Pronotal disc and scutellum with black punctuations (Figs 20, 22). Anterolateral margins of pronotum sub rectilinear to strongly concave, and crenulated (Fig. 22). Humeral angles yellowish and projected laterally. Corium with yellowish punctures (Fig. 20). Body length: 13.80–16.00 mm (Garbelotto & Campos 2014).

Recorded host plants. Soybean (Costa & Link 1974; Link & Grazia 1987; Garbelotto & Campos 2014).

Distribution in Rio Grande do Sul. Eldorado do Sul, Itaara, Jóia, Santa Maria, São Sepé, São Domingos do Sul and São Francisco de Paula (Fig. 23).

New records. Eldorado do Sul, Itaara, Jóia, São Domingos do Sul and São Francisco de Paula.