Mormidea, Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Brito, Lucas Cavalcanti, Grazia, Jocelia & Barão, Kim Ribeiro, 2019, Stink bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Catimbau National Park, a protected area in Brazil’s largest dry forest, Zootaxa 4612 (4), pp. 571-580 : 576

Mormidea v-luteum (Lichtenstein, 1796)

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Distribution: Argentina, Brazil (CE, PE new record, MG, RJ, PR, SP, SC), Paraguay and Uruguay ( Rolston 1978).

Examined material: 13.VII.2018 (1 ♂).

Comments. Rolston (1978) revised the genus Mormidea and provided a complete redescription of M. v-luteum. This species has been recorded feeding on several crops, such as birdseed, rice, soy, and wheat ( Lopes et al. 1974)

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FIGURE 3. Dorsal habitus of species of Pentatomidae collected at the Catimbau National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil. (A) Podisus nigrispinus; (B) Tetragonotum megacephalum; (C) Edessa rufomarginata; (D) Edessa triangularis; (E) Edessa sp.; (F) Chinavia runaspis; (G) Cyptocephala alvarengai; (H) Dichelops (Diceraeus) caatinguensis; (I) Loxa deducta; (J) Mormidea v-luteum; (K) Piezodorus guildinii; (L) Thyanta humilis. Scale bars = 2 mm.