Loxa deducta Walker, 1867

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

Loxa deducta Walker, 1867

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Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (MA, CE, PE, AL, RJ, SP, PR, RS), Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela ( Eger 1978).

Examined material: 29.IX.2017 (1 ♀).

Comments. Loxa deducta is widespread in South America and is easily distinguished from other Loxa species by the shape of the parameres and proctiger, by the spiculate lateral carina of the genital cup and by the divergent first gonocoxae of females ( Eger 1978). In Brazil, L. deducta is known to feed on native and cultivated plants (mandarine, soy, and cotton) ( Grazia & Frey-da-Silva 2001).

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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.