Bactrodes femoratus ( Fabricius, 1803 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.171458 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6261857 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B087B6-9E54-747B-FA61-2EFAD4C9DC17 |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Bactrodes femoratus ( Fabricius, 1803 ) |
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Bactrodes femoratus ( Fabricius, 1803) View in CoL
Bactrodinae View in CoL comprises only the genus Bactrodes Stål View in CoL , with five described species ( Maldonado 1990; Coscarón & Melo 2003). Coscarón & Melo (2003) revised the subfamily and gave a key to separate the species. The genus has been recorded from Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina ( Maldonado 1990; Villiers 1971; Coscarón & Melo 2003). B. femoratus View in CoL is commonly found on Aciotis laxa (Melastomataceae) View in CoL in French Guiana ( Bérenger & PluotSigwalt 1997).
In Colombia, only B. spinulosus View in CoL has been recorded ( Coscarón & Melo 2003). The specimens listed below are a new species record from Colombia. The specimen examined from Cali was completely green when alive, and it was found preying on Chaetocnema View in CoL sp. ( Coleoptera View in CoL : Chrysomelidae View in CoL ). No field prey information was previously known for any of the species of the genus.
Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1Ψ, Meta, Río Guatiquía, 500 m, 22VI1949, L. Richter, [ UNCB]; 1Ψ, Valle del Cauca, entre Cali y la Vorágine, Parque ecológico de “la Salud,” [prey mounted on point, Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Chaetocnema sp.], 30VI 2001, 1200 m, D. Forero [ UNCB]; 2ɗɗ, [?], S.tonio, 20IV1995, L.Cañon [ UNAB].
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Universidad Nacional, Facultad de Agronomia |
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