Engytatus modestus (Distant)

Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza & Henry, Thomas J., 2011, Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae, Zootaxa 2920, pp. 1-41 : 8-9

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scientific name	Engytatus modestus (Distant)
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Engytatus modestus (Distant) View in CoL

Engytatus geniculatus Reuter, 1876: 83 View in CoL (orig. descrip.). Preoccupied. Neosilia modesta Distant, 1893: 447 View in CoL (orig. descrip.).

Cyrtopeltis (Engytatus) modesta: Carvalho and Hussey, 1954: 6 View in CoL (list, host). Engytatus modestus: Cassis, 1984: 101 View in CoL (comb.); Schuh, 1995: 497 (cat.).

Diagnosis. Overall coloration pale yellowish green. Length 3.75–3.90 mm.

Similar to E. varians but is distinguished by lack of dark markings on the head, antennae, and apex of the cuneus, and the less distinct femoral spots.

Hosts. Cassis (1984) listed Heterotheca grandiflora (Nutt.) [Asteraceace], Gynandropsis pentaaphylla D.C. [ Cleomaceae ], Lagenaria sp. [ Cucurbitaceae ], Jatropha gossypifolia L. [ Euphorbiaceae ], Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urban [Convulvulaceae], Bougainvillaea sp. [ Nyctaginaceae ], and Solanum sp. and Solanum sisymbrifolium Lam. [ Solanaceae ], several of which are probably accidental or sitting records. We collected this species on cultivated tobacco, Nicotiana tobaccum L., and Solanum sp. [ Solanaceae ] in Viçosa.

Distribution. Widespread from the southern United States, south through Mexico and Central America to Brazil, and the West Indies ( Carvalho, 1958).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 11 ɗɗ, 12 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 13 Oct.–1 Nov. 1985, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira, taken on cultivated tobacco ( USNM); 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Viçosa, Mato da Prefeitura, 2 Mar. 1993, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira, beaten from Solanum sp. ( USNM).

References

Carvalho, J. C. M & Hussey, R. F. (1954) Neotropical Miridae LXXII: On a collection of Miridae (Hemiptera) from Paraguay, with descriptions of three new species. Occassional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 552, 1 - 11.

Carvalho J. C. M. & Becker, J. (1958) Neotropical Miridae, LXXXIII: A new species of Cyrtopeltis (Engytatus) with notes on related species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 18 (3), 333 - 336.

Cassis, G. (1984) A systematic study of the subfamily Dicyphinae (Heteroptera: Miridae). Ph. D. Dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 390 pp.

Reuter, O. M. (1876) Capsinae ex America boreali in Museo Holmiensi asservatae, descriptae. Ofversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 32 (9), 59 - 92.