Liorhyssus lineatoventris ( Spinola, 1852 )

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Liorhyssus lineatoventris ( Spinola, 1852)

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Merocoris lineatoventris Spinola 1852: 168 – 170 ( Chile) .

Liorhyssus lineatoventris: Göllner-Scheiding 1976: 196 (Chubut) ; Pall and Coscarón 2012: 1457 ( Argentina).

Material examined

ARGENTINA: Chubut: 3♂, 1♀, Valle Huenuco (?), X-[19]49 ( MLP) ; Mendoza: 1♂, Mendoza ( MLP) ; Neuquén: 1♀, XII-1922, Koehler col . ( MLP); 1♀, San Martin de los Andes, 4-III-1942, M . Birabén col . ( MLP); Río Negro: 1♀, Valcheta , 20-II-1941, Birabén col . ( MLP).

Argentinean distribution

Chubut, Mendoza *, Neuquén * and Río Negro *.

Central and South American distribution

Argentina, Chile, and Ecuador (doubtful) ( Göllner-Scheiding 1983).

Tribe NIESTHREINI Chopra, 1967

Genus Arhyssus Stål, 1870 NEW COUNTRY RECORD

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Type species

Coryzus bohemani Signoret, 1859

Arhyssus tricostatus ( Spinola, 1852) NEW COUNTRY RECORD lsid:Coreoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:452122

Merocoris tricostatus Spinola 1852: 172 – 173 ( Chile: central provinces).

Material examined

ARGENTINA: Mendoza: 1♂, Uspallata, 13-III-1940, Dra . Chiarelli, Bosq coll . ( MLP).

Argentinean distribution

Mendoza *.

Central and South American distribution

Chile ( Chopra 1968); Argentina *.

Comments

Most Arhyssus species occur in the Nearctic Region, where they are widely distributed. Only two species are known from the Neotropics: A. tricostatus and A. peruensis Chopra, 1968 from Peru, both of which belong to the tricostatus group ( Chopra 1968).