Stink Bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) And An Unique Host Plant In The Brazilian Subtropics
Author
Panizzi, Antônio Ricardo
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Caixa Postal 231, 86001 - 970, Londrina, PR, Brasil
panizzi@cnpso.embrapa.br
Author
Grazia, Jocélia
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Paulo Gama s / n, 90046 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
jocelia@vortex.ufrgs.br
text
Iheringia, Sér. Zool.
2001
2001-05-25
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21
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journal article
21392
10.1590/S0073-47212001000100003
e3f88e91-d4c7-4ccb-a00c-e84a8fd8abd3
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Antiteuchus mixtus
.
Specimens were recovered only occasionally, and only adults were intercepted. This species also is suspected not to reproduce on privet. Similar to
A. tripterus
, it feeds on cacao (
CALLAN, 1944
).
Adults oval, dorsally convex. Median body length of females 14 mm (n = 5), and of males 13 mm (n = 5). Color design variegated in females (
fig. 21
), and completely fuscous in males. Lighter forms sordid flavescent with ferrugineousto black punctures tending to form small clusters especially on hemelytra. Nymphs (female) have a black and white appearance (
fig. 22
); eggs were not recovered.