The bat bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) from Argentina: geographic distributions, hosts, and new records
Author
Iorio, Osvaldo Di
text
Zootaxa
2012
3349
48
55
journal article
44752
10.5281/zenodo.212766
14a0b23a-371b-4c3e-9557-ae6f959b0441
1175-5326
212766
Latrocimex
spectans
(
Lent, 1941
)
Noctilio leporinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
[
Noctilionidae
]
ARGENTINA
: Corrientes: Arroyo San Lorenzo y Ruta 12, aprox.
4 km
N San Lorenzo,
26-IV-2004
, D. Ortiz, R Ovejero, P. Capllonch & R Lobo leg.,
3 males
, # 7262 [FIML], on bat (
Autino
et al
. 2009
).
Further records
Noctilio leporinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
[
Noctilionidae
]
TRINIDAD
: Vega de Oropouche [= Oropouche Lagoon], Avocat,
16-X-1957
, T.G.H. Aitken leg.,
1 male
,
1 female
, in hollow mangrove tree inhabited by the bats; Manzanilla Norte,
20-III-1957
, T.G.H. Aitken leg.,
1 male
, same conditions [hollow mangrove tree inhabited by bats] (
Usinger 1966
);
BRAZIL
: Mato Grosso: Fazenda Limoeiro, Rio São Francisco,
18-VIII-1936
, M. Cavalcanti Proença leg.,
1 male
Holotype
[IOC],
1 female
Allotype [IOC],
4 males
Paratypes
[IOC], in nest in a hollow fallen tree (
Lent 1941
), =
1 male
Paratype
,
1 female
Paratype
, in Col. Usinger [EMEC] (
Usinger 1966
); Paraná: Guaratuba Bay (
25º 50’ S
,
48º 34’ W
), exx. not stated [probably PJSM], on bat (
Moura
et al.
2003
).
Note 1: In the introduction,
Lent (1941)
mentions
4 males
,
1 female
, and nymphs. Note 2: Until now,
L. spectans
seems to be exclusively associated to
Noctilio leporinus
in all of its geographic range (
Trinidad
;
Brazil
;
Argentina
).