Illustrated guide to Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) species associated with the four main grain crops in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
Author
Barros, Lurdiana D.
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91509 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Author
Paim, Marcelo R.
0000-0003-2387-933X
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91509 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. & marceloreginatop @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2387 - 933 X
marceloreginatop@gmail.com
Author
Krein, Verônica
0000-0001-8106-2411
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91509 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. & vero. krein @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8106 - 2411
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Author
Carabajal, Victor
0000-0001-6794-1022
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91509 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. & victorqcarabajal @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6794 - 1022
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Author
Brandão, Marcela N.
0000-0002-2918-788X
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91509 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. & marcela. n. brandao @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2918 - 788 X
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Author
Bernardes, Paula De O.
0000-0001-8841-335X
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91509 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. & paulabernardes 1616 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8841 - 335 X
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Author
Lindner, Mariana F.
0000-0002-4879-8221
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP 91509 - 900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. & mflindner @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4879 - 8221
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Zootaxa
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Agroecus griseus
Dallas, 1851
(
Figs 16–19
)
Agroecus griseus
Dallas, 1851: 199
;
Walker, 1867: 243
;
Stål, 1872b: 23
;
Distant, 1880: 329
;
Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 126
;
Kirkaldy, 1909: 63
;
Jensen-Haarup, 1937: 171
;
Buckup, 1957: 8
;
Buckup, 1961: 9
;
Rider & Rolston, 1987: 437–438
.
Agroecus tenebricosus
Buckup, 1957: 8
.
Material studied.
Barra do Ribeiro:
1♂
,
Boa Vista
farm,
30°27’25.4”S
51°16’23.8”W
,
16.XII.2003
,
Probio Team
leg. (
MCNZ
)
.
Itaúba
:
1♀
,
06.IV.1978
,
H. Bischoff
leg. (
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
1♀
,
18.IV.1978
,
M. H. Galileo
leg. (
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
1♀
,
06.IV.1978
,
E. H. Buckup
leg. (
MCNZ
)
;
2♀
,
06.IX.1978
,
E. H. Buckup
leg. (
MCNZ
)
.
Palmares do Sul
:
1♀
,
1♂
,
Capivari Lake
isthmus,
30°15’08.2”S
50°32’01.1”W
,
20.V.2004
,
Probio Team
leg. (
MCNZ
)
. Porto Alegre:
1♂
,
Agronomia
,
24.X.1985
,
Fernandes
leg. (
UFRG
)
;
1♂
,
Vila
Assunção
,
21.IV.1985
,
A. Mohr
leg. (
UFRG
)
;
1♂
,
26.XI.1991
,
J. A. M. Fernandes
leg. (
UFRG
)
;
1♀
,
24.IX.1952
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♀
,
23.IX.1952
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♀
,
09.V.1951
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♀
,
23.XII.1952
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♀
,
08.IX.1948
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♀
,
18.II.1953
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
13.V.1953
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
03.X.1951
(
MCNZ
)
,
1♂
,
18.VIII.1954
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
24.X.1956
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
27.VI.1953
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
20.IX.1954
(
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
05.X.1949
(
MCNZ
)
. São Leopoldo:
1♀
, (
MCNZ
)
.
Triunfo
:
1♂
,
Parque Braskem
, main trail,
16.IX.2009
,
A. Barcellos
&
D. Casagrande
leg. (
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
Parque Copesul
,
Mirante do Umbu
trail,
29.IV.2003
, (
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
Parque Copesul
, portico trail,
29.IV.2003
, (
MCNZ
)
;
1♂
,
Parque Copesul
,
19.XI.2002
, (
MCNZ
)
.
Tupandi
:
1♀
,
V.2009
,
R. V. Dalbem
leg. (
UFRG
)
.
FIGURES 16–19.
Agroecus griseus
. 16: Dorsal view, scale bar = 1.0 mm. 17: Corium, with unpunctured bands. 18: Fore and mid femora bearing small tubercles. 19: Distribution within Rio Grande do Sul.
Diagnostic features.
Body grayish. Head wider than long; mandibular plates and clypeus subequal in length. Anterolateral margins of pronotum straight or sub rectilinear and crenulated (
Rider & Rolston 1987
); humeral angles weakly produced and obtuse; trans-humeral band with callosities but without punctures (
Fig. 16
). Scutellum with a prominent Y-shaped tubercle (
Fig. 16
). Corium bands without punctures (
Fig. 17
, red arrow) and minute teeth on lateral margins (
Fig. 17
). All femora with two rows of small tubercles bearing setae (
Fig. 18
). Body length: 7.00–
8.50 mm
.
Recorded host plants.
Maize (
Gassen 1996
;
Fávaro
et al
. 2012
).
Distribution in
Rio Grande do Sul
.
Barra do Ribeiro, Itaúba, Palmares do Sul, Porto Alegre, Santa Maria, São Leopoldo, Triunfo and Tupandi (
Fig. 19
).
New records.
Barra do Ribeiro, Itaúba, Palmares do Sul, Porto Alegre, São Leopoldo, Triunfo and Tupandi.
Comments.
This species feeds at the base of plants, affecting tissue formation during growth (
Gassen 1996
).