1. Agroecus griseus Dallas 1851
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Barros, Lurdiana D., Paim, Marcelo R., Krein, Verônica, Carabajal, Victor, Brandão, Marcela N., Bernardes, Paula De O., and Lindner, Mariana F.
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Hemiptera ,Insecta ,Arthropoda ,Pentatomidae ,Animalia ,Agroecus griseus ,Biodiversity ,Agroecus ,Taxonomy - Abstract
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). 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)., Published as part of Barros, Lurdiana D., Paim, Marcelo R., Krein, Verônica, Carabajal, Victor, Brandão, Marcela N., Bernardes, Paula De O. & Lindner, Mariana F., 2021, Illustrated guide to Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) species associated with the four main grain crops in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, pp. 430-478 in Zootaxa 4958 (1) on pages 438-439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.27, http://zenodo.org/record/4692176, {"references":["Dallas, W. S. (1851) List of the specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. Taylor & Francis, London, 592 pp.","Walker, F. (1867) Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera-Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, 1655 pp. [Part 2: pp. 241 - 417]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 118688","Stal, C. (1872 b) Enumeratio Hemipterorum. II. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 10 (4), 1 - 159.","Distant, W. L. (1880) Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera, I. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali- Americana. Vol. 1. R. H. Porter, London, pp. 1 - 88.","Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. (1893) Catalogue general des Hemipteres. Vol. 1. F. Hayez, Bruxelles and Berlin, x + 286 pp.","Kirkaldy, G. W. (1909) Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) 1 - Cimicidae. Felix L. Dames, Berlin, XL + 392 pp.","Jensen-Haarup, A. C. (1937) Einige neue Pentastomiden Arten aus der Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Hamburg (Hem. Het.). Entomologische Rundschau, 54, 169 - 171, 321 - 324.","Buckup, L. (1957) Pentatomideos Neotropicais - I. Sobre o genero Agroecus Dallas, 1851 com a descricao de duas especies novas (Hemiptera-Pentatomidae). Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, 6, 1 - 20.","Buckup, L. (1961) Os pentatomideos do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera-Pentatomidae). Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, 16, 1 - 24.","Rider, D. A. & Rolston, L. H. (1987) Review of the genus Agroecus Dallas, with the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 95 (3), 428 - 439.","Gassen, D. N. (1996) Manejo de pragas associadas a cultura do milho. Aldeia Norte, Passo Fundo, 127 pp.","Favaro, C. F., Santos, T. B. & Zarbin, P. H. G. (2012) Defensive compounds and male-produced sex pheromone of the stink bug, Agroecus griseus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38 (9), 1121 - 1132. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10886 - 012 - 0172 - 0"]}
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