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Nematopus nervosus Laporte 1832

Description

Nematopus nervosus Laporte, 1832

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Nematopus nervosus Laporte, 1832: 30.

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA: 4 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀, Point de vue du Belvedere de Saül, 250 m a.s.l., 3°37 22 N 53°12 34 W, 30.xi.2010, 4.–17.i.2011, 30.xi.2011, 10.–24.xii.2011, S. Brulle, P. H. Dalens, and S. Fernandez (MNHN, UNAM); 6 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀, Montagne des Cheveaux, 20 m a.s.l., window trap, 04°43 0.12 N 52°25 0.12 W, 11.–18.ix.2011, 8.iv.2012, 27.v.2012, 29.vii.2012, 3.xi.2012, 20.i.2013, 16.–27.ii.2013, S. Brulle, P.H. Dalens and S. Fernandez (MNHN, UNAM); 1 ♁, Amazon Nature Lodge, 30 km SE Roura on Kaw Road, 300 m a.s.l., 04°33 57 N 05°12 43 W, 18.–23.iv.2007, J. E. Eger (FSCA); 1 ♁, ca 10 km E. Cayenne, 51 m a.s.l., 04°53 23 N 05°15 74 W, 6.vi.2005, J. E. Eger and M. T. Messenger (FSCA); 1 ♀, EntomoTech Lodge, 30 km SE Roura on Kaw Road, 300 m a.s.l., 04°33 N 05°12 W, 1.–12.xii.2002, J. E. Eger (FSCA); 2 ♁♁ 3 ♀♀, 14 km E of N2 on road to Degrad Correze, 108 m a.s.l., 04°29 N 05°20 W, 6.xii.2002, J. E. Eger (FSCA).

Diagnosis. It is easily distinguished from other French Guianese species of Nematopus by having the antennal segment I reddish brown, and II to IV dark castaneous orange; triangular process of pronotum broad, apically rounded; pronotal disk shiny reddish brown to black with metallic bluish sheen (collar, posterolateral margin, triangular process and posterior margin yellow); abdominal sterna III to VII reddish brown with bluish sheen, and pleural margins yellow; humeral angles barely exposed, apically almost rounded.

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname (AMYOT & SERVILLE 1843, STÅL 1870, WALKER 1871, DISTANT 1893, PACKAUSKAS 2010). In French Guiana cited only from Cayenne (WALKER 1871).

Notes

Published as part of Brailovsky, Harry, 2015, The genus Nematopus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of French Guiana with a description of one new species, pp. 39-45 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) (suppl.) 55 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4468281

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
FSCA , MNHN, UNAM
Event date
2002-12-01 , 2002-12-06 , 2005-06-06 , 2007-04-18
Family
Coreidae
Genus
Nematopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Laporte
Species
nervosus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2002-12-01/12 , 2002-12-06 , 2005-06-06 , 2007-04-18/23
Taxonomic concept label
Nematopus nervosus Laporte, 1832 sec. Brailovsky, 2015

References

  • AMYOT C. J. B. & SERVILLE A. 1843: Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hemipteres. Roret, Paris, lxxvi + 675 + 6 pp.
  • STAL C. 1870: Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en foreteckning ofver alla hittils kanda Hemiptera, jempte systematiska middelanden. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 9 (1): 1 - 232.
  • WALKER F. 1871: Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 211 pp.
  • DISTANT W. L. 1893: Pp. 329 - 362. In: DISTANT W.: Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol. I. In: GODMAN F. D. & SALVIN O. (eds) 1880 - 1893: Biologia Centrali-Americana. London, x + 462 pp + 39 pls.
  • PACKAUSKAS R. 2010: Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World. Fort Hays Studies, Fourth Series 5: 1 - 270.