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Scaptocoris talpa Champion

Description

Scaptocoris talpa Champion

Diagnosis. The single row of transverse tubercles situated close to the outer edge of the corbicular area of hind tibia, and the large size (over 8.5 mm) separate this species.

Light brown, apices of fore tibiae and marginal and discal tubercles of corbicle of hind tibia fuscous to black.

Head. Wider than long; tylus subparallel-sided, subequal to length of juga. Pronotum with posterior lobe with distinct, fine punctures. Scutellum with few, scattered, fine punctures. Hemelytra shining, with small, distinct puntures.

Old records. Capetillo (Champion, 1900); Escuintla (Bianchi, 1935).

Notes

Published as part of M, Cristina Mayorga & P, Luis Cervantes, 2009, Two new species of Amnestus from Guatemala, with new records for some other Guatemalan burrower bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae), pp. 19-37 in Zootaxa 2311 on page 33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191888

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cydnidae
Genus
Scaptocoris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Champion
Species
talpa
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Champion, G. C. (1900) A species of Scaptocoris Perty, found at the roots of sugarcane. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 36, 255 - 256.
  • Bianchi, F. A. (1935) Two interesting pests of sugarcane in Guatemala Podischnus agenor Burmeister and Scaptocoris talpa Champion. Hawaiian Plant Records, 39, 191 - 197.