Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Reduviidae

Pnirontis edentula (Berg)

Centromelus edentulus Berg, 1879: 275; Coscarón 1998: 4.

Pnirontis edentula Lethierry & Severin, 1896: 81; Barber 1930: 171; Wygodzinsky 1949: 68; Maldonado Capriles 1990: 525.

Pnirontes (Centromelus) edentulus Pennington, 1921: 22.

Diagnosis.

(After Barber 1930) Scapus shorter than pronotum and about twice as long as preocular margin of head. Antenniferous tubercles long, about 1/4 longer than eye. Pronotum longer than wide.

Material examined.

Buenos Aires: 1♀ (MLP) (unspecified locality). Corrientes: 1♀ (MLP) San Roque (28°34'31.1736"S, 58°42'31.032"W). Between Corrientes and Formosa provinces: 1♂ 1♀ (MLP) (unspecified locality). Formosa: 2♂ (MLP) Laguna Oca (26°14'0.0234"S, 58°11'59.9742"W).

Distribution in Argentina.

Argentina: Buenos Aires.

Observation.

First record for Corrientes and Formosa provinces.