Harmostes procerus Berg, 1878

Pall, José Luis & Coscarón, María del Camen, 2012, The Rhopalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Argentina, Journal of Natural History 46 (23 - 24), pp. 1441-1465 : 1452

Harmostes procerus Berg

( Figure 3A and Figure 4B )

Harmostes procerus Berg, 1878: 185 ; Berg 1895: 196, 197; Berg 1896: 132; Breddin 1897: 26; Gibson 1917: 443; Pennington 1920: 16; Pennington 1922: 166; Jensen- Haarup 1924: 327, 329; Torre-Bueno 1941: 86; Harris 1944: 196; Quintanilla, Margheritis and Rizzo 1968: 31; Göllner-Scheiding 1978: 304; Göllner-Scheiding 1983: 134; Coscarón et al. 2000: 4.

Studied material. Argentina: Buenos Aires: Baradero (33 ◦ 48 ′ S, 59 ◦ 30 ′ W) , Chacabuco (34 ◦ 38 ′ S, 60 ◦ 27 ′ W) . Argentina: Catamárca: La Viña (28 ◦ 0 ′ S, 65 ◦ 35 ′ W) . Argentina: Córdoba : La Granja (31 ◦ 01 ′ S, 64 ◦ 15 ′ W) , Nono (31 ◦ 45 ′ S, 64 ◦ 59 ′ W) . Argentina: Entre Ríos: Gualeguay (33 ◦ 08 ′ S, 59 ◦ 19 ′ W) , Puerto Constanza (33 ◦ 48 ′ S, 59 ◦ 02 ′ W) . Argentina: La Pampa: General Pico (35 ◦ 39 ′ S, 63 ◦ 44 ′ W) . Argentina: San Juan : Villa Arberastein (31 ◦ 39 ′ S, 68 ◦ 35 ′ W) . Argentina: Santa Fé: El Rabón (28 ◦ 12 ′ S, 59 ◦ 17 ′ W) .

Distribution. Argentina: Buenos Aires: Chacabuco, Baradero; Catamárca: La Viña; Córdoba: La Granja, Nono; Corrientes; Entre Ríos: Gualeguay, Puerto Constanza; Jujuy; La Pampa: General Pico; Misiones; Salta; San Luis; San Juan: Villa Arberastein; Santa Cruz; Santa Fé: El Rabón; Santiago del Estero; Tucumán; Patagonia; Peru; Uruguay.

Remarks. These are the first record of this species for, Catamarca, Corrientes and Tierra del Fuego.

Figures

Figure 3(A–D). (A) Geographical distribution of species of genus Harmostes in Argentina: H. affinis, H. apicatus, H. corazonus, H. gravidator, H. imitabilis, H. insitivus, H. procerus, H. prolixus, H. reflexus viscens, H. serratus. (B) Geographical distribution of species of genus Jadera in Argentina: J. haematoloma, J. sanguinolenta. (C) Geographical distribution of species of genus Xenogenus in Argentina: X. gracilis, X. picturatum. (D) Geographical distribution of species of genus Niesthrea in Argentina: N. agnes, N. pictipes.

Figure 4(A–J). (A) Niesthrea (Corizus) pictipes; (B) Harmostes procerus; (C) H. prolixus; (D) H. reflexus viscens; (E) H. serratus; (F) Jadera haematoloma; (G) J. sanguinolenta; (H) Niesthrea sp.; (I) Xenogenus gracilis; (J) X. pituratum.