Prolobodes gigas (Signoret)

Schwertner, Cristiano Feldens, 2017, Cydninae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Cydnidae) in Brazil: updated checklist, new records, and description of Tominotus ondulatus sp. nov., Zootaxa 4329 (5), pp. 401-435 : 426

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scientific name	Prolobodes gigas (Signoret)
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Lobostoma gigas Signoret, 1881: 195 .

Prolobodes gigas: Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 62 ; Froeschner, 1960: 512.

Material examined: 1♂, PA, Monte Alegre, Malata, 27-Jan-1949, C.R. Gonçalves col., MCNZ; 1♂, MG, Mirabela, Fazenda Baixa, 07-Dec-2006, Silva PAD col., UFRG; SC, Itapiranga, Sep-1953, MCNZ. Distribution: Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil new rec. (PA, MG, SC).

Remarks: See remarks in P. giganteus . First record for Mexico in Mayorga M. (2002).

References

Mayorga M., C. M. (2002) Revision generica de la familia Cydnidae (Hemiptera- Heteroptera) en Mexico, con un listado de las especies conocidas. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Serie Zoologia, 73, 157 - 192.

Froeschner, R. C. (1960) Cydnidae of the Western Hemisphere. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 111, 337 - 680. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.111 - 3430.337

Figures

FIGURE 14. Dorsal view of the species of the genus Prolobodes and Tominotus: P. giganteus (A), P. gigas (B), P. reductum (C), T. inconspicuus (D), T. laeviculus (E), T. signoreti (F). Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE 15. Distribution map of Prolobodes giganteus, P. gigas and P. reductum in Brazil.

Abbreviations

MCNZ	Porto Alegre, Museu de Ciencias Naturais da Fundacao Zoo-Botanica do Rio Grande do Sul
PAD	Universit� degli Studi di Padova
UFRG	Instituto de Biologia