Phloea corticata ( Drury, 1773 )

López, Guilherme Enrique Luisi & Schwertner, Cristiano Feldens, 2024, Synopsis of the remarkable family Phloeidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea): species identification, chromatic polymorphism and updated distribution, Journal of Natural History 57 (45 - 48), pp. 2083-2113 : 2087-2092

Phloea corticata ( Drury, 1773)

( Figures 1, 2 , 11, 12 )

1773 Cimex Corticatus Drury : 76, 77, pl. XL, fig. 2

1825 Phloea cassidoides Lepeletier and Serville : 111; Spinola 1837: 265, 275, 276; Guérin-Meneville 1838: 345, figs. 5, 5a, 5b

1834 Paracoris paradoxus Hahn : 93, 94, pl. LVIII, figs. A–D, 178a, b

1835 Phloeocoris corticatus Burmeister : 371, 372

1835 Phloeocoris paradoxus Burmeister : 372. syn. n.

1835 Phloea corticalis Brullé (1835): 344

1837 Paracoris paradoxa Spinola : 265

1840 Phlaea corticalis Blanchard (1840): 114

1843 Phloea corticata Amyot and Serville : 117, 118; Schiödte 1845: 19; Dallas 1851: 149; Dohrn 1859: 11; Stål 1872: 4; Lethierry and Severin 1893: 82; Breddin 1896: 21; Sharp 1899: 545, fig. 259; von Ihering 1909: 129, 130, fig. B; Kirkaldy 1909: 252; de Magalhães 1909: 238, 239, 257, 258; Brien 1930: 1; da Costa-Lima 1940: 46, fig. 230; Leston 1953: 133, figs. 15, 16; Lent and Jurberg 1965: 123, 132–139, 141, figs. 2, 3, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19–27, 34, 38–40, 47, 48, 53; Schuh and Slater 1995: figs. 74.1A, 74.2E; Guilbert 2003: 61–63, fig. 3; Bernardes et al. 2005: 415; Grazia et al. 2008: 936, 965, figs. 7f, 11a; Grazia and Schwertner 2011: 716; Grazia et al. 2012: 394; Salomão et al. 2012: 321–337; Schwertner and Grazia 2015: 825; da Fonseca et al. 2016: 1459; Martins et al. 2016: 358, fig. 1; Coscarón 2017: 247; da Fonseca et al. 2017: 1905; Rider et al. 2018: fig. 2.25G; Schuh and Weirauch 2020: 499, fig. 100.1A

1844 Phloeocoris Cassidoides Herrich-Schäffer (1844): 38

Diagnosis

Dorsum with many small yellowish tubercles with dark outline; head with many green iridescent punctures between and in front of eyes and in mesial margins of head foliations (well visible in Figures 11, 12 ). Pronotum with 2 + 2 distinct dark brown lines, diagonally oriented from posterior part of the eyes to anterolateral angles of hemelytra, each line densely punctuated with green iridescent spots. Scutellum basal angles with 1 + 1 dark fovea and lateral margins lined in black, with iridescent punctures; hemelytra corium mostly greenish, with a Y-shaped dark-brown mark. Anterolateral portion of connexiva with a dark marking and many iridescent spots. Anterior margins of head foliations straight, mesial margins overlapped near apex; anterior pronotal margin almost straight, lateral margins concave and slightly serrated. Hemelytra costa before foliation thin and straight; hemelytral membrane with dark veins forming basal cells. Connexiva visible dorsally when wings are in repose; foliations of laterotergites V–VII laterally serrated and acuminated postero-laterally; foliations of laterotergites VIII in females separated ( Figure 1 ).

Distribution

FRENCH GUIANA. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni [new rec.] (Saül, Maripasoula) , Cayenne [new rec.] (Régina). BRAZIL. Amapá [new rec.] (Serra do Navio) , Pará , Bahia (Caeté-AÇu [new rec.] , Camamu [new rec.] , Porto Seguro [new rec.]) , Minas Gerais (Ibituruna [new rec.]) , Espírito Santo (Jaguaré , Linhares , Rio Bananal , Domingos Martins [new rec.] , Cachoeiro de Itapemirim [new rec.] , Alegre [new rec.]) , São Paulo (Jundiaí , São Sebastião [new rec.] , Iporanga [new rec.] , Cananeia [new rec.]) , Rio de Janeiro (Itatiaia [new rec.] , Cachoeiras de Macacu [new rec.] , Duque de Caxias [new rec.] , Magé [new rec.] , Nova IguaÇu [new rec.] , Rio de Janeiro [originally cited as Guanabara state] , Niterói [new rec.] , Angra dos Reis [new rec.]) , Paraná (Ponta Grossa [new rec.] , Morretes [new rec.] , Paranaguá [new rec.]) , Santa Catarina (Itapoá [new rec.] , Joinville [new rec.] , Navegantes [new rec.] , Apiúna [new rec.] , Florianópolis [new rec.] , Garopaba [new rec.]) , Rio Grande do Sul [new rec.] (São Leopoldo) .

Examined material

BRAZIL. Amapá: Serra do Navio , August 1959, coll . Bicelli (2♂, 1♀ MZUSP); September 1959, coll . Bicelli (1♂ MZUSP); Serra do Navio, Igarapé Sucurijú , October 1959, coll . Bicelli (1♀ MZUSP) . Bahia: Camamu, Barcelos do Sul , 14.032111°S, 39.050250°W, 23 March 2023, colls . V.M. Ghirotto, P.W. Engelking, E.W. Engelking (5♂, 1♀, 4 nymphs MZUSP) . Espírito Santo: Alegre, Fazenda Jerusalém, 13 November 1914 (1♂, 1♀ MfN) . São Paulo: São Sebastião , 11 March 1982, coll . V. Gomes (1♀ MZUSP); Cananeia, Ilha do Cardoso , 2 March 1993, coll . A . Mesa, E. Zefa, P . Garcia (2♂, 1♀ MZUSP) . Rio de Janeiro: Duque de Caxias , Xerém, 7 February 1961, coll . Evangelista (1 nymph* MZUSP); 15 November 1961, coll . Evangelista (1♂, 1♀ *, 2 nymphs MZUSP); Nova IguaÇu, Tinguá , November 1969, coll . Zikán (1♂, 1♀ MZUSP); Rio de Janeiro, 29 January 1924, coll . F .X . Williams (3♂, 3♀ BPBM); Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado , October 1965, coll . Alvarenga (1♂ * MZUSP); Rio de Janeiro, Santa Teresa , 9 August 1940, coll . Diniz G . Gomes (1♀ MZUSP); Niterói, Praia de Itaipú , 5 February 1961, coll . Evang . Ribeiro and Dirce . Martins (1♂ MZUSP) . Paraná: Ponta Grossa , December 1946, coll . J . Junior (1♂, 1♀ MLP); Morretes , 25.352241°S, 48,888329°W, 20 August 2022, coll . E .B . Crispino (1♀ MZUSP) . Santa Catarina : Joinville, coll . S. V. Schmalz (1♂, 1♀ MfN) . 1♂ labelled as ‘ Amerika’ ( MfN) . 2♀ labelled as ‘ Brasilien’ ( MfN) . 1♂, 2♀, 1 nymph labelled as ‘ Bahia’ ( MfN) . 1 nymph labelled as ‘ Rio de Janeiro’ ( MfN) . 1♀ labelled as ‘ Rio’ [de Janeiro?] ( MfN) . 7 nymphs (1*) without labels ( MZUSP).

iNaturalist observations

FRENCH GUIANA. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni: Saül, 18 February 2023, observer 'christian marty', 149774000 (1♂); Maripasoula, Mont Itoupé, zone coeur du Parc Amazonien de Guyane, 12 March 2017, observer ' Sébastien SANT', 68559724 (1♀) . Cayenne: Régina , 7 February 2020, observer 'andriusp', 39030520 (1 nymph) . BRAZIL. Bahia: Caeté-AÇu, 2 January 2023, observer ' Shirley Oliveira' , 160820431 (4 adults, sex not determined, 10+ nymphs); Porto Seguro, 45810-000 [postal code], 9 March 2023, observer ' Joyce Araújo', 150694382 (1♀) . Minas Gerais: Ibituruna , 24 October 2021, observer 'amanda leal', 99289514 (20 nymphs) . Espírito Santo: Domingos Martins, 2 February 2023, observer ' Roberto de Oliveira Silva', 148069296 (1♀); Cachoeiro de Itapemirim , 6 October 2022, observer ' Douglas Eduardo Rocha', 137803700 (1♀) . São Paulo: São Sebastião, Praia da Jureia, 7 March 2021, observer ' Tamiris Pereira Lima' , 70844237 (1♀); Iporanga, 18330-000 [postal code], 3 March 2014, observer ' Ericson Cernawsky Igual', 107906488 (1 nymph) . Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, 26 April 2010, observer ' Paula Romano', 128373767 (25+ nymphs); Cachoeiras de Macacu , trilha do circuito dos lagos na REGUA, 5 April 2023, observer 'piskomantis', 153559898 (1♂); Cachoeiras de Macacu , Funchal, 6 July 2018, observer ' Bernardo Ferraz', 54323687 (1♂); Magé, Pau Grande, 12 April 2022, observer ' Eric Freitas de Abreu' , 111199022 (1♂); Rio de Janeiro, Camorim, 22 October 2020, observer ' Raony de Abreu' , 66060718 (1 nymph); Angra dos Reis, 20 December 2009, observer 'edvandroabreuribeiro', 129489840 (1♂, 1♀); 8 January 2018, observer 'phillipengelking', 54495330 (1♀); 5 February 2018, observer ' Projeto Mantis', 38794384 (1♀); Angra dos Reis, Aventureiro, 18 February 2018, observer 'phillipengelking', 54444869 (1 adult, sex not determined) . Paraná: Paranaguá, Raia , 83206-110 [postal code], 12 October 2019, observer ' Leonardo von Linsingen', 68163799 (1♀) . Santa Catarina: Itapoá, 2 September 2021, observer ' Allan Clé', 93419586 (1♀); Navegantes, 16 May 2023, observer 'André Ambrozio', 161991785 (28 nymphs); Apiúna, 27 August 2022, observer 'Vanessa Claudino Bitencourt', 155593704 (1♂); Florianópolis, 29 December 2022, observer 'Davi_Ramos', 147714897 (1♀); 21 April 2023, observer 'Lucas Pescador Barcelos', 155918483 (10+ nymphs); Florianópolis, Rua da Lua Cheia , 29 December 2020, observer 'jbugoni', 67277322 (1♂); Garopaba, 14 September 2022, observer ' Nicoly.f.f', 135589553 (1♂) . Rio Grande do Sul: São Leopoldo, 93125 [postal code], 25 March 2021, observer ' Romulo Cenci' , 72045302 (1♂) .

Figures

Figures 1–4. Dorsal habitus of Phloea spp., adults. (1) P. corticata, female; (2) P. corticata, male; (3) P. subquadrata, female; (4) P. subquadrata, male. Scale bar = 3 mm.

Figures 11–14. Dorsal habitus of Phloea spp., nymphs. (11) P. corticata, second instar; (12) P. corticata, fifth instar; (13) P. subquadrata, second instar; (14) P. subquadrata, fifth instar. Scale bars = 3 mm.