Harmostes imitabilis Harris, 1942

Melo, M. C. & Montemayor, S. I., 2015, Biodiversity of the scentless plant bugs (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) in southern South America, Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 163-200 : 186

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2015.1073810
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4336922
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/72684C4B-A131-FFAE-FE1A-FEF8FBB3FB26
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Harmostes imitabilis Harris, 1942
status

Treatment

Harmostes imitabilis Harris, 1942 View in CoL

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Harmostes imitabilis Harris 1942: 30 View in CoL ( Argentina: Buenos Aires: Luján); Harris 1944: 196 ( Argentina); Göllner-Scheiding 1978a: 305 – 307 (Buenos Aires: Luján; Catamarca; Mendoza; Neuquén; [Rio Negro]: Rio Colorado); Göllner-Scheiding 1983: 133 (Buenos Aires: Luján); Di Iorio 2004: 246 (Entre Ríos); Pall and Coscarón 2012: 1451 (Buenos Aires: Luján; Corrientes; Catamarca; Mendoza; Neuquén; Río Negro: Río Colorado).

Material examined

ARGENTINA: Holotype ♂, Buenos Aires, Luján , 18-XII-1938, C.J. Drake col., H. imitabilis Harris ( USNM); Chubut: 1♂ 1♀, W Trelew, 4-XI-1987, L.E. Peña G. col. ( USNM); Mendoza: 3♂, (S) Ea. El Leoncito, N Uspallata, 2000 m, 4-XII-[19]83, L.E. Peña G. col. ( USNM); 1♂, N San Rafael, 6-XII-1983, L.E. Peña G. col. ( USNM).

Argentinean distribution

Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut *, Mendoza, Neuquén and Río Negro.

Central and South American distribution

Argentina ( Göllner-Scheiding 1978a, 1983).

Comments

Although Pall and Coscarón (2012) mentioned that they studied material from Río Negro (Río Colorado), no specimens from this locality were found. They also recorded this species from Corrientes, but there is no bibliographical record documenting this province.