Macrolophus praeclarus (Distant)

Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza & Henry, Thomas J., 2011, Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae, Zootaxa 2920, pp. 1-41 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277915
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098725
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scientific name	Macrolophus praeclarus (Distant)
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Macrolophus praeclarus (Distant) View in CoL

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Pandama praeclarus Distant, 1884: 271 View in CoL (orig. descrip.).

Dicyphus prasinus Gibson, 1917: 218 View in CoL (orig. descrip.). Synonymized by Bruner, 1934: 44. Macrolophus praeclarus: Bruner, 1934: 44 View in CoL (note); Carvalho, 1945c: 528 (descrip.).

Diagnosis. General color yellow to yellowish green. First antennal segment, post-ocular stripe and basal angles of scutellum fuscous to black. Two spots on apical angle of corium, apex of cuneus, veins of membrane fuscous to black. Two spots on corium near corial commissure and two spots near apex of cuneus at membrane pale. Hemelytral setae with dark spots at bases on clavus only. Length 3.25–3.75 mm.

Host. Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum L. [ Solanaceae ] ( Ferreira et al., 2001).

Distribution. Brazil (Goias, Mato Grosso), Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico ( Carvalho, 1958); Colombia ( Carvalho and Afonso, 1977).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 1 ɗ, Ponte Nova, 8 Apr. 1980, Planalsucar ( UFVB); 3 ɗɗ, 3 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 13 Oct.–1 Nov. 1985, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira ( USNM).