Pycnoderes explanatus Carvalho and Rosas

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 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.277915
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098864
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scientific name	Pycnoderes explanatus Carvalho and Rosas
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Pycnoderes explanatus Carvalho and Rosas View in CoL

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Pycnoderes explanatus Carvalho and Rosas, 1962: 249 View in CoL (orig. descrip.).

Diagnosis. Male and female sexually dimorphic. Male hemelytra strongly dilated at cuneus, with embolium more narrowed than for female. Pronotum and scutellum shiny black; clavus dark brown to black, with two silvery spots near apex of scutellum; antennal segments, rostrum (except apex), and legs pale; corium, embolium, and cuneus pale yellow or hyaline; margins of embolium, cuneus, and veins dark brown to fuscous; membrane hyaline. Length 2.65–3.00 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina) ( Carvalho and Rosas, 1962).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 1 Ψ, Viçosa, Jan. 1946, Schlottfieldt ( USNM).