Bebaeus punctipes Dallas, 1851

Dellapé, Gimena, 2016, Synopsis of the Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera) from Argentina, Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 75, No. 1 - 2, pp. 81-90 : 84

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Bebaeus punctipes Dallas, 1851
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Bebaeus punctipes Dallas, 1851 View in CoL ( Fig. 1) NEW RECORD

Distribution. Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela ( Dallas, 1851; Kumar, 1974; Froe-schner, 1981) and Argentina: Salta.

Material examined. BOLIVIA: La Paz, Sud Yungas, 2J 2♀, 2-IV-1931, Denier P. col. ( MLP) . ARGENTINA: Salta, Río Iruya , 1J, 21-VI-1933, Denier P. col. ( MLP) .

Host plants. Unknown.

Comments. In this contribution, the genus BebaeuS and the species B. punCtipeS are recorded for the first time from Argentina. The record from Salta Province corresponds to the northernmost distribution of the family Acantho-somatidae in Argentina.

DALLAS, W. S. 1851. LiSt Of the SpeCimenS Of HemipterOuS InSeCtS in the COlleCtiOn Of the BritiSh MuSeum, Part I. R. Taylor, London.

FROESCHNER, R. C. 1981. Heteroptera or true bugs of Ecuador: A partial Catalog. SmithSOnian COntributiOnS tO ZOOlOgy 322: 1 - 158.

KUMAR, R. 1974. A revision of world Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea): Keys to and descriptions of subfamilies, tribes and genera, with designation of types. AuStralian JOurnal Of ZOOlOgy, Supplementary Series 34: 1 - 60.

MLP

Argentina, La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Museo de la Plata

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Acanthosomatidae

Genus

Bebaeus