Acrophyma cumingii ( Westwood, 1837 )

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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Acrophyma cumingii ( Westwood, 1837 )
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Acrophyma cumingii ( Westwood, 1837) View in CoL ( Fig. 2)

Distribution. Chile ( Westwood, 1837) and Argentina: Chubut ( Bergroth, 1917), Río Negro ( Kumar, 1974), and Neuquén NEW RECORD.

Material Examined. CHILE: Santiago, El Canelo , 1J, XI-1950 ( MACN) ; Santiago, El Canelo , 1J 1♀, XI-1948, Gutierrez R. col. ( MACN) . ARGENTINA: Neuquén, Lago Escondido , 1♀, II-2015, Montemayor S. col. ( MLP) ; Río Negro, 1♀, Werenkraut col. ( MLP) .

Host Plants. NOthOfaguS dOmbeyi (Mirb.) Oerst. ( Nothofagaceae ) ( Faúndez, 2009).

Comments. Faúndez (2009) revalidated and redescribed this species and also provided new Chilean records. In this contribution I add a new record of A. Cumingii , extending its distribution to the north in the province of Neuquén.

BERGROTH, E. 1917. New and little-known heteropterous Hemiptera in the United States National Museum. PrOCeedingS Of the United StateS NatiOnal MuSeum 51: 215 - 239.

FAUNDEZ, E. I. 2009. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus ACrOphyma Bergroth, 1917 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae). ZOOtaXa 2137: 57 - 65.

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.

WESTWOOD, J. O. 1837. In: Hope, F. W. (ed.), A CatalOgue Of Hemiptera in the COlleCtiOn Of the Rev. F. W. HOpe, M. A. With ShOrt Latin DiagnOSeS Of the NeW SpeCieS, London, pp. 1 - 46.

MACN

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Argentina de Ciencias Naturales

MLP

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Acanthosomatidae

Genus

Acrophyma