Aspidobothrys dimidiatus (Stål), Stal

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 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277915
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5098753
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scientific name	Aspidobothrys dimidiatus (Stål)
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Aspidobothrys dimidiatus (Stål) View in CoL

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Eccritotarsini dimidiatus Stål, 1860: 57 View in CoL (orig. desig.).

Aspidobothrys dimidiatus: Reuter, 1907: 36 View in CoL (descrip.).

Aspidobothrus [sic] dimidiatus: Bergroth, 1922: 16 View in CoL (unnecc. comb.); Felippe, 1985: 377 (descrip.)

Diagnosis. General color shiny black. Head (except fuscous clypeus), pronotum, base of hemelytra, mesoscutum, propleuron reddish orange. Underside of head, apices of coxae, trochanters, and bases of femora yellow. Membrane pale at apex and around veins. Some specimens with a black spot on pronotum. Length 4.20–4.75 mm.

Host. Thevetia sp. [ Apocynaceae ] ( Ferreira et al., 2001).

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) (Distant, 1988; Carvalho, 1957).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. None examined.

Other specimens examined: 2 ƤƤ, Brazil, Nova Teutonia, 27º11’S, 52º23’W, 5 June 1938, F. Plauman ( USNM); 2 ƤƤ, Brazil, Rio Grande de Sul, P. Alegre, Jul. 1950, J. Becker ( USNM)