Diversity of true bugs from Iguazú National Park, Argentina
Author
María C. Melo
Author
Gimena Dellapé
Author
Leonela Olivera
Author
Pablo S. Varela
Author
Sara I. Montemayor
Author
Pablo M. Dellapé
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2017
2017-09-22
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5
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journal article
10.15560/13.5.479
243064a9-76d7-48c8-b378-31b5aacf9ad7
1809-127X
1143518
Brontostoma discus
(
Burmeister, 1835
)
(
Fig. 3
)
Distribution.
Argentina
:
Chaco
,
Corrientes
, Formosa,
Jujuy
,
Misiones
,
Salta
, and
Santa Fe
;
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Paraguay
,
Peru
,
Suriname
,
Uruguay
, and
Venezuela
(
Wygodzinsky 1951
,
Dougherty 1995
,
Forero 2006
).
Material examined.
2♂, CIES,
7-XII-2013
,
light trap
, P.M. Dellapé coll., PNI0004-5 (MLP);
3♂, CIES,
8-XII-2013
,
light trap
, P.M. Dellapé coll., PNI0006-8 (MLP).
Remarks.
Although this species is similar to
B. nanus
, the specimens we have examined are much larger (
18.275 mm
), with less prominent eyes and shorter antenniferous tubercles. According to
Carpintero (1980)
B. nanus
is a much smaller species (
15.12 mm
), with much more protruding eyes and longer antenniferous tubercles.