Synopsis and keys to the tribes, genera, and species of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Minas Gerais, Brazil Part I: Bryocorinae
Author
Ferreira, Paulo Sergio Fiuza
Author
Henry, Thomas J.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2920
1
41
journal article
46643
10.5281/zenodo.277915
92ace763-4bc6-4137-8373-7a543e718335
1175-5326
277915
Spartacus minensis
Carvalho
(Fig. 45)
Spartacus minensis
Carvalho, 1985c
: 577
(orig. descrip.).
Diagnosis.
General color yellowish green. First antennal segment with base very narrow and thicker than other segments; outer margin of first segment with a black stripe and covered with long setae. Hemelytra hyaline and densely pilose; claval commissure (some specimens) fuscous; embolium (some specimens) yellowish at apex. Length 4.75–5.00 mm.
Host.
Heliconia psittacorum
Sessé and Moç.
[
Musaceae
] (
Ferreira
et al.
, 2001
).
Distribution.
Brazil
(Minas Gerais) (
Carvalho, 1985c
).
Minas Gerais specimens examined.
1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, Viçosa,
June 1938
, Snipes (
UFVB
); 1 Ψ, Viçosa,
Aug. 1943
, J. C. M. Carvalho, nº 585 (
UFVB
); 1 ɗ, 6 ΨΨ (
paratypes
), Viçosa,
Aug. 1943
, J. C. M. Carvalho (
USNM
); 8 ɗɗ, 13 ΨΨ, Araponga Reserva da Serra do Brigadeiro,
4–5 Mar. 1993
, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira (
USNM
).