Eusolenophora testacea Poppius 1909

Eusolenophora testacea Poppius, 1909

(Fig. 177)

Eusolenophora testacea Poppius, 1909: 25.

Diagnostic characters: Measurements, see Table V. Female: Characterized by the combination of characters as follows: Macropterous. General coloration pale testaceous, head dark brown; antennal segment II gently thickened towards apex, nearly as long as length of head; antennal segments (I:II:III:IV) 1: 2.6: 2.0: 1.9; head smooth, a little prolonged anteriorly from base of antennae (Fig. 183); pronotum with lateral margins straight; anterior and posterior margins slightly concave (Fig. 184); hemelytra covered by short pilosity (Fig. 186); meso- and metasternum not sulcate medially, the last elongate apically (Fig. 185). Parietovaginal gland present, seventh sternite with small punctures centrally (Fig. 187). Male: Unfortunately, the sole male I have was lost before drawing. I can only say that it was a macropterous specimen and its left paramere was divisa - type, straight.

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay. Its appearance in the collections from Brazil and Peru are new distributional records (Fig. 37).

Material examined: ARGENTINA: ♀ Buenos Aires, Punta Lara, X-1974, Carpintero. MACN; 3 ♀ Formosa (new distributional record in Argentina), Ea. La Marcela, 35 km E El Colorado, X-2007, (at light), (slide-mounted), P. Dellapé. MACN; 2 ♀ Jujuy, Calilegua, 29-VIII-1927. MACN; 3 ♀ Misiones, P. N. Iguazú, XII-1979, Carpintero coll. MACN; 5 ♀ Salta, Oran, Abra Grande, 10-I/ 1-III-1967, R. Golbach. IMLI; BOLIVIA: 2 ♀ Tarija, Bermejo, 19/ 28-II-1969, col. R. Golbach. IMLI; ♀ Santa Cruz, El Cidral, 1/ 28-I-1962, col. R. Golbach. IMLI; BRAZIL: ♀ Nova Teutonia. BMNH; PARAGUAY: 3 ♀ Carumbé, Dto. San Pedro, I-1971, col. R. Golbach. IMLI; ♀ same locality, I-1966, Golbach. MACN; 3 ♀ Asunción, II-1974, col. R. Golbach. IMLI; PERU: ♀ Cusco, Nuevo Mundo, Base Pluspetrol, II-2004, (at light), J. Williams, 73º08’30’’W – 11º33’02’’S. MACN.

Discussion: Althoughit is not yet possible to illustrate male genitalia of this species, it is possible to say E. testacea differs from the other species by its combination of characters and measurements. It is also very interesting to mention that this species appears common at light, although only females were collected. Author saw only one macropterous male, that means the absence of males in samples is not due to brachyptery, as might be supposed, but probably because of the season in which collecting was carried out.