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Diceraeus caatinguensis

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of São Paulo, Museum of Zoology (MZSP), Av. Nazaré, 481, CEP 04263 - 000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil & Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, R. Prof. Artur Riedel, 275, CEP 09972 - 270, Diadema, SP, Brazil
  • 2. University of São Paulo, Museum of Zoology (MZSP), Av. Nazaré, 481, CEP 04263 - 000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Description

Diceraeus caatinguensis (Grazia & Poock-da-Silva, 2013)

(Figs. 4C–D)

Material examined. Brazil: Piauí — Jurema, SCNP, Na estrada, pela entrada de São Brás do Piauí; 08°45'29.1"S, 43°09'42.1"W; 13/XII/2018; Sweep net; 3♂ (MZSPHEM0013148–MZSPHEM0013150); Carrenho, R leg. — Caracol, SCNP, Povoado Capim, trilha p/ olho d'agua; 9°11'3.4"S, 43°30'23"W; alt. 525 m; 16/II/2020; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013180) 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013181); Alves AA leg. — Guaribas, SCNP, Torre de Rádio; 9°18'19.3"S, 43°55'28"W; 18/II/2020; Sweep net; 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013176); Dias J leg. Ceará — Aiuaba, AES, Estrada, ao lago do brejo; 6°41'31.2"S, 40°11'13.1"W; alt. 486 m; 04/VI/2021; Sweep net; 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013179); Freitas AS leg.— Aiuaba, AES, Estrada, poça ao lado da estrada; 6°43'34.5"S, 40°13'22.5"W; alt. 548 m; 05/VI/2021; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013160) 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013161); Freitas AS leg.— Aiuaba, AES, Próximo ao riacho da catingueira; 6°44'18.3"S 40°14'51"W; alt. 530 m; 07/VI/2021; Sweep net; 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013215); Freitas AS leg. Pernambuco — Buíque, CNP, Igrejinha, trilha para barragem; 8°29'25"S, 37°14'47.3"W; alt. 850 m; 13/ III/2021; Sweep net; 2♂ (MZSPHEM0013205, MZSPHEM0013224); Freitas AS leg.— Buíque, CNP, Fazenda do Brejo, Bolas, Açude; 08°30'22.4"S, 37°13'24.9"W; alt. 689 m; 16/III/2019; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013168) 3♀ (MZSPHEM0013169–MZSPHEM0013171); Gonçalves CC, Takiya DM leg. — Buíque, CNP, Chapadão; 8°31"24.4"S, 37"14'21.3"W; alt. 943 m; 12–17/III/2021; Malaise; 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013175); Freitas AS, Prando JS, Rodrigues JMS, Pecly NH, Jordão R leg. — Buíque, CNP, Trilha p/ Sítio Arqueológico Alcobaça, próximo as pinturas rupestres; 08°32'24.4"S, 37°11'39.5"W; alt. 721 m; 15/III/2019; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013162); Carrenho R leg; and 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013163) 3♀ (MZSPHEM0013164–MZSPHEM0013166); Gonçalves CC leg; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013167) Takiya DM leg. — Buíque, CNP, Serra do Catimbau; 8°34'43.3"S, 37°12'53.8"W; alt. 973 m; 14/III/2021; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013203); Freitas AS leg.— Tupanatinga, CNP, Fazenda Juá, Estrada; 08°26'06.3"S, 37°20'52.1"W; alt. 541 m; 17/III/2019; Sweep net; 3♂ (MZSPHEM0013184–MZSPHEM0013186) 3♀ (MZSPHEM0013187–MZSPHEM0013189); Gonçalves CC leg; and 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013183) Carrenho R leg.— Tupanatinga, CNP, Estrada do Gado; 08°29'11.8"S, 37°20'25.5"W; alt. 663 m; 19/III/2019; Sweep net; 2♀ (MZSPHEM0013177, MZSPHEM0013178); Gonçalves CC, Takiya DM leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP, Trilha da umburana; 8°29'21.8"S, 37°15'49.3"W; alt. 897 m; 13/III/2021; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013202); Prando JS leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP, Trilha para Igrejinha; 08°29'37.7"S, 37°15'07"W; alt. 900 m; 20/III/2019; Sweep net; 2♀ (MZSPHEM0013209, MZSPHEM0013210); Gonçalves CC leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP; 08°29'51.6"S, 37°17'9.5"W; alt. 890 m; 10/III/2021; Sweep net; 3♂ (MZSPHEM0013211–MZSPHEM0013213) 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013214); Freitas AS leg; and 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013151) 2♀ (MZSPHEM0013152, MZSPHEM0013153); Pecly NH leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP, Barro Branco; 8°29'58.9"S, 37°18'41.3"W; alt. 785 m; 10/III/2021; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013172); Freitas AS leg; and 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013173) 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013174); Prando JS leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP, Barro Branco, Comunidade de Muquém; 08°30'01.9"S, 37°18'37.9"W; alt. 838 m; 17/III/2019; Sweep net; 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013197); Gonçalves CC leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP, Estr. prox. Comunidade indigena Kapinawá; 8°32'30.9"S, 37°21'4.2"W; alt. 736 m; 15/III/2021; Sweep net; 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013206); Prando JS leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP, Estr. prox. Comunidade indigena Kapinawá; 8°32'42.6"S, 37°19'58.5"W; alt. 808 m; 17/ III/2021; Sweep net; 3♂ (MZSPHEM0013193–MZSPHEM0013195) 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013196); Freitas AS, Prando JS leg.— Tupanatinga, CNP, Terreno do ICMBio; 08°33'54.9"S, 37°14'20.2"W; alt. 730 m; 14/III/2019; Malaise; 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013204); Gonçalves CC, Takiya DM, Carrenho R leg; and Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013154) 4♀ (MZSPHEM0013155–MZSPHEM0013158); Gonçalves CC leg; and 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013159) 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013225) Takiya DM leg; and 17/III/2019; Sweep net; 2♀ (MZSPHEM0013207, MZSPHEM0013208); Carrenho R leg; and 1♀ (MZSPHEM0013182); Rodrigues H leg.— Tupanatinga, CNP, Cerca de 500m a oeste da casa dos brigadistas; 08°34'16.9"S, 37°14'14.2"W; alt. 772 m; 14/III/2019; Sweep net; 3♂ (MZSPHEM0013190– MZSPHEM0013192); Gonçalves, CC, Takiya, DM leg. — Tupanatinga, CNP, Riacho de Leís; 08°34'56.8"S, 37°14'38.7"W; alt. 738 m; 18/III/2019; Sweep net; 1♂ (MZSPHEM0013198) 3♀ (MZSPHEM0013199– MZSPHEM0013201); Gonçalves CC leg.

Distribution. A— Piauí (new record), Ceará (new record), Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, and Bahia.

Remarks. Despite being listed as occurring exclusively on the Caatinga, recently the first author (AMM) collected some specimens of D. caatinguensis in northwestern Bahia state, which corresponds to an ecotone between the Caatinga and the Cerrado biome (IBGE 2023).

References. Poock-da-Silva et al. (2013); Brito et al. (2019); Poester-Carvalho et al. (2023); Grazia et al. (2025).

Notes

Published as part of Miranda, Alexandre M., López, Guilherme E. L., Carrenho, Renan & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2025, Checklist of the Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from the Caatinga region, with the description of Aridocoris guidonae gen. and sp. nov., pp. 301-340 in Zootaxa 5711 (3) on pages 314-316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17883650

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Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.17883683 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
AES , CNP , SCNP
Event date
2018-12-13 , 2019-03-14 , 2019-03-15 , 2019-03-16 , 2019-03-17 , 2019-03-18 , 2019-03-19 , 2019-03-20 , 2020-02-16 , 2020-02-18 , 2021-03-10 , 2021-03-12 , 2021-03-13 , 2021-03-14 , 2021-03-15 , 2021-03-17 , 2021-06-04 , 2021-06-05 , 2021-06-07
Verbatim event date
2018-12-13 , 2019-03-14 , 2019-03-15 , 2019-03-16 , 2019-03-17 , 2019-03-18 , 2019-03-19 , 2019-03-20 , 2020-02-16 , 2020-02-18 , 2021-03-10 , 2021-03-12/17 , 2021-03-13 , 2021-03-14 , 2021-03-15 , 2021-03-17 , 2021-06-04 , 2021-06-05 , 2021-06-07
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Diceraeus
Species
caatinguensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Diceraeus caatinguensis (Grazia, 2013) sec. Miranda, López, Carrenho & Schwertner, 2025

References

  • Poock-Da-Silva, P., Barao, K. R. & Grazia, J. (2013) Contributions to the knowledge of Dichelops Spinola: description of a new species of Dichelops (Diceraeus) and of the male of Dichelops (Prodichelops) divisus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Carpocorini). Zootaxa, 3609 (1), 60-68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3609.1.4
  • IBGE [Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica] (2023) Banco de Dados e Informacoes Ambientais (BDiA). Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica, Rio de Janeiro. Available from: https://bdiaweb.ibge.gov.br/#/consulta/pesquisa (accessed 08 April 2025)
  • Brito, L. C., Grazia, J. & Barao, K. R. (2019) Stink bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Catimbau National Park, a protected area in Brazil's largest dry forest. Zootaxa, 4612 (4), 571-580. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4612.4.9
  • Poester-Carvalho, J. A., Barao, K. R., Costa, L. G. da & Ferrari, A. (2023) Areas of endemism and sampling bias of Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) in the Americas. Journal of Insect Conservation, 27 (5), 781-794. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-023-00497-5
  • Grazia, J., Campos, L. A., Fernandes, J. A. M., Schwertner, C. F., Garbelotto, T. A., Roell, T. & Barros, L. D. (2025) Pentatomidae in Catalogo Taxonomico da Fauna do Brasil. Available from: http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/2212 (accessed 3 April 2025)