Published August 3, 2021 | Version v1
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Menecles portacrus Rolston 1973

Description

Menecles portacrus Rolston, 1973b

Additional records: Texas: Brewster Co.: Big Bend Natl. Pk., Chisos Mtns. below the Basin area, 7-X-1982, E. G. Riley (1♀ DAR), Big Bend Natl. Pk., Chisos Mtns., 24-V-1972, L. D. Newsom (1♀ DAR). [Mexico: Nuevo León: Chapinque mesa (nr. Monterrey), 28-VI-1983, C. W. & L. O’Brien & Marshall (2♂♂ 2♀♀ DAR)].

Distribution: United States: TX. (Mexico)

Comments: As far as we know, there have been no additional records of this species published since the original description in 1973. Additionally, all previous records are from the Big Bend area of Texas. As such, it is noteworthy to provide additional data from specimens from this same area of Texas as well as the above additional record from Mexico.

Notes

Published as part of Rider, David A. & Swanson, Daniel R., 2021, A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5015 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5015.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5159085

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DAR
Event date
1972-05-24
Verbatim event date
1972-05-24/1983-06-28
Scientific name authorship
Rolston
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Menecles
Species
portacrus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Menecles portacrus Rolston, 1973 sec. Rider & Swanson, 2021

References

  • Rolston, L. H. (1973 b) The genus Menecles Stal (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 80 (4), 234 - 237. [1972]