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Collaria scenica

Description

Collaria scenica (Stål, 1859)

(Figs. 9–12)

Diagnosis: General color dark; head entirely black on sides and ventral usually with distinct V-shaped pale stripe behind posterior margin of eyes; cuneus mostly dark; endosoma with row of about six thick spines apically, and a small field of spicules just basad to secondary gonopore.

Distribution: Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina (Morales et al. 2016)

Plant associations: Poaceae: Echinocloa colonum, Eleusine indica, Digitaria sanguinalis, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum clandestinum (Martínez & Barreto 1998; Morales et al. 2016), Holcus lanatus, Phalaris tuberinacea synonimus of P. arudinacea (new record from specimens labels).

Specimens examined Antioquia: 9 ♂ 7 ♀ Santa Elena [6?12'N; 6?12'W] 2500m, iv.1989, F. Giraldo, host grasses (MEFLG). 6 ♂ 4 ♀ San Pedro [6?27'N; 75?33'W] 2400m, ix.1990, R. Vélez, host: P. clandestinum (MEFLG). 8 ♂ 4 ♀ San Pedro [6?27'N; 75?33'W] 2400m, iv.1996, F. Cardona, host: grass (MEFLG). 2 ♂ 3 ♀ Santa Elena [6?12'N; 75?29'W] 2500m, 29.v.2000, G. Abril, host: Holcus lanatus (MEFLG). 4 ♂ 2 ♀ Santa Elena [6?12'N; 75?29'W] 2500m, 29.v.2000, G. Abril, host: Phalaris tuberinacea (MEFLG). 24 ♂ 12 ♀ Entrerrios [6.56739; -75.51703] 8.xii.1996, H. Granda, host: P. clandestinum (CTNI). 3 ♂ 1 ♀ Santa Rosa de Osos [6°38'N; 75°27'W] 16.xi.1994, N. Barreto, host: grass (CTNI). 1 ♂ Yarumal [6°57'N; 75°24'W] 16.xii.1999, G. Abril and F. Yepes (CTNI). Boyacá: 3 ♂ 2♀ La Calidad, ii.2000, M. Cano, host: P. clandestinum (MEFLG). 1 ♂ 87173 Villa de Leyva, Claustro San Agustín, 1 ♀ 87668 1 ♀ 87743 [5?38'N; 73?31'W] 2200m, ix.1998, D. Forero (IAvH). 1 ♀ Arcabuco, SFF de Iguaque, laguna San Rafael [5?41'N; 73?25'W] 3600m, 30.iv.2006, M. Cuevas, T. Morales and H. Salinas (MPUJ). Cundinamarca: 1 ♀ Cota [4?48'N; 74?6'W] 2584m, 14.xi.1999 M.A.B. (MPUJ). 20 ♂ 20 ♀ Mosquera, 1.x.1996, H. Granda, host: P. clandestinum (CTNI), 2 ♂ 1 ♀ Mosquera, Tibaitatá [4°41'40,1''N; 74°12'14,8''W] 2542m, iii.2010, P. Osorio (CTNI). 2 ♂ Junín [4°47'N; 73°39'W] 2009, P. Osorio (CTNI). 3 ♂ 1 ♀ Tenjo [4°52'N; 74°8'W] 8.xii.1994, N. Barreto, host: P. clandestinum (CTNI). 1 ♂ 5 ♀ Venecia [4°5'N; 74°28'W] iv.1997 (ICN). Reserva Chichaque, refugio [4°36'35''N; 74°18'2''W] 8–12.iv.2013, D. Forero (MUPJENT 0017949–0017953).

Notes

Published as part of Barreto-Triana, Nancy, Ferreira, Paulo Sergio F., Osorio-Mejía, Pablo Andrés & Fiuza Ferreira, Luciano S., 2018, Plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) associated with pastures in Colombia, pp. 390-400 in Zootaxa 4441 (2) on page 394, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.12, http://zenodo.org/record/1301727

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References

  • Morales, I., Ferreira, P. S. F. & Forero, D. (2016) Taxonomic revision of Collaria Provancher, 1872 (Hemiptera: Miridae) with the description of a new species from the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa, 4138 (2), 201 - 246. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4138.2.1
  • Martinez, E. & Barreto-Triana, N. (1998) La chinche de los pastos Collaria scenica Stal en la Sabana de Bogota. Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria, Mosquera, Cundinamarca, 66 pp.