Published February 9, 2022 | Version v1
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Oebalus pugnax

Description

Oebalus pugnax (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution. USA, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, West Indies, Panama, and Colombia.

Distribution in Colombia. Antioquia, Caldas, Cundinamarca, and Tolima.

Remarks. Oebalus pugnax has the antennal segment II longer than the antennal segment I, the scutellum is longer than the basal width, the humeral angles are acute and anteriorly projected; and the lateral margins of the pronotum on the anterior region to the humeral angles are calloused.

References. Maes 1994; Froeschner 1999; Thomas 2000; Arismendi & Thomas 2003; Perez-Gelabert & Thomas 2005; Castro-Huertas et al. 2015.

Notes

Published as part of Castro-Huertas, Valentina, Grazia, Jocelia, Forero, Dimitri, Fernández, Fernando & Schwertner, Cristiano F., 2022, Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of Colombia: An annotated checklist of species, pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 5097 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5097.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6036639

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References

  • Maes, J. - M. (1994) Catalogo de los Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia, 28, 1 - 29.
  • Froeschner, R. C. (1999) True bugs (Heteroptera) of Panama: A synoptic catalog as a contribution to the study of panamanian biodiversity. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 61, 1 - 155.
  • Thomas, D. B. (2000) Pentatomidae (Hemiptera). In: Llorente, J. E., Gonzalez, E. & Papavero, N. (Eds.), Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de artropodos de Mexico: hacia un sintesis de su conocimiento. Vol. 2. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D. F., pp. 335 - 352.
  • Arismendi, N. & Thomas, D. B. (2003) Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Honduras, a checklist with description of a new ochlerine genus. Insecta Mundi, 17, 1 - 18.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D. E. & Thomas, D. B. (2005) Stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of the island of Hispaniola, with seven new species from the Dominican Republic. Boletin Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 37, 319 - 352.
  • Castro-Huertas, V., Schwertner, C. F. & Fernandez, F. (2015) New records of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 3973 (3), 553 - 566. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3973.3.9