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g Pablo M. Dellape , María C. Melo eo 1 CONICET, CCT-La Plata, UNLP, Instituto de Limnología “R. A. Ringuelet” (ILPLA), Departamento Sistemática, CC 712 (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, G

n Argentina. o 2 Universidad Nacional de La Plata,[email protected] Museo de La Plata, División Entomología, Paseo del Bosque s/nº, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 3 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

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Abstract: Theraneis vitatta

The present note reports the first record of the genus and species Spinola, 1837 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae: Larginae) from Moconá, Misiones province, Argentina. This record brings the number of reported genera from Argentina to five, with a total of 12 species.

Theraneis vittata

The Largidae belongs to the superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea was described by Spinola (1837) and are present in all biogeographical regions of the world, from Brazil; later Stål (1860) mentioned the species from although they are more diverse and abundant in tropical Rio de Janeiro. After those works, Brailovsky (1991), and and subtropical areas. The family is divided into two subfamilies: Larginae in the New World and Physopeltinae in the Old World (Schaefer 2000; Cassis and Gross 2002; Henry 1997, 2009). There are about 120 species known from the New World, distributed in 13 genera. The knowledge about the diversity of this family in Argentina is scarce. The limited works dealing with the whole family (including Pyrrhocoridae) are those of Berg (1878) and Pennington (1921). The diversity and distribution is known mainly by isolated works dealing with systematic aspects (Brailovsky 1989; Coscarónet al. and Dellapé 2006), regional listingset al. (Hayward 1942, 1960; Viana and Williner 1972, 1978; Quintanilla 1975- 1976, 1981; Carpintero 2006) and agricultural issues (Bosq 1937, 1940; Di Iorio 2004a, b). Dellapé and Melo (in press) presented a summary on morphology, biology and taxonomic history, citogenetic, phylogenetic, and agroeconomic importance, together with a diagnosis of all the genera and a key to the species recorded from Argentina; they also included a systematic catalog for Argentina, with host plants of each species.Largus Up to Acinocoris now four genera and 11 speciesThaumastaneis of Largidae have been recorded from Argentina: Rosaphe Hahn (seven species), Hahn (two species), Kirkaldy and EdwardsTheraneis (one species), and Kirkaldy and EdwardsLargus (one species). The genus Spinola with 21 known species is, after , the most diverse genus of Larginae in America. The genus is distributed in southern Central America and throughout most of South America excepting the southernmost extreme; and is characterized by having the eyes protruding and semi-pedunculate, the buccula apically triangular, and the pronotal disk clearly bilobed Figure 1. Theraneis vittata with the anterolateral margin not carinate (Brailovsky and Spinola, habitus. Barrera 2008). 237 Dellape and Melo | First record of Theraneis vittata from Argentina

In Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos Dellapé, P.M. and M.C. Melo. Pyrrhocoroidea L.E.in press Claps and S. Roig- Brailovsky and Barrera (2008) included the species in a Juñent (dirs.) In. Volume 3. generic key, but those are the only mentionsT. of vittata the species Mendoza: Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. ( Catálogo) de insectos in any modern scientific paper. Di Iorio,fitófagos O. 2004a. de la Hemiptera: Argentina Pyrrhocoridae; y sus plantas asociadasp. 275- 277 H.A. Cordo G., G. Logarzo, K. Brown and O. Di Iorio (dir.) The authors found a specimen of when In . Buenos Aires: studying the Heteroptera collection at Instituto Miguel Sociedad Entomológica Argentina Ediciones.Catálogo de insectos fitófagos Lillo (IMLA, Tucumán, Argentina). The material studied Di Iorio,de la O. Argentina2004b. Hemiptera: y sus plantas Largidae; asociadas p. 247- 249 H.A. Cordo G., G. Logarzo, K. Brown and O. Di Iorio (dir.) corresponds to a female that was collected in Moconá, . 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