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Catalogue of the Neotropical Anthocoridae (Heteroptera) Trab n2 8/8/02 11:36 AM Page 25 ISSN 0373-5680 Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 61 (1-2): 25-44, 2002 25 Catalogue of the Neotropical Anthocoridae (Heteroptera) CARPINTERO, Diego Leonardo Departamento Científico de Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque. 1900 La Plata, Argentina; e-mail [email protected] ■ ABSTRACT. A list of the 130 known species of Anthocoridae to occur in the Neotropics is presented. They are arranged in three subfamilies, seven tribes, and 36 genera. Distributional data and bibliographical references of each taxon are also included. Two genera restore generic level; there are 13 new combinations, two genera and seven species synonymized and 11 lectotypes were designed. KEY WORDS. Catalogue. Neotropical Anthocoridae. ■ RESUMEN. Catálogo de las Anthocoridae Neotropicales (Heteroptera). Se ofrece una lista de las 130 especies conocidas de la Región Neotrópica de Anthocoridae, que se incluyen en las tres subfamilias hoy aceptadas, en sie- te tribus y 36 géneros, que se encuentran presentes en esta región, se da la distribución y referencias bibliográficas para cada taxón mencionado. Dos subgéneros recuperan el nivel genérico; hay 13 nuevas combinaciones, dos géneros y siete especies como nuevas sinonimias y se designan 11 lectotipos. PALABRAS CLAVE. Catálogo. Anthocoridae neotropicales. INTRODUCTION (1981) for Ecuador, Froeschner (1985) for Galapa- gos and Carpintero et al., (1996) for Nicaragua. The family Anthocoridae Fieber, 1836, erro- The purpose of this contribution is to provide a neously mentioned by some authors (Blatchley, complete enumeration of all known species of 1926; Froeschner, 1981 and 1985) as Amyot & Anthocoridae from the Neotropics. Serville, 1843, includes the subfamilies Lasiochi- The structure of the “Catalogue of the Heterop- linae Carayon, 1972a, Lyctocorinae Reuter, 1884 tera of the Palaearctic Region” (Aukema & Rieger, and Anthocorinae Fieber, 1836. 1995) is used here. Valid names of genera and A complete list of the Neotropical Anthocori- subgenera are given with author and date in bold, dae is lacking. Stål (1873) presented the first list centred headings. Under the heading the valid for the extraeuropean Anthocoridae, including ni- name and the synonyms are given in chronologi- ne species arranged in eight genera. Reuter cal order with a reference, information on origi- (1884) redescribed all the known, and several nal rank, availability, homonymies, and synony- new taxa of this family. This pioneer work, which mization, or changes of rank. The type species is includes 39 Neotropical species in 13 genera, always mentioned. Valid names of species are ci- being the most complete reference for heteropte- ted as bold, left margined headings. Under the rists for a long time. Champion (1900) made the heading, valid name and synonyms are given in last comprehensive study of the Mesoamerican chronological order, with reference, information fauna, listing 19 genera and 54 species. After it, on availability, homonymy, and synonymization only partial studies concerning Neotropical “pira- or change of rank. Information on type material is te bugs” were published by Pennington (1921) for given as complete as possible, v.g. Category: sex, Argentina, da Costa Lima (1940) for Brazil, Ruffi- type-locality, repository. The categories of types nelli & Piran (1959) for Uruguay, Froeschner are given as follows: HT for holotype, LT for lec- Trab n2 8/8/02 11:36 AM Page 26 26 Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 61 (1-2), 2002 totype, and STS for syntypes. Names of countries minor Champion, 1900; Lasiocolpus unicolor in type–localities are abbreviated as under distri- Poppius, 1909; Plochiocoris longicornis Cham- bution.The abbreviations together with full data pion, 1900; Plochiocoris pilosus (Reuter, 1908). on the repositories are listed below. Distributional information (Dist.) is given for each species repre- sented in the Neotropical Region. Names of Abbreviations of Repositories. countries are abbreviated with a unique two letter code as listed below. New records are not indicated BMNH Natural History Museum, London, as must (nearly 75%) of the distributional infor- Great Britain. mation is new. Under references (Ref.) the com- CASC California Academy of Sciences, San plete bibliography of each neotropical taxon is Francisco, California, United States of America. given, as well as the most important bibliography CNCI Canadian National Collection of Insects, for Anthocoridae from other regions. Ottawa, Canada. CUTC Cornell University Type Collection, Itha- ca, New York, United States of America. Taxonomical Changes proposed here HNHM Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary. Restored generic level: Dilasia Reuter, 1871b ISNB Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de and Dasypterus Reuter, 1871b. Belgique, Brussels, Belgium. New combinations (N. COMB.): Anthocoris MCSN Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Gia- obsoletus (Blanchard, 1853). Cardiastethus elegans como Doria”, Genoa, Italy. (Blanchard, 1853); Cardiastethus testaceus (Blan- MNHN Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, chard, 1853); Dasypterus discifer (Stål, 1860); Paris, France. Dasypterus ophthalmicus (Reuter, 1884); Dilasia MZHF Zoological Museum, University of Hel- ashlocki (Herring, 1966a); Dilasia basalis (Reuter, sinki, Finland. 1884); Dilasia foveicollis (Champion, 1900); Di- NHMW Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, lasia reuteri (Champion, 1900); Dilasia unicolor Austria. (Reuter, 1884); Eusolenophora divisa (Cham- NHRS Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, pion, 1900); Lasiocolpus rostralis (Poppius, Sweden. 1909); Plochiocoris pilosus (Reuter, 1908). PMAG Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, New synonymies (N. SYN.). Genera: Doli- Great Britain. chiella Reuter, 1908 (= Plochiocoris Champion, PUNI Purdue University, Western Lafayette, In- 1900); Whiteiella Poppius, 1909 (= Lasiocolpus diana. United States of America. Reuter, 1884). Species: Anthocoris parvulus USNM United States National Museum of Na- Blanchard, 1853 (= Orius insidiosus (Say, 1832)); tural History, Washington, D. C., United States of Lasiochilus comitialis Drake & Harris, 1926 (= America. Dilasia fuscula Reuter, 1871b); Lasiochilus fraternus ZMHB Zoologisches Museum, Humboldt Uni- Uhler, 1894 (= Alofa sodalis (Buchanan–White, versität, Berlin, Germany. 1879)); Lasiochilus gerhardi Blatchley, 1926 (= La- ZMUC Zoological Museum, University of Co- siochilus mirificus Drake & Harris, 1926); Orius penhagen, Danmark. reedi (Buchanan–White, 1879) (= Orius brevicollis (Blanchard, 1853)); Plochiocoris comptulus Dra- ke & Harris, 1926 (= Plochiocoris longicornis Distributional Abbreviations Champion, 1900); Poronotus bicolor Poppius, 1909 (= Alofa sodalis (Buchanan–White, 1879)). CA: Central America (including all Mexico); Lectotypes (HEREIN DESIGNED): Dilasia reu- CI: Caribbean Islands; PC: Pacific Islands; SA: teri (Champion, 1900); EuLasiocolpus megalops South America. Champion, 1900; Eusolenophora divisa (Cham- AR: Argentina (Provinces): bue: Buenos Aires; pion, 1900); Lasiochilus pallidulus Reuter, cat: Catamarca; cba: Córdoba; cha: Chaco; chu: 1871b; Lasiochilus punctipennis Champion, Chubut; cor: Corrientes; ent: Entre Ríos; for: For- 1900; Lasiocolpoides ciliatus Champion, 1900; mosa; juj: Jujuy; lap: La Pampa; lar: La Rioja; mis: Lasiocolpus elegans Reuter, 1884; Lasiocolpus Misiones; mza: Mendoza; neu: Neuquén; rio: Río Trab n2 8/8/02 11:36 AM Page 27 CARPINTERO, D. L. Catalogue of the Neotropical Anthocoridae 27 Negro; sal: Salta; scr: Santa Cruz; sfe: Santa Fe; Schuh, 1986 (new status); Henry, 1988 (cat.); slu: San Luis; sju: San Juan; sde: Santiago del Es- Schuh & Stÿs, 1991 (descr.). tero; tdf: Tierra del Fuego; tuc: Tucumán. BA: Bahamas; BZ: Belize; BO: Bolivia; BR: Genus Dilasia Reuter, 1871b Brazil; CB: Cuba; CC: Coco I.(CR). CH: Chile (Regions): I: Tarapacá; II: Antofagasta; Dilasia Reuter, 1871b: 563. (Reuter, 1884: 575, as III: Atacama; IV: Coquimbo; V: Valparaíso (and San- subgenus of Lasiochilus). Type species by mo- tiago); VI: O’Higgins; VII: Maule; VIII: Bio–bío; IX: notypy: Dilasia fuscula Reuter, 1871b. Araucanía; X: Los Lagos; XI: Aisén; XII: Magallanes. CO: Colombia; CR: Costa Rica; CY: Cayman Dilasia ashlocki (Herring, 1966a) (N. COMB.). Is.(United Kingdom); DM: Dominica; DR: Domi- Lasiochilus ashlocki Herring, 1966a: 128. HT: nican Republic; EC: Ecuador; ES: El Salvador; GA: male, CC, Chatham Bay. CASC. Galápagos Is. (EC); GD: Guadalupe I. (France); Dist. PC: CC. GF: Guiana (France); GI: Grenadines Is. (SV); GN: Grenada; GT: Guatemala; GY: Guyana; HA: Hai- Dilasia basalis (Reuter, 1884) (N. COMB.). tí; HD: Honduras; JF: Juan Fernández Is. (CH); JM: Lasiochilus basalis Reuter, 1884: 570. HT: fema- Jamaica; MX: Mexico; NA: Dutch Antilles; NC: le, VN, LaGuayra. MNHN. Nicaragua; PA: Paraguay; PE: Perú; PN: Panamá; Dist. CA: MX. CI: GN. SA: VN. PR: Puerto Rico; RN: Rapa Nui (or Eastern) Is. Ref.: Uhler, 1894 (rec.). (CH); SR: Suriname; SV: St. Vincent; TT: Trinidad and Tobago. Dilasia colludens (Buchanan–White, 1879) UR: Uruguay (Departments): art: Artigas; can: Cardiastethus colludens Buchanan–White, 1879: Canelones; cer: Cerro Largo; col: Colonia; dur: 142. (transferred to Lasiochilus (Dilasia), Reu- Durazno; fli: Florida; flo: Flores; lav: Lavalleja; ter, 1884: 575). HT: female. BR. PMAG. mal: Maldonado; mvi: Montevideo; pdu: Paysan- Dist. SA: AR(sal, sfe), BR. dú; rin: Río Negro; riv: Rivera; roc: Rocha; sjo: San José; sor: Soriano; sto: Salto; tbo: Tacuarem- Dilasia foveicollis (Champion, 1900) (N. COMB.). bó; tre: Treinta
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