Pelocoris poeyi
Creators: name: Viana, Renata Santos
name: Franco, Cleilton L.
name: Ramos, Aiala Alana P.
name: Mariano, Rodolfo
name: Silva De Azevêdo, Carlos A.
name: Stefanello, Fabiano
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Naucoridae
Pelocoris
Pelocoris poeyi

description: Pelocoris poeyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)
Naucoris poeyi Guérin-Méneville, 1835: 352 (original description)
Pelocoris poeyi: Stål 1876, 144 (combination change)
Pelocoris convexus Nieser 1969: 63–66 (synonym)
(Figs. 4, 7D, 7J, 9D, 10D, 11D, 12B, 14)
Diagnosis: Body length 8.5−9.8 mm; hemelytra punctate, dark-brown with irregular yellowish markings and scutellum mostly black, with only the posterior corner yellowish (Fig. 4) (Nieser 1975); male abdominal tergum VII with two small rounded lobes medially (Fig. 7D); phallosoma widened subapically on the right margin (Fig. 7J) (Rodrigues et al., unpublished data).
Material examined: All specimens macropterous. 8 males and 7 females, BRAZIL, Maranhão, Aldeias Altas municipality, Faz. São Raimundo, 4°37'48.1"S 43°28'11.4"W, 03.VIII.2019, 05.VIII.2019, 10.X.2019, C. A. S. Azevêdo coll., LEAq 00024, 00230–00231, C. L. Franco, F. Stefanello, 2022 det. 1 male, Caxias municipality, Deserto stream, 5°47'28.9"S 43°26'38.0"W, 29.XII.2015, LEAq 00134, C. L. Franco, 2022 det.; 1 female, Jatobá stream, 4°54'35.0"S 43°06'60.0"W, 28.VII.2019, C. L. Franco et al. colls., LEAq 00087, C. L. Franco, 2022 det.; 1 male, Primavera stream, 4°50'32.5"S 43°29'29.3"W, 04.X.2022, A. S. Carvalho, R. S. Viana, T. G. S. Araujo colls., LEAq 00255, R. S. Viana, 2022 det.; 1 male and 1 female, São José stream, 4°51'17.4"S 43°20'22.2"W, 01.VII.2015, B. L. S. Carvalho coll., LEAq 00221, C. L. Franco, 2022 det.; 1 male, Sumidouro stream, 4°53'23.0"S 43°25'54.0"W, 05.VIII.2019, C. L. Franco et al. colls., LEAq 00029, C. L. Franco, 2022 det. 18 males and 10 females, Barra do Corda municipality, Afluente do Mearim, 5°30'29.5"S 45°19'35.0"W, 31.X.2022, F. B. S. Barros, R. S. Viana, F. Stefanello colls., LEAq 00269, R. V. Viana, 2022 det.; 1 male and 2 females, Afluente do Rio Ourives, 5°44'17.6"S 45°13'47.2"W, 01.X.2022, F. B. S. Barros, R. S. Viana, F. Stefanello colls., LEAq 00268, R. S. Viana, 2022 det.; 1 female, Cachoeira Grande, 5°41'18.2"S 45°17'32.9"W, 31.X.2022, F. B. S. Barros, R. S. Viana, F. Stefanello colls., LEAq 00267, R. S. Viana, 2022 det.; 3 males, Rio Ourives 1, 5°41'36.5"S 45°14'58.1"W, 01.XI.202, F. B. S. Barros, R. S. Viana, F. Stefanello colls., LEAq 00266, R. S. Viana, 2022 det. 1 female, Codó municipality, Buriti Corrente stream, 4°45'11.8"S 43°39'38.3"W, 06.VIII.19, C. L. Franco et al. colls., LEAq 00038, R. S. Viana, 2022 det. 2 females, Presidente Dutra municipality, Sitio Pezão, 5°17'4"S 44°28'6"W, 14.VII.2022, C. L. Franco, R. S. Viana, F. Stefanello colls., LEAq 00224, C. L. Franco, 2022 det.
Distribution: ARUBA (Nieser 1969). ANTIGUA & BARBUDA (Nieser 1969). BRAZIL (Nieser 1975): Bahia *, Maranhão *, Pará (Nieser 1975) (Fig. 14). CUBA (Guérin-Méneville 1835). CURAÇAO (Nieser 1969). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (García-Avila & Peña 1993). ECUADOR (Sites 1990). GUADELOUPE (Nieser 1969). GUYANA (Nieser 1975). PUERTO RICO (Nieser 1969). ST. KITTS & NEVIS (Nieser 1969). SURINAME (Nieser 1975). TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (Nieser 1969). U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS (Nieser 1969).
description: Published as part of Viana, Renata Santos, Franco, Cleilton L., Ramos, Aiala Alana P., Mariano, Rodolfo, Silva De Azevêdo, Carlos A. & Stefanello, Fabiano, 2023, Pelocoris Stål, 1876 of northeastern Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae) first records and a key to the species, pp. 193-213 in Zootaxa 5375 (2) on page 201, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10184063