Abstract
The systematics of the New World Asopinae genera is still not completely understood, thus hampering their study in many areas of biological science. Tylospilus Stål is one of the less known genera among New World predatory stink bugs, despite its common occurrence and potential as a biological control agent in crops. Here, we make a contribution to the knowledge of Tylospilus; the species Tylospilus nigrobinotatus (Berg, 1879) is redescribed, and based upon the examination of type specimens, T. armatus Thomas, 1992 is considered to be a junior synonym of the above species. Furthermore, a new species is herein described, and an updated identification key for the species of Tylospilus is provided.
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Zanuncio, J.C., Tavares, W.S., Fernandes, B.V., Wilcken, C.F. & Zanuncio, T.V. (2014) Production and use of Heteroptera predators for the biological control of Eucalyptus in Brazil. Ekoloji, 23 (91), 98–104.
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https://doi.org/10.1139/cjr31-013
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https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36493
Berg, C. (1884) Addenda et emendanda ad Hemiptera Argentina. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina, 17, 97–118.
Brugnera, R., Campos, L.A. & Grazia, J. (2019) Revision of Tynacantha Dallas with description of two new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Zootaxa, 4656 (3), 445–458.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4656.3.3
Brugnera, R., Roell, T., Campos, L.A. & Grazia, J. (2020) Taxonomy of widespread Neotropical species of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae): redescription of P. distinctus (Stål, 1860) and revalidation of P. fuscescens (Dallas, 1851). Zootaxa, 4751 (3), 546–562.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.7
Coscarón, M. del C. & Grazia J. (1996) Los ejemplares tipo de Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) depositados en la colección del Museo de La Plata. Serio técnica y didáctica Museo de La Plata, 36, 21–27.
De Clercq, P. (2000) Predaceous stink bugs (Pentatomidae: Asopinae). In: Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (Eds.), Heteroptera of economic importance. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 737–789.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420041859.ch32
De Clercq, P. (2008) Predatory stink bugs (Pentatomidae: Asopinae). In: Capinera, J.L. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of insects. Vol. 2. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 3042–3045.
Dellapé, P.M., Martínez, A.P. & Coscarón, M.D.C. (2003) New distributional records for the asopine pentatomids in temperate South America. Zootaxa, 318 (1), 1–16.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.318.1.1
Dupuis, C. (1970) Heteroptera. In: Tuxen, S.L. (Ed.), Taxonomist’s Glossary of Genitalia of insects. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, pp. 190–208.
Gapon, D.A. & Konstantinov, F.V. (2006) On the structure of the aedeagus of shield bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae): III. Subfamily Asopinae. Entomological Review, 86 (7), 806–819.
https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873806070050
Gapud, V.P. (1991) A generic revision of the subfamily Asopinae, with consideration of its phylogenetic position in the family Pentatomidae and superfamily Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera Heteroptera). Philippines Entomology, 8 (3), 865–961.
Grazia, J., Panizzi, A.R., Greve, C., Schwertner, C.F., Campos, L.A., Garbelotto, T.A. & Fernandes, J.A.M. (2015) Stink bugs (Pentatomidae). In: Panizzi, A. & Grazia, J. (Eds.), True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Entomology in Focus 2. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 681–756.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9861-7_22
Kirkaldy, G.W. (1909) Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Vol. I. Cimicidae. F.L. Dames, Berlin, xl + 392 pp.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15205
Kment, P. & Vilímová, J. (2010) Thoracic scent efferent system of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): a review of terminology. Zootaxa, 2706 (1), 1–77.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2706.1.1
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. (1893) Catalogue général des Hémiptères, Pentatomidae. Musée royal d’Histoire naturelle Belgique, Bruxelles, 286 pp.
Montandon, A.L. (1895) Viaggio del Dott. A. Borelli nella Republica Argentina e nel Paraguay. XVIII. Hémiptères Héteroptères, premiére liste et déscriptions d’espèces nouvelles. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia della Università di Torino, 10, 1–10.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.8048
Rider, D.A., Schwertner, C.F., Vilímová, J., Rédei, D., Kment, P. & Thomas, D.B. (2018) Higher Systematics of the Pentatomoidea. In: McPherson, J.E. (Ed.), Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 26–201.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315371221-2
Rider, D.A. (2019) Pentatomoidea Home Page. North Dakota: North Dakota State University. Available from: https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~rider/Pentatomoidea/ (accessed 12 January 2020)
Roca-Cusachs, M., Kim, J., Kim, K., Lee, S. & Jung, S. (2019) Spockia tagala gen. and sp. nov. a new monotypic genus of Asopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 4613 (1), 181–186.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.11
Roca-Cusachs, M., Kim, J., Park, J. & Jung, S. (2020) Taxonomic review of the predatory stink bugs of the Korean Peninsula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae), with a key to the Korean species and a discussion of their usefulness as biological control agents. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 23, 113–123.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2019.09.006
Roell, T., Lemaître V.A. & Webb, M.D. (2019) Revision of the African shieldbug genus Afrius Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera:Pentatomidae: Asopinae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 520, 1–44.
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.520
Saini, E.D. & De Coll, O.R. (1992) Enimigos naturales de los insectos y acaros perjudiciales al cultivo de la yerba mate, en la Republica Argentina. INTA, Montecarlo, Missiones, 32 pp.
Schaefer, C.W. (1977) Genital capsule of the Tricophoran male (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocorisae). International Journal of Insect Morphology & Embryology, 6, 277–301.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7322(77)90022-8
Schouteden, H. (1907) Heteroptera, Fam. Pentatomidae, Subfam. Asopinae (Amyoteinae). Genera Insectorum 52. P. Wytsman, Bruxelles, 82 pp.
Stål, C. (1870) Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver alla hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 9 (1), 1–232.
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12549
Stoner, A., Metcalfe, A.M. & Weeks, R.A. (1974) Plant feeding by a predaceous insect, Podisus acutissimus. Environmental Entomology, 3, 187–189.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/3.1.187
Thomas, D.B. (1992) Taxonomic synopsis of the asopine Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 156 pp.
Thomas, D.B. (1994) Taxonomic synopsis of the Old World asopine genera (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Insecta Mundi, 8 (3–4), 145–212.
Zanuncio, J.C., Tavares, W.S., Fernandes, B.V., Wilcken, C.F. & Zanuncio, T.V. (2014) Production and use of Heteroptera predators for the biological control of Eucalyptus in Brazil. Ekoloji, 23 (91), 98–104.
https://doi.org/10.5053/ekoloji.2014.9112