First records of leaf-footed bugs (Heteroptera: Coreoidea: Coreidae) from Argentina

Abstract

La familia Coreidae es un grupo de chinches fitófagas, con una distribución cosmopolita y mayor diversidad en áreas tropicales y subtropicales. El conocimiento de los Coreidos argentinos es aún incompleto, en este trabajo registramos de la Argentina las siguientes nueve especies: Althos distinctus (Signoret), Cnemyrtus scriptus (Burmeister), Himella venosa Dallas, Nyttum beckeri Dolling & Casini, Ugnius badius (Herrich-Schäffer), Vilga(Echinovilga)dallasi Distant,Vilga(Laevivilga) sanctipauliDolling,Vilga(Vilgula) obliqua Dolling y Zicca pronotataBrailovsky & Cadena.

The family Coreidae is a diverse group of phytophagous Heteroptera that show a cosmopolitan distribution although they are more diverse in tropical and subtropical areas. The knowledge of the diversity of Argentinean Coreidae is incomplete; in this contribution we report the following nine species from Argentina: Althos distinctus(Signoret), Cnemyrtus scriptus(Burmeister),Himella venosaDallas,Nyttum beckeriDolling & Casini,Ugnius badius (Herrich-Schäffer), Vilga (Echinovilga) dalasi Distant, Vilga (Laevivilga) sanctipauli Dolling, Vilga(Vilgula)obliquaDolling and Zicca pronotataBrailovsky & Cadena.