Contribution to the knowledge of Patagonia, Argentina: redescription of the genus Xenogenus Berg 1883 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) and description of immature stages of Xenogenus gracilis Reed, 1899

FERNANDO DIEZ; MARÍA DEL CARMEN COSCARÓN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3919.3.7

Issue: Vol. 3919 No. 3: 18 Feb. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-02-18

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.3.7

Page range: 573–582

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Contribution to the knowledge of Patagonia, Argentina: redescription of the genus Xenogenus Berg 1883 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) and description of immature stages of Xenogenus gracilis Reed, 1899

FERNANDO DIEZ⁺⁻
MARÍA DEL CARMEN COSCARÓN⁺⁻

Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Uruguay 151 L6300CLB, Santa Rosa, La Pampa. Argentina.

Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Entomología. Paseo del Bosque s/n 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Nymphs Host plant Xenogenus gracilis Xenogenus picturatum.

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Abstract

This is a review of Xenogenus Berg 1883 a Neotropical genus with two species: X. gracilis Reed (1899) and X. picturatum Berg 1883. Males of X. picturatum, males and females of X. gracilis are redescribed and illustrated; instars II–V of X. gracilis are described and illustrated. The host plant and new record data are also given for the latter.