Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gorgeous Brazilian bug

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 19-11-2009 16:52
#1

I come here is despair, as I can´t find any clue to the ID of this heteropteran bug. Even the family (Pentatomidae ?) is uncertain. Found in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Thanks,
Joaquim Gaspar

Posted by Xespok on 19-11-2009 17:16
#2

I'd say Leptoglossus in Europe is pretty similar. So Coreidae. Coreinae.

Posted by libor on 19-11-2009 20:59
#3

Ask my friend Petr Kment sigara@post.cz. He is world expert. Libor

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 20-11-2009 13:42
#4

Thank you, Xespok and Libor, I'll do that.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-11-2009 15:14
#5

I'd say a Zicca sp. Check Revision del genero Zicca (Hemiptera-Heteroptera-Coreidae-Coreinae-Coreini) by Brailovsky&Cadena (1992, Publicaciones especiales del Instituto de Biologia, 9, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologia).

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 24-11-2009 19:24
#6

Thank you Black, I've just talked with Dr. Brailovsky! Could be a Zicca faeniola (my opinion, not his).

Joaquim Gaspar

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 25-11-2009 17:37
#7

This work is partially available for viewing at books.google.com, a better view of pronotum and antennal segments would help, I think it's hardly taeniola (mostly Central America and the Caribbean islands, don't trust bugguide.net too much).