Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Teleonemia
Teleonemia carmelana (Berg 1892)
Teleonemia carmelana (Berg), female, dorsal view.
<i>Teleonemia carmelana</i> (Berg), female, dorsal view.
Teleonemia carmelana (Berg), female, dorsal view.
<i>Teleonemia carmelana</i> (Berg), female, lateral view.
Teleonemia carmelana (Berg), female, lateral view.
<i>Teleonemia carmelana</i> (Berg), male, dorsal view.
Teleonemia carmelana (Berg), male, dorsal view.
<i>Teleonemia carmelana</i> (Berg), male, lateral view.
Teleonemia carmelana (Berg), male, lateral view.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Chaco
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Mendoza
    • Misiones
    • Santa Fe
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and, Uruguay.
 
Synonyms
  • Leptostyla carmelana Berg, 1892.
  • Cantacader chilensis Reed, 1900.
  • Teleonemia (Cantacader) chiliensis [sic]: Drake 1922.
  • Teleonemia chiliensis : Drake, 1922.
  • Teleonemia jensoni Bergroth, 1922.
Observations
Teleonemia carmelana was mentioned for Argentina for the first time for Santa Fe province (Drake, 1922) and later for the provinces of Misiones (Drake, 1936), Corrientes (Monte, 1938), Cordoba and Mendoza (Monte, 1940). In Uruguay it was recorded for the first time by Berg (1982) for the Carmelano locality. It has been mentioned as a possible biological control agent of the pest weed Aloysia (Cordo & DeLoach, 1995). A photograph of the species is presented in Melo et al. (2017).
Host plants
Lantana sp.; Lippia juncea; Rhaphithamnus spinosus; Aloysia .

References
  • BERG, C. 1892. Nova Hemiptera faunarum Argentinae et Uruguayensis. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 32(4): 164-175.
  • DRAKE, C. J. 1922. On some North and South American Tingidae (Hemip.). Florida Entomologist 5(3): 37-50.
  • DRAKE, C. J. 1936. Some Tingitoidea (Hemiptera) from Argentina (Hemiptera). Travaux de l´Institut Zoologique de l´Académie des Sciences de l´URSS 3: 699-701.
  • MONTE, O. 1938. Sobre Tingitideos de la Argentina. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 126: 387-392.
  • MONTE, O. 1940. Catálogo dos Tingitideos do Brasil. Arquivos Zoologicos: Vol II(3): 5-174
  • CORDO, H. A., & DELOACH, C. J. 1995. Natural Enemies of the Rangeland Weed Whitebrush (Aloysia gratissima Verbenaceae) in South-America: Potential for Biological Control in the United States. Biological Control 5(2): 218-230.
  • MELO, M.C., CASTRO-HUERTAS, V., MINGHETTI, E., OLIVERA, L., SERRANO, A. & DELLAPÉ, P.M. 2024. 2024. Diversity of true bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from the El Impenetrable National Park, Argentina. Zootaxa 424 (1): 1–43.
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