Species info
Classification > Superfamily Reduvioidea > Family Reduviidae > Subfamily Harpactorinae > Tribe Harpactorini > Genus Zelus
Zelus pedestris Fabricius 1803
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago (Zhang et al. 2016).
 
Synonyms
  • Diplodus obscuridorsis Stål 1860
  • Zelus obscuridorsis: Speranza et al. 2014
  • Zelus obscuridorsis: Virla et al. 2015
  • Zelus dispar Fabricius 1803
Observations
This species have been reported predating on Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae), the corn leafhopper (Virla et al. 2015); and Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), the tomato leafminer in Tucuman province, Argentina (Speranza et al. 2014).
References
  • SPERANZA, S., M.C. MELO, M.G. LUNA & E.G. VIRLA. 2014. First record of Zelus obscuridorsis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) as predator of the South American tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Florida Entomologist 97(1): 295- 297.
  • VIRLA, E.G., M.C. MELO & S. SPERANZA. 2015. Preliminary observations on Zelus obscuridorsis (Stal) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) as predator of the corn leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Argentina. Insects 6: 508-513.
  • ZHANG, G., E.R. HART & C. WEIRAUCH. 2016. A taxonomic monograph of the assassin bug genus Zelus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): 71 species based on 10,000 specimens. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8150
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