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Miroidea
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Miridae
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Bryocorinae
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Dicyphini
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Engytatus
Engytatus modestus (Distant 1893)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil (Carvalho 1975), Puerto Rico (Carvalho & Gagné 1968; Maldonado Capriles 1969), USA (Henry & Smith 1979), Guatemala (Carvalho & Afonso 1977; Distant 1893), Galapagos Islands (Carvalho & Gagné 1968; Linsley & Usinger 1966), Hawaii (Carvalho & Gagné 1968), Cuba (Carvalho & Gagné 1968; Hernández & Henry 2010), Peru (Carvalho & Ferreira 1972), El Salvador (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Mexico (Carvalho & Afonso 1977) and Chile (Carvalho & Afonso 1977).
- Cyrtopeltis lurida (Gibons, 1917)
- Engytatus geniculatus Reuter 1876
Holotype deposited at British Museum of Natural History (Carvalho & Dolling 1976).
This species has been observed preying Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae), larvae and pupae of Heliothentines (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), larvae and pupae of Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Dysmicoccus brevipes (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Ananas comosus, nymphs and adults of Tupiocoris notatus (Hemiptera: Miridae) on Nicotiana tabacum, Aphids on Solanum lycopersicum and Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Nogueira et al 2019).
This species has been observed preying Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae), larvae and pupae of Heliothentines (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), larvae and pupae of Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), Dysmicoccus brevipes (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on Ananas comosus, nymphs and adults of Tupiocoris notatus (Hemiptera: Miridae) on Nicotiana tabacum, Aphids on Solanum lycopersicum and Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) (Nogueira et al 2019).
Amaranthus
Cleome spinosa
Lilium candidum "Madonna lily"
Nicotiana tabacum "tobacco"
Solanum incarceratum
Solanum sisymbrifolium "vila-vila, sticky nightshade, red buffalo bur, fire and ice plant, litchi tomato or Morelle de Balbis"
Solanum tuberosum "potato"
Solanum variabile "jurubeba-velame"
Lycopersicum esculentum "tomato"
Mikania congesta
Heterotrichum cymosum
Cleome spinosa
Lilium candidum "Madonna lily"
Nicotiana tabacum "tobacco"
Solanum incarceratum
Solanum sisymbrifolium "vila-vila, sticky nightshade, red buffalo bur, fire and ice plant, litchi tomato or Morelle de Balbis"
Solanum tuberosum "potato"
Solanum variabile "jurubeba-velame"
Lycopersicum esculentum "tomato"
Mikania congesta
Heterotrichum cymosum
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- HERNANDEZ, L. M. & HENRY, T. J. 2010. The plant bugs, or Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), of Cuba. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 92: 212 pp.
- NOGUEIRA, C. F. B., FERREIRA, P. S. F., COELHO, L. A., MARTINS, D. S. & BARCELLOS, B. D. . 2019. Plant Bugs Predators (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) with References to Arthropods and Fungi in Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro 91(3)
