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Miridae
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Bryocorinae
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Dicyphini
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Tupiocoris
Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus (Spinola 1852)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Catamarca
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Jujuy
- Mendoza
- Salta
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
Other distribution
Also known from Chile (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Peru (Carvalho & Ferreira 1972), Colombia (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Brazil (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Mexico (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Ecuador (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Costa Rica (Carvalho 1958) and Panama (Carvalho 1958).
According to Carpintero & Carvalho 1993 the type specimen is deposited at Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Paris, France).
This species has been used as a biological control agent of Tuta absoluta in South America (Salas Gervasio et. al 2019). It can also successfully prey on different tomato pests such as Bemisia tabasi, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Sitotroga cerealella, Mysus persicae and Tetranychus urticae (López et. al 2019).
This species has been used as a biological control agent of Tuta absoluta in South America (Salas Gervasio et. al 2019). It can also successfully prey on different tomato pests such as Bemisia tabasi, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Sitotroga cerealella, Mysus persicae and Tetranychus urticae (López et. al 2019).
Nicotiana tabacum "tobacco"
Phaseolus vulgaris "common bean or green bean"
Solanum tuberosum "potato"
Solanum sisymbriifolium "vila-vila", "sticky nightshade", "red buffalo-bur", "the fire-and-ice plant" or "litchi tomato"
Solanum lycopersicum "tomato"
Cucurbita
Pelargonium hortorum "zonal geranium, garden geranium or malva"
Rubus
Eupatorium hecatanthum
Adesmia
Geranium viscum
Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito
Phaseolus vulgaris "common bean or green bean"
Solanum tuberosum "potato"
Solanum sisymbriifolium "vila-vila", "sticky nightshade", "red buffalo-bur", "the fire-and-ice plant" or "litchi tomato"
Solanum lycopersicum "tomato"
Cucurbita
Pelargonium hortorum "zonal geranium, garden geranium or malva"
Rubus
Eupatorium hecatanthum
Adesmia
Geranium viscum
Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito
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- CARVALHO, J. C. M. & FERREIRA, P. S. F. . 1972. Mirideos neotropicais CXLV: Estudo de duas coleçoes da Republica do Peru (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 32: 177-183.
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- CARPINTERO, D. L. & CARVALHO, J. M. C. 1993. An annotated list of the Miridae of the Argentine Republic (Hemiptera). Revista brasileira de Biología 53(3): 397-420.
- CARPINTERO D.L. & DE BIASE S. 2011. Los Hemiptera Heteroptera de la Isla Martín García (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Historia Natural 1(2): 27-47.
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- CARPINTERO, D. L., DE BIASE, S. & KONOPKO, S. A. 2014. Hemiptera-Heteroptera de la Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (nueva serie) 16(1): 67-80.
- CARPINTERO D.L., DE BIASE S., DAMER L. & KONOPKO S.A. 2016. Las chinches (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) de la Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Historia Natural 3(6): 61- 74.
- POLACK, L. A., LÓPEZ, S. N., SILVESTRE, C., VISCARRET, M., ANDORNO, A., DEL PINO, M., PERUZZI, G., GOMEZ, J. & IEZZI, A. 2017. Control biológico en tomate con el mírido Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) 1-14.
- LÓPEZ, S.N., OROZCO MUÑOZ, A., ANDORNO, A., CUELLO, E.M. & CAGNOTTI, C.L. . 2019. Predatory capacity of Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus (Hemiptera Miridae) on several pests of tomato. Bulletin of Insectology, 72(2), 201-205.
- SALAS GERVASSIO, N.G., LUNA, M.G., MINARDI, G.M. & SÁNCHEZ, N.E. . 2019. Assessing inoculative releases of Pseudapanteles dignus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the biological control of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Crop Protection 124: 104830.
- CARPINTERO, D. L., DE MAGISTRIS, A. A., & PETTI, C. 2021. Lista preliminar de Heteroptera (Hemiptera) de la Reserva Santa Catalina (Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires). RCYTAAA – ISSN 2451- 7747 – VOLUMEN 8 – NÚMERO 2
