Classification > Superfamily
Miroidea
> Family
Miridae
> Subfamily
Bryocorinae
> Tribe
Dicyphini
> Genus
Macrolophus
Macrolophus basicornis (Stål 1860)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Corrientes
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil (Alayo 1974; Melo et al 2004), Guatemala (Distant 1893; Melo et al 2004), Venezuela (Carvalho & Afonso 1977; Melo et al 2004) and Cuba (Hernández & Henry 2010; Melo et al 2004).
- Macrolophus aureus (Distant, 1893)
Material studied by Stål is deposited at Swedish Museum of Natural History (Stål 1860) and has been identified as type.
In Brazil, this species has been found to prey on Tuta absoluta eggs and larvae in tobacco crops (Bueno et al. 2013) and on Solanum lycopersicum (Nogueira et al 2019). It may be a promising candidate for biological control of this pest (Bueno et al. 2013).
In Brazil, this species has been found to prey on Tuta absoluta eggs and larvae in tobacco crops (Bueno et al. 2013) and on Solanum lycopersicum (Nogueira et al 2019). It may be a promising candidate for biological control of this pest (Bueno et al. 2013).
- DISTANT, W. L. 1893. Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Biologia Centrali Americana, Suppl., pp. 1--xx, 329--462.
- ALAYO, D. P. 1974. Los Hemipteros de Cuba. Parte XIII. Familia Miridae. Torreia 32: 41 pp.
- CARVALHO, J. C. M. & AFONSO, C. R. S. 1977. Mirideos neotropicais, CCVIII: Sôbre uma coleçao enviada para estudo pela Academia de Ciencias da California (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 37: 7-16.
- 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.
- MELO M.C., DELLAPÉ P.M., CARPINTERO D.L. & M.C. COSCARÓN. 2004. Reduviidae, Miridae, y Lygaeoidea colectados en Colonia Carlos Pellegrini (Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 63 (1-2): 59-67.
- HERNANDEZ, L. M. & HENRY, T. J. 2010. The plant bugs, or Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), of Cuba. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 92: 212 pp.
- BUENO, V. H. P.; VAN LENTEREN J. C.; CALIXTO A. M.; SILVA D. B.; SANTIAGO L. D. & PÉREZ L. M. . 2013. New records of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) predation by Brazilian Hemipteran predatory bugs. Journal of Applied Entomology 137: 29–34.
- 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)
