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Polymerus
Polymerus testaceipes (Stål 1860)
Polymerus testaceipes from Chaco, Argentina (MLP)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil (Carvalho 1975; Stål 1860), Costa Rica (Carvalho 1959), Cuba (Carvalho 1959; Hernández & Henry 2010; Uhler 1893), Ecuador (Carvalho & Afonso 1977), Grenada (Carvalho 1959), Guatemala (Carvalho 1959), Guyana (Carvalho 1959), Jamaica (Carvalho 1990; Reuter 1907), Mexico (Carvalho 1959), Nicaragua (Carvalho 1959), Panama (Carvalho 1959), Paraguay (Carvalho 1959; Logarzo et al. 2005), Peru (Carvalho & Afonso 1977; Carvalho & Ferreira 1972), Puerto Rico (Carvalho 1959; Maldonado Capriles 1969), Suriname (Carvalho & Rosas 1965), St. Vincent Is. (Uhler 1893), USA (Blatchley 1926), Trinidad (Carvalho 1959) and Venezuela (Carvalho & Afonso 1977).
- Poeciloscytus rubricuneus Berg 1892
- Poeciloscytus obscurus Uhler 1893
- Poeciloscytus cuneatus rufo-cuneatus Reuter 1907
- Poeciloscytus flavocuneatus Reuter 1907
- Polymerus clandestinus Blatchley 1926
Material of Polymerus testaceipes studied by Stål deposited at Swedish Museum of Natural History (Stål 1860).
Male lectotype and male paralectotype of Poeciloscytus rubricuneus Berg 1892 deposited at Museo de La Plata (Carvalho & Carpintero 1992; Coscarón & Carpintero 1996).
Syntype of Poeciloscytus obscurus Uhler 1893 deposited at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Male lectotype and male paralectotype of Poeciloscytus rubricuneus Berg 1892 deposited at Museo de La Plata (Carvalho & Carpintero 1992; Coscarón & Carpintero 1996).
Syntype of Poeciloscytus obscurus Uhler 1893 deposited at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Amaranthus dubius "red spinach", "Chinese spinach", "spleen amaranth", "hon-toi-moi", "yin choy", "hsien tsai" or "Arai keerai"
Amaranthus viridis "slender amaranth" or "green amaranth"
Amaranthus spinosus "spiny amaranth", "spiny pigweed", "prickly amaranth" or "thorny amaranth"
Bidens pilosa "black-jack", "beggarticks", "farmer’s friends", "Spanish needle" or "cobblers pegs"
Cleome sp.
Gossypium hirsutum "upland cotton" or "Mexican cotton"
Helianthus sp.
Parthenium hysterophorus "Santa-Maria", "Santa Maria feverfew", "whitetop weed" or "famine weed"
Solanum lycopersicum "tomato"
Dahlia sp.
Borreria verticillata
Amaranthus viridis "slender amaranth" or "green amaranth"
Amaranthus spinosus "spiny amaranth", "spiny pigweed", "prickly amaranth" or "thorny amaranth"
Bidens pilosa "black-jack", "beggarticks", "farmer’s friends", "Spanish needle" or "cobblers pegs"
Cleome sp.
Gossypium hirsutum "upland cotton" or "Mexican cotton"
Helianthus sp.
Parthenium hysterophorus "Santa-Maria", "Santa Maria feverfew", "whitetop weed" or "famine weed"
Solanum lycopersicum "tomato"
Dahlia sp.
Borreria verticillata
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