Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Miridae > Subfamily Bryocorinae > Tribe Dicyphini > Genus Engytatus
Engytatus passionarius Minghetti, Maestro & Dellapé 2021
Male Holotype, dorsal view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Male Holotype, dorsal view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Male Holotype, dorsal view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Male Holotype, lateral view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Male Holotype, lateral view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Female Paratype, dorsal view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Female Paratype, dorsal view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Female Paratype, lateral view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
Female Paratype, lateral view (MLP)- Photo by Eugenia Minghetti
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Formosa
Other distribution
 
Observations
Male Holotype deposited at Museo de La Plata (Minghetti, Maestro & Dellapé 2021). Male and female paratypes deposited at Museo de La Plata, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Minghetti, Maestro & Dellapé 2021).
This species was always observed in the field on Passiflora foetida, even when this plant was in contact with other plants, or in proximity to other Passiflora species (Minghetti, Maestro & Dellapé 2021).
Host plants
Passiflora foetida
References
  • MINGHETTI, E.; MAESTRO, M. & DELLAPÉ, P. M. . 2021. Engytatus passionarius sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Miridae), a new natural enemy of the invasive stinking passion flower Passiflora foetida L. Austral Entomology 60, 295-300
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