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Pentatomoidea
> Family
Scutelleridae
> Subfamily
Pachycorinae
> Genus
Kernegaster
Kernegaster poecilus (Berg 1878)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
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- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Neuquén
- Salta
- Santa Fe
- Santiago del Estero
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Schmitz et al. 2025).
- Tetyra poecila Berg, 1879
Type material deposited in La Plata Museo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Fabaceae), Acacia caven (Mol.) Molina (Mimosaceae), Cestrum pseudoquina Mart., and Solanum bonariensis L. (Solanaceae) (Barcellos et al. 2015); and in A. gratissima (Gillies and Hook) (Verbenaceae), S. terebinthifolia Raddi (Anacardiaceae), Scutia sp. Brongn (Rhamnaceae), Citrus sp. L. (Rutaceae) and in a
nest of Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot) (Aves: Furnariidae), was also found in diapause (via label) (Schmitz et al. 2025).
nest of Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot) (Aves: Furnariidae), was also found in diapause (via label) (Schmitz et al. 2025).
- BARCELLOS, A., J. EGER, JR., AND J. GRAZIA. . 2015. Scutelleridae. Pp. 409-415, in: Roig-Juñent, L. E. Claps, and J. J. Morrone (eds.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 3.
- SCHMITZ, L.R., BARCELOS, A., EGER, J. & BIANCHI, F.M. 2025. Kernegaster gen. nov. (Heteroptera, Scutelleridae, Pachycorinae) and six new species based on genital and polychromatic synapomorphies. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 316: 97–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.03.005
