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Research Project: Systematics of Acari and Hemiptera: Plant Pests, Predators, and Disease Vectors

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Three new species of the genus Mendozaphylus Carvalho and Carpintero (Heteroptera Miridae Phylinae), with a discussion of the tribal placement and a new generic synonym

Author
item CARPINTERO, D. - Argentine Museum Of Natural Sciences Bernardino Rivadavia
item CHEROT, FREDERICK - Agricoles, Gemblou, Belgium
item Henry, Thomas

Submitted to: Journal of the International Heteropterists' Society
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/1/2024
Publication Date: 10/31/2024
Citation: Carpintero, D.L., Cherot, F., Henry, T.J. 2024. Three new species of the genus Mendozaphylus Carvalho and Carpintero (Heteroptera Miridae Phylinae), with a discussion of the tribal placement and a new generic synonym. Journal of the International Heteropterists' Society. 1(4):216-234. https://doi.org/10.11646/jihs.1.4.4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/jihs.1.4.4

Interpretive Summary: With more the 11,00 described species in the world, plant bugs represent the largest family of true bugs, including numerous agriculturally important species, such as the cotton fleahopper and lygus bugs, which cause enormous economic losses to crops in the United States annually. This paper investigates a small group of plant bugs previously known from only one species in Argentina. The discovery of three more new species from Argentina and a new generic synonym related to plant bugs in Australia provides important phylogenetic information that will help interpret relationships within the third largest subfamily of plant bugs. This information will be of interest to a wide range of researchers, including systematists, regulatory personnel, horticulturalists, and Federal and state departments of agriculture studying true bug pests of ornamental plants and agricultural crops.

Technical Abstract: The genus Mendozaphylus Carvalho and Carpintero, 1991, endemic to Argentina, is reviewed. Mendozaphylus volckmannii new species from Neuquén, M. payuniense new species from Mendoza and M. similaris new species from Salta are described as new. The nominal genus Ampimpacoris Weirauch and Schuh, 2010 is synonymized with Mendozaphylus Carvalho and Carpintero, 1991, resulting in the following new combination: Mendozaphilus flourensii (Weirauch and Schuh, 2010), new combination. Mendozaphylus flourensii (Weirauch and Schuh, 2010) from Tucuman and M. mendocinus Carvalho and Carpintero, 1991, the type species from Mendoza, are briefly redescribed, and the tribal placement of Mendozaphylus is discussed.