Megamelus iphigeniae Muir, 1926
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1224.135596 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F133C995-E635-43AC-A5F0-1F778FD1F852 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14712927 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/59E2FEDF-9DAD-51B7-9D8B-3A8797E51088 |
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Megamelus iphigeniae Muir, 1926 |
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Megamelus iphigeniae Muir, 1926 View in CoL
Material examined.
Argentina • 3 male macropters, 1 female macropter, Chaco, El Paranacito, 21 - XII- 2021, on Pontederia rotundifolia, Sosa-Salinas cols. ( MLP); Bolivia • 1 male macropter, labeled 11.862, col. Berg ( MLP) .
Distribution.
Argentina: Formosa, Chaco, and Corrientes provinces ( Sosa et al. 2007 b). BRAZIL: Pará and Mato Grosso do Sul States ( Muir, 1926). New record: Bolivia.
Biological aspects.
Adults and nymphs of M. iphigeniae were found abundantly on P. azurea and P. crassipes in northeastern Argentina (La Plata Basin, subregion Iberá System) and on P. parviflora Alexander in Brazil (Pantanal, subregion Paraguay River). Pontederia rotundifolia L. f. is a new record of host plant. Specimens were found abundantly on a small mat of P. rotundifolia plants stranded on the shore of a stream.
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Museo de La Plata |
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