Tupiocoris notatus (Distant)

(Fig. 13)

Neoproba notata Distant, 1893: 432 (orig. descrip.).

Dicyphus minimus Quaintance, 1898: 188 (orig. descrip.). Synonymized by Costa Lima, 1936: 117. Engytatus notatus: Costa Lima, 1940: 266 (descrip.).

Cyrtopeltis (Tupiocoris) notatus: China and Carvalho, 1952: 162 (list). Tupiocoris notatus: Cassis, 1984: 148 (n. comb.); Schuh, 1995: 506 (cat.).

Diagnosis. General color pale green to yellow. Head predominantly black. Pronotum pale green or yellow, with lateral margin and pleural region brown. Hemelytra pale yellow to greenish, with a fuscous spot on corium near apex of clavus; apex of cuneus darkened. Length 2.70–3.10 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and the United States (Carvalho, 1958); Puerto Rico (Maldonado, 1969); and Peru (Carvalho and Afonso, 1977).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 1ɗ, 4 ΨΨ, C. R. Claro, 1947, J. C. M. Carvalho (USNM); 1 Ψ, Viçosa, 16 June 1933, E. J. Hambleton (USNM).