Monalocoris carioca Carvalho and Gomes

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Monalocoris carioca Carvalho and Gomes, 1971a: 101 (orig. descrip.); Santiago-Blay and Maldonado, 1989: 479 (morph., hind femur).

Diagnosis. General color black, with pale yellow areas. Head (except clypeus and eyes), antennal segments (except apex of segments II, III, and IV), legs, and ostiolar peritreme pale yellow. Membrane fuscous at base and pale at apex. Length 2.20–2.50 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro) (Carvalho and Gomes, 1971a; Ferreira et al., 2006).

Minas Gerais specimens examined. 5 ɗɗ, 5 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 12 June 1978, 3 July 1979, Ferreira and Rossi (UFVB); 1 Ψ, Viçosa, 18 Sept. 1982, Fiuza and Martins (UFVB); 2 ΨΨ, Viçosa, 13 Oct.–1 Nov. 1985, T. J. Henry and P. S. Fiuza Ferreira (USNM).