Phorbanta variabilis ( Signoret, 1863 )

Dellapé, Gimena, 2016, Synopsis of the Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera) from Argentina, Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 75, No. 1 - 2, pp. 81-90 : 85

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scientific name	Phorbanta variabilis ( Signoret, 1863 )
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Phorbanta variabilis ( Signoret, 1863) View in CoL ( Fig. 8)

Distribution. Chile ( Signoret, 1863) and Argentina: Chubut ( Kumar, 1974), Tierra del Fuego ( Grazia & Schwertner, 2014), Neuquén, Río Negro and Santa Cruz NEW RECORDS.

Material Examined. CHILE: Última Esperanza , 3J ( MLP) . ARGENTINA: Neuquén, Nahuel Huapi , 1♀, II-41, Berg col. ( MLP) ; Neuquén, Lago Escondido , 4J 5♀, II-2015, Montemayor S. col. ( MLP) ; Neuquén, San Martín de los Andes , 1J, 28-IV-1964 ( MACN) ; Neuquén, Isla Victoria , 1J, X-1963 ( MACN) ; Río Negro, Ñireco medio , 1♀, 12-I-1963 ( MACN) ; Chubut, El Turbio , 1J, 24-I-1962 ( MACN) ; Santa Cruz, 1♀, 1-IV-67 ( MLP) .

Host Plants. BerberiS miCrOphylla G. Forst. ( Berberidaceae ) ( Carvajal et al., 2015).

Comments. This species was known only from Chubut and Tierra del Fuego Provinces, Argentina; in this contribution I extend its distribution to the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro and Santa Cruz.