Melucha quadrivittis

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hemiptera
Familia: Coreidae
Genus: Melucha

Name

Melucha quadrivittis Stål, 1862 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

• Melucha quadrivittis Stål, 1862: 276, stat. restit.
• Melucha quadrivittis: Stål, 1870: 133 (synonymized with Melucha phyllocnemis)

Type material examined

Melucha quadrivittis: male (NHRS).

Distribution

Mexico, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Atoyac and Orizaba (Stål 1862, Walker 1871, Distant 1893, Packauskas 2010).

Material examined

New records. Belize: 1 female, Grano de Oro, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, 4-7-IV-1995, T. King, A. Howe (UNAM). Costa Rica: 4 males, 4 females, Provincia Guanacaste, estacion Las pailas, P. N. Rincon de la Vieja, 800 m, 27-VII-12-X-1992, 15-V-11-VI-1993, 8-26-V-1994, C. Cano, D. Garcia, K. E. Taylor (INBIO); 3 males, 3 females, Provincia Guanacaste, Estacion Santa Rosa, P. N. Santa Rosa, 300 m, VIII-1980, VII-1989, II-1992, (without collector) (INBIO); 5 females, Provincia Puntarenas, Fca. Cafrosa, Estacion Las Mellizas, P. N. Amistad, 1300 m, X-1989, 7-XII-1989, 17-I-1990, M. Ramirez, G. Mora (INBIO). Honduras: 1 male, Liberia, 6-IX-1984, C. W. O’Brien (UNAM); 1 female, Olancho, La Muralla, 24-V-1995, R. Morris (UGAG); 1 male, Copan, 19 km SW Santa Rosa de Copan, 8-X-1993, R. Turnbow (UGAG); 1 female, Cedros, Francisco Morazan, 2-XII-1976 (UMSP). Mexico: 1 female, Campeche, 6 mi N de Xpujil, Chicana Ruins, 27-VII-1980, Schaffner, Weaber (TAMU); 1 male, 13.8 mi E Escarcega, 26-27-VII-1980, Schaffner, Weaber (TAMU). 1 female, Chiapas, 2 mi E Rizo de Oro, 2900’, 1-VIII-1974, C. W. and L. O’Brien and Marshall (UNAM); 2 males, Chiapas, Municipio de Ocozocoautla, Reserva El Ocote, 2 km de A. Obregon, 14-IV-1994, O. Gomez (UNAM); 1 female, Chiapas, Bonampak, 21-V-1980, J. Bueno (UNAM); 1 female, Chiapas, Reserva El Ocote, 2-10-XII-1993, G. Ortega-Leon, E. Barrera and A. Casasola (UNAM); 1 male, Chiapas, Villa Corzo, 2-XI-1983, J. Morales (UNAM); 1 male, Nuevo Leon, Guadalupe, X-1980, A. Ortiz (UNAM); 2 females, Nuevo Leon, Rayones, 17-IV-1974, Patton (UNAM); 1 female, Oaxaca, Tuxtepec, 24-IX-1947 (UNAM); 1 male, Oaxaca, 2 mi N Candelaria Loxicha, 17-VII-1974, Clark, Schaffner (TAMU); 2 males, 1 female, Quintana Roo, X-Can Nuevo, 17-IX-1983, E. Welling (UNAM); 1 female, Quintana Roo, 8 mi N Felipe Carrillo Puerto, 1-VII-1970, R. E. Beer (UNAM); 1 female, Quintana Roo, 26 km SE Valle Hermoso, 22-VI-1989, A. Cadena, L. Cervantes (UNAM); 1 male, Quintana Roo, 3-VIII-1981, E. Pech (UNAM); 1 female, Quintana Roo, 2 km NE El Ramonal, 10-IX-1983, O. Canul (UNAM); 1 female, Quintana Roo, Puerto Morelos, 11-VIII-1982, V. Hernandez (UNAM); 1 female, San Luis Potosi, El Salto, IX-1959, D. Pelaez (UNAM). 1 male, Tabasco, Campo Experimental CSAT, Cardenas, 13-IX-1976, J. Rivera (UNAM). 1 male, 1 female, Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, 17-XI-1977, H. Brailovsky (UNAM); 1 male, Tamaulipas, Tula, km 20 Tula-Ocampo, Colonia Guadalupe, 446 m, 22°53’13”N -99°28’34”W, 12-V-2007, H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera and L. Cervantes-Peredo (UNAM). 7 males, 7 females, Veracruz, Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas, III-1978, 20-XII-1984, 25-VIII-1998, 27-X-4-XI-1988, 15-27-VI-1989, 21-VII-1989, 6-IX-1989, 30-X-2007, H. Brailovsky, E. Gonzalez, E. Mejorada, H. Rojas, J. L. Colin and R. Mariño (UNAM). Nicaragua: 1 male, Chinaniloga, Volcan Casita, 10-VI-1985, Maes, Jolivet (MELN); 1 female, Matagalpa, Selva Negra, 1375 m, 28-XII-1991, A. E. Mahler (UNAM). Panama: 1 male, Chiriqui, Chiriquicito, 16-V-1996, R. Turnbow (UGAG); 1 male, Panama Prov., Cerro Campana, 11-IX-1998, Gillogly, Stockwell (TAMU).

Taxonomy

Burmeister (1835) described Melucha phyllocnemis from Brazil, and Stål (1862) Melucha quadrivittis from Mexico. Dallas (1852) recorded Melucha phyllocnemis from Colombia and years later Stål (1870) synonymized Melucha quadrivittis under Melucha phyllocnemis and recorded this species from Mexico, Colombia (Nova Granada), Brazil and Paraguay. Packauskas (2010) summarized the known information and cited Melucha phyllocnemis s. lato from Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Paraguay. The type material of Melucha quadrivittis was examined and compared with the original description of Melucha phyllocnemis, as well as with more than 110 specimens. Two different species were clearly recognized, therefore Melucha quadrivittis was resurrected here as valid species.
Both species share the following characters: total body length over 23.00 mm; anterolateral borders of pronotum coarsely serrate; pronotal disk yellow with four longitudinal dark lines; the humeral angles prominent, laterally expanded; and antennal segments II and III pale orange to yellowish orange.
In Melucha quadrivittis the dorsal surface of hind femur is armed with two rows of black nodules and tubercles; it is distributed from Mexico to Panama (Fig. 8). In Melucha phyllocnemis the dorsal surface of hind femur is smooth. It is distributed from Colombia to Paraguay, including Bolivia and Brazil (Fig. 9).
Key to the known species of Melucha Amyot & Serville, 1843

Taxonomy — H. Brailovsky , E. Barrera

1		Anterolateral borders of pronotum very coarsely serrate; total length of body longer than 23.00 mm    2
–		Anterolateral borders of pronotum smooth or finely serrate; total length of body shorter than 20.00 mm    6
2		Antennal segments II and III dark reddish-brown to black    3
–		Antennal segments II and III pale orange to pale yellowish orange    4
3		Pronotal disk dark reddish-brown; dorsal surface of hind femora dark reddish- brown and ventral surface dull orange    Melucha bicolor Distant, 1892
–		Pronotal disk yellow with four longitudinal dark brown lines; hind femora yellow with ventral spines black (Fig. 12)    Melucha perampla sp. n.
4		Pronotal disk reddish-brown, with a single longitudinal median dark line; humeral angles of pronotum prominent, laterally expanded, and apically sharply pointed (Fig. 11)    Melucha grandicula sp. n.
–		Pronotal disk yellow with four longitudinal dark lines; humeral angles of pronotum prominent, laterally expanded, and apically blunt to nodulose    5
5		Dorsal surface of hind femur armed with two rows of black nodules and tubercles (Fig. 8)    Melucha quadrivittis Stål, 1862
–		Dorsal surface of hind femur smooth (Fig. 9)    Melucha phyllocnemis (Burmeister, 1835)
6		Anterolateral borders of pronotum uniformly crenulate; humeral angles laterally expanded, apically sharply pointed    7
–		Anterolateral borders of pronotum smooth; humeral angles obtuse, not exposed, with or without short spine directed backward    10
7		Antennal segments I to III entirely shiny orange; anterolateral borders of pronotum shiny orange (Fig. 7)    Melucha gladiator (Fabricius, 1803)
–		Antennal segments I to III predominantly or entirely black or dark reddish brown; anterolateral borders of pronotum black    8
8		Antennal segment IV dark brown with basal third (except basal joint) yellow (Fig. 1)    Melucha aculeata Montandon, 1895
–		Antennal segment IV entirely dark brown to black    9
9		Hemelytral membrane brassy with basal third black; antennal segment III bicolorous (Fig. 2)    Melucha biolleyi Distant, 1900
–		Hemelytral membrane uniformly brassy, without black spot basally; antennal segment III entirely black (Fig. 4)    Melucha acutispina Breddin, 1903
10		Antennal segment IV dark brown with basal third (except basal joint) yellow (Fig. 3)    Melucha dilatata (Fabricius, 1798)
–		Antennal segment IV entirely dark brown or dark reddish brown or shiny reddish orange    11
11		Antennal segments I to III shiny orange to shiny reddish brown; pronotal disk shiny yellow with three black to reddish-bown longitudinal stripes (Fig. 10)    Melucha quinquelineata Stål, 1865
–		Antennal segments I to III never shiny orange; pronotal disk yellow with one black to reddish brown longitudinal stripe running mesially    12
12		Antennal segments II and III reddish-brown with basal joint yellow (Fig. 5)    Melucha chapadana Brailovsky, 1993
–		Antennal segments II and III entirely reddish-brown (Fig. 6)    Melucha lineatella (Fabricius, 1798)

Taxon Treatment

• Brailovsky, H; Barrera, E; 2014: Revisional notes on the genus Melucha (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Coreidae) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 61(1): 15-22. doi

Images

Figures 1–6. Dorsal view of Melucha spp. 1, Melucha aculeata Montandon, 1895 (male). 2, Melucha biolleyi Distant, 1900 (male). 3, Melucha dilatata (Fabricius, 1798) (male). 4, Melucha acutispina Breddin, 1903 (female). 5, Melucha chapadana Brailovsky, 1993 (female). 6, Melucha lineatella (Fabricius, 1798) (male).  Figures 7‒12. Dorsal view of Melucha spp. 7, Melucha gladiator (Fabricius, 1803) (female). 8, Melucha quadrivittis Stål, 1862 (female). 9, Melucha phyllocnemis (Burmeister, 1835) (male). 10, Melucha quinquelineata Stål, 1865 (male). 11, Melucha grandicula sp. n. (female). 12, Melucha perampla sp. n. (female).