Species info
Classification > Superfamily Naucoroidea > Family Naucoridae > Subfamily Ambrysinae > Genus Pelocoris
Pelocoris politus Montandon 1895
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
Other distribution
Also known from Brazil, Colombia, and Paraguay (Moreira et al. 2011), and French Guiana (Jordão et al. 2024).
 
Host plants
Collected on Pistia stratiotes in Corrientes province (Lopez Ruf 1992).
References
  • LOPEZ RUF, M.L. 1992 (1991). El genero Pelocoris Stal en la Argentina (Heteroptera, Limnocoridae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 50(1-4): 353- 365.
  • MOREIRA, F.F.F., BARBOSA, J.F., RIBEIRO, J.R.I. & ALECRIM, V.P. 2011. Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil. Zootaxa, 2958 (1), 1–74. https://doi.org/10.11646/ zootaxa.2958.1.1
  • JORDÃO, R.; SANTOS, J.D.C.; BARBOSA, J.F.; MOREIRA, F.F.F. 2024. Description of a New Species and New Records of Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Eastern Brazil. Insects 15: 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15060383
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