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![Brachyplatys subaenus, female specimen from Cali (Valle del Cauca, Colombia) [MPUJ_ENT0063186]. (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) lateral view; (D) detail of scent gland apparatus in ventral view.](profile/Dimitri-Forero/publication/355722278/figure/fig1/AS:1085529156259840@1635821727180/Brachyplatys-subaenus-female-specimen-from-Cali-Valle-del-Cauca-Colombia.png)
Brachyplatys subaenus, female specimen from Cali (Valle del Cauca, Colombia) [MPUJ_ENT0063186]. (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) lateral view; (D) detail of scent gland apparatus in ventral view.
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The introduction of alien species can carry negative consequences to the areas in which they appear. Early detection of introduced species is key if management practices are to be effectively implemented. Here, based on specimens from collections and citizen science observations, we document the recent introduction of two alien Heteroptera (Insecta...
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... In the last few years, several papers have been published demonstrating the potential that citizen science projects and websites have for mapping neglected species of high conservation priority or to enhance our knowledge on species diversity and distribution (Goula et al. 2012;Zapponi et al. 2017). More recently, invasive species of Heteroptera have been identified from such records, demonstrating how citizen science data, available in online databases, have become useful even to applied sciences (Eger et al. 2020;Lupoli et al. 2020;Brugnera et al. 2021;Çerçi et al. 2021;Forero 2021). The availability of data from online resources speeds up the identification of potential invasive species, and detection of these species with the traditional steps of collection, identification and publications processes might otherwise have taken much longer. ...
The Neotropical family Phloeidae includes three species within two genera, Phloea Lepeletier and Serville, 1825 and Phloeophana Kirkaldy, 1908, distributed in South America. Due to their large size and notable morphological features, such as cryptic colouration, extreme body flattening and lateral expansions around the body, these insects became known as Neotropical bark bugs. These characteristics also make them easily recognisable; nonetheless, the correct identification of the species is still tricky, even more so for the nymphs. In this work, we clarify the identity of the species, present new diagnoses for the family, both genera and all species, and provide an updated identification key to both adults and nymphs of the three species. We also describe and illustrate chromatic variation in Phloea subquadrata Spinola, 1837, and high-resolution photos of the three species and important diagnostic characters are provided. Literature information is synthesised and updated, and an exhaustive synonymic list is provided for the three species, including two nomenclatural corrections: Phloeocoris paradoxus Burmeister, 1835 is removed from synonymy with Phloeophana longirostris (Spinola, 1837) and considered a new junior synonym of Phloea corticata (Drury, 1773); and Phlaea paradoxa Signoret, 1863 is removed from synonymy with Phloea corticata and considered a new junior synonym of Phloeophana longirostris. Lastly, we review the distribution of the species based on collection specimens and citizen science data and, for the first time, present distribution maps for the three species of Phloeidae.
... The Asian hemipteran Brachyplatys subaeneus (Westwood, 1837) is an example of a pest with the potential to spread across tropical and subtropical regions (Rédei 2016). For instance, it was recently introduced to the Americas (Aiello et al. 2016; identification correction by Rédei 2016) and considered a pest for a variety of crops with reports from Panama (Añino et al. 2018;Lowry et al. 2013;Rédei 2016), Costa Rica (Carmona-Ríos 2019), Dominican Republic (Pérez-Gelabert et al. 2019), Colombia (Forero 2021), Ecuador (Añino et al. 2020), United States (Eger et al. 2020), Guadalupe (Streito and Étienne 2020), including reports on GBIF for Mexico, Jamaica and Colombia (www.gbif.org). Moreover, predictive models of distribution based on environmental variables foresee its spread across all the region between the south of the United States, Venezuela, Peru and north of Brazil (Anses 2021). ...
We report the occurrence of Brachyplatys subaeneus (Westwood, 1837) on a new host plant species: the leguminose Macroptilium longepedunculatum. We discovered the bugs in the mouth of the river San Juan in Coiba National Park in Panama. We present the morphological and barcode species level identification. This insect pest normally attacks plants of economic importance within cultivated habitats and our report possibly highlights for the first time the ability of B. subaeneus to invade natural habitats.
