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species Metacanthus (Metacanthus) tenellus Stal, 1859

• Distribution:
  •  Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (including Galapagos I.), Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, United States (Florida & Texas), Venezuela (Stusak, 1977, Acta Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae, 39: 339; Mead, 1987, Triology, 26(7): 3; Henry & Hilburn, 1990, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 92: 667; Henry, 1997, Mem. Ent. Soc. Wash., 19: 131).
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (13):
  • Stal, C. 1859. Hemiptera species novas descriptsit. Konglika Svenska Fregattens Eugenies resa omkring jorden. III (Zoologi, Insekter) 236 >> Note: [Ecuador] >> Metacanthus tenellus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:491191
  • Stal, C. 1862. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 3(6):60 >> Jalysus tenellus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:491192
  • Heidemann. 1901. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 33:366 >> Jalysus (Metacanthus) tenellus
  • Harris, H.M. 1941. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 36:107 >> Jalysus tenellus
  • Froeschner. 1981. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 322:17   >> Metacanthus tenellus
  • Froeschner & Henry. 1988. In Henry & Froeschner. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. 60 >> Metacanthus tenellus
  • Henry & Hilburn. 1990. 92(4):677 >> Metacanthus tenellus
  • Grozeva. 1995. Syst. Entomol. 20:207-210, 213 >> Metacanthus (Metacanthus) tenellus
  • Henry. 1997. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(1):80 >> Metacanthus (Metacanthus) tenellus
  • Henry & Froeschner. 1998. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(4):40 >> Metacanthus (Metacanthus) tenellus
  • Wheeler & Henry. 2006. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Was. 108(1):3-4, 6-7 >> Note: Host plant, distribution >> Metacanthus tenellus
  • Rengifo-Correa & González Obando. 2011. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. 37(1):333 >> Note: [Colombia] >> Metacanthus tenellus
  • Dellapé, P. M. 2014. Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos vol. 3 437 >> Note: [Argentina: Mendoza] >> Metacanthus tenellus

• synonym galapagensis (Barber, 1934)
• synonym moorei (Porter)

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