Abstract

SALCEDO MARTINEZ, Luis Eduardo  and  FORERO, Dimitri. FIRST RECORD OF THE FAMILY PIESMATIDAE AMYOT AND SERVILLE, 1843 (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: LYGAEOIDEA) FROM COLOMBIA. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.1, pp.162-164. ISSN 0120-548X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v25n1.76594.

Piesmatidae Amyot and Serville, are relatively small phytophagous hemipterans (less than 5 mm) with a wide world distribution. We record for the first time the family for Colombia, with the species Parapiesma cinereum (Say). The specimens were collected in Sincelejo - Sucre (Caribbean coast) on plants of the family Amaranthaceae.

Keywords : Caribbean; insect taxonomy; new geographic record; phytophagous insect.

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