The Coreidae of Honduras (Hemiptera: Coreidae).

BACKGROUND: Coreidae bugs are mostly sap-sucking insects feeding on a variety of plants. Despite their abundance and economic importance in Honduras there is little information on the species, their distribution and affected crops. Since knowledge of pest species allows for better management of crops, we aimed to document the diversity of this economically important group. Specimens from four entomological collections in Honduras were studied and an exhaustive search of all available literature was conducted. NEW INFORMATION: A total of 2,036 insects were examined. The fauna of Honduran coreids is now composed of 68 species. Nineteen species are recorded for the country for the first time and 17 species were found only in literature. Little is known about the biology and economic importance of most of the species.

Introduction

Bugs of the family are primarily phytophagous insects that feed on plants sucking sap from branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. Many coreids are known pests of ornamentals and crops that can, at times, cause serious damage or even total loss (Henry 2009). Due to their feeding habits, they can cause malformations, rotting, discoloration, and also abortion of the fruit and poor formation of the seed (Mitchell 2000).

Honduras’ economy is largely depending on agriculture. Given that pest control depends heavily on proper species identification and management, knowledge of the species becomes paramount for the economy. Despite this, little information on insects from the country is available.

Evans and Halbert (2007) found 26 new aphids in Honduras out of the 46 species known for the country. In , Turnbow et al. (2003b), found that of the 626 species of Honduran cerambycids, 364 were new country records. Similarly, Turnbow et al. (2003a), found 78 bruchids new to the country of the 148 known species. We estimate that at least half of the species of insects in Honduras are known unknowns: species already described that are not recorded for the country. This, together with the relative lack of in-country taxonomists poses a difficulty for, among other things, crop management. It is impossible to know the pest status of an unknown insect.

This work is an effort to provide comprehensive information on the coreid species from Honduras, including their geographic distribution by department and the plants they are known to feed on.

Materials and methods

Specimens from the following entomological collections in Honduras were examined:

Colección Entomológica del Centro Universitario Regional del Litoral Atlántico, Ceiba (CURLA).

Colección Entomológica de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forestales, Siguatepeque (CEEF).

Museo Entomológico de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa (UNAH).

Zamorano Insect Collection, Zamorano University, Zamorano (EAPZ).

The material was identified by comparison with a reference collection at EAPZ and by using available keys. Label information containing host, date of collection, and distribution was recorded. Additional species information was gathered from the literature.

Geographic and temporal distribution of adults in Honduras as well as biological infomation for all species was obtained from label data. For the new country records the known distribution, outside Honduras, according to the available literature is included.

Checklists

List of Honduran Coreids

(Burmeister, 1835)

Distribution

Atlántida, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

Notes

Specimens examined: 115 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒September.

Hosts: L. (beans) (EAPZ); L. (soursop) (Hernández and Pinzón 2015), and L. (Barbados nut) (Grimm and Maes 1997).

Attacks the fruits of L. causing their fall (Hernández and Pinzón 2015).

(Say, 1832)

Atlántida, Comayagua, and Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 13 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒July.

Hosts: L. (groundsel bush), Britton, and (L.) Spreng. (redbay) (McPherson et al. 2011).

(F., 1775)

Atlántida, Comayagua, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, and Valle.

Specimens examined: 108 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: January (Passoa 1983), May‒July, October.

Hosts: (L.) Lam. (sweet potato), (L.) Osbeck (orange), L. (pumpkin) (EAPZ); L. (potato) (Passoa 1983); L. (sunflower), Buckley, L. (wild hemp), Britton, L. (pigweed), Michx. (yellow thistle), (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. (prairie coneflower), (L.) Pers. (Johnson grass), Lam., (L.) Moench (gumbo), sp., L. (cotton), (L.) Batsch (peach), (L.) Nash (McPherson et al. 2011), and L. (Barbados nut) (Alonso and Lezcano 2014).

is parasitized by (F.), (: ). McPherson et al. (2011) recorded L. (: ), Ashmead (: ), and Say (: ) as natural enemies.

(F., 1787)

Unknown in Honduras (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Temporal distribution: July‒October (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Hosts: sp., L. (corn), L. (coffee) (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993), and Houtt. (nutmeg) (Brailovsky 1985).

Stål, 1862

Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 5 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May‒July.

Hosts: Baker, L. B. Sm. and (Lem.) Baker (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Brailovsky, 2016

Yoro (Brailovsky 2016)

Temporal distribution: June (Brailovsky 2016).

Hosts: Unknown (Brailovsky 2016).

Stål, 1862

Olancho (Brailovsky 1985).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: L. (pumpkin), sp., L., and (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob. (crofton-weed) (Brailovsky 1985).

(F., 1775)

Atlántida, Choluteca, Comayagua, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, La Paz, Olancho, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 35 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒December.

Hosts: K. Koch, L. (corn), L. (pumpkin) (Passoa 1983); L. (tomato), (Molina) Standl. (bottle gourd) (Brailovsky 1985), and L. (Barbados nut) (Alonso and Lezcano 2014).

Brailovsky (1985) recorded Howard (: ), Gahan (: ), and Say (: ) as natural enemies.

Stål, 1870

El Paraíso and Francisco Morazán.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 11 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May‒July.

Hosts: (Jacq.) Sw. and L. (corn) (EAPZ).

Known distribution: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela (Packauskas 2010).

(De Geer, 1773)

Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 6 (CEEF, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒July.

Hosts: K. Koch, L. (pumpkin), Schrad. (watermelon), and L. (sweet melon) (Alston and Barnhill 2008).

In the United States this species is considered as one of the important pests of pumpkin and squash. It causes necrosis on the leaves, scars on the fruits and a rapid wilting of the plant. It is parasitized by (F.) (: ) (Alston and Barnhill 2008).

Stål, 1868

Cortés (Brailovsky 1985).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: L. (pumpkin), Lem. and (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob. (Brailovsky 1985).

Westwood, 1840

Atlántida, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho.

Specimens examined: 40 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒November.

Hosts: Sims (passion fruit) (EAPZ), L. (badea) (Lerma et al. 1986), and Cavanilles (tree tomato) (Lucas et al. 2010).

It is considered as one of the main pests of tree tomato in Ecuador (Lucas et al. 2010).

(F., 1803)

Atlántida.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 8 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: February.

Hosts: L. (eggplant) (King and Saunders 1984).

Known distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Panama, and Uruguay (Packauskas 2010).

This species sucks sap from tender shoots and fruits on eggplant plantations. It can cause decay and deformation to fruits (King and Saunders 1984).

(Dallas, 1852)

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Packauskas 2010).

Temporal distribution: June‒September (Báez and Cervantes 2014).

Hosts: L., Kunth (Hemsl.), sp., and sp. (Báez and Cervantes 2014).

(F., 1794)

Atlántida, Choluteca, Comayagua, and La Paz.

Specimens examined: 1 (CURLA).

Temporal distribution: July.

Hosts: L. (beans), L. (corn) (Passoa 1983); L. (Cervantes et al. 2014); sp., L., L. (pumpkin), sp., sp., (L.) Merr. (soy), L. (cotton), sp., L. sp. sp., sp., L. (rice), L. (tomato), a sp., and L. (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Stål, 1860

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Brailovsky and Garcia 1987).

Hosts: L. (cotton), L., L. (coffee), sp. (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993), and L. (Cervantes et al. 2014).

This species is frequently associated with (Cervantes et al. 2014).

Brailovsky, 1995

Comayagua (Brailovsky 1995).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: (L.) R. Br. ex Cass., (L.) Willd., and sp. (Brailovsky 1995).

(Brailovsky, 1984)

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Packauskas 2010).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Unknown.

Brailovsky, 2013

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Brailovsky 2013).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Unknown.

Burmeister, 1835

Comayagua and Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 11 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May, June, July, October, and December.

Hosts: L. (rice), L. (asparagus) (EAPZ), and L. (Barbados nut) (Alonso and Lezcano 2014).

Recorded in (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

(Burmeister, 1835)

Comayagua and Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 6 (CEEF).

Temporal distribution: May and October.

Hosts: F.A.C. Weber and (Haw.) DC. (Brailovsky et al. 1994).

Stål, 1862

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Packauskas 2010).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Unknown.

(F., 1803)

Atlántida.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Number of specimens: 2 (CURLA).

Temporal distribution: July.

Hosts: Sims (passion fruit) (Oliveira and Frizzas 2014).

Known distribution: Brazil (Packauskas 2010).

It is considered one of the most important pests of passion fruit in Brazil (Oliveira and Frizzas 2014).

(F., 1803)

Atlántida, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 9 (EAPZ)

Temporal distribution: February‒July.

Hosts: Sims (passion fruit) (EAPZ), Kunth, Aublet, Brown, and Curtis (Baldin and Boiça 1999).

Known distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay (Packauskas 2010).

This species is considered an important pest of passion fruit in Brazil (Baldin and Boiça 1999).

(De Geer, 1773)

Atlántida and La Paz.

Specimens examined: 5 (CURLA).

Temporal distribution: August‒September.

Hosts: L. (corn), L. (beans) (Passoa 1983), (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993); L. (pineapple) (Arellano et al. 2015), L., Miller (avocado), and L. (cotton) (Pires et al. 2013).

Hahn, 1833

Atlántida, Choluteca, Comayagua, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 102 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: February‒July.

Hosts: sp., Schltdl., L. (cotton),

Hosts: Sonn., L. (Rice) (Passoa 1983); L. (pineapple) (Arellano et al. 2015); (L.) Osbeck (lemon) (USDA 2015); Swartz, (Mart.) O. Berg., (Cambess) O. Berg, De Wild., DC., and Hart. (cypress) (Thum and Costa 1997).

Stål, 1862

Atlántida and Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 9 (CURLA, EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: January, May‒July.

Hosts: L. (custard‒apple), (L.) Merr. (soy), (L.) Pers. (Johnson grass) (EAPZ), and L. (Barbados nut) (Alonso and Lezcano 2014).

Stål, 1862

Atlántida, Choluteca, Comayagua, Copán, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 119 (CEEF, EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: April‒July and September‒October.

Hosts: L. (sesame), (L.) Pers. (Johnson grass) (EAPZ); (L.) Lam. (sweet potato), L. (corn), L. (coffee), sp. (Passoa 1983), and (Savi) Tenore (Chordas et al. 2011).

Barber, 1862

Olancho.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 1 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: August.

Hosts: L. (corn) (EAPZ) and (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst. (Whittaker 1984)

Known distribution: Costa Rica, Mexico, and United States (Packauskas 2010).

(Herrich-Schäffer, 1836)

Atlántida, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 39 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: October‒November.

Hosts: sp., L. (guava) (EAPZ), sp., and sp. (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

(Walker, 1871)

Atlántida, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 17 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May, July, September, and December.

Hosts: L. (cashew), L., L., and Sonn. (Mitchell 2000).

(Dallas, 1852)

Yoro.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 3 (CURLA).

Temporal distribution: August.

Hosts: (F.A.C. Weber ex K. Schum.) Britton & Rose, Speg., Link & Otto ex Salm-Dyck, Britton & Rose, Gillies ex Salm-Dyck, K. Schum., K. Schum., and (L.) Mill. (Coscarón and Pall 2015).

Known distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay (Packauskas 2010). This is the first record for Central America of a species previously believed to be restricted to South America. Further research is needed to clarify the status of this species.

(F., 1775)

Choluteca, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho.

Specimens examined: 40 (CEEF, EAPZ)

Temporal distribution: January, May‒July, September, and October.

Hosts: (L.) M. Roem., Sims (Passion fruit), (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (watermelon) (EAPZ); L. (bitter melon), (L.) Osbeck (oranges), L. (grenade), L. (mango), L. (tobacco), L. (sweet melon), Macfadyen (grapefruit) (Mitchell 2000), and L. (Barbados nut) (Alonso and Lezcano 2014).

(Stål, 1862)

Atlántida and Francisco Morazán.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 2 (EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: March‒April.

Hosts: sp. (Mitchell 2000).

Known distribution: Mexico (Packauskas 2010).

(Say, 1832)

Atlántida and Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 1 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May‒July.

Hosts: sp., L. (cucumber) (Mitchell 2000); sp., sp., (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (watermelon), sp., sp., sp., sp., L., L. (corn), sp., sp., L. (coffee), sp., and L. (tomato) (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Maes and Goellner-Scheiding (1993) recorded Lepeletier (: ) as a natural enemy in Nicaragua. Adults are known to be parasitized by (F.) (: ) (Mitchell 2000).

(Dallas, 1852)

Atlántida, Choluteca, Comayagua, Copán, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Islas de la Bahía, Lempira, Olancho, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 195 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: Year long.

Hosts: Miller, Sims (passion fruit), L. (asparagus), (L.) Osbeck (orange), L. (tomato), L. (corn), L. (grenada), L. (cashew), L., L. (rice), L. (potato) (EAPZ); sp., (L.) Small (Chinese tallow), sp. (sorghum), Rose, (Cav.) Sweet, L. (Barbados nut), (DC.) F. A. Barkley (Mitchell 2000); sp., sp., sp., sp., sp., sp., sp., sp., A. Juss., sp., L. (sesame), and L. (coffee) (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

is one of the most important and abundant pest species of coreids in Honduras. This species is parasitized by wasps of the genera Geyon, and . and have been used successfully as a control (Mitchell 2000).

(Distant, 1881)

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Packauskas 2010).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Unknown.

(Breddin, 1903)

Atlántida, Comayagua, and Francisco Morazán.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 4 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: July‒September.

Known distribution: Bolivia (Packauskas 2010).

Stål, 1870

Francisco Morazán.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 7 (EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May, June, and August.

Known distribution: Mexico and Panama (Packauskas 2010).

Stål, 1862

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Packauskas 2010).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: L. (corn) (Gibson and Carrillo 1959).

(Burmeister, 1835)

Francisco Morazán.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 1 (UNAH).

Temporal distribution: July.

Hosts: (L.) R.Br. ex Cass., (L.) Willd., and sp. (Barcellos et al. 2008).

Known distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and Paraguay (Packauskas 2010).

Stål, 1862

Copán, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho.

Specimens examined: 3 (UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May, September, and November.

(Herrich-Schäffer, 1842)

Atlántida, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho (Brailovsky and Barrera 2014).

Specimens examined: 128 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒October.

Hosts: sp. and sp.

(Burmeister, 1835)

Atlántida, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD​​​​​​​

Specimens examined: 152 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒November.

Hosts: Borkh., sp. (EAPZ); L. Willd. (Ward et al. 1977), DC., and Torr. (Brailovsky et al. 1995).

Known distribution: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and United States (Packauskas 2010).

(Dallas, 1852)

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Packauskas 2010).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Unknown.

(Herrich-Schaeffer, 1840)

Distribution in Honduras unknown (Packauskas 2010).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Unknown.

Stål, 1862

Atlántida, Olancho, and Yoro.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 11 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: March‒August.

Hosts: Miller (avocado) (EAPZ).

Known distribution: Mexico and Panama (Packauskas 2010).

Dallas, 1852

Atlántida, Comayagua, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Islas de la Bahía, Olancho, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 255 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: Year long.

Hosts: sp. and (Willd.) M. C. Johnst. (Brailovsky 1995).

Horvath, 1913

Cortés (Horvath 1913)

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Unknown.

Stål, 1860

Atlántida, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 8 (CURLA, EAPZ)

Temporal distribution: April‒July.

Hosts: (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (watermelon) and sp. (Gilbert 1991).

(F., 1787)

Atlántida, Comayagua, and Cortés.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 5 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: June, August, and September.

Hosts: L. (sweet pepper) (EAPZ); (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (watermelon), and sp. (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Known distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Suriname (Packauskas 2010).

This species is reported as a vector of sp. (Godoi et al. 2002).

(Dallas, 1852)

Atlántida.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 1 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: April.

Known distribution: Brazil (Packauskas 2010).

(Drury, 1773)

Atlántida, Comayagua, Choluteca, El Paraíso, and Francisco Morazán.

Specimens examined: 38 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒July, August, and September.

Hosts: (L.) Lam. (sweet potato), L. (potato), L. (tomato) (EAPZ); sp., L. (beans), sp., sp., sp., sp., (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (watermelon), L. (pumpkin), L. (cucumber), sp., Sims (passion fruit), L. (grenade), sp., L. (corn), L. (rice), L. (coffee), L. (sesame), L. (sunflower), and L. (tobacco) (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

This species is considered an important pests of tomato in Brazil (Da Silva et al. 2003).

(Stål, 1862)

Atlántida, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 54 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒October.

Hosts: (L.) Osbeck (oranges) and sp. (Dealy 2000).

Stål, 1860

Atlántida, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 66 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒July and October‒December.

Hosts: L. (coffee) (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Brailovsky, 1999

Atlántida.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 1 (CURLA).

Temporal distribution: May.

Known distribution: Brazil (Packauskas 2010).

Brailovsky & Barrera, 2001

Atlántida, Comayagua, Olancho, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 9 (CEEF, EAPZ, CURLA).

Temporal distribution: February, October, and November.

(Say, 1832)

Atlántida, Comayagua, Choluteca, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Islas de la Bahía, Olancho, and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 196 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: Year long.

Hosts: L. (rice), L. (corn) (Passoa 1983), (L.) DC. (EAPZ); L. (Valdés-Rodríguez et al. 2015), and L. H .S. Irwin & Barneby (Palmer and Pullen 2000).

This species is considered one of the main pests of fig trees in Mexico feeding on terminal shoots and new leaves. Due to its large size, the latex loss is high and its excreta favor the establishment of fungi on the terminal buds causing them to dry (Valdés-Rodríguez et al. 2015).

(Dallas, 1852)

Atlántida and Comayagua.

Specimens examined: 7 (CURLA, EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May, July, August‒November.

Hosts: L. (Barbados nut) (Alonso and Lezcano 2014).

(Stål, 1862)

Francisco Morazán.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 2 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: October.

Hosts: sp., Kunth, sp., and sp.

Known distribution: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and United States (Packauskas 2010).

Stål, 1862)

Atlántida and Comayagua.

Specimens examined: 13 (CEEF, CURLA)

Temporal distribution: January–April.

Hosts: Unknown.

Brailovsky & Barrera, 2001

Comayagua and Yoro.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 22 (CEEF).

Temporal distribution: June, September‒December.

Known distribution: Brazil (Packauskas 2010).

(Thunberg, 1783)

Comayagua and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 71 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: Year long.

Hosts: (L.) Lam. (sweet potato), sp. (cotton), L. (tomato), Miller, L. (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993); L. (potato) (Passoa 1983), L. (Mitchell 2000), and L. (Mitchell 2000).

Notes: Towns (: ) is a known parasite of in Nicaragua (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

(Burmeister, 1835)

Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Yoro.

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 39 (CEEF, EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May, July, September, and October.

Hosts: (L.) Pers. (Johnson grass) (EAPZ); and (L.) Millsp. (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Known distribution: Guatemala and Mexico (Packauskas 2010).

(Distant, 1893)

Atlántida, Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, and Santa Bárbara

NEW COUNTRY RECORD

Specimens examined: 13 (CURLA, EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: February, May, and September.

Known distribution: Costa Rica and Panama (Packauskas 2010).

(Stål, 1859)

Atlántida and Yoro.

Specimens examined: 2 (CURLA, EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: December.

Hosts: Wooton (Torre-Bueno 1945), and sp. (EAPZ).

(F., 1803)

Unknown (Brailovsky and Cadena 1992).

Temporal distribution: Unknown.

Hosts: Hilsenbeck & D. L. Marshall, (Jacq.) Kunth and Kunth & C. D. Bouché (Brailovsky and Cadena 1992).

(Dallas, 1852)

Atlántida, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, and Olancho.

Specimens examined: 32 (CURLA, EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: December.

Hosts: (L.) Merr. (soy), L. (potato), L. (corn), (Jacq.) Sw., L. (carrot) (EAPZ), and L. (Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Discussion

A total of 2,036 specimens were examined. 68 species are now known from Honduras with 19 being new country records (Table 1). Seventeen species were only found recorded in literature.

Table 1.

New country records of for Honduras

Species	Specimens examined	Collection
Anasa trilineata Stål	11	EAPZ
Camptischium clavipes (F.)	8	EAPZ
Diactor bilineatus (F.)	2	CURLA
Holhymenia histrio (F.)	9	EAPZ
Leptoglossus brevirostris Barber	1	EAPZ
Leptoglossus lineosus (Stål)	2	EAPZ, UNAH
Leptoglossus crassicornis (Dallas)	3	CURLA
Lycambes andicola Breddin	4	All collections
Machtima mexicana Stål	7	EAPZ y UNAH
Melucha phyllocnemis (Burmeister)	1	UNAH
Mozena lunata (Burmeister)	152	All collections
Nematopus lepidus Stål	11	EAPZ
Peranthus longicornis (Dallas)	1	EAPZ
Phthia lunata (F.)	5	EAPZ
Possaniella oblata Brailovsky	1	CURLA
Savius jurgiosus (Stål)	2	EAPZ
Serranoniella amblysa Brailovsky & Barrera	22	CEEF
Staluptus marginalis (Burmeister)	39	EAPZ, CEEF
Thasopsis formidabilis (Distant)	13	EAPZ, CURLA

Many of the species found in Honduras are known only from one department. We suspect this is not a real reflection of the species’ distribution but collecting bias. For nine of the species there is no information on where in Honduras they occur.