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species Spartocera batatas (Fabricius, 1798)

• Common name(s):  Giant Sweetpotato Bug
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• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Ecological relationships:
  • Herbivore/Host Plant: Ipomoea batatas, sweet potato show more
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (37):
  • Stoll. 1782. Natuurlyke en naar 't leven naauwkeurig gekleurde afbeldingen en beschryvingen der Wantzen in aller vier waerelds deelen Europa, Asia, Africa en America huishoudende 73 >> Note: Description; figure of adult habitus d.v. [Pl. 18 fig. 123]; rec. South Africa [in error]; Only vernacular name used: "De Netswyz-dekschildige Wantz"
  • Fabricius. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae 540   >> Note: Original description, compared with L. cruciger. ST(S): Surinam. >> Lygaeus batatas    urn:lsid:Coreoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:458150
  • Coquebert. 1801. Illustratio iconographica insectorum quae in musaeis parisinis observavit et in lucem edidit Joh. Christ. Fabricius. Tabularum decas 2nda:83, plate 19 figs 10A,B >> Note: Description, figures of adult habitus d.v., rec. Surinam. >> Lygaeus batatas
  • Fabricius. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, speciesadjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. 92   >> Note: Description, pest of ‘Batatas,’ rec. Surinam >> Coreus batatas
  • Brullé. 1835. Histoire naturelle des insectes 9:365   >> Note: Generic placement, synonymy (suspected =Corecoris cinnamomeus Hahn, 1833, suspected =Discogaster rhomboideus Burmeister, 1835). >> Coreus (Coreocoris) batates subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Coreoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:458155
  • Westwood. 1842. A Catalogue of Hemiptera in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 2:3 >> Note: Listed, St Vincent >> Spartocerus batatas
  • Amyot & Serville. 1843. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hémiptères 186-187   >> Note: Description, citations, pest of ‘potatoes,’ rec. Cayenne. >> Spartocera batatas
  • Amyot. 1846. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Sér. 2) 3:463 >> Note: Note >> Spartocère
  • Blanchard. 1848. In d'Orbigny [Ed.]. Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle 11 (REP-STE):713 >> Note: As example of genus Spartocera, rec. Cayenne. >> Spartocera batata subsequent misspelling    urn:lsid:Coreoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:458154
  • Erichson. 1848. In Schomburgk. Versuch einer zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Reisen in British Guinea in den Jahren 1840-1844 im auftrag Sr. Majestat des Konings von Preussen ausgefuhrt von Richard Schomburgsk: Hemiptera-Heteroptera Volume 3:611   >> Note: Listed, citations, Guyana >> Spartocera batatas
  • Dallas. 1852. List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum II:375   >> Note: Catalogued (=Spartocerus intermedius Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842), Brazil, Colombia >> Spartocera batatas
  • Herrich-Schäffer. 1853. Die wanzenartigen Insecten 9(8-9):189   >> Note: Catalogued, Cayenne >> Spartocera batatas
  • Dohrn. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum 23   >> Note: Catalogued (=intermedius), Brazil. >> Spartocera batatas
  • Costa, A. 1864. Annuario R. Museo Zoologica della Università di Napoli 2:75   >> Note: Listed, Cayenne >> Spartocera batatas
  • Mayr. 1866. In Grunow, Krempelhuber, Reichardt, Mettenius & Fenzl. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wällerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, Zweiter Band, 1. Abtheilung, B. Part 2. 79   >> Note: Synonymy (=intermedius), loc. Brazil >> Spartocera batatas
  • Stål. 1868. K. Svens. Vet.-Akad. Hand. 7(11):54   >> Note: Citations, variation, compared with S. gigas, rec. Surinam. >> Spartocera batatas
  • Stål. 1869. K. Svens. Vet.-Akad. Hand. (N.F.) 8(1):121 >> Note: Generic placement >> Spartocera batatas
  • Stål. 1870. K. Svens. Vet.-Akad. Hand. 9(1):173   >> Note: Catalogued (=Coreus gigas Fabricius, 1803, intermedius, Stoll fig. 123), Brazil, Surinam, Cayenne, Colombia, Cuba >> Spartocera batatas
  • Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum IV:4,5   >> Note: In key, catalogued, Colombia, Brazil, Cayenne, Demerara. >> Spartocera batatas
  • Lethierry. 1881. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 25:8 >> Note: Listed, Guadeloupe, Martinique >> Spartocera batatas
  • Uhler. 1886. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 9   >> Note: Catalogued (=gigas, intermedius), West Indies >> Spartocera batatas
  • Distant. 1888. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 32:ix   >> Note: Citations, listed in Van Volxem collection inISNB Brussels. >> Spartocera batatas
  • Uhler. 1893. P.Z.S. 705   >> Note: Listed, St Vincent [misidentification teste Distant, 1901c: 420]. >> Spartocera fusca
  • Lethierry & Severin. 1894. Catalogue général des Hémiptères Tome II:54   >> Note: Catalogued (=gigas, intermedia), Brazil, Cuba, Guyana, Colombia. >> Spartocera batatas
  • Distant. 1901. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 7(41):420   >> Note: Catalogued (=S. fusca sensu Uhler, 1893b: 705), note, rec. Cuba. >> Spartocera batatas
  • Bergroth. 1913. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 22:148   >> Note: Catalogued; >> Spartocera batatas
  • Gibson, E. H. 1919. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55:275   >> Note: Distribution >> Spartocera batatas
  • Barber. 1923. Amer. Mus. Novit.(75):12   >> Corecoris batatas
  • Wolcott. 1924. Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico 7:252 >> Note: Listed; >> Spartocera batatas
  • Blöte. 1936. Zoölogische Mededeelingen 19:23   >> Note: Rec St Vincent, locs Surinam >> Spartocera batatas
  • Alayo, D. 1967. Trab.Divulg.Mus.'Felipe Poey' Acad.Cienc.Cuba No. 56:3 >> Note: Catalogued, Cuba; >> Spartocera batatas
  • Amaral & Vieira. 1978. Anais da Sociedad Entomólogica do Brasil 7:67 >> Corecoris batatas
  • Halbert. 1996. Entomology Circular(379):1-2 >> Spartocera batatas
  • Halbert & Brambila. 2005. Insecta Mundi 19(3):1-2   >> Note: Keyed; Biology (host plants); Distribution (Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, USA, Venezuela); Figure (1 - dorsal habitus); >> Spartocera batatas
  • Franco, Bressa & Papeschi. 2006. Eur. J. Entomol. 103:9-16 >> Note: Genetics; >> Spartocera batatas
  • Packauskas. 2010. Fort Hays Studies 5:198 >> Note: Catalogued (New World); Distribution (Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Surinam); >> Spartocera batatas
  • Garcete-Barrett. 2016. Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Parag. 20(2):131-132   >> Note: Distribution (Paraguay); Figures (dh); >> Spartocera batatas
• Type specimen information:
  • There are multiple primary types, see specimen data for details.

• synonym batata Blanchard, 1848
• synonym batates (Brullé, 1835)
• synonym gigas (Fabricius, 1803)
• synonym intermedius (Herrich-Schäffer, 1842)

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