The correct name of the neotropical soybean bug (Hemiptera: Alydidae).
A species of Neomegalotomus is an occasional pest of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] in the neotropics, including in Brazil. It was known as Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood); but the discovery of the type specimen of a species described earlier requires that the name be changed to Neomegalotomus simplex (Westwood), which becomes the correct name for the soybean pest.
Schaefer
Carl W
CW
Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. Connecticut, CT 06269-3043, USA. carl.schaefer@uconn.edu
D000818:Animals; D006430:Hemiptera; D013025:Glycine max / Q000469:parasitology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic