Phytocoris grandis Blanchard 1844

Phytocoris grandis Blanchard, 1844 (Fig. 9 E-G) Phytocoris grandis Blanchard, 1844: 220, pl. 30, fig. 7. TYPE SPECIMENS. — Lectotype, here designated. Argentina • 1 ♂; 8387 34; Phytocoris grandis; Type; Callichila grandis (Blanchard) J. C. M. Carvalho det. 1951; MNHN-EH-EH 30827. Paralectotypes. Argentina • 2 ♂; 3 ♀; 8387 34 [one ♀ bearing the number 146]. DISTRIBUTION GIVEN BY BLANCHARD. — Corrientes [Argentina]. D’ORBIGNY’S CATALOGUE NOTES. — Corrientes Province. During the months of November at the edge of the woods in sandy places near Itaty on the stems of a tree with white flowers (see Phanerogames No…..[number missing in his notes]). It lives in groups, in the living state, it is beautiful black with scarlet red thorax[?]. VALID NAME. — Callichilella grandis (Blanchard, 1844) (Carvalho 1954). REMARKS Carvalho (1952) mentioned he found the specimen here selected as lectotype, and added the ‘type’ label, but ignoring the other specimens we found in the collection. The species was re-described by Carvalho & Fontes (1972) based on non-type specimens.