Diet

• Adults and nymphs: Primarily plant-feeding, using their piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap, particularly from stems, leaves, flowers and developing fruits or seeds.

• Like other members of Pachylis, it is associated with woody vegetation and is likely to feed especially on nutrient-rich reproductive and vegetative tissues.

• Feeding generally does not involve chewing plant material; instead, the bug inserts its rostrum into plant tissues and withdraws fluids.

Range

• Pachylis nervosus is a leaf-footed bug (Family Coreidae) in the Subfamily Coreinae and Tribe Nematopodini.

• Its known distribution extends from southern Mexico through Central America to Ecuador. Records include Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and northern South America.

• Around Zihua, it would likely be considered occasional, although suitable tropical vegetation is widespread in the area and the species is well documented elsewhere in Guerrero.

Habitat

• Associated with tropical and subtropical woodland, tropical dry forest, forest edges and other areas containing suitable woody vegetation.

• It can occur in both relatively undisturbed vegetation and secondary growth and agricultural landscapes.

• In western and southern Mexico, it is particularly relevant to warm lowland and foothill habitats.

• Adults may be found on branches and foliage, where their brown coloration and elongated body provide considerable camouflage.

Size

• Pachylis nervosus is a large and robust leaf-footed bug, generally around 25–30 mm long.

• The body is relatively elongated and covered with a fine, short yellowish pubescence.

• The antennae are particularly distinctive, with a disc-like expansion on one of the antennal segments.