Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer (Reuter, 1884)

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Piezostethus (Piezostethus) afer Reuter, 1884:38 . LECTOTYPE (designated by PÉRICART 1970: 748): ♀, South Africa, Damara (NHRS).

Xylocoris afer: PÉRICART (1970): 748 (treated as Xylocoris without any comment on new generic combination).

Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) afer: CARAYON (1972b): 595 (new subgeneric placement).

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: Bangalore, Hebbal, viii.2012, 2 13 ♀♀ (TKPM, NBAIR) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka: Bangalore (BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).

General distribution. Australia (CASSIS & GROSS 1995), Israel (PÉRICART 1996), New Guinea (PÉRICART 1996), subtropical and tropical Africa (PÉRICART 1996), tropical America (CARPINTERO 2002), Yemen (LINNAVUORI & VAN HARTEN 2002).

Biology. Reported from the dry fruits of Ficus and Lagerstromia flos-reginae (BALLAL & YAMADA 2016).